I'm In Awe Of You Folks

[Gary (in Ontario)]

This message board is great and enjoy reading all of the stories of detecting from everyone.

I am new to this and last weekend picked up my Teknetics Gamma 6000. Tried it out two days ago in the kids playground area of the local park and found two quarters, three dimes and two nickels and four pennies and a childs plated charm. Also found some fancy decorated thumb tacs probably from "Soupy" led activities. Did not take real note of the numbers as the detector sounded, but, I just knew I had something. I tried the ground grab before starting and in less than an hour I made up almost a buck towards the purchase price of the unit. Only 498 more trips to go averaging a buck a trip.

I settled on the Gamma because I felt intimidated by the Omega video and the also Fisher F5 video and many other mid to upper priced units, as they were my intentions but, for someone new to this I thought that I would settle on the Delta 4000 but the dealer suggested the Gamma was a big move up and had some features that make it a dark horse. It does have many features of the Omega 8000 but not all, and a few more than the Delta 4000 which as I am reading from the posts seems to be a great machine, especially for beginners like me.

I did have fun learning whatever I did learn, and am looking forward to trying out at some sporting areas to see if I can find anything there. At least I can do this while the kids are in school over the next couple of months and maybe I will find silver. Heard many stories of finding gold rings and silver charms etc, so, would be nice. For now, I'll be happy just finding anything that isn't foil, beer caps or pull tabs.

 

[TerraDigger]

You have a good machine. You will do well. Welcome to the Fraternity

 

[Darkflight]

My best advice for the machine is to use the 1-2 tone mode instead of the multiple tones. Reason is the rheostat feedback noise it makes allows you to size a target & also gives a idea if it is a solid small target(coin or ring) or something largere & likely trash(cans & large iron).

In very trashy crowded areas the mutiple tones allow some cherry picking between junk signals. But for almost all use I prefer the feedback noise in T1 or T2.

Also, if using the standard coil & I want to avoid most junk I set the min disc at 44. I dig anything with a solid sound to it & check the #'s for education but not decision making. A fair rule is quality metal-silver & gold-do not break down or corrode in the ground. Hence they will have a very stable ID#. Bouncy ID#'s are more likely trash or a disolving zincoln but there is always masking etc... to deal with. Also I always dig deep solid targets regardless.ID #'s at depth are a crapshoot.

With my DD or in areas with deep relics I use 0 disc. This allows me to hear the bottlecaps grunt as the DD's love them bottlecaps.It covers ground better so I can walk faster searching large areas.

But everything depends on your style of hunting...Having fun & digging almost everything is always a good way to start. Be forewarned- that 1st Gold will set the hook hard...And if you want Gold you have to dig a lot of trash & location location location...

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

n/t

 

[digginLa]

congratulations on getting the gamma and welcome to the forum. Jimmie

 

[pull tab mel]

Would love to try the Gamma.....keep us posted on your finds...

 

[Markmac]

gary congrats on getting your Gamma, in my opinion its one of the best coin hunting detectors available today.I use it as a back up to my Omega.But to be honest i find myself grabbing the gamma with the 5 inch dd coil mounted on it.Thar coil on the gamma is amazing as is the 5 inch mounted on any of the tekentics line.I hunt a large park acroos the lake from me and i usually hunt with disc on 16 then at times notch out foil and at the park most times hunt with four tones.I have found i like the four tones since a nickel will give that mid high tone and a copper penny or dime or quarter always gives you a high tone its easy for the 5 inch to pick those high tome coins out next to trash.You will find that the gamma is very quiet running and you can run sensitivity 85 to 90 all day.its light weight and a pleasure to use.I wear gloves so i have to be careful not to hit the on off button when i go to pinpoint since the on off is right above the pinpoint button but i have trained myself FINALLY lol to not hit the button when pin pointing.If you have any questions on the Gamma that i may be able to help you with feel free to message me..Was using the Omega tonight with the 11 inch dd since i just got it back from the hospital the pin point function went out of it and wanted to give her some fresh air after being in the hospital for a week.Thanks to the service at First texas they did a fine job on her and she found me a 1936 mercury dime this evening at the park.Have fun with your new Gamma for its an AWSOME coin magnet....Markmac

 

[capt.]

Welcome Gary! Your choice of the Gamma is an excellent one! You will learn to love that machine. I had the best day ever since I started this hobby 3 years ago with my Gamma today. I have had mine about 6 months I guess and while it may not have all the bells and whistles of the Omega, I think it is a more stable detector and it will hold its own against it's big brother. Looking forward to your posts and hearing your adventures while learning your new detector. Take care and Happy Hunting!

Capt.

 

[Ken in Georgia]

My son loves his. I used it today for the first time. Wow, 3 tone and picking up dime and quarters are a breeze! Welcome to the WOLF PACK.

 

[Monte]

This message board is great and enjoy reading all of the stories of detecting from everyone.

Feel welcome to add your questions, comments, and let us hear about your results from afield.

I am new to this and last weekend picked up my Teknetics Gamma 6000. Tried it out two days ago in the kids playground area of the local park and found two quarters, three dimes and two nickels and four pennies and a childs plated charm. ... Did not take real note of the numbers as the detector sounded, but, I just knew I had something.

The fun will increase as you get a better handle on detectors and detecting, in general, and in time you're going to make some very good finds yourself.

As for the various numbers, it is both generally informative to me, and to others, as we can then relate to the type of ground you're dealing with (Ground Balance Setting), the type of trash you plan for (Discrimination setting), and things like your choice of audio tones in the Discriminate mode (1, 2, 3 or 4 audio Tone ID choices), etc.

I tried the ground grab before starting and in less than an hour I made up almost a buck towards the purchase price of the unit. Only 498 more trips to go averaging a buck a trip.

Even though the units are factory default set for most hunting environments in the Discriminate mode,, it never hurts to do a quick Ground-Grab automated Ground Balance before you start. That helps ensure your All Metal and Pinpoint functions will not be a problem, too. Once you get into the swing of things (pun) you're going to notice the change mount up and see the low-cost investment of the Gamma get taken care of easily.

I settled on the Gamma because I felt intimidated by the Omega video and the also Fisher F5 video and many other mid to upper priced units, as they were my intentions but, for someone new to this I thought that I would settle on the Delta 4000 but the dealer suggested the Gamma was a big move up and had some features that make it a dark horse. It does have many features of the Omega 8000 but not all, and a few more than the Delta 4000 which as I am reading from the posts seems to be a great machine, especially for beginners like me.

Let me assure you, the Fisher F-5 and Teknetics Omega are not such a challenge to be intimidating.

Also, while the dealer talked you up to the Gamma, I sure won't bash the Delta 4000 at all. They can honestly satisfy most typical coin hunting hobbyists. The Gamma and Omega will provide you with more audio options and the ability to fine tune the Ground Balance setting, to name but two things they feature.

I did have fun learning whatever I did learn, and am looking forward to trying out at some sporting areas to see if I can find anything there. At least I can do this while the kids are in school over the next couple of months and maybe I will find silver. Heard many stories of finding gold rings and silver charms etc, so, would be nice. For now, I'll be happy just finding anything that isn't foil, beer caps or pull tabs.

Learning .... we should always be learning and that's how we improve our knowledge and then our success ... and fun!

Keep checking in and let us know how you do.

Monte

 

[Gary (in Ontario)]

Thanks so much for the feedback from all of you and especially to Monte for his detailed descriptions and help to everyone that he responds to. Living in Canada I'm not sure what the numbers mean to our coinage, so, I am trying to go by sound for now. I find the numbers fluctuate over various coins, and our pennies show up as dimes. I have learned to use just the one tone as suggested by "Darkflight" for searching as it seems to work for me. Today I found another $2.77 again in a kids play area, with loose bark to search through. Found lots of junk (foil) as well, but, I am trying this in the play areas because I wanted to get used to the feel and sound of the unit and after today I think I will go to one of the soccer/football fields or baseball diamonds. Everything is still kind of wet here but should go where my grandson plays baseball and check that area. A little early here for sports, but, that should make it less travelled over the next couple of weeks. Again, thanks to all for your encouragement and support.
Gary