Golden umax or Vaquero, Cibola ?

[chakra22]

Do you know how the Tesoro Golden umax compares to the Tesoro Vaquero, Cibola depth wise,or is one better then the other, or has better features, what one would you perfer--will use in michigan soil

 

[slingshot]

Golden is 3 machines in one-notch, tonal id, beep-dig. For parks, tot lots, schools, etc. it would be the ideal choice. The Vaq is definitely the deepest and that is basically it's best feature because of the adjustable g/b. After over 30 years of detecting and realizing most of my best finds are in the 4" range, I would opt for the Golden IN MY AREA.

 

[chakra22]

Thanks, I do like the 4 tones. does the golden have a preset ground balance?

 

[Bleaver]

n/t

 

[chakra22]

Thanks

 

[Hungarian]

Out of those three detectors I would take the Vaquero due to the ground balance which makes it the deepest of the three. Also if this is your first metal detector, the golden can be a little more involved with the notch feature. The Vaquero is deep and simple to use.

 

[GaryF]

Side by side and in good ground the Vaquero and Cibola would be about the same depth wise.

The golden is more a coin machine that can be used for reliecs as well I guess. I would love to have the depth of a Vaquero and tones of a golden.

Between all three I own the Vaquero because of it's go anywhere adjustable GB.

 

[GunnarMN]

I have owned the Golden & the cibola the cibola is deeper .

 

[chakra22]

what would be the depth of the Golden umax and the depth of the Vaquero on ave.

 

[chakra22]

that would be nice depth of a Vaquero and tones of a golden. wonder if that can be done?

 

[slingshot]

what would be the depth of the Golden umax and the depth of the Vaquero on ave.[/quote
The Golden is said to be on par with my Silver umax-which is 6" Robert, I believe, has stated the Vaq and Cibola are about 2" deeper.

 

[chakra22]

thanks

 

[joe dirt_1]

buy the Vaquero, you are gonna be much happier. You can change coils on the Vaquero and they are going to work fine because of the manual ground balance.
you may have to send your detector and coils in to get them tuned to the detector if you go with a Golden or Cibola for peak performance with factory preset ground balance.

Roger

 

[chakra22]

A Vaquero it is! at half price too Thanks for all the input!!

 

[GaryF]

That was the best choice...Now get ready to have fun.

Gary