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X-terra 705 or Tesoro Cortes for coins

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St. Louis
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Tejon

Posted Dec 06, 2009, 01:57:57 pm

I know and trust my Tesoro Tejon for relics and I don't think either of these can beat the depth I get (12 inches on a minnie in wet soil) nor find small buckshot and caps like my Tejon does.  What it does not do well is find coins.  It does find coins but in a trashy area where there are targets everywhere and iron everywhere I just don't know what to dig.  A metered machine would kind of take care of this problem and I have the money for a second machine.  I had a DFX and it could not touch the Tejon on relics so goodbye DFX, besides it was hard to set up.  I have also had probably 40 other machines in the last 38 years.  I am looking hard at either a Minelab X-terra 705 or a Tesoro Cortes to take into these trashy areas.  Both machines have their pro's and cons.  Both machines are very close in price, so money is no problem.  I love the Tesoro detectors, but the meter is a drawback on the Cortes, but love the fact that I could change the frequency on a Minelab by changing searchcoils and the meter is a plus on the Minelab.  So, I guess my question is which would be the better of the two for hunting for coins where the Tejon has a hard time.  The Tejon will remain my main relic machine, it is lightning fast and light and goes really deeeeeep.  Unfortunately, both the X-terra 705 and the Cortes have excellent reviews, so the reviews while helpful, kind of cancel each other out. 

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N. Alabama
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Tejon, ML X-terra 70


Primary Interest: Metal Detecting

Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Dec 10, 2009, 06:35:38 am

My vote would go to the X-terra 705 as that it what I use for coinshooting. It gets good depth and has the most amazing small coil I've seen yet. The 6" DD coil can get 7-8" on coins in good ground and has razor sharp separation. With tone ID, even in all metal and a 3khz coil for deep silver its a great combination. I've used Tesoros before, but they aren't my first choice for coinhunting (on lookout for a used Tejon for my relic hunting). The X-terra is really just more versatile, has autotracking groundbalance that you can program in an offset and has a backlight for those early morning or late evening hunts (good in full dark too, but I don't believe in hunting in darkness, due to safety concerns).

Relic hunting consists of a series of misadventures interspersed by occasional moments of glory.
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Virginia
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tried almost everything made since the late 60's

Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Dec 10, 2009, 04:20:20 pm

Tesoro's are great detectors; I've got a number of them, but the Xterra trumps the Cortes in every way.  Even though Tesoro's are good coin finders, they've never made a great dedicated coin machine in my opinion.  However, the Cibola, Vaquero, and Tejon are among the best relic hunters made. 
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Western Massachusetts
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab Excal 1000, Tesoro Silver Umax, Tiger Shark and Whites MXT.

Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Dec 10, 2009, 04:59:49 pm

If you are just looking for a coin machine, why not save a few pennies and look at the Delon or
X-terra 50?
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N. Alabama
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Tejon, ML X-terra 70


Primary Interest: Metal Detecting

Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Dec 10, 2009, 06:16:27 pm

Or, go one better and get a used 70 as it has auto ground balancing and tracking like the 705 and the price has come down on those since the 705s have been released. I love the 70 I have, almost more than the 705, because the buttons have english on them and there's not the silly international symbols like on the 705 (pet peeve).

Relic hunting consists of a series of misadventures interspersed by occasional moments of glory.
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