I have another Inca on the way.

[Mike Hillis]

I don't really know why I like that detector. It doesn't have tone id. It doesn't have notching. It doesn't have iron discrimination. But I do. So when I saw another one come up for sale at a good price, I had to get it.

I saw that one on Ebay and almost bought it but $175 was a bit steep. But another nice one came up over on the 'pot at the right price and I just had to have it. Should be here next week.

HH
Mike

 

[Hombre]

I like my old Inca, it is the deepest Tesoro I have ever owned, and the straight-rod setup is unique, plus the depth guage is ....mine had a bad IC, but Tesoro service fixed it.

 

[SkiWhiz]

I hope Hal didn't wear it out before you get it Mike , if your listening Hal I apologise I couldn't help myself.

 

[slingshot]

Does it have an a/m mode? A fellow named Ken Whitener-about 20 years ago- had a Tesoro Mayan and found out that if he hunted in the disc. mode at a low level he could switch to the a/m mode and id targets. If the target got louder, it was a tab. If it stayed the same, it was most likely a nickel.. The clad coins actually gave a softer tone in a/m. Whenever both modes were changed by the companies, this feature disappeared, i.e., the disc. mode was made with higher sensitivity when switched. It may be that only the Mayan had this feature, I can't remember. The White's Coinmaster 3000 also had this feature.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Just remember lots of old timers excelled with these oldie but goody units and many learned ways to basically tell what they were after without all the bells and whistles and don't know how they do it but Tesoro still has parts for them and still tunes them to perfection. Guess it took an educated ear and a well learned unit but many are still included in their arsenal of units old technology or not. Met a fellow in a local park last year with a dinosaur unit but he had a buffalo nickle and nice gold ring in his pouch so don't sell them short.

 

[Monte]

the Inca was a VLF/VLF-Disc. model( aka Ground Balanced All Metal mode/Ground Balanced Motion-Discriminate mode) and the Mayan was the VLF/TR-Disc. design (Ground Balance All Metal mode/traditional TR-Disc. w/o GB).

Does it have an a/m mode?

Yes. A manually adjusted GB All Metal mode, as well as a motion-based (ground balanced) Discriminate mode.

A fellow named Ken Whitener-about 20 years ago- had a Tesoro Mayan and found out that if he hunted in the disc. mode at a low level he could switch to the a/m mode and id targets. If the target got louder, it was a tab. If it stayed the same, it was most likely a nickel.. The clad coins actually gave a softer tone in a/m.

I became a Tesoro Dealer in '83 when the Inca came out and I personally owned and used both the Inca (which came standard with an 8" coil) and a Mayan (which came standard with a 7" coil), and did a lot of target comparisons between the two models on the Mayan. I didn't always find the results you mentioned to be true. Actually, the All Metal mode was frequently louder and/or stronger than the TR-Disc. mode on clad and copper and silver coins.

Whenever both modes were changed by the companies, this feature disappeared, i.e., the disc. mode was made with higher sensitivity when switched. It may be that only the Mayan had this feature, I can't remember. The White's Coinmaster 3000 also had this feature.

A lot depended upon the target type, but also the target depth and the severity of the ground mineral make-up you hunted in. The Mayan was a good VLF/TR-Disc. model, but it didn't match the overall performance I got out of the Gold Mountain VIP I was using when I switched over, and it was also a VLF/TR-Disc. model. I mainly liked the rod and housing package of the Mayan as it was similar to the Inca which became my most used detector at the time.

I also switched the Inca coil to the 7" like I had on the Mayan because I prefer smaller-than-stock coils since I hunt in trashy and/or brushy environments most of the time.

Monte

 

[slingshot]

Hey, Monte. How'd you like buying the batteries for the Gold Mountain? I had one.