Teknetics Omega 8000 V5: First Target - Silver!

[tabman]

It was 22 degrees when I got up, so I dressed in a bunch of layers to keep warm. I was going to head to the woods, because I thought the ground would be frozen in the open fields. I checked my front yard with my digging tool and it wasn't frozen so headed out to detect some homes that were built in the early fifties. I found a home that was built on a corner and was on a hill, my favorite combo to detect. My first target that I got my coil over turned out to be a 1952 Rosie. I worked the whole side yard and found a bunch of coins but no more silver. I headed around to the front yard and the Omega went crazy and no setting I used would help, so I put it back in the car and got out my F75SE-DST. It didn't fair any better, but I did manage to find a 1964 Silver Quarter by some shrubs. I left that site and headed out to another location. I managed to dig a couple of 1964 Rosie Dimes and a 1943 War Nickel, before calling it a day. My wheat penny count was 14 and I had 47 modern coins. Very little trash.

My settings on the Omega: Zero discrimination, anywhere between 85 and full sensitivity, 4 tones and GB at 60.

tabman

 

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[Loco-Digger]

I can see you are one to watch in 2016 silver coin total. Congrats on having a great day.

 

[G.A.P.metal]

tabman
Nice silver finds...i ran the Omega for around a year great machine .
Gary

 

[tabman]

I can see you are one to watch in 2016 silver coin total. Congrats on having a great day.

Thanks. I need some motivation to keep me stirred up. I've only been out metal detecting 4 or 5 times this year. All short hunts.

I'm switching it up and using different detectors to keep it interesting. Location is the key to finding silver coins.


tabman

 

[tabman]

tabman
Nice silver finds...i ran the Omega for around a year great machine .
Gary

Thanks. It will flat out jump on a silver coin. I was using the larger DD stock search coil today. I should have been using the NEL Sharpshooter search coil. It's my favorite!

tabman

 

[CZconnoisseur]

Silver doesn't stand a chance! Great day!
[Very little trash indeed! Your results are very motivating, as always!

 

[tabman]

Silver doesn't stand a chance! Great day!
[Very little trash indeed! Your results are very motivating, as always!

Thanks. I sure wish you would move back, because together we could put some really big hurt on those yards. No silver left behind!

What gets me is that I can carefully, slowly and thoroughly grid search a yard from two directions to make sure that I covered it all and then meander around over the same exact area and find a silver coin.

tabman

 

[Newfiehunter]

Nice finds, Tabman!! !How I wish I had purchased the Omega 8000 when the prices were reduced to make way for the 8500 which I thought would be an improvement! Should have pulled the trigger because there were some great package deals on sale! Could kick myself now!

 

[tabman]

Nice finds, Tabman!! !How I wish I had purchased the Omega 8000 when the prices were reduced to make way for the 8500 which I thought would be an improvement! Should have pulled the trigger because there were some great package deals on sale! Could kick myself now!

There are still some good deals out there on some used units. My newer version 5 Omega runs quieter than my version 4 did. I don't have to turn the sensitivity up past 70 to be able to hear deep coins. Still it's sensitive to EMI, so I carry it and another detector with me when I head out in case I end up at a place that's has a lot of EMI. When I do find a place that doesn't have too much EMI, the Omega kicks butt with the NEL Sharpshooter coil attached. It loves silver coins!

I've been thinking about getting the Omega 8500. Have you heard any good or bad news about it?

tabman

 

[Carolina Tom]

Well played my man. Five silver coins is just awesome. Congrats on making me jealous, as I sit here in the office pretending to work.

Best of luck to you in 2016.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Good job Tabman! That sounds like a great day!

 

[Garrett424]

Looks like braving the cold really paid off well; in silver.