Tesoro Metal Detectors: Quality Worth the Price:
In this article, Tesoro Metal Detectors: Quality Worth the Price, we give an overall review of Tesoro and reprint some user reviews of Tesoro detectors that were sent to us by one of our readers. Since the opinions of people are the best indicator of a Metal Detectors true quality, we decided to put them in this article in place of the lame review we had written.
TESORO METAL DETECTOR REVIEWS
We had a write up about Tesoro detectors but it didn't do them justice. A Tesoro user sent us this list from www.TomsTreasures.com. And we agreed with him that the best way to point out the strengths of a companies productsis thru the positive feedback they get from unsolicited customers
Review 1
Tesoro Metal Detectors: Quality Worth the Price TESORO SILVER SABRE Umax II
I have a Tesoro Silver Sabre Umax II, It has been a great detector and the price is reasonable. Very simple to use and it has a relatively low learning curve but it still retains excellent quallity. The trash rejection ability of this machine is one of the best that I have ever seen. It's light weight ( only 2.2 lbs.! ) And the battery live is impressive, it takes one nine volt battery and I've got 28 hours use out of it and it's still going strong. And thats a big improvement over other detectors I've used, ( you Garrett users know what I mean! ). The signal response is very fast and I have found coins with it at 10" and deeper. The only negetive thing that I have to say about it is the plastic part of the shaft that connects to the coil seems to be a little weak but I have had no problems with it yet. All in all, it's a great detector for beginers and novices.
Tesoro Metal Detectors: Quality Worth the Price Review 2: TESORO AMIGO II
So often we relegate these low priced detectors to children or beginners, but the Amigo II has proven to me to be an excellent back up detector. It is sturdy and simple to use. It also provides some excellent depth. When I first field tested this unit, I was astounded to get five to six inch depths on dimes and pennies, and excellent response to nickels, especially buffalo nickels. In my part of Texas, we don't have too much of a problem with excessive mineralization so it might work differently elsewhere, but here it gets some good depth and excellent response. I would recommend the Amigo II to anyone looking for a good second detector. It does not have all the bells and whistles of other units, but you can work around that if you know anything about detectors at all. The light weight makes it excellent for those who have arthritis as I do. Jerry Eckhart
Tesoro Metal Detectors: Quality Worth the Price – Heres another Tesoro Amigo Recommendation:
If you are looking for a detector to introduce you to the hobby of metal detecting, but reluctant to spend $300 to $1000 on a machine for a hobby that you aren't even sure you'll enjoy yet, The Tesoro Amigo II is for you!
For around $150 to $190 (new!) this is a quality machine at an affordable price. Of course there are no bells & whistles, but, it gets the job done just fine anyway. Just turn it on, set the discrimination knob as high or low as you'd like, & start swinging the coil, it's that easy to operate!
I used mine for the first two years I detected and found turn of the century artifacts, lots of modern change, numerous wheat pennies, two silver dimes, an 1893 Indian Head penny, and many other interesting items with it. I have recently upgraded to another machine to get those bells & whistles, but that little Amigo II is what got me hooked! It is light weight (2pounds), easy to use, and very dependable. As for depth, I've dug coins at depths of 4-6 inches with it & once it even went down over a foot to reveal a flattened 55 gal drum to me! 
The Amigo II's simplicity & adjustibility makes it well suited for use by children as well as adults. If you ever decide to upgrade as I did your Amigo II is well worth keeping as a back up detector or a loaner for friends who may want to join in on a hunt once in awhile. The Amigo II is also tough. Mine has been knocked over and bumped around a couple of times by children in their excitement upon target recovery, and I have never had a problem with it. Then again, I wouldn't have to worry anyway, because the Amigo II, as well as all the Tesoro's to my knowledge, have a life time warranty. In short, I LOVE MINE! Happy hunting!
Tesoro Metal Detectors: Quality Worth the Price Here is a recomendation from a Tesoro Cibola owner:
"I've used the digital machines and yes they are accurate but not 100% of the time, small aluminum read as coins,rusty nails read silver ect.. no matter how well or how much Hype the detector ads throw at you "you will dig trash" and that's part of the hobby,it's the pleasure of the "needle in the hay stack."
I am a happy Tesoro Cibola owner, why? Well they are excellent well built deep seeking detectors with very good discrimination, plus they are light weight and they have a Lifetime warranty and they back what they sell, if it quits send it in and in a short time you are detecting again!! How many other detector companies offer this type of warranty or service? I see other brands that seem to have a new model every 6 months something Tesoro does not do, possibly for good reasons, they are happy with the models they have and the customers are happy with what they have.
Now back to the Cibola, here in SC the soils are mild and I've had no issues with the detector lacking the manual GB like its brother the Vaquero. I've hunted SC beaches with no problem in dry sand with sensititivy and threshold maxxed out, wet sand I can still hunt but have to adjust sensitivy/TH down a bit to reduce chatter.
Old home sites and wooded areas is where the Cibola shines, don't ignore those faint beeps just "digg" I've recovered Mercury dimes at 7-9" with no problem. The pinpoint does not work well on deep small finds, it tends to null as the object passes the center of the coil, I simply X the find and dig without the pinpoint and I'm usually dead on.
As far as Ground Balance,I press the PP and turn the threshold till I have a slight hum at waist high and while still holding the PP I lower the coil to the ground, if the threshold hum does not change you are fine as far as being ground balanced but if there is a change or null "silence",you are + or – on the factory preset ground balance, you will loose some depth but you can still hunt depending on chatter, as stated before in our soils I have not had a threshold change or need for a manual ground balance.
As far as discrimination it does a fine job rejecting iron, I've taped a Silver dime to a old square iron nail and it beeped loud and clear on the dime while rejecting the iron nail. I found the more I use the Cibola the more I'm able to decide if I should dig or not unlike the TID "digital" machines that suppose to make that decision for you.
"you really have to get to know any detector you use".I've heard many say the Cibola loves Aluminum even with the discrimination wide open and it does, if I don't get that double blip on a shallow target like it does on a coin but rather a loud long beep, I'll raise the coil 6-8" and if the signal is still strong it is highly possible you have a aluminum can especially at older sites, or use the pinpoint feature, coins and rings tend to have a sharp short beep or double blip, as I said it's a matter of getting to know the detector and making the decision to dig or not.
As far as air testing here are some of my test done using the stock coil with sensitivity on 10, threshold at 1 o-clock "slight steady hum" and discriminate on iron with US clad coins Nickel=9" Dime=7 1/8" Quarter=8" and the half at 9" .At 100% with full threshold & sensititivy "Supertuned" Nickel=12.50" Dime=9.75" Quarter=11" and the half at 12" as far as gold it has about the same depth air testing a Nickel.
These airtest were done on a wood table using headphones, new battery and the measurments I took were where the detector first broke silence at the maximum distance at the settings provided, so digg those faint signals. As we all know air test are controlled and cannot be used to determine how deep the detector will go in actual hunting conditions.I do recommend headphones for those deep faint targets and supertune the Cibola when you can, running maximun sensitivity, maximun threshold and reduced discrimination for better depth.I think the little Cibola is quite impressive for under $350.00
Tesoro Metal Detectors: Quality Worth the Price – Recommendation from a TesoroSilver Series owner
My second detector I ever owned was a used Tesoro Silver Sabre Plus. a TH'er friend sold it to me when I was just 16 and at that time had a $100 piece of crap detector from Radio Shack. the Tesoro SS+ was a godsend as it was Simple, Easy to handle, and Deep seeking. I used it for 6 years and also had both the 4" coil and the 8" open center coil that came with the detector. 3 controls, Disc knob, Sens knob, and mode/Retune switch. the only thing I wished for more was some sort of ID Meter. I used the thing primarily hunting Beaches and when I went to old Schoolyards and Ghost towns. I found many Indian Head pennies, Wheaties, Buffalo Nickels, Silver Mercs, old Square nails, Axe heads, farm implements, Tokens, buttons, once even a small cache of 6 silver dollars.
I miss that old thing. It broke on me a few times and when I turned 22 I went off to away to University and forgot about the old Tesoro SS+. I no longer have it and wish I could find it, maybe its stashed away in a closet? or in my parents attic? Luke in Michigan.
Tesoro Metal Detectors: Quality Worth the Price – Here is a recomendation from a Tesoro Umax owner
This is a good detector, and it's what I currently use. I've had it about 1 year, and bought it used on eBay. I did have a short in the coil, which Tesoro promptly serviced for me. This detector takes quite a bit of time and practice to get used to, as it's a single-tone discriminator. It's the only detector that I've found gold with, but you've gotta be willing to dig the pulltabs. With all my detectors, the 4" coil is a must-have accessory, as the stock coil is only used at the beach. I also use the widescan coil, while expensive, can work great in the right conditions.
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Thank you..really informative!!