Tesoro Golden uMax
Street Price $500 - Coin, relic
Number of Reviews: 3
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Give it time, and it is a winner.
Maineiac in Southern Maine -
I've owned three Goldens, and regret it each time I sell one. The bottom line with this machine is that you need to give it time. Tesoro says it has four tones, which is somewhat true... It really has many many more. It has it's own language that you will learn over time.
Solid targets have solid tones. For example -- I found that gold rings and targets similar in composition have somewhat of an ascending tone. But if it is a pulltab, it would be a descending tone on the backswing.
I've taken my golden on the beach alongside my buddy who had his Minelab Excalibur, and it kept right up with him. Why? Is it as deep as an excalibur? I'd say no. But, when you understand what the Golden is telling you, you'll dig plenty.
The notch setting takes some getting used to as well, and you'll need to practice with it for a while. With the narrow notch setting, I hunted a field that was used for rock concerts. It was littered in tabs and crushed pieces of aluminum. I dug three pulltabs that day, and lots of nickels.
Give this one some time, and you will see it's a keeper...
Sep 14, 2007
4 people found this review helpful.
Tesoro Golden uMax
vareb in USA -
Good coin machine for schoolyards & playgrounds but a lack of good depth hurts it. Also, the two middle tones were so similar it was hard to tell them apart. Three tones would be enough. The notch filter worked great for nickles and many, many newer coins were found with this detector.
Oct 28, 2004
19 people found this review helpful.
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Brian Gilbert in USA -I owned this detector for about six months after selling my Bounty Hunter Landstar. While it was a good, high-quality detector, I found the four-tone feature a little confusing. The frequency of the tones is a little similar, and a "lower low tone" and "higher high tone" might help spread things out a bit.
Also, the notch filtering didn't seem to be the miracle feature that was advertised, and I didn't use it much. Good at finding nickels, though no
gold.
Feb 15, 2004
13 people found this review helpful.
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