Any experience with any of the super lightweight detectors on the market today?

AUandAG

Can't swing my old Whites VSAT any longer so gave it to the kids. Now looking I see that many are being
made that are in the 2.5 pound class. Anyone have any experience with a lightweight? Or can make any
recommendations? I nugget shoot for the most part and do not hunt parks. Do hunt old ghost towns and
mining camps and need one that will truly take out the iron (so many rusted nails, screws, etc).

Any such critter?

thanks,
bob

WhiteTornado

I use a Tesoro Cibola, and it's feather-light, works well. It looks like a good Tesoro detector for nuggets is the Vaquero:

Vaquero - weighs 2.2 lbs

ricko

The Tesoro is nice...but you might call White's customer service and discuss your needs with a technician...they are very helpful...Cheers, RickO

AUandAG

Okay, now while looking I see that they vary by frequency as well. So, can anyone tell me the difference
between 4khz, 8khz, 10, 12 and 14khz?

Dang these are getting so complicated....got to make a smart choice here.

bob

Bayard1908

I have no experience with it; however, I am very intrigued by the Deus XP.

AUandAG

<< <i>I have no experience with it; however, I am very intrigued by the Deus XP. >>



I too have looked at that super lightweight unit. Remote sold separately does not make sense to me
as it would defeat the purpose of the unit. Interesting for sure.

bob

AUandAG

<< <i>The Tesoro is nice...but you might call White's customer service and discuss your needs with a technician...they are very helpful...Cheers, RickO >>



thanks ricko, but have already done that and Whites has nothing even remotely as light as 2.5 pounds. I loved my Whites VSat but Whites is ruled out.

bob

ricko

Too bad.... I was not sure if they had any recent offerings...Cheers, RickO

johnny9434

whites is easy to work with. been using them for years now.

ricko

I have found White's to have the best customer service in the field of MD's...Cheers, RickO

AUandAG

I think that I have decided to go for the Tesoro Lobo. The wand and brains can be separated so
that the brains are on your hip (comes with the belt attachment built in). Makes the wand and
coil only a pound plus...super easy to swing.
It's got the descrim I will need for the heavy mineralization here in the desert.

I think I'll be saving nickels to pick up one soon...

Thanks for all the imput

bob

Tesoro Lobo specs

Timbuk3

Not my post, but thanks for the
information !!!

GrumpyEd

I have an old Tesoro Bandido, works fine for coins and stuff but I've never looked for nuggets.
It might not be high end but the regular 9V battery lasts very long in it and it's simple and pretty light and finds coins and discriminates.
I plug in a tiny earplug instead of the speaker and that seems to increase the battery life and I find that people bug me less if they can't hear you when you're detecting.

ricko

Sounds like a good choice Bob....not sure about how good it is on gold.... let us know.... Best of luck....Cheers, RickO

AUandAG

Picked up my Tesoro Lobo today...I paid $554 in cash and 5 Peace dollars. Love it when a bit of a trade
happens!
Extremely lightweight with the brains on the belt.
Will let you all know what it's like in the field....don't know when as of yet....

Stay tuned.

bob

lordmarcovan

<< <i>I have no experience with it; however, I am very intrigued by the Deus XP. >>

One of my fellow hunters in England had a XP Deus. It was indeed feather light. ALL of my fellow hunters were actually using the Minelab CTX 3030, but this guy had the XP Deus as his backup.

I picked it up but did not use it. Thought it was pretty neat, but can't give much useful info about it.

ROCKETMAN

I have used the Fisher F2 for about 5yrs now. Its at 2.5lbs. Its highly rated, easy to use and has a 5yr Warranty.