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What's Inside The Box That Makes TheTesoro Deleon A Depth Monster?
- Thread starter tabman
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I have noticed that it is pushing my cleansweep coil harder than the golden or silver umax. I haven't put enough hours on it with a standard coil to have an opinion about its depth, though I am starting to think that I should try it out with the 8" brown-round since that coil seems sweeter than the factory 9x8 (at least with my Golden).
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Topdector, I've been doing the same thing. Switching the Clean Sweep coil from detector to detector to which one works best with it. The Clean Sweep goes deeper with the Deleon. I really like the tone of the Deleon. Even without the screen, it would be a great detector. Just imagine how good it would be with a ground balance.
tabman
tabman
Well, the target ID doesn't seem to be too far off with the cleansweep on the Deleon, which has impressed me. I figured that it would have some difficulties, but it isn't too far off. All I have noticed is that most of the nickels ding in the notch above nickel harder than the nickel notch (they tend to be split between the two). I dug 8 nickels the first time out with it and it hits hard on them. I figure that if you're smashing nickels, gold with follow suite.
The depth is noticeably better and in the shallow world of the cleansweep coil, an extra .5"or .75" depth is a really, really big deal. I am dedicated to using that coil for the bulk of my hunts, so the Deleon probably has found a home with me.
EDIT: Tones. I've not found the audio that likable myself. Maybe I just need more time. The only audio hint I've discovered is that it sometimes really does a wild buzz on steel bottle caps. I usually try to give a detector 40 hours before I say a lot about them, good or bad.
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The depth is noticeably better and in the shallow world of the cleansweep coil, an extra .5"or .75" depth is a really, really big deal. I am dedicated to using that coil for the bulk of my hunts, so the Deleon probably has found a home with me.
EDIT: Tones. I've not found the audio that likable myself. Maybe I just need more time. The only audio hint I've discovered is that it sometimes really does a wild buzz on steel bottle caps. I usually try to give a detector 40 hours before I say a lot about them, good or bad.
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Hombre said:
No, I'm not surprised. I've seen what it can do with a 8 inch doughnut coil. What surprises me is the fact that I have not heard much about it being as deep as it is.
Most of the talk has been about its ability to ID correctly and how easy it is to see the ID on the screen. I'm glad that I got to use a Deleon first hand.
tabman
mattmichigan
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Cant say Ive used the Deleon.But I know my cortes is the deepest out of every 10k umax Ive used.And yes it does hit hard on deep nickels.
BarberBill
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Tabman, I was wondering how you were doing with the D after commenting on its depth a few days back. I picked up miine in a trade several years back by trading a detector that didn't suit me for the DeLeon. I really wanted a Cortes to play with, but this was more affordable at the time. I'd always thought of the D as more or less a "little brother", second choice compared to the Cortes. Well when I got it and had a few trips under my belt, I had discovered that in my soil the depth was surprisingly good and the TID worked as well as any other I've had experience with and it has become one of my favorites. I've since picked up a Cortes, but haven't used it enough to fully decide how well I like it, but comparing the two, IMHO the ground balance in all metal is the main extra feature that would be really useful in areas where ground balancing capability is really needed. From time to time the subject of new ID tesoros comes up, but I'd be really receptive to either a Deleon or Cortes with adjustable ground that covers all metal and discrimination along with a slightly larger display, especially on the Cortes. In response to some of the comments above, I've done quite well with the stock coil, the 8" donut and the 7 inch concentric. In fact, for most semi - trashy areas and tot lots the 7" concentic has become a favorite regardless of which detector I put it on.
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BarberBill, you sure do like your 7 inch concentric coil. Maybe almost as most as I like the 8 inch concentric doughnut coil.
There's something under the hood of the Cortes, Deleon and Tejon that draws lot of current. Not just for the display either.
8 AA batteries vs a single 9 volt battery for Tesoro detectors made before and after these three with the same advertized run time.
tabman
There's something under the hood of the Cortes, Deleon and Tejon that draws lot of current. Not just for the display either.
8 AA batteries vs a single 9 volt battery for Tesoro detectors made before and after these three with the same advertized run time.
tabman
Hi All,
My first Tesoro was a Silver Sabre II, which, for me was one heck of a detector. I traded it in on the DeLeon (and as I've said ad nauseum, wish I hadn't traded it) but the DeLeon reminds me very much of the Silver Sabre II, although the SS ran on 2 x 9v batteries. With the DeLeon running on 12v as compared to most other Tesoros running on 9v, I guess we can expect a little more power (and depth), and the DeLeon sure delivers (both). I have read with joy the posts of phinbolt as I knew there was at least one other person (besides myself) who appreciated the DeLeon.
It seems now that there are more than two of us. Please dont let anyone else in Australia know
My first Tesoro was a Silver Sabre II, which, for me was one heck of a detector. I traded it in on the DeLeon (and as I've said ad nauseum, wish I hadn't traded it) but the DeLeon reminds me very much of the Silver Sabre II, although the SS ran on 2 x 9v batteries. With the DeLeon running on 12v as compared to most other Tesoros running on 9v, I guess we can expect a little more power (and depth), and the DeLeon sure delivers (both). I have read with joy the posts of phinbolt as I knew there was at least one other person (besides myself) who appreciated the DeLeon.
It seems now that there are more than two of us. Please dont let anyone else in Australia knowCladDog said:
The best that I've done on a dime in the ground was around 8 inches with a good tone and ID using the 8 inch doughnut coil.
I felt like it had enough reserve power for even more depth.
I need to get more time on the Deleon. So far, the Deleon is my deepest detector using the Clean Sweep coil.
tabman
One of the nicer thing about the Deleon is that it smears the target classification. For instance, most of the nickels that I dug with the cleansweep were like 35% nickel, 65% tab on the target classification. So rather than trying to lock in on a fixed number, it basically shows you it's best guess which I rather like.
Zinc pennies are, with my Deleon, really jumpy. The jump all over from the low 70s to the mid-80s and are one of the most unstable targets that I've encountered. The nastier and more corroded the penny is, the less stable the TID.
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Zinc pennies are, with my Deleon, really jumpy. The jump all over from the low 70s to the mid-80s and are one of the most unstable targets that I've encountered. The nastier and more corroded the penny is, the less stable the TID.
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