I recently purchased the Omega 8000. I haven't really used it yet because it's been to cold or raining. However, I took it outside today and practiced using the ground balance. After ground balancing (auto) to zero bars I tried to detect coins that I buried today at 4'', 6'', and 8'. My detector would not give a signal on neither.Air testing everything is find I know that the coins don't have the halo effect yet but should this be a concern. . I have detecting experience but not with the Omega. Thanks.
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Omega 8000 Users
- Thread starter Reddog777
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mtncreekdarrell
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The Teknetics Omega 8000 has no problem with going deep,,,Just got home from SC and could not believe hitting a coin at 8 and 10 inches,,,You may need to send in for checkup on yours but mine is like they say a coin magnet and also good for relics,,,Good Luck to you and Happy Hunting,,,,Darrell
jim tn said:It should hit the at least the 4" and 6"with no problem, even if just buried. What kind of air tests are you getting? Will it hit a coin just laying on the ground? What is your g b number? HH jim tn
I don't remomber the GB number. Air test coins 6 - 8 - 10 -12'' no problem. Coins laying on ground no problem. Soil is low mineral. AM seems to work find detecting coin in the ground. It's just when I switch from AM to Disc. that it won't detect.
TerraDigger
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You need to tells us step by step how you are doing the ground balance. Also your level of ground mineralization. If you don't know, city & state you live in would help us.. We need this info to give accurate answers. Plus it would help you if you tried the detector in a different location to eliminate location as a possible cause. Air testing should also be done as a problem identifier. What coins & distances are you getting in air tests.
Big Boys Hobbies
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Reddog777 said:jim tn said:It should hit the at least the 4" and 6"with no problem, even if just buried. What kind of air tests are you getting? Will it hit a coin just laying on the ground? What is your g b number? HH jim tn
I don't remomber the GB number. Air test coins 6 - 8 - 10 -12'' no problem. Coins laying on ground no problem. Soil is low mineral. AM seems to work find detecting coin in the ground. It's just when I switch from AM to Disc. that it won't detect.
I would try another location. You might have bad ground, emi etc ....
Be sure to do a proper ground balance. Sounds like that may be the problem.
TerraDigger said:You need to tells us step by step how you are doing the ground balance. Also your level of ground mineralization. If you don't know, city & state you live in would help us.. We need this info to give accurate answers. Plus it would help you if you tried the detector in a different location to eliminate location as a possible cause. Air testing should also be done as a problem identifier. What coins & distances are you getting in air tests.
I live in southeastern NC about 26 miles from Wilmington. First, I put the the detector in AT. Then turn the sensitivity up. Find a clean area of soil. Press the GG button while pumping the coil from 6'' to within 1'' from the ground. I usually get a number in the lower 50's with a low mineral reading I haven't tried changing frequency yet.
EtracTom-AdirondacksNY
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Do you put it back in discrimination mode then after doing that and how much discrimination do you have on it?? Sounds like so far your doing things right.
EtracTom-AdirondacksNY said:Do you put it back in discrimination mode then after doing that and how much discrimination do you have on it?? Sounds like so far your doing things right.
Yes, I switch it back to disc. mode 16 or 17.
EtracTom-AdirondacksNY
New member
When I gb mine I go by the sound. I usually only have to pump it up and down about 4-6 times for it to reach in Ground Grab while holding the button down a quite mode with no increase or decrease in sound while pumping. Usually my ground reading around here in the machines I have (AT PRO, Omega 8000 and G2) all end up in the low eighties for a ground ballance setting. What did yours say?? Try by sound not by bars and see, then test out over the coins you burried.
I finally got a chance to use the 0mega today at the beach and I am well please with it. My first target was dime about 7 1/2 '' . The Omega lock on with no problem. Didn't find much but I had fun and my arm don't feel as thought it may fall off from swinging it. The problem with ground balancing it was bad soil and a lot of power lines overhead. Thanks for the help everyone.
TerraDigger
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E-Trac Tom is correct. Definitely use sound as the determinant for proper ground balancing instead of the bars.
EtracTom-AdirondacksNY
New member
AH you figured it out yes emi from powerlines and bad soil a 1-2 punch combo there. Almost wigged you out didn't it, not being able to detect objects. One just never knows do we. Good discovery there and a lesson learned too.
EtracTom-AdirondacksNY said:AH you figured it out yes emi from powerlines and bad soil a 1-2 punch combo there. Almost wigged you out didn't it, not being able to detect objects. One just never knows do we. Good discovery there and a lesson learned too.
Yeah. I have the same problem with the At Pro in the same area.