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My Omega is on the way!!!!

K

Keithbar

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Well folks, I finally broke down and purchased an Omega. I've never had a Tek machine. I've always used an XLT, which I will continue to use. I chose the Omega because of the reviews I have read on this forum spouting it's ability to find coins in the trashy areas. I hunt mainly old home sites and ghost towns so I am open to suggestions on the pointers and little tweaks that experienced hunters can share. I know MONTE is the "go to" guy when it comes to the expertise but anyone is welcome to comment. I haven't had to learn a new machine in years but I'm equal to the task.

KB :twodetecting:
 
Well I'm no Monte and make no claim to be, but I always hunt old home sites on 2 tones with 0 disc, or 1 or whatever it goes down to. I hunt slowly in trash and if I hear the higher tone break through I investigate the signal both ways. If I get a fairly steady signal in the 50's or above I dig it. After a few hours I may move the disc to 16 to avoid brain overload, but I prefer to listen to all signals as long as I can stand it. I've found that setting the disc up causes me to investigate signals that I wouldn't if I had the disc at 0, because nails will fool you with a high tone. With disc at 0 the nail's identity will reveal itself better. You'll know when you hear it.
 
Thanks for the input Digger.....I value everyone's feedback. I have been MDing for 25 to 28 yrs now but I have been very brand oriented so while I am not new to the hobby, I am basically a babe when it comes to the newer technology so I am practically starting over. The one advantage I have is that I know patience and effort will always win in the end. I thank you for sharing your settings with me.

KB
 
Keith. I know brand loyalty. Have the Silver Eagle (a Spectrum XLT minus the advanced software) I own the Omega now. Each has their strengths/weaknesses. Overall though, I give the nod to the Omega. The 11" & 5" DD coils turn it into a completely different machine. My soil is heavily mineralized, so the Omega's stock concentric has limited uses. In my soil, the 5" DD will give me the same depth as the White's 9 1/2" concentric coil. That's impressive in my book. However, the White's is much less prone to audible EMI interference. Now, just because I don't hear the EMI doesn't mean the White's isn't affected by it. Unfortunately, IMHO, White's does not make very effective DD coils for the XLT series. Teknetics 5" & 11" DD on the Omega, is arguably, the best performance enhancement coil/detector combo on the market today.
I had the 5" DD on, disc cranked to the max, 70 sens and pulled a EF+ 1915s barber dime about 5" deep. There was a 3" nail about two inches from it. This sidewalk grass strip (a 1913 Carnagie library) had been worked over by everything from E-Trac's, White's, Tesoro's etc over the years. They missed it!
Now thats what I call superior co-located target separation:)
 
Digger, that is impressive! I hunt a lot of old home sites and WV is full of them....Depth is not really a major concern of mine. I felt that the XLT was satisfactory on depth but lacked the separation capabilities that I see in the Omega, E trac, T2. etc....I really feel that 90 to 95% of the coins around these old home sites are in the 4" to 8" range so my major concern is retrieving the good targets from around the trash. I think the Omega is the right machine for the job based upon the comments I have read in the forums....Taking that into consideration, do you feel the Omega has the depth that the XLT brings to the hobby?

KB
 
I think the Omega has equal to better depth than the XLT in soil that has any mineralization in it. The XLT might win out over the Omega in Florida soil which has zero mineralization (cranking the XLT's gain & sensitivity to max). But outside of zero mineralization scenario, the nod goes to the Omega. Like I said, the Silver Eagle is a XLT minus things like the gain setting. When I set the Silver Eagle/Omega to same sensitivity/disc setting ratios, the Omega is deeper.
 
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