Tesoro Vaquero

Great For Relics-Quiet-DEEP-Best Warranty!!

R.V. in Georgia -
I have a Tejon, a Nautilus DMC 2B, and now a Vaquero. The Vaquero is right up there with the Tejon and Nautilus in depth (All are very similar coil for coil). It runs a lot quieter than the Tejon in nails. My Vaquero air tests a nickel at 15" when supertuned. It does about the same on nickel sized buttons. It will hit a nickel at 12" in good ground with a strong signal.

The 5.75 coil is a must and it only looses about an inch of depth to the 8x9 coil and it will really pull targets out of trashy sites. My Vaquero digs minnie balls 14" deep in good soil. Slightly less in bad soil. If you set the GB slightly negative you will regain most of the lost depth, however you may experience a few ground signals. Overall this is one of the best detectors available today. The first time I used mine I dug two half dimes and both were over 8" deep in badly mineralized soil!!

Dec 29, 2006

28 Yes
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new to metal detecting agian...

Larry in USA- South Central, OK -
Read the reviews, bought the Vaquero... The depth of this detector is remarkable, in trashy sites, expect to dig a lot.
1 The discrimination mode is good but takes some digging to learn the sounds.
2 Ground balance is awesome but takes some time and digging to learn.
3 At first my son-in-law was out preforming me with his Lonestar Bouty Hunter ($150 Bass Pro Shop
4 after learning Vaquero I cant be beat.. takes some time to learn and then whooo hoooo!!!!

found several coins, 1 1928 laundry token, severral square nails, lots of garbage. and upon further learning and digging, less garbage and more relic type stuff. I am sold, and would recommend, but only if you are willing to do your homework and learn the machine!

Nov 28, 2006

14 Yes
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Dig deep...

DCW001 in northeast mtns of Georgia -
Had a White Silver Eagle for 15 years and thought that it was great...got a new Vaquero and have been rehunting the same areas over again and finding plenty under the old area. As one man said, you better be ready to dig. I have found Indian Head at 8-9 inches several times, found several of the metal band around pencil erasers at 10 inches. Great tone and very light. Only complaint..arm rest too small and no cuff strap. Easy to ground balance and sure does make a difference..can not go wrong with this machine.

Sep 25, 2006

15 Yes
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First time for Tesoro

Peter in Ontario, Canada -
I have used pretty much every other respected brand on the market. I have never, and I mean never seen this kind of clarity on deep targets. I have a thin, gold wire ring that I use as my benchmark target. In supertune mode 9-10" with absolute good target sound, any other machine over the last 20 years would only see it clearly at 3-4" maxx.

Super light and sturdy. The only negative is I wish that the arm cuff was a little larger in all dimensions.

Aug 25, 2006

24 Yes
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Vaquero is the featherweight champion

Tom in Phoenix, AZ -
I have used all of the high end TID detectors and wanted a non TID detector for relic hunting, after a lot of research I picked the Tesoro Vaquero.

The Vaquero weighs 2.2 lbs, it is like a walking stick with a search coil on the end of it, I can swing it all day with one arm and not get tired, it has one of the best discriminator that I have ever used and it is as deep as any detector on the market today, it runs off of 1 9-volt battery, and has a manual ground balance. I can turn it on and be hunting in less than one minute, and I don't have to memorize a bunch of menues and sub menues, or study DVD's to learn how to program it, the Vaquero has a very short learning curve, about one hour and you are good to go.

Tom

Jul 10, 2006

21 Yes
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Inexpensive, easy to learn, deep

MF in Nashville -
I have yet to see a detector that is deeper than the vaquero. Some people claim that the tejon is, but from my test with my vaquero and tejon, the vaquero is the clear winner. I can't think of anything bad about this mechine execpt that I would like to see a big concentric coil for it. I'm not a big fan of the 10 x 12 widescan.

May 09, 2006

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too simple, too deep

Jason Graham in VA -
Be prepared to do some digging lol. found an Indian head penny at 9 inches. The most stable and deep seeking detector i have ever used. This detector has replaced my Whites DFX. worth every penny.

May 03, 2006

20 Yes
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Tesoro's sleeper machine!

Scott Beasley in South Carolina -


This is just point blank a great machine. Runs quiet and VERY DEEP! Discrimination is good, very good in iron, and is very lite. I have been using it for several months with great success finding very small items that where deep. This machine is SUPER a relic hunter, coin hunter and an OK beach hunter.

Lots of power for the money! You can't go wrong!!

Apr 03, 2006

15 Yes
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DEEP AND QUIET

Gary in Richmond, VA -
I only hunt Civil War Relics and of the 3 most popular detectors in Virginia, this one outperformed them...I know because I used to use the other brands....I thought the control box on the Vaquero made it look like a toy and couldnt possibly compete..... I was used to a control box that looked like something from the cockpit of a 747!..... Boy was I surprised....I supertune mine and swing all day....featherlight.....if you get one, go back to those hunted out spots!.....

Aug 10, 2005

32 Yes
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Best Tesoro ever

Andy,NM in New Mexico -
It is more stable than a Tejon and gets the same depth.

If you don't have a Tejon and want a new Tesoro i would buy a Vaquero.I just like the fact that it's more stable, uses just 1 9 volt battery, has frequency shift and gets the same depth than the more expensive Tejon.
But some may still like the Tejon better since it has a Slow Auto-Tune All Metal AND a FAST Auto-Tune All Metal Mode; Dual Disc and longer Battery life.
I didn't like the battery doors on the Tejon.They gave me the feeling that i have to send the detector in for repair after a few battery changes.Otherwise the performance of the Tejon i had was great.
The Tejon and the Vaquero/Cibola aren't much more deeper than an Eldorado on higher conductive targets like dimes and pennys (About 1 to 2 inch).But they will go much deeper (about 4 inch) than an Eldorado on low conductive targets like nickels and goldrings.
For now i think the power vs price of a Vaquero/Cibola is hard to beat.

I didn't super tune sweet spot test, i did it the way the airtest is described in the manual.I think 13 inch on a nickel and about 10 on a dime is great.
I believe you can get more out of that detector by super tune sweet spot airtesting but i didn't do it to compare it to other
Tesoros under same air test conditions.

Did some more air testing today with the 5.75 coil.
Disc was between iron and 5c, sens at max.

Dime 9 inch , Nickel 10 inch with a 5.75 coil !!!!!!!!!

That's what my Eldorado gets with its 9x8 standard coil.
I am glad i bought that coil with my Vaquero.
I am impressed.There is no detector in the price range that can beat that new Tesoro.This is the detector i wanted, thanks Tesoro.

HH,
Andy

Nov 26, 2004

90 Yes
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