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My Tesoro Sand Shark Review - (not so favorable)

Personally I've never liked Tesoro's PI (Pulse Induction) machines. In tests I've conducted I've found them to be lacking in the depth department. Actually on dry ground they didn't go deeper than the Silver uMax VLF machine.

I understand that diving is a different thing but the dry ground tests told me enough to sell my PI units.

While they have their place, I generally don't like any PI unit. If possible I'll take a VLF any day.
 
Cladtomeetyou said:
Kind of confused. You said tesoro took care of the problems each time and you are still using the machine. Even when tesoro asked you to send it in, you still kept it and used it instead of sending it in. They gave you scuffs batteries replaced the coil 2x and you are still saying it does great with small metals.
I see Nothing but good reviews of Tesoro. You are the only person I can find that wrote something bad about Tesoro and you still say the machine is finding the small metals.
It seems to me that not everybody in the world can be satisfied and you are in the .01% of them that can never be satisfied.
Why don't you sell your Sand Shark and get the metal detector that you like.
I have heard of some companies who have asked their customers not to be their customer anymore and pawn their problem customers on other companies!
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It's more than .01%, I was disappointed in the Sand Shark as well when I owned it. Mostly for performance reasons, it seems deep and sensitive to small items, until you compare it to the other PIs on the market. His reasons for not liking the machine are justified, the innards do look thrown together poorly. Hell, even my Tejon feels cheap in some ways, the control box is made of super thin plastic, and a thin cheap feeling coil... but I cant deny the super performance of this machine, so it's a keeper.

The lifetime warranty seems to force them to use inexpensive parts to be able to make a profit, which is fine with me as long as the machine performs.

I'll stick with the Tesoro VLFs.
 
thanks for posting your reveiw. always like honest imfo from the front lines.HH blev
 
OK, Wait a second..

Michigan Badger said:
Personally I've never liked Tesoro's PI (Pulse Induction) machines. In tests I've conducted I've found them to be lacking in the depth department. Actually on dry ground they didn't go deeper than the Silver uMax VLF machine.

I understand that diving is a different thing but the dry ground tests told me enough to sell my PI units.

While they have their place, I generally don't like any PI unit. If possible I'll take a VLF any day.
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I'll take the OP's word about half way, but I won't let the Sand Shark be bashed just because one guy had a bad experience. There is a lot of smack being talked about depth and pulse delay, by folks that are - well, this is the Friendly forum, so I will say that their opinions differ greatly from 99-percent of Sand Shark owners.

I own machines that make money for me. If the Sand Shark was inferior - in ANY way, I would not be using it. I own a Minelab GPX 5000, and I know how to use PI machines. If you don’t know the advantages that the micro-processor and advanced micro-circuitry provide, and you think it “looks” cheap – that is on you. A lifetime warranty says it is the best on the market in its price range, and several others.

Talk up your machine, and stop bashing mine, one of the best you can buy – period. :cool:

Just a little Sand Shark Booty from last season..
 

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Terry Soloman said:
If you don’t know the advantages that the micro-processor and advanced micro-circuitry provide, and you think it “looks” cheap – that is on you.
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:lol:

Microprocessors and Microcontrollers are common place in detectors nowadays. That is all marketing hype from 20 years ago...
 
Here is some small gold that your machine will never "see" deeper than an inch or so, if at all...

.5g

I'm not going to get in a pissing contest, I fell for your "Sand Shark is the best machine ever" talk, last year when I bought one. To save some new beach hunters out there some money, if you want the deepest/most sensitive PI out there and price isn't an issue... the Sand Shark isn't it...
 

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WOW Terry showed you 10lbs of finds, a butt load more rings. you crumbled with a crappy 3 items and a dime.
Dude the boat left a while ago! see if you cant start swimming for it. Use the dime to call someone to stop it even.
WOW really? these people!:laughing:
 
Cladtomeetyou said:
WOW Terry showed you 10lbs of finds, a butt load more rings. you crumbled with a crappy 3 items and a dime.
Dude the boat left a while ago! see if you cant start swimming for it. Use the dime to call someone to stop it even.
WOW really? these people!:laughing:
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The point of the picture obviously went over your head...

This is what people get when they post the truth about the Sand Shark, clueless Terry that is blinded by Tesoro Love runs in and talks about things he knows nothing about, like magical microprocessors... and his machine defying physics...

Why god, did I post in another Sand Shark thread.

Don't bother responding, I'm avoiding this thread like I avoid the plague... and the Sand Shark. :lol:
 
Got your Bus Ticket!

Crumble said:
My picture was one day of hunting, his pictures are all his finds from 2 years of using the Sand Shark...

The point of the picture is that they are items that the Sand Shark will never see...

Why god, did I post in a Sand Shark thread...
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OK, you're all set! Here is your bus ticket to Reality and a complimentary mint. I'm going to forgive your uninformed statements above, as pure ignorance of the subject at hand. Your question however, was excellent. :cool:
 
Terry Soloman said:
I'll take the OP's word about half way, but I won't let the Sand Shark be bashed just because one guy had a bad experience. There is a lot of smack being talked about depth and pulse delay, by folks that are - well, this is the Friendly forum, so I will say that their opinions differ greatly from 99-percent of Sand Shark owners.

I own machines that make money for me. If the Sand Shark was inferior - in ANY way, I would not be using it. I own a Minelab GPX 5000, and I know how to use PI machines. If you don’t know the advantages that the micro-processor and advanced micro-circuitry provide, and you think it “looks” cheap – that is on you. A lifetime warranty says it is the best on the market in its price range, and several others.

Talk up your machine, and stop bashing mine, one of the best you can buy – period. :cool:

Just a little Sand Shark Booty from last season..
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Terry... you need to take the good with the bad... no machine is perfect that includes the Sandshark.. You still haven't gotten over the pulse delay issue huh? Its time to move on...

One more thing.. if I post my gold does that mean my DF is better than your SS Hmmmm?

The OPer has a right to air out his complaints end of story and anyone else for that matter.
 
I just ordered a Sand Shark and this review wouldn't have changed my mind for numerous reasons.

1. In my price range there really isn't anything better that I have seen.
2. This is the first not so favorable review I have found.
3. Life time warranty ( people have been satisfied with Tesoro's service
4. the innards of electronics don't impress me (functionality does)

So I appreciate positive and negative reviews and will make my own decisions regardless. Maybe I am stubborn that way? However I don't see the need to make this a personal attack or calling people out based on their opinion. It sort of takes away from why we all enjoy detecting. The thrill of the hunt, the challenge of learning a new machine and a friendly forum to share thoughts and ideas. Just my crusty 2 cents
 
I know the way I talk about the Sand Shark I make it sound like a bad machine, Terry just gets me worked up with his exaggerations...

The Sand Shark does get good depth, I dug copper pennies and quarters at 15" or so, dimes at roughly 12"... and this is in harsh Southern CA ground, so it does beat VLF depth in this bad ground, which a PI should.

It's when you start comparing it to the other waterproof PIs, that you start to see that the Sand Shark isn't at the top of the pack... granted the PIs I'm referring to cost nearly twice as much.

I have a feeling the Sand Shark is a completely different animal on the east coast, with the mild ground over there. It just doesn't perform like Terry claims over here on the west coast.
 
You should know by now never to down play a Tesoro product! The Tesoro fanatics will have you tarred and feathered... I have even heard of people going missing after bashing a Tesoro product.......:laughing:
 
Jressman said:
You should know by now never to down play a Tesoro product! The Tesoro fanatics will have you tarred and feathered... I have even heard of people going missing after bashing a Tesoro product.......:laughing:
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WHAT!!!!! did I hear someone saying something bad about a Tesoro :shock:, send that person to my office immediately, I will deal with him :mad::p:laughing::laughing::laughing:. I am so upset hearing the good Tesoro name getting slammed that I need a drink :lol::lol::lol:.
 

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Crumble said:
I know the way I talk about the Sand Shark I make it sound like a bad machine, Terry just gets me worked up with his exaggerations...

The Sand Shark does get good depth, I dug copper pennies and quarters at 15" or so, dimes at roughly 12"... and this is in harsh Southern CA ground, so it does beat VLF depth in this bad ground, which a PI should.

It's when you start comparing it to the other waterproof PIs, that you start to see that the Sand Shark isn't at the top of the pack... granted the PIs I'm referring to cost nearly twice as much.

I have a feeling the Sand Shark is a completely different animal on the east coast, with the mild ground over there. It just doesn't perform like Terry claims over here on the west coast.
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Some of our ground over here on the Right Coast (oops I meant East Coast :lol:) isn't so mild.
 
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