Hello everyone...Most of the time I'm a reader and don't post much...But i thought i would give my thoughts on the Cortes.You don't read much about this machine.And I thought this might help someone out if they are thinking about a Cortes.I bought this a couple months ago from a fellow forum member and I'm very satisfied..First thought of the machine was how great it is balanced.Second I did some air test and was very impressed.My first thought was how much am I going to loose in the ground.Now we all know air test don't mean much.But it gives you an idea of what it might possibly do in the real world. So next I went to the test garden.My deepest coin is a copper penny @ 7 1/2"s.....WOW it hit very well with a repeatable two way.It also I.D ed correctly in sum mode.So @ that moment I grabbed the Vaquero,Eldorado,1236x2, and F75...I believe all machines could hear it with the V second eldorado and 1236x2 comparable.The F75 hit pretty good but took it down to a mid tone.So the first trip out was a few days later with a couple buddies @ an old worn out fairgrounds.We decided to have a little bet on who ever gets the most silver and gold wins a soda pop LOL...We hunted for 3 hours or so in the late afternoon and called it a day.Well hunting against a couple vets armed with At pro and Whites V3i i wasn't sure how the outcome was going to be.Guess what...I one...got 2 silvers and gold chain..What luck!!It was fun as it always is.Next I tried it out in a plowed field where i have already been a few times with the F75..Well I got a barber dime,3 wheat's and 1 Indian...I think thats pretty darn good...now I may like my V over the cortes when hunting fields but I havent given the cortes a real shot compared to the V in fields..I prefer my tesoros in iron infested sites over any machine so far that I have owned..So Iv'e only been out a few times with the cortes since I took it to the field.Ive been working it in my hometown old fairgrounds when i get a chance and have pulled some deep indians...Which i have been there many many times over the years with alot of machines.Trying to find one that can hunt old deep coins.And I may have found it...So far I love it....I did put a mod on the cortes which was a mom trigger switch just like on the tejon...Works great!....And I would like to see a bigger bar graph on it...But there is no perfect machine out there that i know of....So i wonder.....Is this Cortes just a HOT one or do they all perform this way as far as depth....Now talking to Tesoro according to them the V should go deeper.Because of ground balance.I'm sure it will it some cases.But very close in depth...I feel the cortes has an edge on the V compared to in hunting deep coins..The 5 3/4" coil has very good depth also..just the H.O.T technology Vaquero.... You did good on this one Tesoro
....
....