Initial setup on Tesoro Bandido II µMax to find clean ground for GB'ing.

[Odanscoils]

You're welcome all times, @Odanscoils .

For some reason it won't download.
Do you have another way ?
Maybe piece mail directly to my email ?

 

[vito]

Hi @Odanscoils , that was my first thought, but even if I omit the HR photo folder, the file is still too large for regular Gmail.

 

[Odanscoils]

Hi @Odanscoils , that was my first thought, but even if I omit the HR photo folder, the file is still too large for regular Gmail.

I'll give you my address just mail it to me.

And if you'd be so kind and have the time.

I would be very happy to have everything on every machine you have files on...
I have numerous machines.

Mods. Upgrades. Tips and tricks.
Everything.

USB drive would be excellent.

Just give me a price.

I'll pay PayPal even.

 

[fwcrawford]

Hi All !

When I first bought my Tesoro "Bandido II µMax" metal detector, I read the manual thoroughly several times and to me it seemed voluminous and some of the material poorly arranged. As an example, as stated on page 6-4 of Robert H. Sickler's book DETECTORIST, First Edition Printing, July 1993 that I highly recommend, "The most important and often overlooked first step in manual ground balancing is locating an area of ground free of metal and highly nonconductive sources such as "hot rocks" and black sand deposits.", and he goes on to explain in detail how to setup and find a clean area and then Ground Balance your detector.

Well, being an imperative first step, it should be explicitly covered at the very beginning of all Ground Balancing instructions for metal detectors with a manual GB control, whether a digital button, soft-touch pad, or dial knob as employed on the analog Bandido II µMax.

Unfortunately the first and only mention of Ground Balancing over a clean area in the Bandido II µMax manual is on page 9 of 16 where it simply says "Second, make sure you are Ground balancing in a clean area and not lowering the searchcoil down over a piece of metal.". That seems like a skimpy offering for an imperative instruction and lacks explicit detail. I suppose there are times when the writers and editors of instruction manuals can opt to rely on readers using their intuitive powers to understand instructions, but I'm sorry IMHO, that instance wasn't one of them.

Another source of help I received was from a Find's Treasure Forums member, Randy Albin (Username: Hombre), who had mastered his Bandido II µMax at the time and kindly offered me his advice. I also received much help from another of our members, the indomitable Monte V. Berry, who was long-suffering with me giving advice over a period of years when I needed help and was bombarding him with questions.

I just wanted to help any folks out there having difficulty understanding their Bandido II µMax operation, by relating my own experience and sources of help.

My sincere thanks to all three of these fine gentlemen.

ToddB64

In a nutshell.. switch to all metal mode, set the threshold to a faint hum, swing over the ground until you find a spot where the detector does not give a signal, then ground balance by lifting and lowering the coil over that spot and adjust the setting until there is no change in the threshold.
Not sure about the Bandito, but my Vaquero is at max sensitivity when in all metal mode.

 

[Odanscoils]

In a nutshell.. switch to all metal mode, set the threshold to a faint hum, swing over the ground until you find a spot where the detector does not give a signal, then ground balance.
Not sure about the Bandito, but my Vaquero is at max sensitivity when in all metal mode.

Thanks.
Yup read the same with Bandito.
Full power and no discrimination thumbing.
Thanks