Tesoro Tejon information page
Over the years top manufacturers have launched new machines on a regular basis, some models with very little difference to the one we purchases 6 months earlier.
I personally believe metal technology has ran it's course for a while and manufacturers just keep adding gimmicks and switches to make the new models more appealing.
Tesoro are just as guilty as the rest, although I feel they have stuck to a good recipe on all but a few models.

Back in the old days the Tesoro Silver Sabre won the day with performance and simplicity and to this day Tesoro have tried to keep that winning formula throughout it's range....with the odd hiccup

Lets take a look at the Tejon
What features do we have

Power (sensitivity) : The Tejon has far to much..which is better than not enough I guess,  inexperienced users still try to run the Tejon flat out like their old Tesoro and wonder why that have problems.

Discrimination : In fact 2 discriminations... use just one if you wish, I use both and set discrimination 2 to suit my site conditions i.e. reject small Iron using disc 1 and slightly bigger Iron with alt disc 2, push the trigger forward to switch from one disc to the other.

Threshold : Required for ground balancing and pin pointing , also switch disc 1 off  until it clicks and the Tejon turns into an all metal hoard hunting machine with an adjustable background threshold.

Tone control : How many times has someone said I don't like the tone well with the Tejon you can simply set it to suit your preferences using the rotary tone control....click it full anti-clockwise and it clicks into a factory pre-set with a VCO pin point....VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) is ideal for hearing the size and depth of a buried target.

Manual ground balance : Very simple to use, ideal for calibrating new coils and tuning the machine to your site conditions. It's not stricty true but think of the ground balance as a soil discrimination.
;I always show people how to do this, it is also covered in my Tejon secrets set up guide, Dan my 10 year old picked it up first time, so I kind of arrogantly use this as a guide line to see if new purchasers are ready for a Tejon.
Quite often those who cant grasp the ground balancing technique are the people who have problems learning a higher level machine. The fixed / manual ground balance mod is available from Pentechnic however manual ground balancing should take approx 5 seconds.

Tesoro Tejon trigger switch :
Middle is the pre-set disc 1 back is pin point, forward switches from disc 1 to alt disc 2

So there are the features, no gimmicks just enough to cover every inland searching scenario you will need.
One very important feature not mentioned above is the weight and balance, the Tejon is effortless to use with no strain on the arms or wrist and just as deep as the heavy models out there (with equal coil sizes).


Take all this into consideration and Im sure you will agree the Tejon is probably one of the best site machines available for serious detectorists who want the best no gimmicks tool for the job.

What to expect when using the Tejon
The Tejon is quite a busy machine to use with plenty of ticks and spits in the audio, this is all good information for you to process, you may dig a little odd shaped iron...big deal... just remember Iron artefacts are as collectable as most others. I have a beautiful decorated tiny iron buckle which every machine rejects except the Tejon.
Searching pasture with the Tejon
The Tejon is not at it's best on pasture I have found iron identification can be tricky and I believe Tesoro should take note and address this observation, however use the Tejon on ploughed farmland or stubble and it's an unbeatable machine.
My theory
Dig 100 targets on an Ancient site, if between 10-20 are mis shaped iron you are working the Tejon to it's full potential.

Finally and very important
There will be fields where your Tejon will fail to produce and some other machines will appear to be magic wands.
I have tested several machines and can honestly say there is no machine for every site. Even the same site on a different day appears to make a difference.
The Tejon has the ability to find targets at very good depths….providing the soil conditions are suitable and the operator understands his or her machine.
After market coils can be an advantage

Ideal for tiny targets and small gold the new 5.75" widescan coil


Headphones
Headphones can make or break the Tejon, choose a good set that matches the audio pitch you prefer, as with so many processor machines incorrect headphones can limit the audio capabilities resulting in poor target identification....and an ear bashing.
Black UK Tejon with sprite headphones

Take a look at the new Sprite Digital headphones

We recommend using Sprite Digital headphones with the Tesoro Tejon simply because the sound quality is second to none, here is some feedback :
"Excellent target separation resulting in vastly improved iron rejection"
"Very comfortable the sound is nothing like anything I have used before"
"They sound fantastic on my Tesoro Lobo to"
"I really become dialled into the machine when I use Sprites it like I am  man and machine in harmony"



The crops will be off any day so be ready this year don't spend your valuable detecting time messing with programmes and walking at a snails pace, go and get results with the Tejon it's a fantastic site machine.

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