bigtim1973

Well, I thought 3D was on a movie screen...I thought we lived in a 5 or 6 dimension plane though.

How many 3D targets do people actually dig? Never really heard of the 3D stuff as it seems to be a relatively new problem.

I just sold my last tesoro yesterday. It was the Mojave model. I liked it a lot but in fear of it ever needing repair,this is why I sold it. Nothing wrong with it now so I went ahead and let her go. I hated to do it as I really loved their products and truly wish someone would have picked up where they left off kind of like how Garrett bought whites. The other major problem I have had with tesoro's was the coils going bad... especially the stock brown 8 inch ones. It is easy to see if you have a bad coil too as all you have to do is swing it normally from side to side and if it will constantly chirps and beeps.....you have a bad coil And finding replacement coils now are hard and the coils from eastern Europe cost as much as the control box is worth or more these days

The ones I have came across always had something wrong. I have bought 2 and neither of them worked right. And now with no one repairing tesoro stuff, or at least not having a bad name on the repair of Tesoro units, I think it is a big risk buying old stuff anymore. If you really have to have one though you should put a want ad in the classified section and see if anyone has one they would sell.

I liked only a small handful of their units Overall they are a sorry ass company. And worst of all here in the US we just let anyone sue anyone for whatever and this is why several other companies will not sell here in the states because minelab will take them to court for bullshit patent lawsuits.

I am sure it isn't working properly. Might as well sell it for a genie in a bottle

I could only dream of finding something like that!!! Well at least you are in an area where that is possible. I have always wanted to go to Australia but I do not think I will ever get to.

That is very neat...that handle looks good too. Very nice stuff. By the way....your profile picture of that Gold nugget someone is holding in their hand.....is that your hand and did you find that nugget??

Hey Dave that knife looks great and that tomahawk looks good too! So how big of a knife can you legally carry in your province in Australia? We can carry a sword here legally if we want to in Tennessee believe it or not......no blade size limit at all.

I watched your video and I must say that for sure looks very interesting. I would love to own one of those myself as I really like a great kitchen knife. I used to use a fillet knife for all of my kitchen cutting etc. Another thing I noticed while looking at the background of your shop in the video is, it looks just like the shops we have over here in the US!!! I enjoyed seeing that. So far away but yet so similar....I find it very interesting for sure. If you get to where you start making those for sale I may be interested. It would be very neat I think. I am not even familiar with that style of knife....do you make other knifes too?? Like dagger style or fighting style by chance? I would love to see those as well if you have any examples to show.

Those knives are killer!! How long does it take to make one? Do you have your own forge? My friend growing up used to make knives I like detecting very much and although I do not get to go out as much as I used to I still mess with them in my test bed a lot. I play guitar....it is a life long endeavor to get better as I am always trying to better myself in it as well. I record too....so I kind of write instrumental music and record with a friend some too. I also enjoy reading and enjoy reading especially about true strange experiences people have had cryptozoology, UFOs, etc Now everyone is gonna think I am weird!!! Lol

Very interesting, yes they did come with a concentric as the stock coil. I actually bought my xterra 50 back in 2008 from Gerry in ID that I believe is still a dealer here on this forum. Super nice to deal with too. He told me I would like it and would be digging less iron trash and he was right. I found a seated liberty quarter on my first outing with it. Yes that control rod set up was a very well designed format. It is a shame that they did not continue with that design.....much better ergonomics and made much better than their current design in their equinox. It would have been very interesting to see an Excalibur inside of an Xterra design.....that would have been a good one.

I never had a problem with emi....but then again I stay away from metropolitan areas for the most part. I do really enjoy this machine and yes it is not the deepest unit out there but it certainly does get the goodies within reach. It is deeper than the whites m6 for sure.

The original Minelab Xterra 50 was one of my favorite machines to date. I loved the big screen, stability and the simple platform of it. It is actually the very first metal detector that I truly enjoyed. It was well made and the control rod was very sturdy. They are also more stable than these newer minelab units. Maybe it is because they are single frequency and not multi-IQ but whatever it is, it does not sound like an electric chicken cackling in an urban environment and city parks!! I tried a 505 and I do not know for sure but, it did not seem as sensitive of a detector as my original 50 did. Anyways, I know they sometimes have issues with the pushpad buttons sometimes but I have bought a few Xterras here lately and am enjoying them again!! So anyone else still out there swinging one of the pre equinox style xterra units?

What I mean is one Sorex says MFT and the other says S-SFT on the front. Is there a difference between the two?