Depth And Target Display - Omega 8500 Owner's Manual

DEPTH AND TARGET DISPLAY

The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) shows the PROBABLE identification of the
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targeted metal, as well as the PROBABLE depth of the target.
The detector will register a consistent target identification, upon each sweep of
the coil, when a buried target has been located and identified. If, upon repeated
passes over the same spot, the target identification reads inconsistently, the
target is probably a trash item, or oxidized metal. With practice, you will learn to
unearth only the repeatable signals.
The segment identifications are highly accurate when detecting the objects
described on the label. However, if an object registers in a given category for
an unknown buried object, you could be detecting a metallic object other than
the object described on the label, but with the same metallic signature. Also,
the greater the distance between the target and the coil, the less accurate the
target identification.
GOLD TARGETS Gold objects will register toward the middle or left-of-center
on the LCD scale.
Gold flakes will register under iron.
Small gold items will register under foil or 5¢.
Large gold items will register toward the center of the scale.
SILVER TARGETS: Silver objects will register to the right of the scale, under
DIME or QTR.
IRON: All sizes of iron objects will register on the far-left side of the scale. This
could indicate on item such as a nail, or a historic iron relic.
FOIL: Aluminum foil, such as a gum wrapper, will register as foil. A small
broken piece of pull tab may also register here.
NICKEL: Most newer pull-tabs from beverage cans, the type intended to stay
attached to the can, will register here. Many gold rings will also register here.
P-TAB: Older pull tabs, which always detached completely from the can, register
here. Many medium size gold ring also register here. Pull-tabs from older
beverage cans will also register here. Some newer pull-tabs will also register
here. Many gold rings will also register here.
S-CAP: Older screw caps from glass bottles will register here. Large gold
rings, like a class ring, could also register here. Some non-U.S. coins of recent
vintage will also register here.
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