Why Buy A Tesoro Metal Detector In 2023?

I'm planning on giving my Gold Sabre an outing this Sunday, just for fun!

I purchased 2, used Tesoros this past week. Looking forward to using some old school detectors.

Looking at the Deeptek Vista X - pretty close to the Tesoro Outlaw, and still available new in US. Hoping to have fun with it like you and the Tesoros. Haven't used a detector since my Whites Eagle Spectrum died. Thinking about a Nokta Legend to go with it - want to try beach detecting also.

Thanks! Super!

Hello, although these devices are old, they have a very good metal separation ability, so why is the iron filter shown as an afterthought in modern detectors? I started to think that the new technology cannot produce a benefit for us. If the depth and discrimination ability is so high even in old detectors, what benefit does the new technology provide us?

YEAH I HAVE A BUNCH OF THIS AND THE PASS. THAT'S TRUE THEY DO HAVE SOME ADVANTAGE IN HIGH TRASH BECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRIC COIL AND THEY ARE WORKING ON HI MINERALISATION BETTER THAN MANY MACHINES. THEY ARE VERY LIGHT AND EASY TO USE. WHERE THE MANUFACTORY USED TO BE PRESCOTT ARIZONA IT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST MINERALISATION ON THE WORLD. IT'S A GOLD COUNTRY AND YOU ARE WALKING ON IRON AND THEY'RE PRETTY STABLE. GOOD DEMO I LIKE IT 😊

i used the toltec 100 for years and me and my mate Danny used to buy a new machine every time one came out we had some fantastic finds if they had kept up with changing technology i am sure they would have been among the leading producers now i think the only one i never used was the silver sabre i still have the tejon which i got a couple of years ago,,, have subbed you to see how you get A.T.B ,,,Pat

You can't beat those Tesoro's when it comes to discriminating out trash and still being able to find silver. They have great separation also. That other machine you got looks like a Cibola. You can supertune one of those to find a quarter down a foot deep. Just jack the sensitivity all the way up and the threshold all the way up. Same on the Outlaw after you ground balance it. Wish Tesoro hadn't gone out of business in 2018, but I'll just keep using mine until they wear our or I wear out which ever one comes first. lol.

Shame that Jack's two boys didn't keep the brand alive. Cut my teeth on the Silver Sabre, ended up doing a six term with Tejon. Bloody good macHines. Compadre on stoney foreshores is a proper little gem too.

Tesoro and whites out of business 😔

Still great detectors, but you have to educate your ears to eliminate trash and know what good targets sound like. I still have two.

The question is where can you get them

Where can you buy them now

To be honest I can't see no difference between my etrac and my vaquero etrac shines on salt beaches other than that there's nothing in it

Im actually thinking about buying a Tesoro again as well. Im torn between a Bandido umax and a Vaquero here in the US. Glad im not the only one who thinks they still have merit.

a Tesoro Compadre was my first detector; very easy to use. i still use it occasionally.

Hi what sort of depth on something like small hammerd coin will rapier go to ??

i got a cutlass II and i will use it till its broken beyond saving

Hi I have a chance of buying an amigo for £50 are these a good machine ? Is it worth buying ?

I have many tesoros. Only now have digital machines gotten to the recovery speed of these analog detectors lol.
I think I have 11 of them compadre 6 and 8, Cutlass umax 12khz(not cutlass2 umax 10khz), 2x Mojave, bandido 2 umax, outlaw, cobola I modded with GB, vaquero, DeLeon, tejon lol.
Love the double beep on the coins.
Also only the bandido and the Cutlass and tejon with pitch adjustment can I get the nice high tone beep. But I've gotten good with the lower tones.
There's so much info in that beep. But there's a nice smack for coins and rings. Dirty beep for trash. Bottle caps still get me lol. That black one you have has a higher pitch not quite as high as the older ones but I like that better.
But I totally agree you can knock out most junk on disc and just run through and get all nickels and up.
Go back later with the nicer digitals. I just grabbed a nokta legend but haven't taken it out. But I have the makro racer2 and the nokta fors relic which the relic really punches deeeeep.
Thanks for the video. Love watching tesoro videos especially showing the fun you can have with them. I grab them alot. I'm sure I will continue to even after the initial obsession with the legend slows like it did with my other digital ones. They're great but tesoro is just easy. No complicated menus lol. Just turn on, GB if on the detector and just go.
Funny but I grab the compadre all the time. As it's great for new people. One knob, simple explanation of the disc knob and voila they're detecting.

I have been detecting on and off since the late 70s
I am back on again and have just purchased a Laser B2
These machines are not only simple to use but also they love small silver targets
I am really holding off buying a digital machine because surely although the digital machine tries to identify it you probably still dig anyway
Can anyone on here advise how much more depth is gained from these modern digital machines like the Deus and Equinox
Great video by the way 👍👍😊

Yes that’s true Paul
I also have another vintage machine up my sleeve
A Compass Coinscanner
This was a great machine very sensitive to small silver too
We shall see once I get out there again

i just got me a De Leon. time to learn.

I bought 2 whites TDIs in 2024 and love them have all the new stuff also. something awesome about having knobs

wow thats awesome, thanks for the vid mate! also.. anyone know why a tesoro silver umax is giving me one solid beep, at all times? not the battery. heard it was coil?

Фирма Тесоро закрылась.

Just picked up a bandido 2 today. 2024

How do you find a dealer to buy

Tejon user here. Singing the praises of a model of a machine no longer commercially available is somewhat honest on the net because I'm guessing that Tesoro isn't sponsoring you, hey?

in 1987 I purchase a Tesoro Golden Sabre. That replace and old Jetco detector that I got back in 1971. With that Golden Sabre I could and did out hunt all those detectorists with the new digital detectors with meters and screens and coffee makers and all the bells and whistles. Oh, and no stupid pin pointer. Any detectorist worth his or her salt can pin point a target with the detector coil to a high level of accuracy. Maybe because I have been a musician for over 60 years I could hear all the little nuances of sound that my detector makes and through that, I could ascertain depth, material and many time shape of the target. If you all can afford it, pick up a detector like the gentleman in this video or a Golden Sabre and try them out. Eliminate all the distractions between you and the target.

I have two Tesoro Outlaws. One of my favorite fun machines.

I received a Tesoro Cibola free from someone. I am a complete noob so I don't know where it stands compared to other machines.

still loving my Vaquero in 2024 :)

I have had a Silver uMax for 20+ years. Just got back into the hobby after a long hiatus. Purchased a Minelab Nox 900. Tesoros are still worth their weight in gold.

Paul, what do you think of the tesoro Pantera ,Have you ever test it before

I love Tesoro. I have about 10 of their machines and I still prefer them over the newer brands. Someone needs to buy the rights to Tesoro and start them back up again.

Were the Tesoro's made and sold in Europe much different than the US brand or just different names for same machines?

I have a Badido uMax and have had some good luck with it here and there. Ive been thinking about selling it to upgrade to an even better Tesoro model. Im really sold on Tesoro and have had luck equal to or sometimes better than my digital Noktas.

I bought a bandido 2 umax back in '99. Gave it to a stepson last year. Running a GB pro now, wish i still had the bandido