Tesoro Desperado....Tesoro should have hired this guy

Quite the Modification!

[www.thetreasuredepot.com]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing.

I heard before Jack Gifford died He was working on a Prototype. He said it was going to have Vaquero type depth with a Target I.D. I guess it got shelved when He passed away?



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Guys that's Frank S. who loves Teknetics Mark 1's. https://sites.google.com/site/thetekneticsmark1/
He was in touch with George Payne regarding putting together a Micro Mark 1. He said it was ready, many of us are still waiting for it, how many years has it been...? LOL
Sounds like the Tesoro Caper....... Yeah we keep hounding him on the Compass Forum. Maybe one day. Guess He's found a new love working on Tesoro's.
You never know what he has up his sleeve.

DeepTech Vista X with 3 search coils.
Works for me

Sven you ole cotton picker you let the cat out of the bag. Thanks for the compliments i appreciate it and yes i would work for Tesoro in a heartbeat. The biggest issue with the Mark 1 is cost as it would be around $2500 out of my pocket to get a prototype board finished and ready and im definitely no millionaire. Honestly I got into the Micro Mark after my son died to keep my mind occupied. After we move to Texas I hope to be able to obtain the extra cash needed for the first Micro Mark board and go from there. I have almost 30 years in electronics and i tell you that i could spend the rest of my life working with metal detectors. Tesoros are superb detectors that are fairly easy to modify. Still dont have a buyer for the Desperado yet but hoping one will come along. The visual hearing aid i made are doing fairly well and those who have bought them really love them. I would love to pick up where Jack Gifford left off on a Tesoro with Vaquero depth with target ID.
Another thought I have had is that I truly believe that there is a market for a company to offer an updated vintage detector line. Imagine being offered a Teknetics ST or a Compass XP Pro but in a smaller housing with surface mount components. Maybe add an extra feature or 2 as well as the original features. Anyway sorry to ramble and if you folks get the time stop by my site and take a peek.
www.depthdevil.com and if you need a great pulse induction detector look no further than our very own Sven and his Mirage PI. Happy thanksgiving to all and do not spare the turkey.

Frank

Frank, sorry to hear about your loss. Keep us updated here on your electronic projects. Fascinating.

The Mach 1 VDI that you are designing, will that be available for most detectors, or just a few? Interesting.

Keep us posted on your progress!



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I love the shag carpet on arm cuff that is sweet

Kickindirt i grew up in the 70s so im sentimental and shag carpet was all the rage. I remember my grandmother had some burnt orange shag carpet that i swear was at least 3 feet thick. But i will sat its very comfortable on the arm and when swinging a machine for several hours comfort is key.

treasurehunter747 Wrote:
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> Kickindirt i grew up in the 70s so im sentimental
> and shag carpet was all the rage. I remember my gr
> andmother had some burnt orange shag carpet that i
> swear was at least 3 feet thick. But i will sat it
> s very comfortable on the arm and when swinging a
> machine for several hours comfort is key.

Me too the 70s was the last great simple decade. My bedroom as a Teenager Had the Bicentennial Red,White and Blue, Shag carpet with Matching wall paper! Ha.
Man Those were the days.



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Harold I was born in 1970 and was forced as a kid to wear those damned bell bottom pants. I remember taking class photos with shirts that had collars bigger than i was. My brother who is short actually bought and wore some of those platform shoes to make himself taller. My mom loved disco and i still like KC and the Sunshine Band but please done tell anybody else...

Ohh come on, we all dressed like that. I remember my multi-color striped bell bottoms. Just never wore those big collared shirts, wasn't into being a disco dude like my father and his friends....LOL
Did have a three piece suit to go out wearing, it was in--cool, blue denim with hobo patches all over....man, did I look like a goof. I was already 13 in 1970.

DeepTech Vista X with 3 search coils.
Works for me

treasurehunter747 Wrote:
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> Kickindirt i grew up in the 70s so im sentimental
> and shag carpet was all the rage. I remember my gr
> andmother had some burnt orange shag carpet that i
> swear was at least 3 feet thick. But i will sat it
> s very comfortable on the arm and when swinging a
> machine for several hours comfort is key.


Man that is Awesome, wish I could've grown up in the 70s they had all the best cars and trucks back then. I bet that machine is a beast in the Iron prob eat the new Garrett ATMAX alive

Kickindirt Wrote:
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> > Kickindirt i grew up in the 70s so im sentimenta
> l
> > and shag carpet was all the rage. I remember my
> gr
> > andmother had some burnt orange shag carpet that
> i
> > swear was at least 3 feet thick. But i will sat
> it
> > s very comfortable on the arm and when swinging
> a
> > machine for several hours comfort is key.
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> Man that is Awesome, wish I could've grown up in t
> he 70s they had all the best cars and trucks back
> then. I bet that machine is a beast in the Iron pr
> ob eat the new Garrett ATMAX alive


Only problem back then detectors were heavy and looked like lunch boxes Check out the 1976 catalog https://www.treasurelinx.com/whites.html
Folks today are so wimpie those old detectors would pull their arm to the ground.....LOL


DeepTech Vista X with 3 search coils.
Works for me



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Sven i was recently in a thrift store and they had an old Whites called The Alaskan for $40.. I almost bought it but could not get myself to part with the cash on it.

Don't blame you, pretty ugly looking.

DeepTech Vista X with 3 search coils.
Works for me

Well Frank S. knows what he is doing . I just purchased this detector and will report when it arrives. If you read this forum thank you Frank!

whites still make lunchboxes

30 years and going strong

Alpha Goat Wrote:
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> Well Frank S. knows what he is doing . I just purc
> hased this detector and will report when it arrive
> s. If you read this forum thank you Frank!

Be sure to do so AG

I'd like to see a vid of it in action if you have time to make one too.

I was thinking about buying it myself but seems you beat me to the punch!

MichiganRelicHunter Wrote:
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> Alpha Goat Wrote:
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> > Well Frank S. knows what he is doing . I just pu
> rc
> > hased this detector and will report when it arri
> ve
> > s. If you read this forum thank you Frank!
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> Be sure to do so AG
>
> I'd like to see a vid of it in action if you have
> time to make one too.
>
> I was thinking about buying it myself but seems yo
> u beat me to the punch!

I'm all about the testing. When I'm done you can have some play time if you like!

Alpha Goat Wrote:

> I'm all about the testing. When I'm done you can h
> ave some play time if you like!


Thanks pal = I'll take you up on that for sure

And I have a 13" Ultimate coil! Should be some deep fun. I have a field where I dug 50 confederate buttons. Should be fun to see if it can sniff another!