Tesoro ceased trading?

[swoop720]

i bought a new laser trident 2 si last year as a back up machine for my deus - it's a lovely machine - all analogue as well and operates at 18khz, it cost me about £450 with headphones, could have bought a G2 second hand for around £300 which would have been far superior but there's something about the analogue that just feels good - a bit like valve amplifiers?

[garrettoldboy]

I didn't know about this until just now looking for the correct place to post I've "just, purchased a Tesoro Laser B3 off evilbay I did a little bit of reading up on the model before buying it and they appear to be quite good but now hoping I don't have any issues with it because if Tesoro has now shut up shop I'm going to be screwed for getting it sorted out

hello, its no worry if you are in the UK as there is Pentechnic in Staffordshire

[barnabythebear]

Hiya,

I purchased a Tejon last week as I've always wanted one and I was worried they would disappear from dealer websites. I'm confident that I can get it repaired if things go wrong. I read on a US forum that Tesoro is waiting until dealer stocks are run down before they make an announcement. Seems odd that they have yet to make an official statement.

Thanks,

Nige.

[Grave digger]

Hi to all you diggers out there who still use Tesoro and laser detectors' I have still got 3 detectors ' a compadra' a cibola' and a laser scout themes. All good dose as good detectors' gold rings with my compadra"" fine gold at that" cibola ' super tune gets you 10 ins depth . Laser scout good in trashy iron infested dround . Thanks for looking . Regards'

[celtic]

Shame to see the brand go. I had the b1 hi power for many years and found many hammered. Great machines in their day.

[fred]

The cracks started to show a long while ago. After initially taking the UK market by storm they just couldn't good keep up with developments elsewhere.

[Ten pence!]

The cracks started to show a long while ago. After initially taking the UK market by storm they just couldn't good keep up with developments elsewhere.

Yes, below is my old B3 Laser with the full Penteknics conversion, I compared it with a mates Laser Rapier, performance was identical despite my machine being 20 years older, the only advantage with the newer machine was it was much lighter, I sold the B3 last year as it never got used. Shame the company never moved forward.

[celtic]

Still plenty around if you look. and will still find.

[sweepstick47]

It's true to say, it's potentially a sad end to a once great marque which led the UK detector sales market during the 80's. Notably due to the popularity of the silver and golden sabre models. Their aluminium built control boxes proved capable of taking take punishment or as littleboot put it, they were 'bomb proof'. Still a force to be reckoned with as a reliable S/H purchase.

[Advent]

Tesoro used two different audio circuits on their Detectors. Named something like the ED-120 and the ED-180. I cannot recall which circuit did what.
Apparently one was superior to the other, anyone know the difference between these two circuits. I mean my Laser B1 !993/5 model (not the Hi-Power version) was good to me, I have never had a detector since that has made me really happy with its performance.
Thanks Lads and Lasses.
Keith.

[beaubrummell]

My first machine was a Tesoro Cibola. It was as light as a feather but a very capable beep and dig machine. Got me hooked on the hobby.

[Koala]

Tesoro used two different audio circuits on their Detectors. Named something like the ED-120 and the ED-180. I cannot recall which circuit did what.
Apparently one was superior to the other, anyone know the difference between these two circuits. I mean my Laser B1 !993/5 model (not the Hi-Power version) was good to me, I have never had a detector since that has made me really happy with its performance.
Thanks Lads and Lasses.
Keith.

discrimination range

explained partway down this page

https://archive.findmall.com/read.php?17,2506403

[fred]

It's true to say, it's potentially a sad end to a once great marque which led the UK detector sales market during the 80's. Notably due to the popularity of the silver and golden sabre models. Their aluminium built control boxes proved capable of taking take punishment or as littleboot put it, they were 'bomb proof'. Still a force to be reckoned with as a reliable S/H purchase.

Most Tesoros were supposedly not much good on beaches but I found that by adjusting the ferrite slug on the circuit board I could stabilise them on wet sand. The real problem was the aluminium stem and control box. After 3 months in a salt environment the paint would start to flake off and after six months it had gone white and fluffy and it's days were numbered. Fortunately the cheaper versions tended to be the best for hoovering up spending money and bling on beaches so buying a new one or two each year was actually cost effective.

[sweepstick47]

Yes, you're right Fred, they were not happy on the wet sand which is why I rarely took to the wet stuff on beaches at the time. but found that there were quite a few hammered to be found and the odd roman at the top of the beach area having migrated from the cliffs and been washed down among the pebbly stuff and dry sand. Always difficult retrieving them though, due to the pebbles and rocks mixed in with the sand (many of them 'Hot Rocks too)!

When operated in AM mode, I always found the Tesoro's and Lasers produced an unmistakable audio responses great for assessing targets for Ferrous V Non-Ferrous clues. When on inland sites if searching in disc mode, zero discrimination produced excellent result as there was a slight amount of discrimination built into the circuit.

I believe, Tesoro and Laser machines remain a very capable and cheap starter model for other than beach work. Regards ss47

[fred]

Yes, you're right Fred, they were not happy on the wet sand which is why I rarely took to the wet stuff on beaches at the time. but found that there were quite a few hammered to be found and the odd roman at the top of the beach area having migrated from the cliffs and been washed down among the pebbly stuff and dry sand. Always difficult retrieving them though, due to the pebbles and rocks mixed in with the sand (many of them 'Hot Rocks too)!

When operated in AM mode, I always found the Tesoro's and Lasers produced an unmistakable audio responses great for assessing targets for Ferrous V Non-Ferrous clues. When on inland sites if searching in disc mode, zero discrimination produced excellent result as there was a slight amount of discrimination built into the circuit.

I believe, Tesoro and Laser machines remain a very capable and cheap starter model for other than beach work. Regards ss47

As far as i can recall it was only with the advent of the Silver Sabre that it became apparent just how many cut halves and quarters there were in the ground. Up until that time they were relatively rare but suddenly they started jumping out of the ground.