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gamma 6000 what are the differences of that and the omega 8000

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amcjavelin

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just trying to figuire out the differences between the gamma and omega here so if any of you guys hunt with either or personal honest opion i've seen the omega in action i like that but currious to about the gamma?
 
I own both an Omega and a Gamma and yesterday I took both machines out for a head-to-head comparison. I also took my Dankowswki tuned CZ3D along for comparison. I started off by plugging out a 6" hole and dropped in a US clad dime. All three machines could easily detect the dime with no problems. I then plugged down to 10 inches and dropped in the dime. With their standard coils installed only the 3D was able to get a hit on the dime but it was a one-way signal only. I then installed the 11" DD coil on the Gamma and could easily detect the 10" dime with room to spare and it also gave me the correct target ID. I installed the 11" coil on the Omega and it also was able to easily detect the 10" dime with room to spare with the correct target ID. During the testing I established that 1 or 2 tones is the way to go when searching for deep coins. To my ears the deep coin sounded much cleaner and stronger when I used 1 or 2 tones. Of the two Teknetics machines, the Omega seemed to have a slight edge in performance over her less expensive sibling but I mean very slight. On both the Omega and the Gamma I was able to crank up the sensitivity to 99 with no chatter when the coil was in motion. If you already own an Omega or Gamma don't be afraid to crank up the sensitivity just because you encounter chatter. It has been my experience that the chatter will mitigate once the coil in put into motion. After I got done with my head-to-head testing I took the detector to a lot that I have literally killed with my F-75 and CZ3D. In this particular location the F-75 always had to be dialed down due to heavy EMI. I chose to hunt with the Omega and the 11" DD coil and when I turned the Omega on for the first time I could hear the cycling-like EMI right off the bat. Despite the interference, I chose to max out the Omega's sensitivity to 99 and set discrimination to 0 with 2 tones. With the detector sitting still the Omega was chattering like a flock of geese; however, once I started to sweep the coil the chatter was nearly gone. Since I had carefully detected this particular location with the F-75 and CZ previously I did not expect to find much. Boy was I wrong. In just over 2 hours of hunting I was able to pull 7 wheats and 2 mercury dimes out of a place that I had literally pounded before. With 0 discrimination and two tones I could hear all the low tone grunts of small iron but the Omega seemed to be able to see around the iron and detect the high conductors better than than the F-75 and CZ3D.

Here is a graph that has a side-by-side comparison of both the Gamma and the Omega. The only significant difference between the two machines is the feature-set. Based on my testing yesterday it would be hard for me to choose a clear winner between the two machines. Personally, I could recommend either machine to a friend with no hesitation and a clear conscious.

Leo

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Do a search on Mike Hillis report on the Omega. Mike uses a F5, but still though, he did a pretty darn thorough and objective report on the Omega.
Im in the market for another machine, but taking my time on this next purchase and I really appreciate the time some of these guys take to give a good objective report on a detector.
I never followed First Texas that much. But it looks like to me they are coming out with the machines that you would like Tesoro to come up with. Light weight, functional, with assortment of bells and whistles and coils that doesnt break your bank account and if I recall correctly the Omega has a 5 year warranty.
HH,
John
 
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