I have been using a Deleon for the last couple years and am getting a Brand New Tejon on trade and wanting to know the differances between the two and any tips you guys may have so i can get the best out of it!!!! It is also coming with a 5.75 coil !! Man i cant wait till spring!!!
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New Tejon owner!!!! Any Tips???????
- Thread starter Tom Miles
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You are going to love the 5.75 coil. The first few times I used my Tejon, I had the sensitivity at around 6 or 7 so it ran super stable. I dug everything that sounded good, with the primary discrimination just above iron.
Dug lots of clad, lots of nickels too, along with lots of trash, but its a fun detector to use. You will end up using the Tejon all the time ! Learn the sounds as good targets clearly sound sharp and clean, even at depth...they just sound softer at depth ( not as loud ).
Dug lots of clad, lots of nickels too, along with lots of trash, but its a fun detector to use. You will end up using the Tejon all the time ! Learn the sounds as good targets clearly sound sharp and clean, even at depth...they just sound softer at depth ( not as loud ).
slowmotion
New member
Hi Tom;
Good choice! Its not the same detector as the DeLeon. It's different. It's good for places you can dig.
I have three coils. The stock 8X9, 5X10 elliptical, and 5.75 concentric. In high trash the 5X10, and the 5.75. The 8X9 only about 10% of the time and moderate ground.
The best information is from Tesoro's M.D.I. magazine 2003 page 16. That report is about the best it gets. I traded my Lobo ST for the Tejon. No regrets. I never wish I had any of my other detectors instead.
The Tejon will make you work but NO PAIN NO GAIN. Hear from you soon.
Willard in Spokane
Good choice! Its not the same detector as the DeLeon. It's different. It's good for places you can dig.
I have three coils. The stock 8X9, 5X10 elliptical, and 5.75 concentric. In high trash the 5X10, and the 5.75. The 8X9 only about 10% of the time and moderate ground.
The best information is from Tesoro's M.D.I. magazine 2003 page 16. That report is about the best it gets. I traded my Lobo ST for the Tejon. No regrets. I never wish I had any of my other detectors instead.
The Tejon will make you work but NO PAIN NO GAIN. Hear from you soon.
Willard in Spokane
It will hang with just about any of the big boy (or big money) detectors out there. I hunt with a buddy who has a Minelab Entrac and he'll sometimes ask me to double check his signal with both disc before he'll dig. I love it, one of the best for relics! Here is a post from "another" site, I found really useful.
"I use the Tejon to the max.
I ground balance the machine a bit on the positive side. Once ground balanced never have to mess with the threshhold. In fact if you ground balance by pulling the trigger back, you don't even need the threshhold knob.
I hunt relics and set the lower discriminator just above the iron. I was setting the second discriminator on the pulltab and found lots of buttons but have now backed it off a bit. I leave the center knob clicked into vco. I run the machine hot, almost in the red zone, never, ever, below 10. This is one stable machine that can handle the 10 setting easily. In fact if you can put up with the clatter run it in the hot zone.
I can tell you for sure that this is one of the deepest relic machines out there, hands down. It easily out hunts my dfx. My dfx could not pick up a minnie ball that dropped to the bottom of a twelve inch hole and the Tejon was hitting it hard.
Two bits of advice. First put a large rubber band around the battery holder. The battery doors will open and your batteries will fall out, it happened to me twice. Radio Shack sells an identical, not close, but identical, the same used in your Tejon, battery holder. So, if you are near a Radio Shack stop by with your battery holder and get a spare, believe me you will be glad you did. The first time it happened I walked almost a mile down railroad tracks only to discover the battery pack was missing. Second time I was in the woods, but used my gps which I always use when relic hunting and backtracked right to where the battery pack was. Second bit of advice is to get a battery cover and detector cover that is made in England. This costs $30 and fits snugly around your battery box and completely covers your knobs. It has a plastic window held down by velcro, it makes the detector waterproof and it st ops accidentally moving the knobs, which happens all the time.
I suggested the Tejon to a friend who is a intensive relic hunter and told him about the inability of the DFX to find the minnie. He called that night and drove to Corinth, Ms. and had one that evening. He has not used his White's since. Yesterday he found seven buttons, two weeks ago he found two US beltplates. He is downright sold on Tesoro and constantly thanks me for the tip.
You will be amazed at the depth. One other point that I have found is that the wetter the soil, the deeper the detector goes. In saturated soil I can find minnie balls at over one foot and they hit fairly hard at that depth, and that is no bull. The Tejon is the best relic machine on the market, period."
Hope it helps! Did for me, Mike
"I use the Tejon to the max.
I ground balance the machine a bit on the positive side. Once ground balanced never have to mess with the threshhold. In fact if you ground balance by pulling the trigger back, you don't even need the threshhold knob.
I hunt relics and set the lower discriminator just above the iron. I was setting the second discriminator on the pulltab and found lots of buttons but have now backed it off a bit. I leave the center knob clicked into vco. I run the machine hot, almost in the red zone, never, ever, below 10. This is one stable machine that can handle the 10 setting easily. In fact if you can put up with the clatter run it in the hot zone.
I can tell you for sure that this is one of the deepest relic machines out there, hands down. It easily out hunts my dfx. My dfx could not pick up a minnie ball that dropped to the bottom of a twelve inch hole and the Tejon was hitting it hard.
Two bits of advice. First put a large rubber band around the battery holder. The battery doors will open and your batteries will fall out, it happened to me twice. Radio Shack sells an identical, not close, but identical, the same used in your Tejon, battery holder. So, if you are near a Radio Shack stop by with your battery holder and get a spare, believe me you will be glad you did. The first time it happened I walked almost a mile down railroad tracks only to discover the battery pack was missing. Second time I was in the woods, but used my gps which I always use when relic hunting and backtracked right to where the battery pack was. Second bit of advice is to get a battery cover and detector cover that is made in England. This costs $30 and fits snugly around your battery box and completely covers your knobs. It has a plastic window held down by velcro, it makes the detector waterproof and it st ops accidentally moving the knobs, which happens all the time.
I suggested the Tejon to a friend who is a intensive relic hunter and told him about the inability of the DFX to find the minnie. He called that night and drove to Corinth, Ms. and had one that evening. He has not used his White's since. Yesterday he found seven buttons, two weeks ago he found two US beltplates. He is downright sold on Tesoro and constantly thanks me for the tip.
You will be amazed at the depth. One other point that I have found is that the wetter the soil, the deeper the detector goes. In saturated soil I can find minnie balls at over one foot and they hit fairly hard at that depth, and that is no bull. The Tejon is the best relic machine on the market, period."
Hope it helps! Did for me, Mike
bulletman
Well-known member
I'll have to agree with Mike. The Tejon in some respects if better with relics than my DFX. However the DFX is better in trashy areas that I hunt. There is no perfect detector for any given area that you may hunt, hence, the reason why owners have so many detectors in their arsenal. The Tejon hits nicely on smaller bullets and buttons in my area of Southwest Missouri. It has no problems with ground balancing and we have moderately mineralized ground, and the ground can change suddenly. You will need to check your ground balance from time to time. The DFX takes care of that automatically - it is easier to use is changing conditions.
Enjoy the Tejon - it is a powerful machine. My suggestion is to purchase different machines and check them out. I also use a Cibola with great success - no ground balance with the Cibola, but it is still a fun machine to use, especially with the clean sweep coil attached.
Bulletman
Enjoy the Tejon - it is a powerful machine. My suggestion is to purchase different machines and check them out. I also use a Cibola with great success - no ground balance with the Cibola, but it is still a fun machine to use, especially with the clean sweep coil attached.
Bulletman
bulletman
Well-known member
First discriminator is set at iron - this will eliminate just the smaller iron. Second discriminator is set at foil. When I get a good sounding signal with the iron setting - I then check the foil setting. If the signal is still there with the foil setting - I dig that signal for sure. I often dig the signal with just the iron setting if it sounds really "round". Smaller buck and balls will often disc out between the iron and foil settings if they are deep. When in doubt - dig!
Bulletman
Bulletman