Which detector to go for?! Decisions decisions...

[nailman]

My choice would be the Tesro, I have a Laser scout  brilliant little detector same company love it

[Sharkeysend]

One question I have about the Tesoro, does anyone know if the lifetime guarantee still applies in the UK?

[Keith67]

One question I have about the Tesoro, does anyone know if the lifetime guarantee still applies in the UK?

No idea but any machines with lifetime guarantees says a lot about the build quality. Don't think you get that with any other?

[Sharkeysend]

There`s a Tesoro bandido 2 ,with headphones included on E bay at the moment ,on £72 with 2 days to go >> Item No. 262480705270

Hehe, now you've thrown me a curve ball! What's a Bandido 2 like? Similar to the Compadre? Better? Not as good? 

[shooter]

Dig all signals with no meter number.  If it's two way, without a digital valuation, it could still be a good target.

[Peter]

There`s a Tesoro bandido 2 ,with headphones included on E bay at the moment ,on £72 with 2 days to go >> Item No. 262480705270

Hehe, now you've thrown me a curve ball! What's a Bandido 2 like? Similar to the Compadre? Better? Not as good? 

I`d say A tad better ,as it has a Manual Ground Balance .you can also fit a 12"x10" Widescan coil in the  5-pin uMax which this model is. its on £165 now but anything up to £200 will be a decent buying price for it.
Lifetime guarantee still aplies in the Uk ,I`m pretty sure.

[Keith67]

How old are these Peter?  The seller regards it as vintage !  I guess that's going a bit far?

[Sharkeysend]

There`s a Tesoro bandido 2 ,with headphones included on E bay at the moment ,on £72 with 2 days to go >> Item No. 262480705270

Hehe, now you've thrown me a curve ball! What's a Bandido 2 like? Similar to the Compadre? Better? Not as good? 

I`d say A tad better ,as it has a Manual Ground Balance .you can also fit a 12"x10" Widescan coil in the  5-pin uMax which this model is. its on £165 now but anything up to £200 will be a decent buying price for it.
Lifetime guarantee still aplies in the Uk ,I`m pretty sure.

Missed it so think it's going to have to be a Compadre when I find the right deal, unless something else comes up on ebay.

[Keith67]

There`s a Tesoro bandido 2 ,with headphones included on E bay at the moment ,on £72 with 2 days to go >> Item No. 262480705270

Hehe, now you've thrown me a curve ball! What's a Bandido 2 like? Similar to the Compadre? Better? Not as good? 

I`d say A tad better ,as it has a Manual Ground Balance .you can also fit a 12"x10" Widescan coil in the  5-pin uMax which this model is. its on £165 now but anything up to £200 will be a decent buying price for it.
Lifetime guarantee still aplies in the Uk ,I`m pretty sure.

Missed it so think it's going to have to be a Compadre when I find the right deal, unless something else comes up on ebay.

Where do you live mate?

[shooter]

The audio circuit can be deeper than the meter circuit.  As Gary says, up to 15% deeper.  Always trust the audio over the meter.

[Willy muffit]

I have heard of several people that have arrived on a dig only to find they left the Deus control box at home or even have lost it
ALL  say they seemed to find a lot more

 nuff said ?

[Keith67]

I have heard of several people that have arrived on a dig only to find they left the Deus control box at home or even have lost it
ALL  say they seemed to find a lot more

 nuff said ?

I was speaking to Nigel at Regtons when I was deciding on my first machine.  He said he often uses the remote to set up the program he wants to run then leaves it in the car.

[Peter]

The audio circuit can be deeper than the meter circuit.  As Gary says, up to 15% deeper.  Always trust the audio over the meter.

To my knowledge ,Up to a certain depth  the meter shows you the Discrimination value digit readout ie, your numbers. Once you reach past the discrims limit ,your out of Discrimination territory & into All metal territory ,which the Discrim can`t go as deep as, hence you lose the Digital readout numbers , and get Audio signal sound only . Thats why sometimes you might get a "good" audio target signal without any Digital readout appearing, then you know the targets  probably going to be at depth ,and then its up to your ears to decide.
I assume this is relevant to the Deus too.

[Sharkeysend]

There`s a Tesoro bandido 2 ,with headphones included on E bay at the moment ,on £72 with 2 days to go >> Item No. 262480705270

Hehe, now you've thrown me a curve ball! What's a Bandido 2 like? Similar to the Compadre? Better? Not as good? 

I`d say A tad better ,as it has a Manual Ground Balance .you can also fit a 12"x10" Widescan coil in the  5-pin uMax which this model is. its on £165 now but anything up to £200 will be a decent buying price for it.
Lifetime guarantee still aplies in the Uk ,I`m pretty sure.

Missed it so think it's going to have to be a Compadre when I find the right deal, unless something else comes up on ebay.

Where do you live mate?

Near Peterborough sir.

As it turns out after seeing a post on this very forum I thought I'd check out Regtons and contacted a top chap called Nigel. He sorted me out with a lovely bit of kit and I am now the proud owner of a Tesoro Compadre - many thanks to Nigel and the good folk at Regtons for superb service and excellent value for money! Can't praise them highly enough.

[Keith67]

There`s a Tesoro bandido 2 ,with headphones included on E bay at the moment ,on £72 with 2 days to go >> Item No. 262480705270

Hehe, now you've thrown me a curve ball! What's a Bandido 2 like? Similar to the Compadre? Better? Not as good? 

I`d say A tad better ,as it has a Manual Ground Balance .you can also fit a 12"x10" Widescan coil in the  5-pin uMax which this model is. its on £165 now but anything up to £200 will be a decent buying price for it.
Lifetime guarantee still aplies in the Uk ,I`m pretty sure.

Missed it so think it's going to have to be a Compadre when I find the right deal, unless something else comes up on ebay.

Where do you live mate?

Near Peterborough sir.

As it turns out after seeing a post on this very forum I thought I'd check out Regtons and contacted a top chap called Nigel. He sorted me out with a lovely bit of kit and I am now the proud owner of a Tesoro Compadre - many thanks to Nigel and the good folk at Regtons for superb service and excellent value for money! Can't praise them highly enough.

How funny is that, I was going to recommend you take a trip to Regtons if you were near enough.  Good move mate.