Why is the Omega a better coin hunter than than the T2's

[Rick N. MI]

It seems like the T2's would be better all around because I'm sure they can find coins and are good relic hunters too.

I want to get another detector sometime to go with my AT Pro and am thinking about the G2 or T2's. Which detector do you think would go best with the AT Pro?

I live in northern Michigan, the ground is mild. I hope to find relics around old houses etc while I am coin hunting. I am happy with the AT Pro. Seems depth is maxed out about 8" coin hunting. So I'm guessing the T2 or T2se would be the best to go with the AT Pro even though I would like to try a G2.

Thanks,
Rick, N. MI

 

[tabman]

Detecting around old houses littered with loads of rusty nails and iron, I would pick the G2.

tabman

 

[John LA]

but for IDing coins I like the Omega. The G2 would be less noisy in heavy trash.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

I would go with the Omega or Gamma. Their frequency is a more dedicated coin frequency. Holler if you have more questions.

 

[TerraDigger]

You can't have both pieces of cake............relics.......go T2.........coins.......go Omega/Gamma...............you have to make the choice which type of hunting you want superior performance in..........coins or relics...............no machine listed here excels in BOTH categories over another model named.

 

[Woodstock]

The choice is only hard cause they both are great. Right now my Omega has two coils the 10" and the 11"DD. However, I've been hearing good things about the 5" coil so maybe someday I'll pick one up to complete my package. What is great about the Onega is you can get them three ways with 1 , 2 , or three coil packages and still have cash left over. you buy the T2 you usually have to add even more cash for the 5" coil and your close to a grand.
With both if you can find coins and relic's and there maybe there's a depth difference, but not much. If there's a coin buried for 100 years at 10" then both will find it and both will go deeper I know and I've had them both. But right at this moment I couldn't be happier with the Omega. HH, Woodstock

 

[Monte]

When shopping for an additional detector I feel it ought to be one that will compliment another detector(s) and not necessarily be about the same in performance/function. I think it is a good idea to have more than one detector, and maybe even three, if you really feel the need. Along with that I feel it is very important to have the best coil(s) for a detector to get the best performance out of it based upon the site(s) you like to hunt.

With that said, I can support my feelings with regard to owning and using more than one detector by simply stating a single fact ... There is no such thing as a single, perfect detector!

It seems like the T2's would be better all around because I'm sure they can find coins and are good relic hunters too.

You asked about the Teknetics T2 and Omega with regard to being a better "coin hunter." I have owned them both and have found coins and relics with them both. They each have their strong and weak points. Speaking with reference to most "Traditional Coin Hunters", I feel they generally like to ignore most trash, recover most likely targets that provide a good lock-on target ID, and therefore a TCH seems to put a lot of faith in the visual TID display. If you fit that category, the Teknetics Omega would be the way to go.

The Omega's TID seems to "lock-on" more reliably than the T2 does, and it will lock and usually ID a target somewhat deeper than the T2 will. So, if you like the Traditional Coin Hunter approach and want to rely a lot on the visual Target ID and a tight VDI numeric reading, the Omega is the way to go. Both the T2 and Omega provide the operator with a selection of 4 or more Tone ID options, and they are versatile with both an automated Ground Balance feature (Fast-Grab on the T2 and Ground Grab on the Omega) as well as manual, Ground Balance.

The T2 might get a little better depth, if you are able to set it up right for the conditions at a site, but the Omega has the option of using the round 8" concentric coil and stock elliptical 10" concentric coil as well as the two Double-D coils. Both of them can use their own round 5" DD and elliptical 11" DD coils, but the T2 is limited to only the one smaller-than-stock coil.

The main advantage the T2 possesses over all the other Teknetics models, for me at least, is that it does have a full-range of acceptance (zero discrimination) when set at the minimum Discriminate setting. The Omega and Gamma and Delta and G2 do NOT adjust low enough to perform in highly mineralized ground or when working with a dense mineral body like the T2 can.

I want to get another detector sometime to go with my AT Pro ...

Okay, but what do you want it to do, and why? What do you feel is 'lacking' with the AYT Pro? What feature or function or performance setting do you think it lacks?

... and am thinking about the G2 or T2's.

Okay now you're asking about the T2 and G2 but you started out asking about the T2 and Omega. There is quite a bit of difference between the three of them.

Which detector do you think would go best with the AT Pro?

From my field work with the AT Pro I found that it does accept lower in the Disc. range than all Teknetics models except the T2/T2 SE. If you hunt in wet conditions and like the AT Pro for that, then what performance difference are you looking for?

I was a bit surprised to find the AT Pro to work as well as it did afield, but I do have my own negative feelings about it, so maybe one of the things I don't like is also what is on your mind?

I don't care for the rod design with the short upper rod from grip to arm-cup.

I don't care for the dinky-sized VDI number with my aging eyes.

While you can fine-tune the iron range rejection, I don't like the segmented Disc. design compared with the variable Discriminate adjustment of the Omega and T2.

The heavier box on top of the rod makes the AT pro not balance as well as what I prefer.

I like to use MY headphones and switch to a smaller coil that I like, and do so without a lot of hassles. Thus, I don't care for the coil cable and headphone connections they use with the AT Pro.

I live in northern Michigan,

Sorry to hear about that. Your winters can cut in on ample year-round detecting time.

.. the ground is mild.

Even when it is covered with snow and ice and the ground is frozen in the winter.

I hope to find relics around old houses etc while I am coin hunting.

Use any good detector and dig all good and also the questionable "iffy" signals and I am sure you can find coins, old coins, trade tokens perhaps, and various 'relics' when hunting any of these older sites. just set the Discrimination very low and recover all solid beeps as well as the questionable 'iffy' signals.

I am happy with the AT Pro. Seems depth is maxed out about 8" coin hunting.

I did note that the AT Pro, when hunting in the Proportional function, seems to wimp out after about mid-depth. The audio response does trail off rather quickly and I think the Omega or T2 will produce a little better response at depth. That's just from my field comparisons and the fact that I liked my Omega better and the AT Pro went on to someone else.

So I'm guessing the T2 or T2se would be the best to go with the AT Pro even though I would like to try a G2.

If you want the best depth, ample adjustment control and slightly better depth in many applications, I feel the T2 SE or T2 would make a good pick. the T2 SE comes with both the stock 11" DD and the round 5" DD coil.

The G2 doesn't offer the assortment of Tone ID options, and it doesn't have a Target ID in the Discriminate mode (as we know it, but it does have the VDI number system). The G2 won't get better depth of detection, but I have found the Omega to make the better 'general purpose' pick of the models you mentioned. decent depth, good TID and VDI, larger, easier-to-see display, ease of operation, etc., etc.

Of those you listed, I'd go with the Omega and add the smaller 5" DD coil, and a 2nd choice would be the T2 SE so as to have both coils.

Monte

 

[Old Virginia]

Monte - great response. Can I ask a similar question and drive everyone even crazier?

I live in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. The soil is a mixed bag - some highly mineralized, some not so much. I do a lot of farm field/battlefield hunts looking for CW relics. But I probably spend a near equal amount of time hunting old homes and farmsteads where I'm looking for anything interesting which would obviously include coins. I hunt both very trashy areas as well as fields that are relatively "clean." My current machine is a White's MXT Pro.

I keep vacillating between the Omega and the T2SE. Every time I make up my mind about the T2, I read a post like yours and become undecided again. Your thoughts?

Thanks

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

n/t

 

[rapidroy7]

The t-2 wins in ergonomics hands down which could possibly relate to longer swing times(more goodies)? rr7

 

[Monte]

Monte - great response.

Thanks. I try.

I live in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. The soil is a mixed bag - some highly mineralized, some not so much. I do a lot of farm field/battlefield hunts looking for CW relics. But I probably spend a near equal amount of time hunting old homes and farmsteads where I'm looking for anything interesting which would obviously include coins. I hunt both very trashy areas as well as fields that are relatively "clean." My current machine is a White's MXT Pro.

To be honest, you have an excellent detector in the MXT Pro. I don't believe in short-changing someone just to try and promote a different product in cases where they already have a unit I have confidence in. You do.

You didn't mention the search coils you have and use and that can make a big difference. Also, the Discriminate setting and Audio Tone ID choices you pick. Like you, I hunt a mixed array of ground mineral types (although most around here are rather mineralized and with a good amount of Fe3O4 mix. I also find myself, by choice, hunting in trashier conditions of ghost towns or homesteads, plowed fields and other out-of-the-way locations. In them I am mainly after old coins and trade tokens but certainly going to welcome ANY good artifact.

I also spend time in the urban environments when I can't get away to the favored sites and, whenever I can, I select renovation work with iron nails in abundance, or maybe some old home sites with left-over junk. On occasion, such as when working the plowed fields, I opt for a standard coil. Most of the time I prefer to use a smaller-than-stock coil. With the M6 and MXT/MXT Pro the round 6

 

[Old Virginia]

Monte - thanks so much! I appreciate all the good info and advice. Think I'll stew on it a while.