Tesoro Tiger Shark metal detector field test
Tesoro, a manufacturer of many high-quality metal detectors, recently had a field test done on its Tiger Shark brand of metal detector. The company approached Gene Scullion, to test it for them. Mr. Scullion has been a loyal Tesoro product user for over 20 years and he lives in Wyoming . He was a member of the 2003 Grand National Relic Shootout (GNRS) team Tesoro. The GNRS is a competition held every year where teams of treasure hunting enthusiasts (usually 16 members) compete with each other. Each team's goal is to defeat all the other teams by digging up the most number of relics from an unseeded artifact site. An unseeded artifact site means that no additional artifacts were planted there by the judges or the organizing committee. This competition is usually sponsored by one of the largest metal detector manufacturers in the country. This article will feature Mr. Scullion's findings and observations on the Tesoro Tiger Shark metal detector field test .
Test findings and results
The Tesoro Tiger Shark metal detector field test was performed near salt water to test its special terrain settings. This metal detector features a setting for land and fresh water, and another setting for salt water. Because salt normally interferes with most metal detectors, the designers at Tesoro decided to add this feature. This immediately impressed Mr. Scullion who noted that the Normal and Salt settings can not be interchanged. This underscored the importance of each individual function.
Another feature that Mr. Scullion found interesting was the Tiger Shark's ability to switch between search coils. He noted that this capability was unique to metal detectors constructed by Tesoro. Mr Scullion also noticed that the metal detector displayed a great degree of sensitivity and clarity during the Tesoro Tiger Shark metal detector field test . According to him, it was difficult to distinguish a low tone from a weak hit on a deeply-buried item with other metal detectors. However, during the Tesoro Tiger Shark metal detector field test , he said that he experienced no such problems. Mr. Scullion says that to make a big find, it is very important to differentiate between low tones to distinguish garbage and weak signals from potentially valuable items buried deep beneath the sand.
Finally, Mr. Scullion lauded Tesoro's attention to detail by mentioning the user's manual in his report. According to him, most metal detector manufacturers will be good enough to explain the basic things such as how to assemble the metal detector correctly and how to use it properly. However, most of them neglect to explain why these things need to be done a certain way. Mr. Scullion was pleased to note that during the Tesoro Tiger Shark metal detector field test , the user's manual provided plenty of explanations on why things should be done as directed. He also noted that full-color pictures were included in the manual as well.