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Three Ghost Town Treks, one Old Resort site, and a handfull of City Parks provide some "testing ground" for the Tesoro Tej

Let me lookagain. It was in a magazine at work someone had. The magazine was called Nuts and Volts or something close to that and this company had an ad in the back so I'll check for you tomorrow...
 
For a while there the forum got pretty quiet and all of a sudden BANG! First Ralph giving his " Consumer Reports" on the Tej`on and then Monte with his in the fields report live from GSL Utah. I have never learned more about any detector ,without actually using the unit, than I just learned about the Tej`on. My hats off to the both of you's and this forum ....Al
 
Hi Bill,
Here is a link to Carlton Bates Company who carry most everything on the market in the way of electronic components. If you have a manufacturer part number, you can search their inventory or do a simple search by keyword.
Ralph
 
Mouser Electronics. Full catalog available by page on search site per product by PDF (also full catalog).
 
<img src="/metal/html/clap.gif" border=0 width=20 height=30 alt=":clap"> Thanks for the info and park ID, Monte. It really brought back memories. My sister lived directly across the street from the park in the middle of the block on Madison. I was working for Utah Power and Light at the time. My mornings were always busy, but if I was temporarily caught up by noon, I would sometimes go to her place for lunch. After lunch I would roll down the window of the company car, turn the volume on the two way radio up full so I could hear any calls(no headphone jack on detectors back then!), and then take my Coinmaster BFO out on the park and hunt until I got a call. I probably never got in a session longer than 45 minutes, but I did that probably two dozen times before I left Ogden in 1969. My recollection of the park is it being pretty open except for trees all along the Madison side. And that's where I had the car parked and where I hunted. My log for those outings doesn't show a single V nickel <img src="/metal/html/cry.gif" border=0 width=40 height=15 alt=":cry"> . Probably because my BFO got only three inches of depth and the grass took up one of those! The oldest nickel listed is 1924. It does show I was a little responsible for eliminating silver from the park. It lists 33 silver coin finds. Thanks for a great report and a little nostalgia. <img src="/metal/html/clap.gif" border=0 width=20 height=30 alt=":clap">
 
monte: I think that the Eldorado is still the most detector for the money that Tesoro makes, partially due to the huge selection of coils availiable. The Tejon is good, as more coils become availiable, it will be more versitle, until then I feel as I think you do that the Eldorado has a slight edge.
 
Hi Scott,
I recall yours now -- it was the one with soil between the coil cover. When you sent it back to me I removed the coil cover & tested against mine in GA soil. Everything worked fine then, which leads me to believe your soil conditions are quite different than what most encounter. That was some highly mineralized dirt in the cover. Maybe some different settings (than posted) would work better in your area. You might try contacting Mr. Bill to see if he has any tips, since he hunts in your neck of the woods and is probably quite familiar with your soil conditions.
As for the gold prospecting bit ---- <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
I spent many a year crawling through those hills & looking for that yellow metal. It is the "hardest detecting" I have ever done. You just can't explain how tough it can be to a newbie (at prospecting). You have to give it a try and then you can relate to the hardships. Welcome to the club, prospector! <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin">
Al
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Kind of intersting that it was the two of us who, at our own expense and time, did what we did to try to find out about the Tej
 
Thanks for the great report! I was curious about the comparison between the Tejon and the Eldorado. You answered my question. I have always felt the Eldorado was a heck of a buy for the money. Wouldn
 
it is less complex or intimidating to my wife, as well as to property owners.
Another reason to get a new Classic ID is because I like them, like the ProScan 800 coil, and with the 4" Snooper coil it is a dandy in dense iron trash.
It will be a two-coil detector, the 8" and 4" to compliment. I got one of the very first Classic ID's when they were first released several years ago and I was beyond impressed with their performance. I have enjoyed virtually every Classic model I have owned. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">
Target ID was more accurate on coins in the 3"-6" range than was my personal XLT, regardless of the program used, as well as other XLT's I encountered afield.
Same TID circuitry in the ID and IDX, but the Classic ID has only two knobs so it is more comforting when offering it's use to a land owner.
For a couple of decades I have had a 'loaner' unit that was a decent performer but less intimidating for those times when I can coax access onto private property by tempting a stubborn landowner with the opportunity to 'join the fun!'
<EM>Monte
 
I have sent a letter to Tesoro about that site... I think everybody should.
 
Much Appreciated Al. How have you been? It's been a long time since we swapped eMails. Where do the years slip away to? <img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?">
I've had numerous eMails from readers and posters about the different tests on the Tejon, and I've pretty much responded to them all in the same way, suggesting that those considering this particular machine should print out copies of mine, Scully's, and now Monte's test reports, read and consider them all, and in the process, you should get one of the most informative and "balanced" group of opinions or "field testing" of any machine ever placed on the market. All three reports contain likes and dislikes about the machine, specifics about what it is capable of, sometimes in comparison to other machines, and very specific "nit-picking" based on alot of years of experience between the writers. I don't think we will EVER see anything to compare this collective information in any of the monthly detecting magazines, or anywhere else for that matter. Not tooting my own horn here, but this is the kind of information that "should" be made available on every new machine that hits the market. Thanks to forums such as these at Findmall, we have an honest and open route to post and discuss this kind of thing without having our words arbitrarily "edited" or outright deleted just because someone else doesn't agree with what is said.
Thanks again for the kind words......
Ralph
 
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