New to forum! New to tesoro!

[erbdigger]

Hey all,

I am new to the forum as well as a new tesoro user! I am expecting it in the mail in a day or so. I've been detecting for 5 or so years but had an ace 250 with 9x12 coil. I just upgraded to a tesoro cibola, will I be better off? Any tricks with the tesoro that videos don't show. I mostly relic and coin hunt. Thanks.

 

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[luvsdux]

Welcome to Tesoro land and the forum. The Cibola should give considerably better performance than the Ace 250 even though it has no screen. Dig everything and practice thumbing the disc. knob to get a handle on what a target may be and listen carefully to the single tone as eventually you'll be able to hear fine nuances in it that will help decide whether a target is worth retrieving or not.
luvsdux

 

[Terry Soloman]

Welcome from White Plains, NY! Congrats on the new Cibola!!!! You are MUCH better off. Don't use too much Sensitivity. Keep it between 7-8, and unless you are not interested in gold set your discrimination just a hair below Nickel. Good Luck!

 

[rainyday101]

Congrats on that Cibola! I think you made a wise choice. Give it some time and practice and you will see how little you needed that display in the first place. And yes, I think that is definitely an upgrade.

 

[Sandman]

As the others have said you did upgrade. Follow Terry's and the others advice. Don't turn up the Sens to much thinking you'll get more depth. Actually you'll get less depth as the coil will see more minerals and mask out a deep coin. You'll love it.

 

[penzfan]

Welcome from the Gold Coast. GL and HH

 

[KennyD]

Welcome to the forums and the Tesoro gang!
I had a Cibola for awhile and really enjoyed it. Great heater.
I'm using the Deleon now.... The Cibola just got me hooked on Tesoro's.

 

[Hobojo]

Welcome and from one new Tesoro owner to another Im sure you will become a big fan of the Tesoro brand.
One thing " We " Tesoro user's love about our machine's is the fact that they have their very own language. It's a very subtle language and will require you to learn it. The best thing you can do to help speed up your learning curve is get some really good headphones. After picking a pair of Killer Bee's I was better able to understand my Tesoro and its language. My wife has found that with her Cibola the more time she spent with it the better she was at picking the subtle cues and has managed to out hunt my Outlaw on a few occasions. So take your time and get a good pair of headphones and have fun. Good luck and happy hunting.

 

[erbdigger]

Thanks everyone! I really appreciate it! And I agree, hobojo, and am excited about "learning the language". I have many places that should yield very nice finds if i can get permission from land owners. I'm excited to test the cibola on some of my more hunted out spots that I used the ace 250 on.

 

[Pointman]

The Cibola is a great, no frills detector. Because you are relying on sound versus a screen, it will be more accurate in a way. I took one on a competition hunt, and it is very fast and wouldn't hesitate to take it again and leave my CTX at home.

I think that I will always have a Cibola or a Vanquero on hand even though I probably will not use them anytime soon because I have really fancy detectors.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Your Cibola is a HOT machine!
Really a deep-seeker!!
Learn where coinage shows up on your discrim dial,
not where the factory marks are.
Learn where gold is found on there, too...!
Dig almost everything...!
With pinpointer engaged, lower the coil to your target from above,
and at the loudest, is the depth (coil-soil), and dig accordingly!
Have fun, as you will be finding a LOT of goodies!
Happy Hunting and Good Luck!!

 

[Detector Wars]

I've been detecting for 5 or so years but had an ace 250 with 9x12 coil. I just upgraded to a tesoro cibola, will I be better off? Any tricks with the tesoro that videos don't show. I mostly relic and coin hunt. Thanks.

Jeez, the 250 is a bad detector. A walking stick is an upgrade. My advice, get the 5.75" coil!

 

[Escape]

Can you change coils on the Walking Stick? Hard to get info on them.

 

[Quick draw mcgraw]

There's a new detector out of Europe that is disguised as a walking stick.