First off, I have only been detecting for 2 years this month and have only used a Ace 250 for 6 months and a F4 for a year and 1/2. I have never used or seen a higher end machine.
To me this is a higher end machine. So far I do like the Omega. The audio is very different to what I am used to and it tells more by the way it hits on targets. I found my first Kennedy .50 Sunday and it hit a strong 91. Dimes were a 83, if 80 to 82 it was a pre 82 cent. It didn't take long before I was calling targets before I dug them. I have not found anything over 4" yet but am certain it is because of the place I was hunting. I was just trying to learn the numbers and sounds and don't have much time to hunt before it gets too hot here. The sound seems to be crisp on a coin sized target and more of a rise and fall on trash even tho it is the high sound. I dug some larger canslaw and saw that.
Sunday I used disc 21 and 3 tone because I thought it would be like the T2 and 21 was the "magic" number. I got sensitivity to 80 and got some crackling with the coil off the ground and when the detector was laid down to dig. When swinging it was stable. I did get some deeper signals but the heat was rising and I was in trees with roots. I found $2.82. 1 fifty cent, 4 quarters, 2 nickels, 10 dimes, and 22 pennies, one a wheat. I dug 2 zincs just to confirm they were zincs, all the rest of the pennies were copper. Disc at 21 killed the iron bass completely and it was like a 2 tone setting.
Today at lunch I went to the park in the middle of town here and was able to detect 30 minutes. Since reading NASA-Toms writing on the Omega I decided to try disc 16. I stuck with 3 tone and cranked sensitivity to 99. It was like listening to a giant bowl of Rice Krispies when the coil was in the air. When I swung it the crackling slowed down. The iron tone was still gone. I was getting hits all over but not knowing if it was falsing or real targets I didn't want to dig deep. Also it was in the middle of town and busy. I turned the sensitivity down to 80 and got 2 copper pennies and a dime at 3" I was getting some one way hits that would ID good one direction and trash the other at deeper depths. I think the DD coil will help in that.
So with my short time with the Omega I am happy. I also got my F4 back from First Texas today and will be able to make some comparisons on targets. I also plan to play with the tone options and see what works best for me. Now I need to find coins to get the DD for the Omega.
Please take this as what it is. Just my opinion so far. I am glad I got the Omega and when I learn it better I feel I will be able to find more than I could with my F4.
Durn this heat!
blacktoe
To me this is a higher end machine. So far I do like the Omega. The audio is very different to what I am used to and it tells more by the way it hits on targets. I found my first Kennedy .50 Sunday and it hit a strong 91. Dimes were a 83, if 80 to 82 it was a pre 82 cent. It didn't take long before I was calling targets before I dug them. I have not found anything over 4" yet but am certain it is because of the place I was hunting. I was just trying to learn the numbers and sounds and don't have much time to hunt before it gets too hot here. The sound seems to be crisp on a coin sized target and more of a rise and fall on trash even tho it is the high sound. I dug some larger canslaw and saw that.
Sunday I used disc 21 and 3 tone because I thought it would be like the T2 and 21 was the "magic" number. I got sensitivity to 80 and got some crackling with the coil off the ground and when the detector was laid down to dig. When swinging it was stable. I did get some deeper signals but the heat was rising and I was in trees with roots. I found $2.82. 1 fifty cent, 4 quarters, 2 nickels, 10 dimes, and 22 pennies, one a wheat. I dug 2 zincs just to confirm they were zincs, all the rest of the pennies were copper. Disc at 21 killed the iron bass completely and it was like a 2 tone setting.
Today at lunch I went to the park in the middle of town here and was able to detect 30 minutes. Since reading NASA-Toms writing on the Omega I decided to try disc 16. I stuck with 3 tone and cranked sensitivity to 99. It was like listening to a giant bowl of Rice Krispies when the coil was in the air. When I swung it the crackling slowed down. The iron tone was still gone. I was getting hits all over but not knowing if it was falsing or real targets I didn't want to dig deep. Also it was in the middle of town and busy. I turned the sensitivity down to 80 and got 2 copper pennies and a dime at 3" I was getting some one way hits that would ID good one direction and trash the other at deeper depths. I think the DD coil will help in that.
So with my short time with the Omega I am happy. I also got my F4 back from First Texas today and will be able to make some comparisons on targets. I also plan to play with the tone options and see what works best for me. Now I need to find coins to get the DD for the Omega.
Please take this as what it is. Just my opinion so far. I am glad I got the Omega and when I learn it better I feel I will be able to find more than I could with my F4.
Durn this heat!
blacktoe
I thought that was odd. I agree with Blacktoe on the earlier pennies (pre82) ringing in as dimes in the low 80's. That is good because I know they are solid coins.