Got a few hours in with my new Black Vaquero and the 11X8 coil. I have a well established coin garden (10 years old) and the Vaquero had no problem with any of it. Deepest coin is a 12" quarter, no problem. Having only one tone to analyze it seems you can come up to speed quick distinquishing good targets from bad, though as with any machine it will take some time to really learn the subtle nuances of that "one tone". Dug many bad sounding targets just to see what's under the coil and I haven't been fooled yet.
The recovery speed with the 11X8 coil is insanely fast. Laying 5 coins on the ground about 2" apart it's amazing how it will report each coin, even with a fast sweep. This being my first Tesoro I am very impressed. With that being said.........I want to give the Vaq a fair shake but I just don't know yet If it's for me, "beep and dig" if you will. I'm used to having so much more info, tones etc. We'll see how it goes.
I would like to try the 5.75" concentric coil for sure. Everyone sings its praises.
The recovery speed with the 11X8 coil is insanely fast. Laying 5 coins on the ground about 2" apart it's amazing how it will report each coin, even with a fast sweep. This being my first Tesoro I am very impressed. With that being said.........I want to give the Vaq a fair shake but I just don't know yet If it's for me, "beep and dig" if you will. I'm used to having so much more info, tones etc. We'll see how it goes.
I would like to try the 5.75" concentric coil for sure. Everyone sings its praises.