Gamma 6000 Users

[Reddog777]

I am considering purchasing a Gamma 6000. Will it disc. pullabs and still detect gold rings as advertised? How do the Gamma 6000 perform on the beach?

 

[capt.]

Alright Reddog777, did this just for you...

The pulltab setting on the Gamma is 60 to 65, the nickel setting is 55 to 60. These are your base readings for the following results on my Gamma. I did this inside with the default sensitivity setting of 80. I also connected the stock coil back up to do the tests because this will obviously be the coil you get if you decide to buy one. To the results...

New pulltab/ the kind designed to stay on the can -56/57
old beaver tail style pulltab -61/62
10k wedding band on my finger -57/58
my old wedding band (10k) -56
gold hoseshoe ring with diamonds I found with my pioneer 505 -53/54
wife's wedding band (thicker than mine=more mass) -59/60
2 rings stacked on each other to simulate a bigger ring -60/61
3 and 4 rings together to simulate a bigger ring -63/64

The Gamma has a progressive discrimination that starts at 10 and goes up from there. You have to run it up to 63 to disc out all pulltabs, which knocks out all except large gold rings. If you notch out pulltabs, you will still get the newer pulltabs because they fall in the nickel range, but also smaller gold rings. So, in a nutshell...The advertising is true, but misleading I think.

It will work fantastic at the beach. It will manual ground balance in very high mineralization and is a very good detector. I like mine very much and use it often. Don't be put off because of questionable advertising... it is a good detector, right up with the Omega, and you will have the same "problem" with just about any detector you get. The metallic signature of the metals listed above is very similar and is interpreted in a similar manner by almost every detector. Hope this helps.

capt.

 

[Reddog777]

Thanks capt!

 

[Thanos]

Dear capt,
My compliments for a helpful and easy to understand contribution.
I am a beginner with NO experience except the hundreds of post that I

 

[capt.]

Thanos,

Thank you for the comment! It was the least I could do for someone wanting an honest opinion of my detector of choice. It is getting around the "hype" and getting to the true potential of these Teknetics Greek series detectors that will increase their selling potential, in my opinion.

To Reddog777, you are welcome, my friend!

capt.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

http://www.bigboyshobbies.net/Videos.htm
here is a link to my videos page. Shows several machines and start ups including one your asking about. Hope this helps!