Rick K - First Member Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 The Demons and the original Lobo use a coil With four male pins not only is the connector different but the coils themselves are incompatible with the Diablo micromax and lobo super track. The Diablo micromax the Lobo super track both use the standard for pin connector – which is often called Delta – and is used by the H.O.T series of detectors like the vaquero and Tejon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Dawg Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Lots of cool coils available new to fit the umax, Nel, etc. 3x6, 5.5", etc. Same coils fit as they do the Lobo Super Traq. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EL NINO77 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I myself am curious, .. what can make snake on Tesoro Mojave - as an alternative to the concentric coil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K - First Member Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 My immediate problem seems to be solved by a local person in Superior AZ who has agreed to sell me a Lobo Supertrac at a good price. I will meet him tomorrow at 0800 at “Los Hermanos” a popular Mexican restaurant/bar in Superior. After doing the biz, my wife, myself and my best friend will have Huevos Rancheros and a breakfast beer before heading back to Gold Canyon. The standard elliptical coil from the LST will tide me over till I figure out what to do with my new (and totally unnecessary) toys. One plan is to play the two Tesoro’s off against the world’s best preserved Treasure Baron Goldtrax - another prize won by diligent attention to various forum posts. There’s one of those for sale on eBay now for $1,255. Daft of course, but mine is at least as nice. https://www.ebay.com/itm/TREASURE-BARON-GOLD-TRAX-METAL-DETECTOR-by-Discovery-Electronics-1986-Model/253739625853 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K - First Member Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Great shoot-out cut short. The 10” elliptical coil off the LST - paired alternately with the Diablo MM and the LST quickily reminded me or why I sold 2 DMM’s earlier. Beuatiful, light, elegant - but not for me. Too uncompromising - too pure, Metal - beep. I have grown used to more. The Diablo MM is sold and the LST is looking for a coil which went with the DMM. Having said all that, here’s something I posted a while back elsewhere about Tesoro. “It's not what you find - It's not what tools you own - it's the pursuit of "el tesoro" - the treasurel - the pursuit being a combination of expectation, experience, exercise. calculation and - sometimes reward. I found the simplicity and directness of Tesoro's machines to have a sort of immediate connection between seek and find - a connection that I enjoyed. The greatest detectors in the history of detectors - no. But clearly, their passing - if in fact they are gone - is the passing of an era. I found simple jewelry - lost or hidden- at the site of the destruction of an Arabian town by the Ottoman forces of the ruler of Egypt - Mohammed Ali in about 1814. I found copper scraps from smelting of ore in Sumerian times (about 2000 BC) at a mine and refining site in Oman I found the nut I lost off the end of an important bolt on my vehicle in the sands of the desert (nice to have a metal detector when you are 50 miles from a paved road in the sand). I will miss Tesoro - even though - truth be known - I never bought one of their machines new... That's the killer...metal detectors work - too well - too long. Tesoro didn't understand that - lifetime warranty - what commercial foolishness. But then, in those days - we had different ideas about what constituted business integrity. They will be missed.” 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 On 1/23/2019 at 9:30 PM, PhaseTech said: Hey Rick, performance wise, what does the Diablo micromax compare to? These old machines are before the advent of high gain circuits pumping higher voltages to the coils. They all have a nice, soft, mellow feel but lack in true punch compared to modern machines. The Diable compares favorably to the 1990 original 19 Gold Bug for performance, no surprise since the same designer. They are hard to compare to new machines as most everything made these days is "sparkier". I have never had luck with the nostalgia and going backwards thing. Improvements in the technology may be glacially slow at times, but it does improve. The Compass Gold Scanner Pro was my last walk down memory lane quite a few years ago now. Some things you should not go back to, as the reasons you left the old machine in the first place still exist but even more so. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhaseTech Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Hi Steve, don't worry I have no interest in buying one, just trying to figure out why they go for so much on the used market. Is it because they are rare? Is it because they are so hyped up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskaseeker Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 The Tesoro Tejon was a great little unit, I had a few of the micromaxs but think I would look for a Tejon .. Be sure when swapping coils you know what the frequencies are, I know you guys are having fun with these units.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickindirt Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Anyone tried the concentric coils on these diablos? Trying to decide if I should buy a Nel sniper coil or a Tesoro concentric coil. I never really cared for DD coils on my other Tesoro's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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