Jackpine Savage
Active member
Another great November day up here in Michigan with temps in the mid 50's and little wind it felt almost balmy. I wanted to check out a site that I had hunted last with the T2 to see how the Omega would handle the iron. This year it is planted in soybeans where in the past it had been in corn for several years.
Right away I noticed how much quieter the Omega is in iron with the disc set at 16 which is equivalent to the T2's setting of 21. It's handled the iron so well I found myself switching to 2 tone 0 disc on occasion just to see how heavy the iron actually is and if I had wandered out of the iron filled areas. GB was 70-71 and trying to show one bar on the meter during the ground grab procedure. Another plus is this site has absolutely no interference so the sensitivity could be set up pretty high I was running 90 in the cleaner areas dropping only to 80-85 in the heavy iron with no problems of falsing or chatter. At 90+ you can hear some internal noise but very weak and not a bother.
Finds were not great consisting of 3 small rivets one being a Levis 101, A small brass lid off something that gave the VCO squeal even though it was around 6" deep. I immediately thought of relic hunting with that hit. Based on how the lid sounded off, deep buckles and plates should be no problem for the Omega. A 1901 IH, a 2 piece button with no markings and several other non-ferrous items also turned up during the 3 hour hunt.
The verdict at this site? I like it! the lack of iron falsing compared to the T2 is absolutely amazing. For anyone interested in a high performance quiet in iron detector this one is for you.
Tom
Right away I noticed how much quieter the Omega is in iron with the disc set at 16 which is equivalent to the T2's setting of 21. It's handled the iron so well I found myself switching to 2 tone 0 disc on occasion just to see how heavy the iron actually is and if I had wandered out of the iron filled areas. GB was 70-71 and trying to show one bar on the meter during the ground grab procedure. Another plus is this site has absolutely no interference so the sensitivity could be set up pretty high I was running 90 in the cleaner areas dropping only to 80-85 in the heavy iron with no problems of falsing or chatter. At 90+ you can hear some internal noise but very weak and not a bother.
Finds were not great consisting of 3 small rivets one being a Levis 101, A small brass lid off something that gave the VCO squeal even though it was around 6" deep. I immediately thought of relic hunting with that hit. Based on how the lid sounded off, deep buckles and plates should be no problem for the Omega. A 1901 IH, a 2 piece button with no markings and several other non-ferrous items also turned up during the 3 hour hunt.
The verdict at this site? I like it! the lack of iron falsing compared to the T2 is absolutely amazing. For anyone interested in a high performance quiet in iron detector this one is for you.
Tom