BuckeyeBrad
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and the more I used the Omega and Gamma, the more I wondered what the Delta was like so I caved and bought one of the little rascals. Long story short, I can't imagine nor have I witnessed anything in this price range working as well. I'm probably like most of you all, I see some features or lack thereof on paper that I wonder and worry about. For example, I've had some less than stellar performance with other detectors that only had a pre-set GB system. This doesn't seem to be much of an issue on the Delta. This thing works really well. Took it out and of course the first thing I did was put on the DD. 
Right away I started snagging older coins in the 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 inch range and the ground is really dry. I could still hear the target if I raised the coil another couple to three inches. Not bad! The audio isn't modulated much if any at all so no matter what the depth of the target, it either screams or remains silent. Now I love modulated audio especially like the high tone on the Omega, so when I noticed the lack of it on the Delta, I'm thinking "Oh Oh". BUT since I was finding stuff, it didn't take long to become very confident in the highly accurate "on the fly" depth gauge and pinpoint depth readout. I'd hear a beep, glance at the ID and depth and if it's showing solid 5 bars, I KNEW the target was in the strata that are mostly older coins. That was easy enough and it put my concerns to rest. The volume control makes the screams more like a nice talking voice and affects the audio nuances in a good way seemingly more than just turning down the volume on the headphones. It has similar ability as its two bigger siblings (built on the same platform) around ID depth. This ground that I was hunting usually runs about 65 to 70 on the ground phase reading of all my other Teks. The fact that the preset is a fair amount higher than that didn't seem to be an issue with both depth of detection and ID. The real kicker and sweet feature of this relatively inexpensive detector is the dual mode true all metal. That's dual as in two different sensitivity biases (A-1 and A-2). Each seems to get the same depth at least in mild ground but each gives significantly different audio responses to the same target. One is for "normal" or mild ground and two is for higher mineralization. Very interesting and I can see where this feature is going to be useful. The sensitivity level being able to be adjusted separately for disc and AM mode like on the T-2 is a NICE touch!! EXCELLENT depth in AM. So is this just another "toy detector"? I don't think so!
Right away I started snagging older coins in the 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 inch range and the ground is really dry. I could still hear the target if I raised the coil another couple to three inches. Not bad! The audio isn't modulated much if any at all so no matter what the depth of the target, it either screams or remains silent. Now I love modulated audio especially like the high tone on the Omega, so when I noticed the lack of it on the Delta, I'm thinking "Oh Oh". BUT since I was finding stuff, it didn't take long to become very confident in the highly accurate "on the fly" depth gauge and pinpoint depth readout. I'd hear a beep, glance at the ID and depth and if it's showing solid 5 bars, I KNEW the target was in the strata that are mostly older coins. That was easy enough and it put my concerns to rest. The volume control makes the screams more like a nice talking voice and affects the audio nuances in a good way seemingly more than just turning down the volume on the headphones. It has similar ability as its two bigger siblings (built on the same platform) around ID depth. This ground that I was hunting usually runs about 65 to 70 on the ground phase reading of all my other Teks. The fact that the preset is a fair amount higher than that didn't seem to be an issue with both depth of detection and ID. The real kicker and sweet feature of this relatively inexpensive detector is the dual mode true all metal. That's dual as in two different sensitivity biases (A-1 and A-2). Each seems to get the same depth at least in mild ground but each gives significantly different audio responses to the same target. One is for "normal" or mild ground and two is for higher mineralization. Very interesting and I can see where this feature is going to be useful. The sensitivity level being able to be adjusted separately for disc and AM mode like on the T-2 is a NICE touch!! EXCELLENT depth in AM. So is this just another "toy detector"? I don't think so!
and know a lot of the locals that own top of the line detectors but have wound up buying 2 of those (they liked it so much that they wanted a backup too) and sprung for several extra coils and even inline pinpointers. They've spent 3 times what they spent on the detector for peripherals!! That never made any sense to me because I wasn't a huge fan of that detector in the first place. Then it hit me..... they appreciated the simplicity and ease of use for the amount of finds they were making with these detectors and in doing so, had no problem spending the big bucks for accessories. So ever since I came to that realization, I've been looking for viable and hopefully superior performing alternatives at or nearly at the same price. Enter the Delta.