Let’s talk about the 8500

[IowaRelic]

I know some of you own them. How are they holding up? How do you find they compare to some other current models? They have a lot of great features. Monte mentioned involving a new 8500 in some testing a while back. Did you ever test a new 8500 Monte?

 

[Monte]

Yes, I did the evaluations and now hav a lot of detectors to sell. I wipd out my holiday shopping budget buying over a half-dozen detectors!

Check your'Conversations'

Monte

 

[IowaRelic]

Well I will just let y’all know how it does!! I easily stumbled on an INSANE deal just looking on a search. For 369 I just got a new 8500, 11” dd, 4” concentric, a Tek point, a control box cover and maybe something else. It was 389 list and I searched for a coupon codes and found 20$ off. SWEET. not to painful at that price. I enjoyed the 8000 and let it go. I like the feature set on this 8500. I don’t mind digital audio either. I really like FT modulated audio. I have a spot I would LOVE to try with a 4” concentric. Last time I had one of those was on my Tesoro eldorado.

 

[relicmeister]

You ain’t kidding you got a sweet deal. I really liked my 8000 and found so much with it. I chopped it up doing all sort of mod projects. It’s loaned out when I get it back I’ll rebuild it. I’d like to know your opinion of the 8500 be sure to post it.

 

[IowaRelic]

You ain’t kidding you got a sweet deal. I really liked my 8000 and found so much with it. I chopped it up doing all sort of mod projects. It’s loaned out when I get it back I’ll rebuild it. I’d like to know your opinion of the 8500 be sure to post it.

Like me with all things detecting, I probably won’t shut up about it! I know it’s got a rep for being kind of a black sheep. I’ve always got along with stuff like that. Engines, guitars, bikes, guns, detectors. I think the omega will do awesome in aluminum trash sniping coins.

It packs some great features. Notch volume keeps coming to mind. And it’s got some recovery speed adjustment. Let’s see how well it’s implemented. Recovery speed was not a strong suit of the 8000.
I have a 1940s-50s military housing turned projects site that I hunt for silver. It’s LOADED with aluminum of all imaginable variety and the other main trash is CLAD. Everywhere. I use the T2 or the 8000 in there mostly. Each one has snagged a handful of silvers out by just digging that sweet faint high tone. It’s a little less pronounced on the T2. On the 8000 it was very noticeable on 6-8” silvers. Like a bright fuzzy frill on the edges of the high whisper.

 

[Coinboy007]

Hope you enjoy the 8500!

 

[Monte]

I recently did a multi-detector evaluation of models going for $550 and under. I used to use the Omega 8000 as a main-use urban Coin & Jewry Hunting detector and it served me very well. At the time I mostly used the round 8" Concentric off a Delta or Gamma and the 5" DD in modern trashy sites. Because of that I bought the same Omega 8500 GWP package, and a number of other brand new and nearly new detectors that were all 'Open Box' evaluations, meaning they were all used in test scenarios indoors and never taken afield to get dirty.

I had thought about maybe hanging on to the Omega 8500, but with a lot of $$$ invested I settled on the one model that provided me adjustment capability the other detectors didn't, and that was the Fisher F5. On that one I keep the 7" Concentric coil mounted, which is also the same coil I kept on a Fisher F44 and Teknetics Omega 8000 just this past year and liked using it more than the 11" DD, 10" elliptical Concentric and 8" Concentric coils I had at the time. I have a well-rounded Detector Outfit and like to keep a model at-the-ready with a preferred search coil for one or more tasks, and also have two of the same models, if I like them. with a different coil mounted on each. In this modern era of Double-D coils saturating the market, often more like a 'fad', I like to have two or three that are equipped with a good-working Concentric coil for some hunt sites, and the new F5 w/7" Concentric was just the ticket for me.

I wish I would have known you were looking for an Omega 8500, with or without the 'GWP' package, as I'm now over-burdened with several detectors I bought for my evaluations. With the very cold weather we are having (darn winter!) I have all my Daily-Use Team brought in out of my vehicle and on my den well with my Special-Use Team of detectors, and that leaves my den rather crowded. So I have a bunch of brand new or virtually new evaluation units aligning my living room wall. From a low-cost Midi Hoard to a Simplex +, Bandido II µMAX, Omega 8500, MX-7, to a top-end T2+ with extra search coils and such, it makes my home 'colorful' and it's maybe a good thing I'm single so I don't get scolded for 'clutter' .... which, of course, it isn't.

Wish I could sell off all my excess new / newish units and use the $$$ to take a week-or-two trip to some place where it's warmer. The ground has been frozen here for a couple of weeks now, and we only got down to 19° by 4 AM this morning so it isn't as bad, and the weather folks hint we might even get close to 42° Friday. I have a couple of nearby lots I have permission for that they just scraped and hope to hunt. So far we have only had very cold weather this season, but the latest report is snow arrives Friday night through at least next Tuesday. Warmer spring weather is probably two months away so I sure envy those of you who live were it is pleasant and huntable during the winter season ... no matter what detector make or model you're using. For those of us enduring 'cabin fever season', please keep us informed of your hunts and success.

Monte

 

[Coinboy007]

Wish I could sell off all my excess new / newish units and use the $$$ to take a week-or-two trip to some place where it's warmer. The ground has been frozen here for a couple of weeks now, and we only got down to 19° by 4 AM this morning so it isn't as bad, and the weather folks hint we might even get close to 42° Friday.

Monte

Monte, any time you want you are invited to Iowa. It’s pretty cold here too, but if you ever want some nice virgin ground to hunt on come on over! Same for you IowaRelic

 

[IowaRelic]

I recently did a multi-detector evaluation of models going for $550 and under. I used to use the Omega 8000 as a main-use urban Coin & Jewry Hunting detector and it served me very well. At the time I mostly used the round 8" Concentric off a Delta or Gamma and the 5" DD in modern trashy sites. Because of that I bought the same Omega 8500 GWP package, and a number of other brand new and nearly new detectors that were all 'Open Box' evaluations, meaning they were all used in test scenarios indoors and never taken afield to get dirty.

I had thought about maybe hanging on to the Omega 8500, but with a lot of $$$ invested I settled on the one model that provided me adjustment capability the other detectors didn't, and that was the Fisher F5. On that one I keep the 7" Concentric coil mounted, which is also the same coil I kept on a Fisher F44 and Teknetics Omega 8000 just this past year and liked using it more than the 11" DD, 10" elliptical Concentric and 8" Concentric coils I had at the time. I have a well-rounded Detector Outfit and like to keep a model at-the-ready with a preferred search coil for one or more tasks, and also have two of the same models, if I like them. with a different coil mounted on each. In this modern era of Double-D coils saturating the market, often more like a 'fad', I like to have two or three that are equipped with a good-working Concentric coil for some hunt sites, and the new F5 w/7" Concentric was just the ticket for me.

I wish I would have known you were looking for an Omega 8500, with or without the 'GWP' package, as I'm now over-burdened with several detectors I bought for my evaluations. With the very cold weather we are having (darn winter!) I have all my Daily-Use Team brought in out of my vehicle and on my den well with my Special-Use Team of detectors, and that leaves my den rather crowded. So I have a bunch of brand new or virtually new evaluation units aligning my living room wall. From a low-cost Midi Hoard to a Simplex +, Bandido II µMAX, Omega 8500, MX-7, to a top-end T2+ with extra search coils and such, it makes my home 'colorful' and it's maybe a good thing I'm single so I don't get scolded for 'clutter' .... which, of course, it isn't.

Wish I could sell off all my excess new / newish units and use the $$$ to take a week-or-two trip to some place where it's warmer. The ground has been frozen here for a couple of weeks now, and we only got down to 19° by 4 AM this morning so it isn't as bad, and the weather folks hint we might even get close to 42° Friday. I have a couple of nearby lots I have permission for that they just scraped and hope to hunt. So far we have only had very cold weather this season, but the latest report is snow arrives Friday night through at least next Tuesday. Warmer spring weather is probably two months away so I sure envy those of you who live were it is pleasant and huntable during the winter season ... no matter what detector make or model you're using. For those of us enduring 'cabin fever season', please keep us informed of your hunts and success.

Monte

Excellent post. Hey it’s warm here all year. Come on down to south Bama!
I read your recent test that you linked me. Very interesting results on some of the models and tests.
I did honestly wonder if you were going to sell off some of the machines. But I hardly ever purchase new machines. So I figured I’d treat myself to a couple new ones for 2021. I think the 8500 will be more fun to use in modern areas hunting coins than the t2.

 

[IowaRelic]

Monte, any time you want you are invited to Iowa. It’s pretty cold here too, but if you ever want some nice virgin ground to hunt on come on over! Same for you IowaRelic

I usually make a couple trips up to Iowa to hunt every year. I plan on coming up in the spring again. Diggin will be done in Iowa usually early January-March.

 

[Coinboy007]

I usually make a couple trips up to Iowa to hunt every year. I plan on coming up in the spring again. Diggin will be done in Iowa usually early January-March.

I’ll be in the process of learning my etrac...