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  1. Did a Russian to English translation (available on YouTube) and the guy states the wave form frequencies are the same for programs 1 through 4. No difference. He also mentioned the oscillogram of the Equinox and the Deus 2 are very similar. Time stamp 1.10 and 3.16. He also mentioned the possibility of doing a more detailed video of the programs at a later time. Anyway, reading all the translations give a good understanding of what he is saying.
  2. They will fix the discrimination algorithms if they feel it needs to be adjusted. I found a bug on the Eurotek Pro during the pre-release stage that was almost identical to the Deus. I kind of liked how it worked but 1st Texas made adjustments prior to production.
  3. I will bet that XP makes adjustments to this feature in the next update.
  4. I use it to analyze how bad the ground is at a location. By what I've seen the F75 and the D2 mineral analysis are the same. Fantastic tool
  5. I recently had a guy that was involved with the detector since it was first released tell me the coil was most likely at fault on the unit that was loaned to me. Mine was basically shut down anywhere close to power lines. This left the detector unusable at the sites I had high hopes for. Had to return the detector to the owner.
  6. All the signal frequencies chosen could detect the target on the Manticore. Some better than others but all detected the target. Switching to Multi-frequency and silence. All possible settings were tried to change the outcome. We're still in the process to gain both understanding and solution to the issues.
  7. Yes, boost was enabled. I really love the boost mode.
  8. Recently had a very puzzling yet intriguing ground target while just fulling around, listening to the ground. Before I go on I must state I traded my Equinox 800 in for a new Deus 2 detector, several weeks ago. I had used the Equinox for over 6 years and it was kind of time to trade up. Well anyway, I came across a very nice text book audio, repeatable, sweet sounding high tone, very faint, I knew it had to be something good perhaps a dime or penny and deep sounding. Decided to play around with the different programs on the Deus to see which would give the best audio and most stable ID. All the programs would get the target with varying audio responses and fairly consistent ID. Now I must admit I hunt with the coil just lightly scrubbing the ground. Experimented with the typical settings, sensitivity, reactivity, sweep speed etc. During all this I inadvertently must have slight raised to coil off the ground and the detector automatically went from a nice high tone to a low iron tone. Continued to sweep over the target, lowering to scrub the ground and the high tone with the ID returned, raised the coil and the iron tone and ID returned. Experimented for over 15 minuted and never found a setting or program that didn't exhibit the same behavior when raising the coil only slightly. To end this story the target was an 8" dime and by what I could tell laying perfectly flat. Now turn the clock back a couple months, the same type of occurrence happened to both Fred (the only living hunting buddy I presently have) and I. We were hunting an old plantation comparing signals before digging having a fantastic day and Fred called me over to check a target before he dug. That day he was using the Manticore and I the Equinox, if he raised the coil only slightly the Manticore would go silent with only an occasional high/low tone but no ID. I tried the Equinox and basically got the same results. Puzzling, intriguing. Well anyway he dug and recovered a horse bridle relic. Now this leads me back to yet another story where I was hunting with the F75 and the 5" coil. Located a nice repeatable tone and called Fred over with the Manticore and he got nothing, only silence, no audio or ID. He tried every possible setting with no positive results. Finally he switched to single frequency mode and the target came alive. Still not satisfied, he experimented for quite some time yet never found a setting or combination of setting while in the Multi-Frequency mode that would indicate a target that the F75 had found. Adding to this the Equinox exhibited the same type behavior. Just thought I'd share some of our experiences.
  9. Went to the same site yesterday and I have an updated on some of the targets mention in the original post. Fred brought his Manticore and tried the single frequency options on the targets mentioned (I no longer have the Equinox so I couldn't try single frequency options). The Manticore could acquire a very good audio on any of the single frequency options (better on the lower than high frequencies). But switching to the multi frequency option and the target was gone. Spent quite a bit of time experimenting with the different frequencies, and I came to a conclusion there must be different algorithms used between the single and multi frequency options for the target to vanish. We both hunted with new, recently acquired Deus II and the results were not only surprising but absolutely amazing. We found 2 V nickels, numerous pennies which included a 1919 and may relics not detected with either the Equinox or Manticore. One of the V nickels was a 1897, just amazing from only a 10x10' area. Fred bought is Deus with the 11 DD coil and my came with the 9" DD coil. At this site the Deus will be the ticket along with the F75 and the 5" coil for the super trash.
  10. Is it possible to get wireless headphones, other than the Deus ones, to link to the Deus 2?
  11. I truly believe the 6" coil and equinox would have give the same results as the 5" DD coil on the F75. I had a guy send me his 6" coil for my Equinox a couple years ago to try but opted to get the 10x5 instead. The 10x5 just sees too much ground at a given moment at this site.
  12. Fred and I went to an old plantation today and I can honestly say I've got a bad case of the puzzles. Fred hunted with the Manticore as usual and I took both the F75 with the 5" DD coil and the Equinox with the Coiltek 10x5. I started hunting with the F75 and within 30 minutes I had dug not one but two wheat pennies, a 1918 and a 1954. I was using the 5" coil, 3 tones, sens at 88, discrimination at 0. Both of these pennies gave a very good 4 way audio. Really couldn't believe it because both the Equinox and Manticore had hunted tirelessly in this area and I was sure it was hunted out. Well anyway, as a test I decided to bury a clad dime in the same area where one of the pennies was at. Nice area at 8" deep and compacted to dirt good and tried the F75 and no issues as long as the coil was directly over the dime, but. Neither the Manticore or Equinox would give a good enough audio to prompt us to dig. The ID on both detectors had been pulled down well over half of what a dime should indicate. Fred was doubting that a dime was there so we dug it up and then reburied it at 6.5" deep and still the F75 had no problem but both other detectors failed miserably. Spent a lot of time after this pondering the occurrence. I know what is going on but also understand the 5" coil is the ticket to successfully recover at this location. The ground at this site comes alive with low volume iron grunts. One more thing I would like to add is that turning up the sensitivity at this site degrades the audio to an extent almost nothing can be found. In addition to this the coil needs to be scrubbing the ground. The only other site that exhibits the same type anomalies is one of the old schools where the waste, from coal burning furnaces have been discarded on the school grounds for decades.
  13. Congrats on the silver. The Vaquero is a very nice relic detector but I had issues with target masking especially of the iron is small and of great abundance. Can't imagine ever finding a location like yours. I guess research and a lot of it is the only answer. Have you ever tried a PI machine at this location?
  14. Incredible finds for sure. I've yet to find a site like yours. I did find a 179? flowing hair cent with the White's TDI SL a few years back. Glad the Deus is working for you.
  15. Very interesting to say the least. I've had my Equinox 800 since they were first released and always wondered if the Deus would out do it at old sites.
  16. I've been wondering if the Deus could help where the Equinox has been.
  17. Well I can definitely see where the 6" coil will have the advantage over the 10 x 5 Nox. Found an area about 40 x 40 at a 1800's site where the target density is tremendous. There is just to many targets for either the stock or 10 x 5 to handle even at max recovery speed. Here the 6" will way outshine in performance. I guess my next trip to this location will be with the F75 and the 5" coil.
  18. Hope you find one. Since getting mine I would venture to say the stock coil has had less than 10 hours of use. The 10x5 may not have the same depth but it is lighter and the coverage is just a little shy of the stock coil.
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