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New to the Tek Omega

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kascinoh

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After much debate I took the plunge and got a Tek Omega. I have viewed and read as much as I can find on this machine and think this will fill my addiction nicely. Prev machine was an F70 - liked that machine a lot and had good success with it but was really a handful in the urban (read: EMI plagued) parks I hunt.. While I read the Omega is also EMI affected, it appears to be manageable and not near what I experienced with the F70. Goind to run the 10" for now, as I read the 11 DD is also sensitive to EMI. Now, if I can only get the weather to ease up - its a whopping 8deg F here :(. If you have any pointers/tips while I go stir crazy waiting for the temps to rise, send 'em my way!
 
First don't try and push the sensitivity to much at first, stay below 70, I run 65-69 most all of the time, that should get you near the 8" in the dirt range. The Omega has a very nice modulated audio that helps to judge the depth of coin size targets pretty darn good.
I would say to start off with try some shallow clad and jewelry searching with the sensitivity down around the 40 range until you really get used to the detector. Then after awhile you be able to run it into the noise level (sensitivity above 70) and pull out even deeper targets.

Good Luck.

Mark
 
I agree with what Mark has said and add that it wont hurt to play with the tones. I do a lot of hunting in D2 (or when in all-metal, A2). In some areas where I anticipate there will be silver coins, I use D4. These are my personal preferences, and others may have their own, so if you experiment with what suits you and the conditions you're detecting, you can adjust your Omega to suit you. By using and experimenting, you will become aware of features which are a strength for you. Good luck with it...mine has served me well, no reason yours cant do the same for you.:) Pete
 
The Omega is an awesome, coin finding detector. It is really quiet under most circumstances...not jittery at all. With the DD coil I'm getting really good depth on silver coins...good, solid accurate ID as well. The ground balance monitoring is awesome in and of itself!
 
If you want to hunt for just coins at first and not dig to much trash set your discrimination just under the zinc mark and then notch in nickle., You'll still get some tabs, bottle caps and pencil erasers (if your hunting school grounds) but it does knock out most of the tab signals and still gives you a chance at finding some gold. I normally use the 4 tone option and run my sensitivity up until it starts getting chatty then slowly back it down until it gets quiet and the numbers stop jumping around. Hope this helps!
 
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