Tesoro Lobo SuperTRAQ
Street Price $700 - Beginner, gold
Number of Reviews: 5
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Tesoro Lobo SuperTRAQ
LST
Steve in North Idaho -I have only had the LST for a couple weeks, so far I have used it around my yard and down by the river at a local fishing hole.
I wanted a good all around detector that could find pretty much anything including gold incase I decide to do some prospecting. I think the LST can pretty much do it all. It is a very sensitive and powerful machine. It is also very simple to use, and ground balance.
The only problem I have had so far, is that it finds too much stuff, it does its job too well. Using "all metal mode" is just not an option in the trashed out areas I have been to as the LST will find it all, everything, every melted aluminum can, to every little 1/16" corner of gum wrapper, not much gets missed. Turning the sensitivity down and using discriminate mode in these areas works better, but I really need to find areas to hunt that are not such garbage dumps. The LST is primarily a gold machine, this means it is very sensitive to small targets, this is no under statement, I could easily find a needle in a haystack. It is also a very capable coin machine, just be ready to find a lot of garbage too. I look forward to using it in some old mining areas after the snow is gone.
Mar 10, 2008
7 people found this review helpful.
Tesoro Lobo TRAQ far outweighs Whites MXT
Dale Hardin in Baltimore, Mayland USA -If I were you, I would go for the Tesoro Lobo Super TRAQ. I really love my Tesoro Silver uMax and the simplicity and responce of it is awsome. And the Lobo has better depth and is lighter than the either the MXT or M6. The display of the Whites is nice but not neccessary.
I would rather go for a good machine with no display and save my back for old age when I will need it. Plus the control box of the Lobo can be detached if needed for wading, or an even lighter detector, ect. That can not be done with the Whites machines.
The coil of the MXT and M6 is a concentric coil which does not handle mineralization as well as the coil that comes stock with the Lobo Super TRAQ which is a DD. The DD coil of the Super TRAQ will handle beach minerals better if you plan on hunting the beach in Maryland or states with widely varying soil conditions.
The only small downside is that the Lobo TRAQ has preset GB in disc mode, but using the DD coil takes care of that problem.
You also are paying for a lifetime warranty if you buy the Tesoro new which can come in handy if needed. The Whites only has 2 years warranty. Lifetime vs. 2 years; I pick the Lifetime.
Also, if you ever want to buy some accessory coils, the Tesoro coils are in general 50-70 dollars cheaper than the Whites. There is also a wider range of Tesoro coils than there is for Whites MXT or M6.
I love this Tesoro Lobo Super TRAQ!!!
Nov 06, 2007
29 people found this review helpful.
home with yellow
rick in usa -i have been to az 2 times with my lobo both times came home with YELLOW. auto gt very good!!!!!!
Feb 20, 2005
24 people found this review helpful.
Still one of the Best available from Tesoro
Tom in Rural Michigan -I won't go into a lot of detail here. Just want to point out that to this day, the Lobo ST remains one of the best offerings available from Tesoro.
There are detectors that will outperform it in some categories but as an all around machine the LST gets it done. Some say it has a language that will speak to you when you learn it but I never did "learn it" I can't hear anything other than a beep on non-ferrous targets.
One big plus I did find about the audio is that it is very distinctive on big heavy iron. If you relic hunt or hunt old logging camps, ID'ing large iron like axe heads ect is a snap with the LST. I like digging that kind of stuff and can tell it with a high degree of accuracy.
Nov 20, 2004
29 people found this review helpful.
Lobo Super Traq
Tom Van Vleet in USA -
Best all around coin, relic, machine I have ever owned. No nuggets yet, or at least not gold ones, found a couple pounds of lead/galena nuggets up in Wisconsin, at least 50 pieces of gold and silver jewelry, several chains, and over 500 bucks in clad and pennies.
Best all around coil is the 9x8, pinpoints extremely well and detector has VCO pinpoint and auto ground tracking in all metal mode. THe only misgivings I have with it are that it hates water. I have had to return it 4 times now for retuning and they always accuse me of water damage.
I bought a Headhunter Diver last year and it is the best for ring hunting in water. The LST is a keeper. I have 4 coils for mine, hope to use the new Tejon 10x12 coil with it when it comes back from retuning. I always get my LST tuned to the 9x8 coil in disc mode for max depth, like a foot on gold rings.
This is the only detector I have ever owned that will go deeper on gold jewelry, by 3-4 inches, than on, say a silver quarter, about 8 inch on the quarter and 12 inch on a heavy gold ring, AFTER the retune.
It comes stock with a 5 x 10 elliptical which is harder to pinpoint with. Gimme that 9x8 anyday. I guess the 5x10 is what is preferred for nugget hunting but I still say the 9x8 is the best coil for this unit.
Apr 01, 2004
115 people found this review helpful.
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