Bill (S. CA) Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Just curious what anyone thinks was the best of the Tesoro Umax detectors? I had a Cutlass II Umax years ago and it was really fun to hunt with when I just wanted to beep and dig. Bill 3 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/22859-rating-the-tesoro-umax-models/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Tejon is my favorite. It's not a umax though. Bandio 2 umax is the one most want. It has a ground balance. Mild ground any umax with no ground balance is good. Tesoro's are great. They have a great audio for a single tone detector. 4 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/22859-rating-the-tesoro-umax-models/#findComment-243085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D. Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Got more than a few, and love them all! But yeah, dual disc on the Tejon is hard to beat! Always glad to see any discussion on here about Tesoro's! Also got a couple Troy X2's; also Tesoro made! Gonna have to thin the heard at some point, so stay tuned!??? 3 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/22859-rating-the-tesoro-umax-models/#findComment-243093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 My first Tesoro was a Troy Shadow X2. I had both coils. The 7" & 9". You can listen for that whisper. 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/22859-rating-the-tesoro-umax-models/#findComment-243094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill (S. CA) Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 I remember when Troy was designing the X5. It's been a long time but didn't Fisher make that one? I seem to recall that he was working on another detector with a display screen but it never happened. 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/22859-rating-the-tesoro-umax-models/#findComment-243135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Bill (S. CA) said: I remember when Troy was designing the X5. It's been a long time but didn't Fisher make that one? Dave Johnson (who worked for several of the USA detector companies -- Fisher, White's Tesoro, First Texas) -- at one time or another, designed the X5. Troy didn't build detectors but rather came up with the concepts and then outsourced the engineering, design, and production. There is a ton of stuff about Tesoro (especially) and Troy detectors on the late Monte Berry's AHRPS forum. That forum has a user-friendly search capability to help you find hours of reading on the subject. Monte was an encyclopedia of knowledge and (IMO) likely knew as much about Tesoro detectors as founder Jack Gifford. 7 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/22859-rating-the-tesoro-umax-models/#findComment-243138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill (S. CA) Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 I knew Monte very well and we corresponded frequently. He was a wonderful guy. Sure miss him. I still wonder what happened to Troy's design for a visual target ID detector. He and I corresponded about that detector a lot but as I recall he could never put the whole package together to get it made. 5 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/22859-rating-the-tesoro-umax-models/#findComment-243150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D. Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Yeah, X3, and X5 are both Fisher built as I recall?! And you can still find coils for them fairly easily, albeit not cheap! Thought about acquiring them, but wanted to keep in the Tesoro stable! The X5 seems to appear on Ebay more often than the X3! And the X2 even less!??? 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/22859-rating-the-tesoro-umax-models/#findComment-243159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill (S. CA) Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 So Joe, fess up. How many Tesoro's do you own? 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/22859-rating-the-tesoro-umax-models/#findComment-243181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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