Tesoro Vaquero
Street Price $550 - Coin, relic
Number of Reviews: 33
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JUST PLAIN SHOCKED!
STEVE HOBBS in FAYETTVILLE PA -I hunted civil war relics for 20 years I've used all the Whites machines accept the v3.i used the fisher 1266x and the f70 even a Minelab extera 70. I hunted a field for years which was a confederate camp just before Gettysburg. All last year I went out about once a week and found nothing! Hunted out I said to myself. Then a vaquero came up on ebay so I purchased it. Since this place was close to home I decided to give it a try. I read the book on how to super tune it. Going over the ground I would get these faint but strong unbroken signals which I got none with the other detectors, I almost left them go thinking it was deep iron. But decided to dig. At elbow deep I saw something green. As I cleaned it off I was shocked a confederate block I button at around 16 inches! Shocked I dug everyone of those sounds and ended the day with 5 gardners 3 enfields a block I and 2 flat buttons! What a machine!
Feb 07, 2010
1 Yes
0 No
This is my first and the last detector.
Peter in Poland -Why?
Because it is very simple to operate, in the field you don't need a very diffcult displays and electronics like in passenger Jumbo Jet.
The only disantwages is a very loud speaker witch no volume knob, so you must have used a headphones .I bought my Tesoro in USA where I have a family, but I use it in Poland where we have a lots of relics including Germans WW 2
Best Regards and sorry for my language but I hope everybody understud me.
Thanks Peter
Sep 27, 2009
12 Yes
2 No
This is for sure the do anything machine
Brandon Moore in Newry Maine -I'm very pleased with this machine very light weight, have found that sweet spot on finding nickels before I dig, took a while to get use to that manual ground balance but love it now. Very deep, will find bb sized stuff in dry sand at 11" in dry sand using all metal mode, have found lots of coins using the 5.75" coil and will go real deep using the DD 12 x 10 coil, I like this machine better than the Tejon I had, once you learn this machine there is no problem keeping up with thousand dollar machines.
Jul 15, 2009
17 Yes
2 No
treasure cowboy
Mike in Grover Beach, Ca USA -I just fell in love with this detector and I own a garrett GTAX 550, garrett ace 250, and a whites dfx but the vaquero destroyed them all ;) I went back to my old detecting spots like the park and beach hear in avila beach,CA and got results. I found a mens superbowl(raiders) ring at 15" inches deep with a clear noise. To make the story short I did returned the ring and I got a reward of 200 dollars for it because I believe I did the right decision. Besides the ring had the name of the original owner. This detector is so good it will want to make you scream YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW!
Apr 11, 2009
25 Yes
3 No
Does it all!
Jeff in Homeless and happy -Coins, relic's and I bet Gold hunting next however, that is to be seen yet as I have not tried it in the Gold fields. I love the small box with lots of power and the simple controls knobs (I hate touch pads and Lcd that you cannot see very well and do not last long). This detector does it all so far. Heading for the Gold fields next. We will see.
Apr 04, 2009
6 Yes
3 No
Beep and Dig Cowboy
Royston Woodhatch in Thetford, Norfolk, United Kingdom -The Vaquero is one of the best beep and dig machines around. My buddy has the Tejon and he is impressed that I can stay with him on the hunt!
The more you use it the more you learn, ground balance must be set properly, if you move the sensitivety knob reset the ground! When all is set up, run it hot by winding the threshold all the way up, pin point facility will be unusable at this level but hey exing your target is no problem. I use the big DD coil 10"x12" for ploughed and the standard web for the more trashy sites. Good all round performance with the big coil if a little twitchy on discrim a small price to pay for the superior ground coverage. All in all my favourite all rounder and is as good as anything else out there, many good finds and many good times ahead!! Let the good times roll.
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Vaquero
Apr 01, 2009
12 Yes
3 No
Very Light
Greg in Minnesota -Well I like Tosoro Metal Detectors and I have 3 now!
Sting Ray, Tiger Shark, Vaquero, anyway, I wanted something light, I had a Fisher CZ 7 Pro, it was okay but your arm sure would tire out! Vaquero is sort of like my Sting ray, it gives a good beep when there is something solid in the ground. I Set it up so I can detect any kind of rings, sure you find pull tabs and other metal objects but when you dig up that Gold ring you will be happy!
Only thing I don't care for is the pin point, it wants to fade not soild on pin point but you will learn with it as you go! Happy Hunting!
Mar 18, 2009
5 Yes
2 No
A few comments.
Nad in Central, central OHio -I am still learning my "V". Have been out about 15 hours with it. Have the clean sweep coil, and a 5.75" .The clean sweep goes negative, and(I think) you will lose depth when you can't Ground Balance..Out 7 times this year, about an hour each time, and have 6 dimes(silver)in a hunted out park. I think I will buy another "V" as a spare..Very good machine
Mar 16, 2009
3 Yes
3 No
Best of the HOT detectors
John Samsky in Manassas, Virginia -I've owned the Cibola, Vaquero, and Tejon since they hit the market. All are great machines, but the Vaquero is a much better all around performer. The Cibola suffers from a preset ground balance which can't be adjusted for bad ground. The Tejon, although deeper than the Cibola or Vaquero, loses much of its' depth in highly mineralized ground. The Vaquero's performance remains steady in almost any ground, losing very little depth in bad ground.Everyone knows it's light and runs on a single 9 volt battery, but it's a lot tougher than it looks, and it really does have great depth, air testing not far behind the Tejon. I am not fond of the pinpoint button, wishing Tesoro had made it a click on and off button so you could hunt in all metal if you wanted to without moving the disc dial. Also, hunting in disc cuts out some small iron even if you set it at its' lowest point. But that's not entirely a bad thing, unless you want to hear everything that's in the ground. As a relic machine the Vaquero will stand up to about anything on the market, and at $420 or so it really is a steal. It hits hard on deep coins too, but as a die hard relic hunter, I rarely coin hunt.
Mar 05, 2009
12 Yes
3 No
Great detector
S Byars in Corinth, MS -I have owned my Vaquero for nearly 3 years now and still love it. I started out with the Cibola and it was a great machine also, but I wanted the ground balance capability. Being relatively new to the hobby it did take some patience to learn the machine but was well worth the effort for me. I see a lot of people unhappy with the pinpoint feature but I will say that after I realized how to use it I have found it very accurate. I can usually find a coin with a probe at 5-6 inches deep easily after using the pinpoint. I have used this detector to find hundreds of coins and many civil war relics. The light weight and one 9v battery are both added plusses to me. Before I had the Cibola or Vaquero I was using a target ID machine and found lots of coins but quickly realized it was not a machine for relic hunting (I like to do both). I am sure that I passed over some goodies with that machine but was relying to much on the target ID instead of the signal. I have not seen another detector out there yet that I would prefer over my Vaquero. If you have the patience to learn this machine I don't think you will have any regrets, and if you are new to the hobby it will take some time, but for me it was all fun time well spent.
Happy Hunting
Feb 01, 2009
20 Yes
2 No