I have been hunting our county fairgrounds for three or four years and I have made some great finds, but the older finds are drying up for me. I hadn't been there for the last two weeks because the fair was going on. I am not much into finding loads of new coins so I leave the bulk of them for the detectorists who follow the local fairs and carnivals. I will pop a quarter which on the Omega is always a 89-90 signal or a dime. The fairgrounds are loaded with modern trash and old rusty nails so when I hunt there, I take a small section and hunt it thoroughly. Today I started out with my CZ and the first three coins I found were wheaties ranging from 4 to 8 inches. I love CZ's, but after swinging an Omega, they feel extremely nose heavy. When my arm got sore, I brought out the Omega which had the 5 inch coil on it. Since I had just hunted a 15 foot by 75 strip with the CZ, I decided to do an unscientific experiment. I rehunted the exact same area with the Omega 5 inch setup. Now for the unbelivable. The first signal I got was a 57 medium tone bouncing to 70. It pinpointed like a coin and showed four inches deep. This area has gravel under the grass as I think it use to be a parking area. After some digging or should I say chiseling, I saw a reddish nickle at about 5 inches deep. I knew immediately what it was. Another V nickle, a 1912 in good shape for my area, but in my agressive digging I nicked it. I started popping copper memorials from the 60's and 70's like the spot had never been detected. I ended up with 10 pennies, three dimes, 2 nickles, and 2 quarters and this was just hunting half of the area I hunted with the CZ. There was one more wheat penny in the mix. I have to say that finding an extremely trashy spot with a chance for an older coin is my favorite kind of detecting period! It is exciting to work that small coil around trash and be able to pick a nice coin out. Hunting a big sports field or grassy area of a park is OK, but it does get boring for me. Out of all the detectors and small coil setups that I have owned over they years, the Omega is as good as any. If anyone on the forum is thinking about getting the 5 inch dd, do yourself a favor and get it. You will not be disappointed. 5 inch coil, sens 90, disc 15, three tones, ground 55. R.L.
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The Omega Makes Coin Hunting Fun and Easy-The Streak Continues
- Thread starter RLOH
- Start date
Elton, I have a 5 inch coil for my CZ and to be honest, I find myself using the Omega more and more. I will take you up on that and give the 5 inch CZ coil a try. The Omega 5 inch looks exactly like the CZ 5 incher and I mean exactly, minus the sticker and it is a concentric. The little 5 inch dd coil is like picking steak out of your teeth with a toothpick. It is surgical. R.L.
earthmansurfer
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LOL, that is a great analogy... and you don't miss a spot.I have yet to use my 5" coil as I'm still going through my spot with the 11". I have already found some coins in iron with my Omega that my T2 missed (The most notable a small silver from 1800 and as big as your pinky fingernail). I know I am going to pull more coins from there with the 5" coil.