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New Tesoro User Tips wanted!!

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Blue Sasquatch2

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Hello Everyone!

[size=medium]I wanted to start up a new hobby so I decided to try my hand at metal detecting. I just got myself a silver umax which should be here in a couple of days. I live in california and will try to hunt school yards, parks, tot lots and the beach. I also will try some dry, desert areas on occasion. Does anyone have any kind of advice to give me? I know it has a little bit of a learning curve, but would love any tips Thanks for the help![/size]
 
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Thanks SkiWhiz! I didn't think of trying to disc out the nail. Have you personally owned a silver umax? How fast was the learning curve in terms of being able to "guess" what was under the surface? Also, this might be a stupid question, but will electrical wires or wifi affect the detector?
 
I have owned and used about every Tesoro model except the Cortes, Tesoro makes fantastic detectors and the folks @ the factory are wonderful people. You can get an idea of what the target is before digging it once you get used to where different things disc out. Some detectors are more prone to interfenece than others, in my opinion Tesoro's work better than most when they are used under power lines,etc.
 
Blue Sasquatch2 said:
Thanks! Can't wait to start hunting!
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You're welcome, if you want you can download the manual for the Silver uMax http://www.metaldetectormanuals.com/manuals_pdf/hobby/tesoro/tesoro-silverumax.pdf
 
It isn't the detecting that gets people out of the hobby, it is the recovery portion - digging and searching for the small piece of metal. If you can afford it, try to get yourself a quality digging tool and an electronic pinpointer of some sort. Harbor Freight makes one for under $20 that a lot of guys use. Garrett makes a nice one for 6 times more.

Gear like this reduces frustration and increases enjoyment.

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I own and use a Silver uMax. While the Silver is a single tone machine, after 10-15 hours of use you will probably be able to start "reading" that tone. For example my uMax gives off a slightly different sound when I hit silver or other highly conductive target over, let's say a steel screw, bottle cap or even a pull tab. But that comes with use and study. You should have plenty of time to study your detector as you search because you are not going to be bogged down playing around with a lot of different settings.

Periodically I like to take a nail, pulltab, penny, nickle, dime and quarter out afield with me. I spread these out on the ground and run the uMax over them, committing to memory each of the beeps given off. Then, when the hunt starts in earnest, I listen for those same sounds.

The more you and your Silver uMax spend hunting together the better you will become in the machines use.
 
Yep, practicing with coins and other targets thrown on the ground is excellent advice. Also, try guessing each time before you dig what the target is. Practice makes perfect.

Oh you did well by getting yourself a Silver
 
I own a sliver umax and it took me 6-8 hours to get decent with and dig mostly coins. I hunt in all metal mode with disc. at zero and sens. as high as you can get without chattering. When I get a target I switch out of disc. mode and start turning the disc. up until I determine what the target is. Coins have a nice clean start and end to the tone. Junk and bottle caps- the tone is not clean when you pass over it. Sweep over the target slow and from multiple directions. When you first start dig everything and learn to associate what you heard tone wise to the target. As mentioned above throw some targets out on the ground and sweep over them to learn the sounds. Include nails, bottlecaps, and pulltabs to include modern pulltab tops. Also place a nail about 1-2" from a coin and sweep by them to learn to tell a good target from junk and to see if you can find the coin next to the junk. Turn the disc. up until it ignores the nail and sees only the coin. Sweep slow and fast to see the difference. Put a coin on the ground and put a book on top of it about 2" thick, place a nail on top of that and see if you can detect the coin under the nail. Play with the disc. to get this to work. You have a great machine with the best warranty in the bussiness. In the hands of skilled user this inexpensive detector will do as good as detectors costing 3-4 times as much. Practice, read, Practice, and then go digs some jing! BE SURE TO DIG CLEAN HOLES AND LEAVE NO SIGN THAT YOU DUG. Order a pinpointer tomorrow! To dig cut a horse shoe shaped hole about 3" wide, flip the sod back, remove dirt and place on a rag, find coin with pinpointer, pick up rag and put dirt back in hole, flip sod down, and tamp down. Good digging won't ruin it for the rest of us. HAVE FUN.
 
Here's a bit more. Use headphones and ALWAYS run the coil over the recovery area before you cover it and move on. It's surprising how often there is more than one target worth retrieving..
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My best tip is to hunt places that are not so obvious. I concentrated in the wooded area of a local park last year and had my Vaquero paid for in a couple of months.
 
I always like to seek out hillside areas to detect, because that's where people are most likely to sit and kids like to roll.

tabman
 
The silver does good in trash. Set disc. accordingly to weed out trash and slow the swing speed over target.
 
At the risk of repeating some of the above points:

1. Headphones are essential.
2. I'm using the Garrett Pin-Pointer now and regardless of which detector you use, this is essential.
3. Good digging tool: Lesche digger is my favorite for a bunch of reasons.
4. Clean out your coil covers once in a while.
5. Build a good test garden. Save some of the junk you dig up and add it to your garden. Don't for get to label your test garden with material and depth.
6. Ask permission if on private property.
7. Leave the area clean. Even if you are in an isolated area, don't leave craters.
8. Having a partner can be fun but make sure they like to hunt with the same perseverance as you.
9. I too prefer all metal mode and then switching to DISC mode. But, when in doubt dig.
10. Scan the dig site before you fill it. As noted above, many holes have multiple targets.
11. Keep a log book and take pictures of your search areas, finds, etc. Start a personal blog and share it once you have some confidence.
12. Wear gloves and kneepads.
13. The best, most perfect detector always seems to be the next one...so enjoy the one you have, regardless of what you read. :cheers:
 
Very nice, thanks! I know other people have told me to get a pinpointer, but if i get one I want to get a quality one that will not break on me. The problem is that i do not have the finances right now to buy a garretts for 130. I figured that i would dig, wave the detector over hole to determine if target is in the hole or in plug, and then search. I know it will take longer, but its the best i can do right now unless anyone has another suggestion... :/
 
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