Tesoro Tejon
Street Price $700 - Coin, relic
Number of Reviews: 25
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John S. in Manassas, Va. -
I have to agree with Larry as far as depth in bad ground. It's not even average. In good ground, it's deep. But who hunts in good ground? Unfortunately not me. I like the features of the detector, especially the dual discrimination. But in highly mineralized ground it's depth is poor. I completely understand how to ground balance a detector, having used a Nautilus IIb for years. While I never hoped for the Tejon to get Nautilus depth, I had hoped for pretty good depth in any ground. After all, the Tejon ad says "meets and defeats all soil conditions." Their words, not mine. As a matter of fact, the Vaquero is a much deeper machine in bad ground. This may have something to do with the high gain or frequency of the Tejon, although I don't know for sure. But I will say that the Tejon is very sensitive to small targets in practically any ground. It just won't find them at depth. I'd like to love this detector for all of it's other features, but the poor depth in bad ground is a killer for me.
Jul 01, 2007
12 people found this review helpful.
Tejon
Larry in New Mexico -Very deep in good ground, average depth in moderate ground but bad ground kills it. Good target seperation with the sensitivity at a low setting but at higher settings it has a hard time rejecting rusty iron.
Jun 14, 2007
2 people found this review helpful.
Near Perfect Detector
Michigan Bager in Northern, Michigan -
I have been into this hobby since 1968 when I purchased a CoinMaster IV via a Whites treasure finder magazine ad.
Over the years I've used more brands and models than I can now recall. Last year I purchased a Nautilus IIB and thought I had finally found my brand for life. But this year I ordered a new Tejon off ebay and the Nautilus has been pushed aside.
The Tejon is about as close to a perfect relic/coin/jewelry finder as one can get. It's very deep, fast, light, stable, and it's an absolute dream to learn and use. This machine is excellent in high trash areas and every other type. It will avoid trash and hit hard on coins and rings mixed in with junk metals.
Buy this machine and you'll soon be selling your others.
The Tejon is a WINNER!
May 05, 2007
16 people found this review helpful.
Tejon is a Relic Hound!
Harvey Enloe in Utah -The Tejon is A nice machine i have fond buttons 11in. down in southern Utah i hunt Ghost Towns and i love the Tejon it loves Brass,Silver,Gold,ect.you will like it from the start I have had a lot of machines from Whites Mxt,Sover.Elite,but the Tejon is were its At!
Mar 01, 2007
9 people found this review helpful.
No better for the money
Joe in Missouri -Purchased the Tejon when my Minelab Explorer went bad. The Tejon is very lightweight and has a very quick response time. The depth is incredible. The two discriminators had to convince me, and they did. The battery compartment is a bit cheezy and I do not like the location of the headphone jack, would rather it face me rather than face the searchcoil, plus awkward for us lefties. Other than that the machine works great. I have used detectors since 1970 and this is definitely one of the better detectors. Once I replaced my Minelab I went back to my civil war site to get the deep stuff and found the Tejon had found almost everything, including the deep. For the price it is hard to beat and I have confidence in this detector, which is what you must have in order to find the good stuff. I am not a dealer, but would recommend anyone desiring a fairly cheap excellent detector to spend about $550 on ebay, or some dealers, and buy this detector. Much better than similar priced detectors, that is a fact.
Feb 11, 2007
12 people found this review helpful.
8 months later..
Larry D Gressel in Sweet Home, Oregon -Well, after using the Tejon for 12 months now, I have discovered a place for it in my arsenal of detectors..
It is very lightweight and although the PVC search rod made a lot of squeaking noise when I first bought it, that noise eventually quit after a few hours using it and breaking it in.
It is the first choice out of all my detectors for wide-open areas in moderate to lightly mineralized soil. It does not go as deep in either mode in high-iron (highly mineralized) soils as some of my other detectors, but in the less mineralized soil it often beats all of them, it, and the Fisher cz-70.
In the high iron (black sand) salt beaches here in Oregon it has way too hard of a time operating well or ground balancing well, so I don't use it there, but in normal big playfield areas it is my first choice because it locates two or more good targets real close to each other the best of the best. When there is one bad target right next to a good target the Compass outshines all others, but at a rate of 10+ feet per second the Tejon will find ALL the good targets even faster than the Compass, even if they are only 2-3 inches apart in a row. It's the only detector that will do that. It is almost as good a cherry-picker as the Compass but it is better than a cz-70, MXT, Sovereign Elite, BH Land Ranger, White's 6000di, or DFX for cherry picking.
Nov 26, 2006
20 people found this review helpful.
Tejon, Super relic hunter
Jerry in Southeast Georgia -I watched my hunting partner dig a Spanish pillar dollar (piece of eight), from 16". Although this is a large coin it was on edge in the ground! This was in a heavily hunted Confederate camp that had all of the top rated relic detectors over it. Before this signal was dug another hunter was called over to check the spot with his machine, (no signal). I had been over this area several times with a Nautilus IIb. All I can say is if you get a Tejon, go back over your old sites. Don't ever consider a place hunted out. The Tejon will open another window in these areas. I have found mine very easy to set up and ground balance, no problems learning this detector.
Aug 27, 2006
15 people found this review helpful.