How you guys doing finding nickels with the omega?

[bugg]

i started out only digging tight 56-57 readings, and still ending up with alot of square tabs. A nickel every now and then. When I get a bit farther away from the heavy trash areas, I started digging bouncy numbers, from 55-59 or so, and am coming up with dirty grungy nickels often times. I hit a 80 TID , and figured it was a cent. I dig up a nickel, then another nickel, then a quarter below the 2 nickels. I should really try the one tone setting, but my hearing isn't the greatest anymore.I was pretty good using the one tone garretts back in the 1980's. The O-8 is a fun machine to use. Its easy to pick out coins near trash, due to the fast response, reset time. Love the lite weight, can swing it all day, but now the digging wears me out.!

 

[Jackpine Savage]

Older nickels can be tough to get solid ID's on. Over the years using different ID machines I have dug them under a wide range of numbers and a lot of those bouncing numbers. So much so that at some sites I consider bouncing numbers as my Nickel 'ID" slot.

My results with the Omega on nickels almost exactly mirror yours. So far the deeper 'grungies' have all been Jefferson's. :sad:

HH Tom

 

[Joenaz]

I have found several nickels since I got the Omega a few weeks ago and I can't remember one of them showing up in the nickel slot.