Tesoro Hunting Techniques
I must agree with Cruzit1...Luthardt you are partially wrong about old
schools...my dad and I have found some real goodies at an old school...3-
womens gold rings..one with small diamond and 2 rubies still intact...3
silver rings..2 sterling silver rings....1- 1899 victory nickel in great
shape..1- 1907 quarter also in great shape..same goes for 1-1898 indian
head penny...3- buffalo nickels...2 silver roosevelt dimes..and I would
estimate approximately $30-40 dollars in clad...we have found all this at
one school that has been around for 100 yrs...these old schools are our
favorite place to go!!!!!!!!
Arrowhead88
ffff@centralfreight.com
Luthardt says above that old schools are not good to search as kids didn't
have money back in the old days. Thats TRUE. But, their parents did! The old
rural schools were the focal point for many festivals, pie socials, dances,
political rallies, etc., back in those days. Research in my area newspapers,
1890-1845, supports this, as well as do my finds! Old school sites still
remain some of my favored hunt areas--- don't you discount 'em either.
CRUZIT1@aol.com
We found an ounce of melted gold coins from an
old house site that had burned down with our Toltec II.
All that was left was the chimney. Don't pass these sites up.
Vicky & Rick Thele
rvthele@fullnet.net
Work at a higher discrimination first. Once you locate a "hot" area with
lots of coins, re-work the spot with disc. set at 3 - 4. I've found two
gold rings using this method and it will keep you from getting discouraged!
Brett Barney
barn@flash.net
You will _NOT_ find any old coins at schoolyards.
Children taking money to school did not become prevalent until the mid to late 1960's.
Prior to that, schools didn't have lunches for sale, and prior to the 50's, people
simply didn't have the money to send with children to school.
Bob Luthardt
luthardt@clark.net
Old parks, especially those in the Northeast, have, for the most part,
been re-vitalized at least once since their beginings. Where I
concentrate my searches is the old walk ways..not the current, paved
walk ways which are lined with fairly recent granite blocks..but the
original paths! Usually the older path ways are filled in and only a
trace can be detected by eye. When you find such a path way you'll do
your best by staying off the filled in areas and try to follow the
outline of the olden one. Looke for the large, older trees, better yet,
the remains of large, older trees and decayiny stumps that are still
visible. These are markers by which you can help define the original
routes of the paths that had once weaved their ways throught the park.
Such path ways would bring walkers to the various highlights which the
park offered its visitors. So, be attuned when you find yourself
approaching monuments and other public gathering sites. Ponds and lakes
were sites of beauty and serenity to offer the strollers. Look for old
brick roadways, or what may be left of them after years of use. That's
it. Good luck and have a nice stroll while you're at it.
Ernest Zinnernam
zern@cris.com
Tesoro truly makes one great machine. I've owned the Eldorado, Lobo,
Sidewinder and now the Bandido MicroMax. As for tips, if you have
a volume control, turn it up after putting the machine into Disc.
If there is a ground balance control, set the machine to a slightly
positive ground balance. Both setting will give you a tad bit more
depth. The last tip, slow down.
John Dyer
diggor@mindspring.com
I went out a couple of hours
Th'ing this weekend and found not one but two Susan B Anthony dollars, a 1979
and a 1980 tarnished black at about 3 inches in a picnic area. Another
neat find was part of a 19th century gold cameo necklace, only the frame
and a few links of the chaing were found, but they appear to be 14kt gold.
This was found in the same picnic area, but near the water at about 6-7
inches deep (it gave a very faint signal, but one that would not discriminate
out below 3 on the sidewinder). This brings to mind a tip you might
want to pass along, I now hunt with my sidewinder at about 2-3 disc level
when I hit a signal, I move the disc up until the signal cuts out. I have found
that nickels and some jewelry cutout at about 5 while pull-tabs and screwcaps
cut out between 5-7, coins somewhere above 7 unless they are very deep (over 5 inches) This
provides a pretty good means of identification that allows you not to
skip over the good stuff. I would have missed the gold neckace fragment if
I would have been running at pulltab disc. As it was I new it wasnt a pulltab
because the signal cutout at about 4. Hope this helps someone, good Hunting!
David Crain
crain@ozone.cass.usu.edu
Today I received a new Tesoro uMAX Bandito. I have a whites XLT (new
virtually unused) and look forward to the simplicity of the Bandito.
Tommorrow I am going detecting with an older lady who owns a Sidewinder
and has made some truly awesome finds with it. She has over $1200.00 in
clads, a barber dime, four necklaces (one is a very nice mens gold
braded rope; probable value $400.00) rings (two of which are very nice
and expensive ladies rings which she proudly wears). Her method is so
simple. She visits the park and entertainment areas of our after
concerts, church functions, collage campuses after ball games, etc. All
of this since Mothers day of this year! Her son, a Tesoro dealer in
Ronan, MT. gave it to her on Mothers day 1996! Quite a lady and she is
active in getting many seniors interested and outdoors and active. This
is some fantastic hobby!
You have a great web page!
Bruce Harris
ceso@mcn.net
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