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These past few weeks, been using various analog models at an old farmstead. Although we’ve hit this area numerous times, hardly anything good surfaces but it’s a fun site to hunt and a good site to test equipment. Between the seven Tesoro models I’ve been using here these past few week’s, the Cortes was probably the best of the bunch and thats with using the 12”x10” DD coil and with full sensitivity. The 12”x10” spoked concentric coil was okay with a lower sensitivity, but it suffered some stability with increasing sens and that’s due to our West Coast inland soil. So, pretty much stuck with the larger widescan. Second best was the Lobo, Although it lacked depth it was great in areas thick with iron. Next, The Outlaw and modified Mohave ran equal, good depth with using the 12”x10” DD. The Mojave has a manual GB, which is needed for my soil. The Pantera did well, but tough soil prevented the extra depth needed. The Deleon just couldn’t get rid of the falsing, even with the large DD Deleon can’t handle our soil with high sensitivity. The Golden uMax did okay, but our soil is tough on the Golden. The 12”x10” DD improved depth with all these models with the exception of 4-pin Lobo, using stock coils with the other models in my soil were useless. The larger widescan coil is definitely deeper, eliminates most if not all ground noise, and still very sensitive to smaller targets. My favorite out of this Tesoro bunch is now the Cortes, for farm land hunting and definitely running the 12”x10” DD. One 1951 silver dime surfaced, one wheat penny and 1959 copper penny. Two musket 1/2 balls, few saddle snaps. Site has potential, We’ve pulled numerous seated coin’s, Couple of Bust and one gold coin from here on previous hunts. Going back today, this round will use a Teknetics Mark III, Compass CoinScanner Pro II, GoldScanner Pro and a Whites 5900 Di-Pro. Can’t wait, older technology makes the hunt more challenging and fun. HH, Paul

Hello metal lovers. Last weekend I had the opportunity to use my Tesoro Silver Sabre 2 for an hour and a half on farmland, mild soil. Wow, what a difference compared to my other detectors, which all have a display and therefore target ID. I had the sensitivity set to 8 and the disc on minimum. I didn't use headphones. Perhaps I would have dug even deeper if I had. It was a joy to ignore all the bleeps and blops (the filtered iron). Most of the finds were aluminum foil, bottle cap, pull tab, shrapnel, and casing. All at a depth between 1 and 10 inches. But amidst all this junk, a coin came to lightfrom 6 inches. A 50 Reichspfennig coin from 1935. Fantastic. I love this "old" detector. It's about time I took the Bandido II out for a spin.

I was browsing the FB market place last week and saw an ad for a detector and some extras. Upon looking at the ad I saw it was a Lobo Super Traq and extras, including an extra 8 inch concentric coil, original manual a papers, 4 gold pans, headphones and a Magnus MacKirk Scout sluice box and a nice sand scoop. With shipping the total cost was just $132. I just got it in today and to tell the truth, I don't think the Lobo ST has ever been used. It is that clean looking. I was looking at the documents and they have QR codes on them and there is also one one the control box belt loop. There is a single page flyer explaining what the QR code was for on the machine. When I went Google I asked about Tesoro using QR codes, AI said they didn't as they went out of business in 2018 and never used QR codes on their machines. Hmmm, very strange...maybe it was one of the last lobos made. It is a gray model. The serial number matches the number on the warranty car. I have a brown Lobo ST too with no QR codes.

Im looking for a battery cover for my Tesoro Compadre,, Does anyone know who might have bought out all the stock when the factory closed,,Or does anyone have an extra one they would to sell, Thanks

Over the years I have owned and tried many Tesoro metal detectors. I currently have and occasionally use a Tesoro Bandido II uMAX. One Tesoro that I have never owned or tried is the Golden uMAX. I am now actively on the search for one in mint or near mint condition. Does anyone have one to sell or know where I can locate one? Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

Shortly before Monte Berry passed I asked him for his advice which Tesoro he would use for beach combing and why, as there were a few for sale. It was a very nice and informative conversation but none of the detectors Monte mentioned for that kind of detecting was listed for sale. Than in the end of 2024 I got a Silver Sabre II for a bargain. When it arrived it worked as it should and I was very happy. Than, a few weeks later, I saw a Bandido II listed for sale at a shop in Nebraska and guess what, yup, now I'm also a owner of a very nice Tesoro Bandido II metal detector. I'd say it is in mint condition. When the wife & I had our vacation time this year I took the Silver Saber to the beach and I never felt that way relaxed while beach combing, hands down. Just wanted to share and Thank You, Monte. R.I.P.

Stopped into a prospecting shop that I had not been to before and out of the blue I ask the person running the shop if they might have any Tesoro coils they would sell, the person behind the counter says he has two, goes back to one of the shelves in the store and pulls out two coils a 3x6- 4 pin Elliptical Concentric (Delta) coil and also a 12x10 5 pin Wide scan (Epsilon) Coil, I snap up the 3x6 and ask what they want for it $35 and the 12x10 $45 so I picked up two coils for $80 As I stated that 3x6 is a Extremely rare little coil which will be great in very trashy areas when i am swinging either my Tejon or my Vaquero with the Tesoro coils becoming extremely hard to find for sale you have to jump on them when you find them for sale, and it goes to show you never know unless you open your mouth and ask if someone has any coils laying around that you might be looking for that same shop had several Tesoro detectors for sale also

Just picked up the Tesoro Euro Sabre. Who's your Daddy Now! 🙃George.

Will post a picture when I get it, George.

Huge Tesoro Vintage coil my friend gave me attached to another Conquistador. Nice. George.

Inca, Conquistador, Silver Sabre plus, Cutlas, Euro Sabre, Original Lobo, Mojave, DeLeon and the Sidewinder. All three Troys. X5, X3 and X2. Multiple coils. George.

I bought an MXT which came with 3 coils. 2 of the coils were White’s, but I cannot identify the third coil. I’ve been told it’s a Tesoro coil. Can anyone tell me which Tesoro metal detectors this coil is compatible with? The coil is 7 inches wide and 1cm thick. Thanks!

Anyone know where I can get original battery boxes for my Tesoro Lobo? The one I got off eBay don’t go all the way in.

I am looking for a new or used brown battery box cover for a Tesoro Silver Sabre umax metal detector. Please quote price and shipping costs to 1010 South Parkerson Ave., Crowley, LA 70526. Thanks Guy Cuccio 337-290-0249

There's one thing I prefer detecting on more than anything else, its detecting in iron. I mean - heavy thick & large. I don't really do beaches for modern losses, preferring old places that are under tidal stress! I recently picked up a Laser Trident, The US equivalent would be the Tesoro Cibola, European models were sold with a different flavour. I also was lucky to find a 10x5 Detech coil - coils are really hard to find in England. Straight down to the worst (but best) place I can think of to try it out. I picked an area that had as little make on besides the debris and junk. This gives you a chance, so the rest is up to you and the detector. If anything, the coil was a little long for this, but going very slowly and from all angles, it worked very well. Moving as much of the junk and blocks out of the way helped immensely. Nothing fancy came out but often I think its how you find it rather than what it is. Eventually, you'll strike a good target, its always worth the effort. Set the detector the same as the Rapier (SS) sens was plenty on 4 and disc seems to be enough on 3. Good number of coins from the Victorian era until the 1960's trickled out, including a V Nickel... A really crusty coin I guessed as silver was carefully opened to see a paper thin young Victoria shilling from 1859. The reverse impressions easily seen. Another bit of scrap for the bag, it all adds up. I normally hunt here with the Manticore and M8 coil, that's a very difficult combination to beat as I've put in a huge amount of hours with that unit in the last couple of years. So old Tesoro, well done, and much fun was had!

Here is the entire old Tesoro metal detector official company website as archived by Wayback Machine in 2018. Earlier and older versions can be selected via the Wayback capture map at the top of the page. This is a snapshot of the main information page that gives the best set of direct links to the various information sources. https://web.archive.org/web/20180523230210/http:/www.tesoro.com/info/ Additional resources can be found on this website directly below: https://www.detectorprospector.com/files/category/16-tesoro-electronics/ Information about Tesoro Lobo vs Tesoro Lobo SuperTRAQ Forum Threads Tagged "Tesoro Detector" There was a company called Troy Custom Detectors that had three models, the Shadow X2, Shadow X3, and Shadow X5. The company was run by owner Troy Galloway but the detectors were actually made by other companies. The Troy Shadow X2 was made by Tesoro and based largely on the Silver Sabre uMax. The X3 and X5 were designed mostly by engineer Dave Johnson and made by Fisher. Some history here. Again courtesy of the Wayback Machine, the Troy Custom Detectors website from 2005: https://web.archive.org/web/20050901023628/http://troycustomdetectors.com/ My review of the Troy X5 plus other information on the three models can be found via a thread on this website: https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/3549-troy-x5-review-by-steve-herschbach/?do=findComment&comment=39353 Forum Threads Tagged "Troy Detector" Compass Electronics was a major innovator of metal detectors in the 70's and 80's, Compass went through a series of transactions, including a change in ownership and fell on declining times. A major blow happened in the 1990's when a fire swept through the factory. Another ownership change occurred but the revival never took hold and Compass faded from the market. You can get quite a few Compass Metal Detector manuals here: https://www.manualslib.com/brand/compass/metal-detector.html And a couple catalogs covering most models on this website: Compass 1982 Metal Detector Catalog Compass 1991 Metal Detector Catalog Forum Threads Tagged "Compass Detector"

If you are a fan of Tesoros. There are a few of them on Facebook market place. They are very reasonably priced and in great shape too. Do a search on marketplace for tesoro metal detectors and set you search zone to the maximum. A couple high end ones to be found. 😉

Just picked up another nice Beep and Dig a Tesoro Tejon, this detector appears to have been used very little, gonna be another fun Beep and Dig to fiddle with, just received it in the mail today, photos do not do it justice looks like it sat in a closet for most of its life.

here is a link has anyone ever read this book and if so is it worth the small price https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Tesoro-Tejon-Vaquero-Detectors-ebook/dp/B00GN27CTQ

Anyone have a good link where I can download the owners Manual and print it out for the Tesoro Tejon, i have a Link to the Tesoro site that is still up but it will not allow me to Download the instruction manual for the Tejon, I can bookmark the Tesoro site but still can not print the manual out I have been trying to find a link where I can download the manual, i want to be able to print the manual out so I can put it in my Note book with the rest of my detector manuals, so I do not have to go onto my PC every time I want to access the manual, the links I have been able to find seem to be broken this is the link I have but you cannot print these out https://web.archive.org/web/20180706215928/http://www.tesoro.com/info/manuals/current/tejon/ thanks for reading

Still a ton of guys out there using them. I was not going to do any more mods. Kind of got begged into doing some detectors as everyone else retired from doing them. Modified 4 detectors over the past 6 months. Three were Tesoro models. A Cibola, Golden Sabre II and my own Compadre. The Cibola turned out to be a factory hot one when it arrived. By far the best one performance wise before and after the mods that I have done or come across. A Golden Sabre II somewhat turned into a Pantera. Space inside the case was at a premium when installing new parts. Gave it some unique qualities with a slight learning curve. Now , there was motivation when I looked at the Compadre hanging in the wall. Picked up some needed parts and went to work. Love it, especially with dual disc controls. got hooked on dual disc when using the Vista X.

I was determined to get it. Bench tested it and works as it should. Pretty interesting with the Disc and Notch control. Because shipping was going to be so expensive to ship with the upper handle rod due to its length. I opted to have just the control box and search coil shipped, since I already have an extra handle section and lower rod. Came with a brown 8" search coil.

Hope to have it next week. One of my collection list. George.

Second time around. Why. I was compelled to do it! 😇

Took the old girl down to the most iron ridden place for a spin. With a lot of effort in a couple of trips, did quite well running at 1/4 sens and 4 disc. Iron broke through as the usual spit and broken responses. A few big pieces did give a better but identifiable signal. A patch of exposed clay gave a good amount of coins in photo 5 pretty easily as they had washed out of the iron bank further up. This shows the amount of potential hidden amongst the steel work. The only way to get anything is to work extremely slowly as coins etc are very very narrow signals. The coil is the 7" Precision scan which seems quite effective in these conditions. Besides the usual older coins a couple of bracelets turned up which is very unusual - both junk metal but there's hope! Most interesting is the Woodrow Wilson token, made its way across the Atlantic to my little beach here on England. First photo shows the amount of ironwork strewn at the bottom of the steel seawall. There plenty underneath the sand and stones as well. It does take a lot of concentration listening to the barrage of audio signals picking out the more solid neat targets.