I'm in California and there is a fair amount of mineralization in the ground here. I've owned some machines that couldn't detect a silver coin buried at 6", with the machine perfectly ground balanced. My old Explorer seemed to do a good job in mineralized ground, but I have since sold it. The weight and slow recovery speed finally made me give up on it. I am seriously considering the Omega, but if it loses a ton of depth in mineralized soil I might as well just save up for another Minelab.
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How does the Omega 8000 handle mineralization?
- Thread starter Hwy 395
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Keith Southern
Active member
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As with any make and model, you have to make us of the best coil for the task, set a good 'proper' or functional Ground Balance, don't go overboard with Discrimination, use all the Sensitivity possible w/o gross instability, and determine he most functional sweep speed to maintain coil cntrol.
To be quite honest, my travels have taken me to PA, NY, NJ, FL, AR, MO, OK, TX, KS, NE, CO, ID, WY, UT, NV, AZ, WA, CA as well as OR and provided the opportunity to hunt quite a mix of ground and often I have found that small-size coins at an honest 6" can be a challenge to get good hits on when compared to 'air tests." Also, doing a "fresh bury" coin test isn't going to be the same as locating a long-buried 6" coin. This past week a friend & I hit an old park what has produced old silver over the past, but over the past decade it is a struggle to find anything old. It's been worked very hard.
My friend was using his Explorer II and I was working the Omega w/11DD coil. Not my favorite, but I was enjoying the very light weight and good balance with a larger-size coil. I pulled the deepest coin which was a dime in the
Through the many years I've been enjoying his sport I have owned and used MANY detector that won't hit, or hit well, on a 6" dime-sized target. I live in NW Oregon and where I hunt here, as well as some sites in Nevada and Utah, I also have to deal with some very challenging ground mineral conditions.Hwy 395 said:
To be quite honest, my travels have taken me to PA, NY, NJ, FL, AR, MO, OK, TX, KS, NE, CO, ID, WY, UT, NV, AZ, WA, CA as well as OR and provided the opportunity to hunt quite a mix of ground and often I have found that small-size coins at an honest 6" can be a challenge to get good hits on when compared to 'air tests." Also, doing a "fresh bury" coin test isn't going to be the same as locating a long-buried 6" coin. This past week a friend & I hit an old park what has produced old silver over the past, but over the past decade it is a struggle to find anything old. It's been worked very hard.
My friend was using his Explorer II and I was working the Omega w/11DD coil. Not my favorite, but I was enjoying the very light weight and good balance with a larger-size coil. I pulled the deepest coin which was a dime in the
rick (nova scotia)
New member
I can't tell you exactly what minerals were there, but one location I was at tended to "eat" zinc cents. I had no trouble finding a 6 inch deep dime. That's stock coil, sens about 75. For the record I also think target separation is quite good with the stock coil. In a VERY trashy area I was able to pick out some good targets by sweeping slowly. I do have the 11" coil, never had it on, not sure I need it, found a .22 lead behind the house about 5 inches deep, loud and clear.
