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MODEL INFORMATION:
The Cortés represents the best combination of current and new technologies that Tesoro has to offer. The first thing that you will notice is the control box and battery holder configuration. The µMax housing was just not big enough to hold the new circuit board so we moved the batteries down under the arm bracket and increased the size of the box slightly. This allows us to use a 12 volt system to work with the demands of the target ID circuitry. It also gave us the ability to put a 2¼" speaker on the Cortés. This will give better and louder target signals in the field. The Cortés' 2x16 character LCD display will catch your eye as well. This area is the information centre of the detector. The top row is an alpha/numeric display that gives a broad indication of your possible target. One of five different categories are displayed. Also if the target is overdriving the circuits, the display will tell you to lift the coil for a more accurate reading. The alpha/numeric and bar graph section of the display will remain blank until the coil passes over a target. After the detectorist has decided to dig or ignore the target the display will clear itself after six seconds of not receiving a signal. The display works in all modes, regardless of the discrimination setting. By clearing the display after six seconds the user is able to tell if has passed over a new target that may have been discriminated out. The detector may not produce an audio signal, but the display will show a target reading. The detectorist then has the choice to either go back and check the target or ignore it. The bottom half of the display contains the real nuts and bolts information that will help you to work the Cortés to its fullest extent. The far right hand part of the display is a battery level indicator. This gives an accurate measure of your current battery level. On the far left-hand side is the probable depth indicator. The Cortés uses the phase shift of the target to determine the probable target and then looks at the amplitude of the signal to determine the depth. For example: a nickel and a quarter are in the ground and the quarter is deeper than the nickel; if we just went off of amplitude change, the detector may read the two targets as being the same depth. However, the Cortés would show the quarter as being deeper because its phase shift response is different than that of the nickel. In the centre of the lower display is a nine segment bar graph display. The different segments represent the following possible targets: iron; foil: nickel; round tab; square tab; zinc penny; copper penny and dime; quarter; half and dollar. The graph shows what the coil saw during the entire sweep of the coil. The targets metal composition and orientation in the ground can cause "smearing" or possible indication in more than one graph segment. For example: pull tabs usually will not respond in a single segment but give signals in two or three segments. To help the detectorist decide on the target, we have also included an ID Number display next to the bar graph. The ID Number takes the largest part of the signal and converts it to a two digit number. When Vince put together the scale for the ID Number, he decided to put the most resolution in the middle range of targets. This is the area where nickels, pull tabs and gold rings lie. We know that iron will always be on the low end of the scale and silver coins and jewellery will always be on the high end. So iron targets will always give a reading of 0 and silver will always give a reading of 95. The Cortés now gives you the ability to decide what you want to dig. One of the hardest parts of designing detectors is the fact that pull tabs can vary from place to place. But a hunter working in the same area can use the ID Number to learn the characteristics of the local pull tabs and effectively ignore them. For those detectorists that prefer a notch filter discrimination, we have also added a simple flip switch to activate either a narrow or wide notch window. When the display is blanked, two "N"s or three "W"s will appear on the screen. The N will indicate a narrow notch window and will be in the round tab and square tab portion of the graph segments. The wide notch window will cause a W to be in the round tab, square tab and zinc penny segments. These indications are an easy way to check what part of the scale is being notched out. The notch indicators will only show when there is no target under the coil. When there is a target signal, no matter if the target has been discriminated or not, the display will show the information of the target. The Sum mode is another feature to help identify targets. While the detector is in either the Discriminate or All Metal mode, the display shows the target information from the entire sweep of the coil. Each time the coil passes over the target the microprocessor generates a new target ID reading. While this is nice for general searching, it can be confusing while pinpointing. This is where the Sum mode becomes useful. Pushing the springloaded switch into the Sum mode causes the detector to start a multi-tone ID and averages all of the coil passes over the target. The tone ID has nine different tones and relates directly to the bar graph segments. The higher up on the graph the target is, the higher the pitch of the audio signal. Averaging the coil passes over the target gives the detectorist the ability to get rid of most of the signal noise that prevents making an accurate target identification. Here's how it works: when the detectorist gets a target signal that he wishes to check out, he pushes and holds the Mode switch in the Sum position. Shortening his coil sweep to only a two or four inch sweep he passes the coil over the target three to seven times. The short multiple sweeps give the microprocessor the chance to sum the passes and average them. During the sweeps the audio ID will start at the lowest signal and will get progressively higher in pitch until there is no more change. When this happens the detector is giving the most accurate ID possible. Then the user can decide if he wants to dig or ignore the target. All of these new features are complimented by Tesoro's easy to use controls. No touch pads or scroll through menus. Set the detector how you like it by adjusting the knobs on the front of the machine. The Cortés features an On/Off Sensitivity knob; a Discriminate Level knob; a Manual Ground Balance knob; a Mode Switch with All Metal, Discriminate and Sum mode settings; a Notch Width switch with Off, Narrow and Wide settings and a Light switch to control the LCD backlight with a High, Low, and Off positions. The Tesoro Cortés makes target ID easy and fun.
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The Lobo Super TRAQ is the pinnacle of
electronic gold prospecting technology. No other detector gives you the fast,
accurate and reliable ground tracking in normal and severe soils like the Lobo
Super TRAQ. Tesoro's famous discrimination circuitry lets you relic and coin
hunt too.
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Tesoro
are very proud to introduce the Tejón. It features a high output
transmit oscillator to push the signal deeper and an increased gain for
sensitivity to smaller items. The Tejón was designed from the ground up
with the coin and relic hunter in mind. It also features a new colour scheme from
Tesoro- blue, grey and black. The Tejón was over a year and a half in
the design stages and represents a new generation of Tesoro detectors. Once
you get past the new colour scheme, the first thing that you will notice is the
lack of a mode switch on the faceplate. This has moved to beneath the control
housing so that you are able to switch modes quickly. Pinpointing and checking
your targets with the Alternate Discrimination is a breeze. The
Tejón’s two discriminate modes are fully user definable. The engineers at
Tesoro have given the user the ability to set the machine for their hunting
needs. Each discriminate mode uses ED180 circuitry. The regular discriminate
also incorporates a full-time all metal setting. Want to hunt in all metal and
check the targets for iron or discriminate out iron and perform a check for high
value silver or gold targets? It’s no problem for the Tejón. Simply set the
Discriminate and Alternate Discriminate modes for your style of hunting and
swing the coil. Then use the Trigger Switch to quickly change modes to check
your targets. Push the trigger forward to activate the Alternate Discriminate or
pull the trigger back to pinpoint the target. The Tejón makes it fast
and easy. But
the user definable features do not stop there. The Tejón has a manually
adjustable ground balance that works for both the All Metal mode and both
Discriminate modes. Using a three and three quarter potentiometer, the Tejón
will meet and defeat all soil conditions and is suitable for any hunting style. The
Tejón also has an audio tone adjust. If you have trouble hearing certain
tones or have certain tones that you are more comfortable with, the Tejón
can meet your desires. Using the tone adjustment control, you can switch from a
normal tone with VCO pinpoint/all metal to any one of thousands of different
audio tones for the All Metal and Discriminate modes. Fine tune the tone until
it is right for you and see how much easier it is to find, pinpoint and dig the
targets that you are looking for. While
the Tesoro Tejón was designed mostly for coin and relic hunters, its
user definable controls are simple and easy to use making it able to handle just
about any type of treasure hunting that you may wish to try.
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The DeLeón is a Target Identification
Detector or T.I.D. The DeLeón is designed as an easy to use,
turn-on-and-go detector. The faceplate has only four controls: Sensitivity,
Discriminate, Threshold and a Mode Switch. It uses the same circuitry as the
Cortés, so you can expect the same depth and sensitivity from the DeLeón
that the Cortés is well known for.
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The Vaquero (pronounced va-care-oh), is
designed as an all-around detector, able to do just about everything that any
detectorist could want to do. Vaquero is the Spanish word for cowboy. When we
think of hard work and the ability to take on any kind of tough job, we think of
the cowboys of the old west.
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The µMax detector that you have been waiting for
is here - The Golden µMax. This is a detector that only Tesoro could
build. Full size depth, sensitivity, Four Tone Audio ID and a user adjustable
Notch Filter Discriminate all placed into the lightest detector housing on the
market. At less than 2 ½ pounds, the Golden µMax lets you control what
you want to find. Our adjustable notch window lets you, not the engineers,
decide how to pick through the pull tabs to find the nickels and gold rings,
while the ED 120 discrimination knocks out all of the nasty iron. The tone ID
will also give you a great idea of what your target is. The Golden µMax
will help you define your targets and make better use of your detecting time.
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The
Silver Sabre series has had a very long history with Tesoro Electronics.
It was first introduced in 1983. In a time when "lunch box" detectors
were the norm, the original Silver Sabre was perceived as a toy unit. There have
been many men who bought one for the wife and wound up using it because it
worked as well as any other detector on the market. Advertised as "strong,
simple, silent", the Silver Sabre has gone through many changes over the
years. The Silver Sabre Plus added a no motion all metal circuit. The Silver
Sabre II added a new plastic housing and new Hybrid Circuit technology. Several
years ago we introduced the Silver Sabre µMax with an incredibly small
housing and Max Boost technology. A number of men bought one for their wife and
wound up using it because it worked as well as any other detector on the market.
(Sounds familiar doesn't it?)
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The Tesoro Compadre was designed with the
idea that less is more. This modest machine can do a lot of the same things that
its bigger brothers can do. It works great for coin hunting, competition hunting
and relic hunting, but it does it without any excess knobs. Switch on the
detector and you're working in a silent search, motion all metal mode. The
farther you turn the knob, the more discrimination you can bring to bear on
those trashy sites. The Compadre now comes standard with a 5.75"
round concentric coil. The depth is equivalent to the original 7"
concentric, plus the new coil reduces the likelihood of target masking in
extremely trashy ground. It also gives you the ability to get into and around
natural obstacles like bushes, fences, and playground equipment.
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The Tiger Shark uses microprocessor
technology to create a true dual function machine. In Normal Mode, the Tiger
Shark works like any other Tesoro detector. It uses the same great ground
balance and discrimination features that made the Bandido series so successful.
On land, the Tiger Shark can be used for coin and relic hunting and even gold
prospecting. By using the four controls on the outside, you can fine tune your
detector to handle whatever conditions you are working in.
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The new
Sand Shark combines time-proven PI circuits with the latest digital technology
creating the first microprocessor controlled PI detector for the new Millennium.
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