Tesoro Silver uMax
Street Price $250 - Beginner
Number of Reviews: 37
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Cheap, deep, and powerful
MC in Charlotte, NC -The Tesoro Silver Umax is the finest metal detector you can buy for the price. It was very easy to learn and very effective right out of the box. I haven't found vast treasures yet, but I know that if it's down there, the Umax will find it. It has great battery life, it's very light weight, and it breaks down quickly for storage. In beach sand I have consistantly hit targets more than one foot deep. If this thing had any more power, I would need a bigger shovel! The lifetime warranty just seals the deal, but I doubt you will ever need it. Great product.
Oct 02, 2009
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Having fun
Born in the CSA in Georgia -It took me forever to decide what to get but having read all the review and doing countless hours of research, I chose the Silver uMax.
I couldnt be happier. This thing is so easy to use. It takes a little time to learn what its telling you, as im finding out, but i think that goes for any detector.
Ive had it less than a week and have found close to 40 coins in my neighborhood alone. Also lots of cool little relics as well.
If this detector fits your budget you should choose it. I was thinking about the Garrett Ace 250 and am so glad I didnt go that way. Those things are so cheaply made and from what ive learned recently, cant compare to the performance of this Tesoro.
Jan 09, 2009
28 Yes
4 No
Setting up this machine is simple
glennie in middle tennessee usa -Setting this machine just below foil in discriminate and sensitivity around 6 to 8 and you got a mean machine. These settings are perfect for me on finding gold and silver rings and silver coins too. I certainly don't mind digging pull tabs and pop tops. Does the body good for exercise.
Dec 04, 2008
18 Yes
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Tesoro silver umax
Dave Bentley in Buffalo NY -I am new to the hobby, about 1 month actually, I have pulled out over 100 coins including my first 1925 Buffalo Indian Head Nickel, I also found my first gold ring the other day at an old school yard! This is one powerful detector! Metal detecting is a hobby that you have to have great patience with. Its the thrill of the hunt that keeps bringing me back. Yeah your gonna have days where you bring back nothing but junk, but there is no detector out there that says X marks the spot, here's your treasure! Remember nothing in life comes easy. I would pull a hundred pull tabs to find one gold ring! Keep swinging that Detector!! Dave in Buffalo
Oct 25, 2008
7 Yes
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Goldfinger in texas...silver umax
tim in west tennessee usa -Dear goldfinger, in order to find gold rings and jewelry you must be willing to dig aluminum pulltabs cans and other junk. Gold falls into the same category of most junk metals. I have this machine and enjoy it very much. I learned to listen to the tones that silver and gold coins and jewelry make. This is a wonderful machine, success depends on how you use this machine. I have made some tremendous finds with mine.
Oct 04, 2008
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A Distinctly Unique Detector
Michigan Hunter in Northern, Michigan -The Silver uMax is simple to setup but it's also a very serious powerful detector for all types of land hunting.
I tended to shy away from it for years because I buy the top name brand's most expensive models. I viewed the Silver uMax more as a toy for children to play with at the kiddie parks.
One day I purchased a used Silver just to see what it would do. I was shocked! It's as deep as the top machines and in some ways better than some costing many times more.
The Silver with the 12x10 inch concentric coil will beat or match detectors costing over $1000.
Go slowly and listen for those nice smooth whispers from 2 directions. Set sensitivity on 9-10 and discrimination on FOIL.
The Silver uMax fitted with the 12x10 coil will find coins and rings in the 9-12 inch depth range and that's no joke.
It's way faster than the Minelab Sovereign GT, and with the 12x10 coil, just as deep as the Nautilus IIB with 10 or 15 inch coils (probably deeper).
Someone on team Tesoro should use this setup at the next GNRS competition.
It's a winner!
Aug 15, 2008
25 Yes
1 No
Good for the price but....
Goldfinger in Phoenix -They should call it the "tab finder". Doesn't discriminate against aluminum AT ALL, if you turn it up enough to ignore tabs you'll miss jewelry. I've learned to dig every "tab", and now and then I find an earring, etc. Plan on digging lots of junk.
Aug 05, 2008
5 Yes
43 No
Don't let the size full you
BRANDON MOORE in W.PARIS ME -I've got to tell you I'm very impressed with this machine, I have been looking at Tesoro's for a while now and what caught my eye was that the depth they get and great valued price, this is no toy! Just recently had a Whites M6 and I thought that was quite a weapon, but the Silver Max picked up quarters the M6 left behind, I could not believe it.
If you used to a VDI machine the Tesoro takes a little bit of time to get used to but when you do, it's an awesome unit. The discrimination works great, I'm a coin hunter myself so I set the DISC between tabs and pennies and it works great. I pulled more coins then trash using the stock coil, my first find was a quarter with an old nail lying on top and had no problem pulling a out a good signal. Then my other find was another quarter with 2 pennies spread an inch apart, almost dismissed this signal thinking it was too big but I'm still in the learning stage as well so I dug it up and thats what I had found. I think I'm going back to the place where I found my large cent and re hunt all of my old spots, I've got to say it's definitely worth the money, great product!
Jun 25, 2008
15 Yes
1 No
Great detector
rich battistoni in barto,pa. -Just bought one 2 weeks ago and have no complaints or problems with the detector,it is my 1st tesoro and probably want be the last one either, these machines are great, lifetime warranty you can't be it.
Jun 14, 2008
4 Yes
0 No
Ring getter
tee in tennessee usa -This detector is a very good ring and jewelry detector. It has a very quick learning curve. Very sensitive and easy. Very well balanced and not complicated. Much better than Garrett ace 250.
Feb 22, 2008
20 Yes
7 No