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Omega and depth

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jim tn

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Hit the fields again this morning at the crack of dawn and four hours later all I had found was $2.46 in clad, zincers and early Memorial cents, along with 3 keys and a 1989 dog tag. Although I love the Omega for old coin hunting and coin shooting in general, I have always been concerned that it lacked ample depth for some of the older sites I hunt. Although I have dug a few coin targets with it in the 7" depth range, really nothing coin size much deeper....until this morning. These are not tape measure measured depths, but my Predator digger has an exact 7" blade and I was slightly past the length of the blade and the target, a clad dime, was still in the hole. My pin pointer was hitting the dime and I had to remove another 1/2" or so of dirt. I also dug a clad quarter that was at least 9" as close as I can tell. Audio wise there was little question these were coins, although each were just repeatable whispers, and actually number id wasn't too bad either, although both targets were bouncy, but in their respective ranges. I found out from one of the grounds keepers as I was leaving the spot that that particular area had been reworked and new grass seeded some time back in the early 90's, of which, would account for such deep clad. Just thought I would pass this along. HH jim tn
 
The O8 has amazing depth but also lets you know what it is.When the O8 says its a coin it's a coin period.
 
I've noticed some deeper solid finds on different days too...dont know yet if its the weather, barometer, humidity, or just me concentrating? Just seems some days a fellow can really hit the deep stuff. Eh?
Mud
 
it is probably a combination of all. These two deep coins, though, did come out of a low area and the ground, while not wet, did have more moisture then the little higher area's around. I do think moist ground helps targets light up a bit better, and I was concentrating, had a falling barometer, high humidity and the sun was shining. LOL HH jim tn
 
Jim your ProPointer is 9 inches long. It makes a very good measuring tool.

I didn't have a very good day. The place I went on paper looked to be really good but it turned out to be the pits. I still managed 44 coins - 13 quarters, 15 dimes, 3 nickels and 13 pennies for a total of $5.03. The Omega seems to be getting pretty good depth, but my nickel count has dropped off big time using it. The areas that I hunted today were bone dry and the hard ground caused some really hard digging.

tabman
 
I struggled with nickels when I first got the Omega, too. Using cz's and the F 75, I was used to nickels giving a high tone. The 4th tone on the Omega helps to alert me to a possible nickel, but I'm sure I pass up some as I am not keen on watching the screen with every mid tone hit all the time, unless I am on an old coin site. On my Omega, I dig way more nickels with a 57 reading (and square tabs) then I do with 56 readings, and or, a mix of both. Good luck with the Omega. HH jim tn
 
I had a CZ 7 before I had the O8 just sold it last week.I used to go to parks and just dig deep nickles that was an amazing machine.The O8 seems to like nickles also.
 
Yes, the cz's were notorious nickel finders. The Omega is good on nickels. Once tabman gets a bit more familiar with the Omega, he will get his share of nickels. He is a coin digging hound. HH jim tn
 
When I am cherry picking for coins only, and notching out all non-coin categories, I find that if I notch in foil, the nickels come in better. You can bench test to verify this. It's especially effective on co-located junk next to a nickel.
 
I don't know or remember anyway, about the earlier cz's. I had a cz 6 that I got in 1992 if my old memory serves me correctly and swung that for many year's, along with a couple other units before I got the cz3d and then the F detectors and the Omega. All Fisher. F T machines seem to be good nickel seekers. HH jim tn
 
Jim,
Some where on the Fisher or Tek site, it tells what units he did.
I think a lot of Fisher units were his design and the Whites MXT and the Tesoro Lobo
and think he helped on the Troy X-5....
He has been a busy boy.

I think the CZ 3 d came along later with the help of Tom D.
The CZ's had a tight nickel slot,V nickel would read as Foil, but the 3 d took care of that.
There are a lot of things here that read like a nickel, I dug a bunch of them and bet you have to.

I have only played with my Omega, because of the high temps here....
I did take it out side to see what the GB number was, 49 with the 5" dd coil, moved over about a foot and dug a 3" copper Penney,
it took a while to dig it our hard dry ground, and nicked it a little....

HH...BJ
 
I think you are right BJ. Dave will let use know, perhaps, if we are to far wrong. But, I don't think we are. I think you will really enjoy the Omega. I have fun switching back and forth between it and the LTD. HH jim tn
 
Jim, I think I understand what you mean about the depth "feeling". To confirm just how good the Omega is, hunt an area with another machine, then go over it again with the Omega. You will never doubt it again.
 
That really wouldn't be a fair test for the Omega, as my other detector is a F 75 LTD and I do know it is deeper. The problem, you see Furious T, is I want it all. I want the depth of the LTD, but the stability and vdi of the Omega. Oh, and I don't want to sacrifice weight to achieve this, either.:) HH jim tn
 
It seems that the finds you post are with the Omega:).............is the LTD used only for relic hunting?........or do you feel the Omega is the superior coin machine?
 
Hi Jim, I did think of other machines (such as the F75 ltd) as I wrote my post....I guess I wasn't thinking just on the depth angle, but more that the Omega is such a good all-round machine that it would complement just about any other detector, no matter how good (or ordinary) the other detector is. I really dont know how deep mine will go, so I'm not about to make any outrageous claims:lol:; all I can say is that no matter where I hunt, it doesn't disappoint, and often gives a very pleasant surprise. The fact that you do so well with your machines is that your ability is at a pretty high level, but that ability includes knowing your machines and using them to their limit. You have great success, and I dont think for a moment that it happens by accident. Take care, and good luck.
 
Thanks much, Furious T and i was pretty sure you weren't solely referring to depth. We are on the same page. HH jim tn
 
Terra, over all, I use the LTD the most and as a result, it finds me the most. I mainly coin shoot, but some of the spots have some relics as well. I like and use both detectors and switch back and forth, but for pure coin hunting, I really do like the Omega. HH jim tn
 
jim tn said:
Terra, over all, I use the LTD the most and as a result, it finds me the most. I mainly coin shoot, but some of the spots have some relics as well. I like and use both detectors and switch back and forth, but for pure coin hunting, I really do like the Omega. HH jim tn
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I agree with you Jim. Hard to beat Omega and its coin ability!
 
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