Couple of short hunts with the 8500. :teknetics:

[jim tn]

Spent a long weekend in the Nashville area dogs setting while our youngest son and his bride were on their honeymoons down in Mexico. We had the hounds here for a week and took them back last Sat.

Anyway, acquired the Omega 8500 at Christmas time and really haven't put in much time with it. And, didn't get to on this trio, either. Did, however, get in two short hunts at a park that had yielded me a few sliver coins on previous visits there. This time, though, I just coin shot around the basketball courts and the volley ball court. Had on the 5" DD coil and the only coil I used. Hunted about half the time in DO mode and the other half in D1. Used DO when I worked around the heavy trash area around the basket court and used D1 in and around the volley ball court. Found more coins around the basketball court and also the junk ring and the smaller of the 2 silver rings. Got the larger sterling ring on the edge of the volley ball court and the Sacagawea dollar from out in the sand. It was very deep, but how much past 7-8" would only be a guess.

I like the DO fast filer in heavy trash. Ran 70 sen., 0 disc., no notch and tone D5. Like its predecessor, the 8000, the 8500 love coins. Finding nickels, which I enjoy digging, will take some work with the 8500, it seems. They do seem to have a "zip" tone to them, but the 3-4" deep ones I have recovered so far seem bouncy. Otherwise, dimes, quarters and silver coins lock on at depth very well. Need more time with the 8500! HH jim tn

 

[Jackpine Savage]

Nice hunt Jim

Silver in any form is good. The weather "up north" here has co-operated a bit the last couple weeks so I have had a chance to get out with the 8500 to a couple of old home sites. I have hit these hard over the past years but did manage to come up with a few relic type finds, Round stuff sure does hit hard with the 8500. Hopefully the latest round of cold won't last too long and I can spend some more time out enjoying the Omega.

Tom

 

[jim tn]

Little cooler weekend coming in for us as well. Won't complain, though. We've been 70's and 80's here the last few days. I know one thing, that "no proportional" (D5 tone) really hits deep targets hard. The depth of this thing almost amazes me at times. And, it sure runs quiet. Go get a couple of good ones, Tom. HH jim tn

 

[Elton]

I have been waiting on some reports from you and others...

 

[jim tn]

I do like it El. and its platform is still good for coin shooting. My biggest problem for using it more is I have been swinging F 75's for 10 years. HH jim tn