Target ID Guide for Teknetics...

INSIDE GUIDE TO THE TARGET ID OF THE TEKNETICS OMEGA 8ooo

BY: KANSAS DIGGER

If you have purchased a detector in the past, you know the agony of finding information on finding the good stuff. It is almost impossible to get anyone to come off their numbers, they hold them close, and act as if insulted by your asking. You spend weeks working your way through digging trash heaps and drooling over the more experienced detector’s finds. Well I am not that kind of guy, granted my info is for my area and may vary slightly in your soil, but at least you will have a guide to start you on your way, and be excited with the first swing, knowing you have a leg up on the others who may of purchased the Omega 8000 elsewhere, this is an exclusive, just for my blog followers and  for High Plains Prospectors and their customers. If you find it helpful, give me a comment, and let the Boys know, who knows, maybe I will get an at a boy bonus, (hint hint, lol).

These numbers are derived from over 150 hours of detecting with the Omega, in all conditions including: High to no EMI, high mineral to low mineral ground, muddy to dust bowl ground conditions, and everything in between. They are derived from these settings and setup, as I use these most often:

·         True all metal

·         Sensitivity at 64

·         Freq 1 to 2

·         DD 11 inch coil

·         Headphones

·         Ground Balance set according to location

ID #’s PENNIES

COIN	TARGET NUMBER ID	NOTES
INDIAN HEAD	78-80
WHEAT CENTS	82-84
MEMORIALS	80-82
ZINC	74-78

COIN	TARGET NUMBER ID	NOTES
V NICKEL	56 TO 58	NUMBER WILL JUMP BACK AND FOURTH, THEY ARE USUALLY 4 TO 6 INCHES DEEP. TONE WILL BE A TIGHT PATTERN; PULL TABS WILL BE A LONG DRIFTING TONE.
BUFFALO NICKELS	54-56	ALTERNATING- SAME RULES AS ABOVE, BUT WILL BE A MORE TRASHY TONE. NOTE DEPTH, BUFFS ARE RARELY ABOVE FOUR INCHES AND DEEPER THAN 8 IS RARE, (AGAIN IN MY AREA)
JEFFERSON NICKELS	55-56	THIS NUMBER WILL STAY SOLID AFTER PINPOINTING, IF IT VENTURES ABOVE 56 AFTER YOU PINPOINT, IT MOST LIKELY ISN’T A NICKEL, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF WAR NICKELS.

ID #’S NICKELS

ID #’S DIMES

COIN	TARGET NUMBER ID	NOTES
BARBER DIMES	84-86	ALTERNATING NUMBERS, VERY SCRATCHY/IFFY SIGNAL SOUND BUT THE NUMBERS STAY SOLID AFTER PINPOINTING, USE A SMALL PATERN SWING AFTER PP TO SHOW TRUE ID NUMBER
MERCURY DIMES	82-84	SCRATCHY/IFFY TONE, BUT NUMBERS STAY SOLID, DEPENDING ON DEPTH MAY BE AS LOW AS 78 AND AS HIGH AS 86, IT IS A NOTICABLY SMALL TARGET AND IS USUALLY SHALLOW FROM TARGET DEPTH ID.
ROSIE SILVER	86 SOLID	SCRATCHY SIGNAL TONES, USUALLY FOUND AT 2 TO 6 INCHES, DEEPER THAN THAT THE ID CHANGES TO AS LOW AS 78 BUT STAYS SOLID, AND DEFINED.
CLAD	84 SOLID	STRONG SIGNAL 2 TO 4 INCHES DEEP

ID #’S QUARTERS

SILVER- N/A HAVE NOT SCORED ONE YET, NOTE THE YET, LOL

CLAD- 86 TO 92 ACCORDING TO DEPTTH

NOTABLE ID #’S

·         SMALL 10 K GOLD: 74-78 BOUNCING AS LOW AS 60 AND AS HIGH AS 90 WITH DIFFICULTY PINPOINTING. LONG DRAWN OUT TONES AND DEPTH ID IS VARRIED WHEN TURNING 90 DEGREES. REAL TRICKY TARGET, BUT IF THE MACHINE IS MORE ERATIC THAN NORMAL TARGETS, EVEN TRASH, GET EXCITED.

·         SMALL SILVER RING: 78-84 DEPENDING ON DEPTH AND SIZE, LOUD SOLID TONE, AND DISTINCT PING… THAT MIGHT JUST BE IN MY HEAD, LIKE A CASH REGISTER.

·         MED SILVER RING: 84-88 DEPENDING ON DEPTH, LOUD SOLID TONE FOR DEPTH.

·         LRG SILVER RING: OVERLOAD UP TO 2 INCHES, 92-96, VERY LOUD TONE FOR DEPTH.

·         BULLETS: SMALL – 50 TO 56 SCRATCHY AT DEPTH, LRG- 70-76 DEEP SIGNAL WITH LONG TONE.

TRASH ALERT!

·         MODERN PULL TABS COME UP AS 56 SHALLOW BUT HAVE A LONG DRAWN OUT TONE THAT DRIFTS OFF INSTEAD OF A SHARP END, SEE NICKELS.

·         OLDER PULL TABS WILL HIT AT 56 TO 70, AGAIN, LONG DRAWN OUT TONE.

·         BEAVER TAILS WILL HIT LIKE ZINC COINS  AND EVEN JUMP AS HIGH AS DIME, BUT LIFTING THE COIL WHILE SWINGING THE NUMBER WILL DROP DRASTICALLY.

·         BOTTLE TOPS HIT HARD AND LOUD AND WILL BE 88 TO 99, DEPENDING ON DEPTH, LIFTING THE COIL WHILE SWINGING WILL CAUSE THE NUMBER TO DROP DRASTICALLY.

A FEW MORE TIPS

·         LOWER SWING SPEED WHEN YOU RAISE THE SENSITIVITY.

·         LOWER YOUR GROUND BALANCE 1 TO 2 NUMBERS IN HIGH EMI FOR MORE ACCURATE TARGET ID.

·         RAISE YOUR GROUND BALANCE 1 TO 2 NUMBERS WHERE SURFACE TRASH IS PROMINENT.

·         DO A QUICK GROUND GRAB OVER YOUR REPLACED PLUG AFTER YOU HAVE EXTRACTED THE TARGET, THIS IS MAINLY FOR THE PIECE OF MIND BUT IT IS QUICK AND ENSURES YOU ARE SET CORRECTLY UNTIL THE NEXT HOLE.

·         SET THE SENSITIVITY LOW TO START, I GENERALLY START AROUND 64, IF I AM OVERWHELMED WITH IRON TARGETS; I LOWER THE SENSITIVITY TILL THEY DISAPATE A LITTLE. IF YOU FEEL THE SENSITIVITY IS TO LOW, SET IT BACK TO 64 AND CHANGE YOUR FREQUENCY SETTING UP ONE NUMBER, IF YOU ARE ALREADY ON 3, GO BACK TO ONE.

·         IF THE TONE IS LONG AND DRAWN OUT, OR VERY ABRUPT, CHANGE FREQUENCY SETTING.

I hope this is helpful to you, I truly believe the Teknetics line is highly underrated, and though it takes a little time to work through the variations from all other machines, the Teknetics line will prove to be a major advantage when detecting against other brands. With the adjustability, solid target ID, and superior depth, you can bank on finding the targets others have missed. The light weight design will keep you swinging long after the others are sucking wind and counting their clad.

For more information on the Teknetics Omega 8000 or other Teknetics machines, contact the boys here at HPP, if they can’t answer your questions, they will send you to me, and if I don’t have the answer, you may be asking the wrong questions, lol, just kidding, I will scour the earth and cyber space to find the answer for you. Thank you for your patronage, and taking the time to read this. You can read more about detecting on my blog, http://prairiedigger.blogspot.com, http://detecting365.com, and see the Teknetics Omega, and Delta in action on my YouTube channel, KansasDigger.  As always Dig safe, Dig right, and Dig often. Happy Hunting.

KD