Tesoro Tejon

Great coinshooter for trashy sites

GT in Florida -
For me, the Tejon is a great detector for coin shooting trashy modern urban/suburban parks, ball fields, schools, etc. Time constraints limit my detecting to these types of sites and I have three criteria for successful coin shooting at these sites:
1. Trash separation--the Tejon responds very quickly and its 2" receive coil on the stock coil allows excellent target separation (the 5.75" coil is even better).
2. Depth---my unstable, low mineral soil results in targets sinking quickly so I've got to be able to go deep. The ID detectors I've used tend to lose accuracy (bouncing numbers/icons/tones) between 6" and 8". The discrim circuitry on the Tejon is useful out to at least 11" at my sites.
3. Square tab/nickel IDing---By far, the most important criterion for me. The sites I detect are absolutely loaded with square tabs and the ID machines I've used have not been good at all at telling the difference. With the Tejon's dual discrim feature, I can set discrim #1 to "crackle" on a nickel but hit solidly on a square tab (a touchy setting but doable); and set discrim #2 to "crackle" on a zinc but hit hard on a high coin. I now dig very few square tabs (bent ones still can fool), many nickels, and my good target-to-trash ratio is at an all-time high. The dual discrim feature also allows you to cherry pick a given target (e.g., only nickels) by setting the two discrims to "just accept"/"just reject."

I have several detectors for different purposes but the Tejon is the best I've tried for the combination of trash separation and deep, accurate ID's (although it can be fooled by, for example, rusted washers, clipped zincs, bent tabs, etc.). Until I find something better, the Tejon's my main coin shooting detector.

Nov 04, 2005

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Tejon for UK users

Gary UK in United Kingdom -
Fantastic machine for Roman sites,chatters on iron but has the ability to pull small coins from next to nails.
Have found it to work very well in high mineralisation and under power lines. At the moment I am testing the 12x10 widescan coil which is suprisingly very sensitive to small targets.
www.garysdetecting.co.uk

Sep 12, 2005

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Bruce in Slidell LA -
great detector very deep.

Feb 07, 2005

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Bob Woods in VA USA -
this is the best detector made for relic hunting I have been doing it for 22 years and have never had a detector this deep and sensetive not even the nauti.

Feb 04, 2005

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Tesoro Tejon

Victor Ludcky in Bowling Green KY USA -
Very good detector very very deep on smaller gold and brass, When only the best will do and you dont want to miss those small deep targets you better try this machine out it is awsome.

Feb 04, 2005

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RELICS THE TEJON

Rich Rice in Deluth GA -
I have read several post about this detector before I got one and was sceptical, but man I tell you its all true, this thing is deep seeking and very sensetive, the depth it gets on small objects like buttons and bullets is fenominal.

Feb 04, 2005

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Tejon Very Deep & Sensetive

Troy in Tennessee -
The deepest Tesoro I have ever used much deeper and much more sensetive to sall targets than the vaquero or the cibola, I have all three and for relic hunting the Tejon wins hands down, Awsome machine

Jan 27, 2005

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Tejon Relic monster

Mike in Nashville TN -
This is without a doubt the the best relic detector made, I have used a nautilus exclusivly for years but not any more the Tejon is just as deep and much lighter, Tejon Rocks

Jan 27, 2005

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Austin in Tyler TX -
Great Very good Depth, The best

Jan 27, 2005

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Shane in gulf shores AL -
Very good coin machine, lots of depth and great in iron.

Jan 27, 2005

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