Tesoro Sand Shark
Street Price $600 - Beach, water
Number of Reviews: 10
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Dana Parandes in Mystic, CT -
Did my research. I wanted and needed a detector that can scan in and around water and marsh. I live within an area that's strewn with debris. Besides the long-gone residents (of the 1800's), the major hurricane of 1938 destroyed and swept many Victorian homes...and that debris is scattered and buried on my lot. The Tesoro Sand Shark was THE unit! Within several hours after receiving it and reading-up, I put it to work. In five minutes...it found a perfect engraved cast iron (1800's) stove vent, 40' from my back door. It was a beginning. Within an hour, I discovered another batch of very old items, from cast iron to stamped metal. There's much to learn, but if this is my first experience, I'm convinced that I made the perfect choice. Combined with my boat and so many places to explore, this Tesoro and I are going to have a "very good time!+!"
Get one!
A suggestion to the seller:
Put a sticker in with each sold unit [with their printed business name, web site, and particulars.] When on-lookers see me finding valuables, their going to ask questions(?) Turn the Tesoro over...show them the sticker. This is where you can get yours!
Mar 11, 2009
12 Yes
2 No
Excellent
Elixir in florida -This machine is great, it takes a little time to learn it, but is almost as deep as an excalibur. Hairpins will make a double blip sound so you dont have to worry about them. I love my sand shark, and after 2-3 months of using it I have found two 14k gold rings! Get it!
Feb 16, 2009
4 Yes
1 No
Sand shark
Donald in nyc -This is my first year of detecting. Even though I got my sand shark at the end of April 07 I never really started to use it until 9/25/07 because I was doing the easy work of dry sand detecting with my cibola. Since I did not find hardly anything of real value with my cibola in dry sand I finally started water detecting.
As I detect in NY + NJ the real water detecting period is from June through the beginning of sept. yet, despite starting my salt water detecting on 9/25 I have done fairly good during this ?off season.? My experience with the sand shark is all positive. It has fine depth, is easy enough to pinpoint with, and has very good battery life.
4/28/07 - 2.2g silver earing (lake) cibola
5/7/07 - 6.5g 14k ring - 15point diamond (salt) cibola
7/9/07 - .9g 14k ring (dry beach sand) cibola
7/27/07 - 1.1g 10k ring zircon - 2tiny diamonds (dry beach sand) cibola
9/25/07 - 6.5g 14k ring - 6small diamonds (salt) shark
9/26/07 - 18.4g 14k bracelet (salt) shark
9/26/07 - 3.2g silver ring (salt) shark
9/26/07 - .9g 14k earing (salt) shark
10/6/07 - 1.7g 14k ring (salt) shark
10/6/07 - .7g 10k earing (lake) shark
10/7/07 - 1.6g silver earing (lake) shark
10/7/07 - 1.7g silver earing (lake) shark
10/14/07 - 7.3g stainless ring (salt) shark
10/15/07 - 2.3g 10k ring (salt) shark
10/19/07 - 7.6g 10k ring 10diamonds-3points each=30points (salt) shark
10/21/07 - 17g little guy silver (salt) shark
10/29/07 - 10.6g silver spinner ring (salt) shark
11/4 /07 - 2.1g 14 k œ ct diamond ring (salt) shark
11/23/07 - 15.6g silver + gold ring (salt) shark
Jan 15, 2008
25 Yes
3 No
Sand Shark RULES! Best PI detector out there!
Jake from Norcal in Northern California, USA -I've owned a Surfmaster PI from Whites and I must say the Tesoro Sand Shark is superior in every way.
I bought a PI detector because of the badly mineralized beaches in my neck of the woods. I tried using my buddy's M6, which supposedly handles mineralization well, but I could not get a readable signal with it. I knew the only detector that would work would be a PI.
I bought a Surfmaster and had some success with it. I was finding coins at about the 3-4 inch range. I found one silver ring at about 5 inches once. However, I didn't like the balance of it. I decided to try out the Sand Shark and it was the best decision I've made in a long time.
The Sand Shark is the first PI detector with microcircuit technology. No more "timing" the detector over the ground and missing target spots. The Sand Shark remains constant during the entire sweeping process. Best of all... it's DEEP! I consistently find treasure at 8 inches and deeper. I found a gold ring at about 11 or 12 inches! No BS (I actually measured it.) In badly mineralized soil, this kind of depth is incredible.
The Lifetime warranty is also a BIG plus for the Sand Shark. The Surfmaster only had a 2 year warranty from Whites. Tesoro really stands by their products. I'm very happy with the Sand Shark. I couldn't recommend it more if you are looking for a straight up beach hunter.
If you plan on doing a mix of land and beach hunting, check out the Tiger Shark. It gets good depth on the beach as well, but the Sand Shark outperforms it because it is more specialized.
Thank you Tesoro!
Mar 10, 2007
36 Yes
0 No
Very good
francesco in Italy -On 2004 I bought a Sand Shark for hunting on beaches, here in Italy. I was quite satisfied with it. After a friend of mine convinced me to sell it for another machine...Well last week I bought another SAnd Shark!!!
Dec 26, 2006
10 Yes
1 No
Awsome machine
steve in indiana -i bought the sand shark in july 2006 and i am very satisfied with the sand shark. I have made three trips to local fresh water beaches in indiana and found over $25.00 in clad two silver rings and a nice silver cross. the depth on some of the coins were over 6 to 8 inches in wet sand. the vco pinpoint is very acurate and makes it easy to locate your targets. good luck to all...
Jul 12, 2006
12 Yes
0 No
sand shark...oct 2005
LUCIANO in TENNESSEE -
I bought the Sand Shark in 2004...took it with me on two trips to the Florida Gold Coast...
I am sad to say that I was not impressed by this machine...on my first trip I used the regular 8" coil and found very few coins...For my second trip I bought the next larger coil, but still, the effort and expense was not worthwhile...
I found more coins on dry sand using the old Tesoro Golden Sabre than with the Sand Shark...
To keep the weight off the handle I tried to put the control box on my belt, but the results were poor...I used the Sand Shark on wet sand and also while wading on the surf...while detecting I saw another fellow digging a lot more than I did ,he was using a Minelab detector...on the plus side the lifetime warranty can't be beat.
Oct 07, 2005
16 Yes
14 No
Tesoro Sand Shark
Keith in USA -I picked up an almost new Sand Shark off E-Bay and while I have only used it twice on the Galveston, Texas beaches I was well impressed with this machine. It is a bit on the heavy side but with the control box mounted under the handle it is balanced rather well.
The Sand Shark works very well. Has lots of sensitivity and depth. I dug several pennies and bobbing pins at 10-12 inches in wet sand. Battery life seems to be very good as I used it for several hours both days and the batteries still indicate to be good with the built in battery tester tone.
The machine is built bullet proof and should hold up well to some serious detecting. The head phones are water proof also and attached to the detector so you can't use this machine without the headphones. I have been happy with my Sand Shark.
Sep 24, 2004
27 Yes
4 No
Tesoro Sand Shark
Casey Gabriel in USA -Simply the best detector I have ever owned!
Dec 29, 2003
14 Yes
10 No
Tesoro Sand Shark
Mark in USA -I have owned two pulse detectors over the years. The Impulse & the Sand Shark. The depth, stability & balance of the Sand Shark make it my 1st choice when hunting in salt water. In my opinion, the Impulse did not get adequate depth & was rather bulky & not as well balanced.
Mar 04, 2003
28 Yes
4 No
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