Please help me decide Silver Sabre Umax vs Silver umax

[deliveryboy]

local paper has 2 detectors for sale #1 Silver Sabre umax for $150 and #2 Silver umax $200 which would you buy both are in good condition. I am leaning toward the silver sabre. Up top this point the only tesoros I own are 2 compadres (old and new) so I'm excited to get one or the other today.

Thanks in advance for any feedback

 

[tabman]

Buy both! Then decide on which one you like using the best and sell the other one. $200 is a little high for the Silver

 

[deliveryboy]

Thanks tabman, unfortunately I don't have the cash on hand to purchase both currently so its one or the other. Do you know if they both are wired similar for coil changes?

 

[Bleaver]

Coils for these models are interchangable. Both take any 5 wire Tesoro coil.

 

[tabman]

Coils for these models are interchangable. Both take any 5 wire Tesoro coil.

I second that.

tabman

 

[deliveryboy]

Thanks again, I am waiting for a call back for the silver sabre, I think I will go with it after reading about it.

by the way after comparing the golden to the silver here http://www.kellycodetectors.com/compare/?a=143

I see the only differences (besides the coil on the golden) are found on the Silver Sabre, so is it safe to say this(Silver Sabre) is pretty much a "poor mans" golden?

 

[deliveryboy]

*update* I got the Silver Sabre in great condition will upload pic in a bit, now to read up on the settings and go test it out. Thanks again for the advice.

 

[Furious T]

If the Silver Sabre Umax is in good condition, then you have bought yourself a very good detector. HH

 

[BarberBill]

I agree with all the above. I like the Silver Sabre so much that I have two of them.
BB

 

[deliveryboy]

Did a quick park run this evening and found about $1.25 including 3 quarters, not a bad start. Well anyhow here are my 3 Tesoros, the shorter compadre I bought for $30 it was missing the center bar piece for whatever reason, but I couldn't pass up that deal and have ordered the missing part. Silver Sabre I got for $150 (excellent condition) and the other compadre I got for $100, 3 nice machines for under $300 Still have 2 bounty hunters tracker 4 and Tracker 3 as well, they probably wont get much use anymore lol. Yeah my cat was checking them out also.

 

[Dirtdigger33]

Once I got my Compadre my bounty hunters sat at home. I always found myself reaching for my Compadre. Then I acquired my Silver Sabre and the bounty hunters never went out again. Needless to say I mown own 4 Tesoros and have sold off my 2 bounty hunters. I just wish I would have found Tesoro 1st when I started detecting. Someday I would like to own a Compadre with a 7 inch coil, but for now I have more detectors than time to hunt. HH

 

[Bleaver]

n/t

 

[BarberBill]

Dirtdigger33 mentions he'd like to get a Compadre with the 7" coil. I use the 7" concentric much of the time on my other detectors. Fair coverage, handles trash pretty well and has acceptable depth.
BB

 

[REVIER]

I have an older Compadre with the 7" coil.
Best of all worlds as far as I am concerned.
I think it is a little bit deeper than the newer small coil versions, still laser-like in pinpointing and sizing up the targets, and I can still cover pretty large areas pretty efficiently and confidently...or it makes me feel like I can, anyway.
The sense is turned way up so I can't get within 1' of tot lot metal or fence poles without it going off, but if there is a target anywhere in the vicinity even right next to big metal it will give off a double beep so I am perfectly fine with the way it is.
I have had it about a year, and even though I don't use it on every hunt it has still found me about 4x's it's original cost in clad and jewelry.