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I think a descent DD coil and manual ground balance matters more than a particular brand name. Good relic machines with frequencies 8-15khz seem to do well in high mineralization where higher frequency machines 17+khz start to struggle. Lower frequency will go deeper typically. Lower frequency machines are less sensitive to gold but work good on copper, bronze/brass and silver. 

Check and see if you can get extra coils for that detector as it will expand its usefulness. Nice to be able to get a different coil down the road.

Welcome to the forum. From what I hear the red clay effects many detectors so first choice is a detector with a DD coil. Lots of brands to check out. I have a couple of Garrets and a Tesoro here. Garrett does have a sport package on their AT Pro but think that is a bit higher on your price range. I had used an old Bounty Hunter for many years but I think you may do better with a machine that has some ground balance control or at least the option to be able to manually ground balance the machine. 

Relic hunting and coin shooting you can use a wide range of machines. Fisher and Teknetics also have some good machines to check out and many in the forum may have a recommendation for you.

Cool site, even has the air tests for comparison for the Tejon so you can determine if it needs tuning.. bad part is who will tune it?

Saw my Bounty Hunter  Treasure Tracker ID there too.

Wonder if some of the vintage round pull tabs merit being considered antiquities? Be hell of a lot of paperwork declaring all of those!

Jewerly on my Tejon seems to be in a narrower area. The Tejon rings loud and clear on small earings etc even tiny foil bits where my AT Pro is much more pronounced on copper and silver. My guess is the higher frequency of the Tejon at 17.5 ghz is more of the difference. The Tejon can actually pick up my hand if I pass it over the coil!

For depth, too bad you couldn't put in a manual gb knob. That would really be sweet and certainly help on depth not that you really need depth for park hunting.

Doesn't that use the epsilon coils or are they hard wired on it?

I tend to find more with my Tesoro than I do with my AT Pro, not that the Tesoro is necessarily a better machine but rather I think I tend to pay attention more to the audio and have become used to telling the subtle differences on object types and their depths with a good deal of accuracy.

I think anyone new to detecting should definitely have one in their arsenal and learn it as when they go to a vdi they will do incredibly well.

Gold should fall between the nickel lines and platinum hits on higher line about where square tabs hit.

It is unfortunate that you don't review detectors anymore and understandably why since it has become toxic to voice any observation or opinion on anything these days without offending someone. It is rare to actually find unbiased information on anything as info is often swayed or has some bias to it. Seems like NoobTube videos are cluttered with apples to oranges comparisons.

Though I try to be mindful when I post as not to cause anyone from raging out in some sort of fit I try to call things out as I see them and not afraid to be stand corrected. Hopefully you change your mind or at least point out what you see.

For the short time I have been on this forum I found your information and comments invaluable and has certainly helped me in my purchases leaving me with no regrets. 

Figured you would have he answer, Thanks

They still around? Wonder if they will start building new machines since Tesoro is out of the picture?

If they can still be repaired to some degree then they are still worth something. Finds I got with my Tejon in matter of months far far exceed what I paid for the machine.

Garrett is still a solid company and probably the best customer support I have seen in any company. Heard Fisher is great too. My buddy has had good support with Whites.

To clean the contacts you could use an ordinary pencil eraser and take the corrosion off. Won't help if the terminals have been corroded away but does work for poor contact from corrosion.

The leaking from the cells on the battery pack?

They can't compete with the beginner market where machines with a vdi is more appealing to people starting. They could have competed on the mid to higher end and could have done better than what Blisstool has come up with. There is still a niche market for analog machines  but certainly not on the scale of any of the other makers. Riding on older models and too many models with no real future product development is always bad.

Goldpick, if your local agent is still doing repairs maybe you could post their contact info for those that need it?

If I turn it on facing down at a 45 it does better but there are time I feel like just leaving in the hole I just dug and burry the bugger.

So I guess that random loss of calibration is a "Feature" and does not warrant an RMA from Minelab.

Thanks for the reply.

They had a listing for business status in the past here but not sure how old that posting is:

https://www.dandb.com/businessdirectory/tesoroelectronicsinc.-prescott-az-12534255.html

Not sure with 4.8 mil in rev what a 200k mortgage would do. Maybe building maintenance ie roof or something?

I think they just lost heart in the business after Jack passed.

Last beach I was on I started to pick up bobby pins. Never encountered one until I started to use a PI.

Thinking I should start hitting your beach as it appears to be bobby pin free now ?

Have a good 10-15 hours on the first charge on these batteries and they are still nearly full with no loss in power. Machine performance is like a fresh set of batteries. 

I am getting the same performance I get from my RnB pack I got for my AT pro at 1/4 the price.

Does look like Brit 8 over a hallmark. I would look up hallmarks rather than makers marks. Seems really rough for pewter. Tin is usually pretty corrosion resistant and over time the brit 8 turns a little dull gray but brighter than the leaded pewters.

http://pewterbank.com/html/britannia_metal.html

Brit 8 came out in 1769.

Did you get your Profind 35 in yet?

I have one and if I turn it on facing upwards it will sound off when turned face down. If I turn it on facing down I can use it but if I lay it sideways it sounds off. Not sure what is up with the self calibration.

If yours behaves the same way then I won't submit for an RMA on it.

At least you can take it apart and fiddle and not worry about the warranty. 

Has anyone out there set up to do repairs on them?

Touching wires inside I would expect would sound off. My Tejon can pick up my hand when I run it past the coil. They are sensitive machines. 

You could drop the sensitivity down if needed. Does the Mojave have a ground tracking like the Lobo or is it just a generic high or low switch?

The few times I ran my Tejon at the beach I did have to drop sensitivity down to gb it as I got close to the water but was able to nudge it back up to close to full after. This worked fairly well but there were areas I simply couldn't run it at all. The AT Pro I have was much more forgiving in crap soil and beach.

Did they ever explain the reason for the odd shaped dd coil? Seem more cosmetic than function.

Looks promising.

My takes as an avid Tejon user is they trigger system looks awkward. Sound seem to be improved and using a 2 tone break rather than listening for a break should be easier to new users. Iron audio is a huge plus but not sure how good it is on large iron that may sound off beyond the discrim setting. My guess is it will be like most other detectors in that aspect.

Funny how people shun the analog machines over the usual vdi when learning a good analog machine will make them really excel with a vdi.

My Profind 35 seems to sound off on nothing and seems to be getting worse. 

If I turn it on away from anything facing upward it will sound off if I turn it facing down. If I turn it on facing down it seems to be ok but will start sounding off sometimes sideways. I have cut the sensitivity to halfway but that makes no difference. I have a fresh 9v in it.

Has anyone else run into this?

(note it is a replacement unit, previous unit the speaker died but would run pretty stable)

If the cuff isn't then maybe look into after market shaft system. People seem to like the carbon fiber ones out. Think Anderson might have a setup for it.

I have an AT Pro and it is tricky to use at the beach, friend has the AT Max and it fairs much better but also tricky. The Nox's do best as far as vlf's in the salt because they are true multi frequency and not single or selectable.

Having a selectable frequency machine that can handle 10khz or less to 20 khz would cover just about any situtuation ie lower frequency for salt, mid frequency general coin and relic and high frequency for gold and jewelry.

There is also thee Nokta Simplex that might be worth looking at for around $300 and supposed to be simple to use. It is pretty new but has the different presets for different hunting and ships with a descent coil.

There seems to be a bit of a price hump between the $500 mark and the next level of machines ie nox 600 and 800 as an example.