Tesoro Metal Detector Buyer's Guide

Tesoro Metal Detector Buyer’s Guide

March 14th, 2009 admin Posted in Tesoro | No Comments »

Finding the right new or used Tesoro metal detector can be quite confusing since they have made so many models over the years and many have similar names.

The same Tesoro metal detector model names were used repeatedly when features were added to existing detectors. Things really got confusing in 1996 with the release of the uMax (microMax) series.

The Tesoro metal detector chronology is:

1980: Deep Search VI, Deep Search IV, Deep Search VII
1981: Aztec, Cortes, Amigo
1982: Scout, Mayan
1983: Inca, Silver Sabre
1984: Sabre II, Sabre Supreme, Silver Turtle
1985: Golden Sabre, Cutlass
1986: Silver Sabre Plus, Eldorado, Royal Sabre
1987: Toltec 100
1988: Toltec 80, Diablo, 4 Reale, 8 Reale
1989: Golden Sabre Plus, Lobo
1990: Bandido, Pantera
1991: Diablo II, Silver Sabre II, Stingray, Laser B1
1992: Cutlass II, Golden Sabre II, Laser B2
1993: Bandido II
1994: Toltec II, Sidewinder
1995: Piranha, Stingray II, Laser B3
1996: uMax Bandido, uMax Cutlass, uMax Diablo, uMax Sidewinder, Amigo II
1997: Shadow X2, Lobo SuperTRAQ, Laser PowerMax, Bandido II uMax, Silver Sabre uMax
1998: Cutlass II uMax
1999: Sand Shark, Laser Rapier
2000: Conquistador, Compadre, Golden uMax, Tiger Shark
2001: Cortes, Conquistador uMax, Eldorado, Euro Sabre, Silver uMax
2003: DeLeon, Tejon
2004: Cibola, Vaquero

From their beginning in May of 1980, the Tesoro metal detector company, Tesoro Electronics Inc., has persistently produced metal detectors of high quality and popularity. Many of their older models like the Toltec 100, now scarce, are still sought after by loyal users. Though it appears their new model production has slowed over the past five years, the machines presently offered by them rate alongside the other major brands.

With this information at hand, you can now shop for a Tesoro metal detector with more knowledge, especially when looking at their older models.