Omega 8500 Not what i hoped for

[detectingMO]

does the 8500 still overload on surface targets like the 8000 ?

AJ

Yes, quietly.

 

[Bill_S]

If they could only make a detector as stable and accurate as the F19, G2 with the features of the 8500 or F75.

 

[basstrackerman]

great cant wait..! im interested in the 8500. but id like to wait and see it on video first.

 

[amberjack]

does the 8500 still overload on surface targets like the 8000 ?

AJ

Yes, quietly.

Thanks

AJ

 

[amberjack]

If they could only make a detector as stable and accurate as the F19, G2 with the features of the 8500 or F75.

Yep !!

AJ

 

[Bill_S]

great cant wait..! im interested in the 8500. but id like to wait and see it on video first.

Me and Craig filmed some digs yesterday but we had a hard time coming up with anything good. Mostly trash digs, not the detectors fault as it did ID them pretty accurately. Don't know if he is going to post that one or not.

 

[detectingMO]

great cant wait..! im interested in the 8500. but id like to wait and see it on video first.

Me and Craig filmed some digs yesterday but we had a hard time coming up with anything good. Mostly trash digs, not the detectors fault as it did ID them pretty accurately. Don't know if he is going to post that one or not.

Will post some of it if I can use a computer this weekend. Very busy next 3 days.

 

[detectingMO]

Coin setup

80 sens
0 disc
Volume 9
Iron volume -7
Foil/tab/scap volume -9
Zinc volume -2
D4 tones
1 deep

 

[Davethejunky]

bigtim1973 - White's used to make detectors for Sears, Tesoro made detectors for Montgomery Wards and Sears. Probably more that I don't remember, and that's why you can't believe everything you read on the forums. Lots of untruths out there.

I know they did and also Tesoro made Pillar and also alot of the other behind the scene under different name brands. I had some of those old sear/whites units. They were real good for knocking out bottle caps. Look I am not busting FT products, I am just saying that I wish they did not sell to the big box stores. Since you used to be a Whites dealer you may be able to relate to that. I just want the OP to have some credit for his first post. And as far as the best gold unit he has ever used it may be the truth in his experience. Don't you remember the article in the Teknetics magazine where that man from New Guinea who sent in those gold bars he made from all of the gold he had found with the T2? It also said in the same article that the T2 had change his whole family's life. He was using it for gold too. I thought of all of the reviews or write up that I have ever read for a metal detecting company, that was the most awesome read I ever came across. I also know from having the original T2 green machine that the new T2 classic is not as good either. For the new user who had never owned the original green machine, they would never know that. Why would they sell that unit for 499.99 if it did perform like the original T2 green machine? I believe it has been throttled back or possibly a lemon like the 8500 the OP received.

I still have my Pillar and will NEVER, NEVER let it go. It's such a good, deep, reliable detector. One of the best Tesoros out there.