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Yes we have found coins at that site. trimes, seated and cap bust half dimes, seated half dollar, seated dimes and Spanish silver. Yea dug more nails and large iron I didn't show. But I have also been surprised digging those kind of signals. Last year I dug a 2 Reales I swore was going to be iron as it was only giving a good signal one way. 17-18 one way total negative numbers at 90 degrees,

I do have a Minelab Pro 35 and it will disc iron. But I'm actually OK digging iron at these sites as there are some iron targets I like finding, like cannon balls and picket pins.

Thanks That's only the 3rd one I've ever dug. The EMI wasn't all that bad. Actually this site is pretty close to a road and houses.

I did MK4 Overland VW High Life Stage 3 Suspension. Cost was $995, my son and I put it on. Then added bigger all terrain tires. It lifted the Beetle about 3 inches.

No I didn't do the download and from what I'm hearing I'm glad I didn't. Yes I did the lift on the VW TDI and with fuel prices the way they are I'm glad I did. Now I have something that gets 40 mpg and does well on dirt roads.

3 bars on the F75 so moderate.

Thanks. Yea the Great Coat Button is one of my favorite military buttons.

Thanks Tom I feel the Equinox probably could have found most of those targets. Although I have hunted over these same spots with the Equinox multiple times. Now did I miss them due to a better performing Deus 2 or did I just not swing over that particular spot with the Equinox in the past? Who knows. The Deus 1 I doubt it, the targets were too deep and I lose most coin sized stuff at about 6" with the Deus 1.

Have a couple of 2 hour hunts at a Military Fort site from the late 1850's early 1860's on video. Pulling some good stuff from the iron I would like to think other machines have missed. The 11" coil is pretty deep and sensitive to small stuff, still does OK in the iron. Like all of the machines I've owned in the past, the Deus 2 is not immune to digging deep iron. Will probably figure it out better over time. Hope you enjoy

Thanks, Black sand could explain your findings as I have not hunted any black sand beaches yet. I also rarely hunt in the water.

First question I have is where is the beach you are hunting and does it have black sand? maybe that was covered in the other post, if so I missed it. My experience on the beach has been much different that yours and I'm at the Great Salt Lake which is mega salt. First off I agree do not use the stock beach programs they need to modified. I tend to like beach sensitive the best as it's most responsive to gold. I run the salt sensitivity as high as I can but usually that's at 7 or 8, sensitivity as high as I can which is usually 98 EMI permitting, black sand accept, reactivity at 1.5 and silencer at 0. I also prefer PWM over square audio. With those settings I'm seeing a good 2-3 inches over the Equinox. The targets I'm getting with no TID are also very easy for me to tell whether it's ferrous or non-ferrous. On the beach I only care if a target can be identified as non-ferrous, some of those big rings read like zinc pennies. For me the Deus 2 has become my preferred VLF at the beach and I've used a bunch of them. I do need to get some different headphones though as the WS-6 back phones are hard to hear over wind/waves.

Nice I'm going to have to update again when I get home. That's going to be awesome!

I figured that out about 2 weeks ago. That's why I'm keeping the Equinox. The Deus 2 rules in thick iron and is very impressive on salt water beaches. IMO the Equinox is hard to beat when it comes to deep coin hunting. So if you have the Equinox 800 and the Deus 2, your basis are pretty much covered.

What's wrong with the park program that tops out at 24 KHz? You could change it up to match the settings on the other programs. Seems like it would be a good middle of the road range that would do better on mid conductors. The park program is one I've actually used quite a bit coin hunting. I will admit I haven't dug many nickels with the Deus 2. Almost every time I get a target that ID'S in the nickel range it turns out to be a pull tab.

Well I think the most obvious solution is use the Equinox if it sounds better. No one says you have to like the Deus 2 for every application. I will tell you right now, the Equinox is my preferred detector for deep coins. Totally my opinion and I'm sure some will not agree with me. But that's ok.

Big Boy hobbies has them in stock too. Looks like if you want the standard package there's no shortage right now. I would assume most want he Pro package.

Looks like KellyCo has some in stock right now too.

They must not take waiting lists. That or they already filled them. I'm still on the fence about the Legend. I want to see what updates they do in the next few months.

Dates were hard to see. But a few were in the 40's the tax tokens were used in the late 30's through early 40's. The beach I was hunting was used primarily starting during the depression and into the 70's. Rings are hard to come by at this beach. Although I have found a few over the years there. The area has been pounded over the years and there are no recent drops or wave action to bring up new stuff. So the fact that I found what I did is very telling of the Deus 2. If/When the lake ever comes back up, new targets will be in reach as the waves move the sand. But until then it's all about getting the most depth you can.

Iron Amplitude Rejection-settings 0-5 zero being off 5 being full on. It's for rejecting shallow or big iron targets. setting of 1 will breakup/reject the signal from near surface targets. The higher you set the IRA the deeper the iron rejection will work, to a point. Deep iron targets or targets in heavy mineralization may not be rejected using IRA. I never use it gold hunting. I have used goldfield (one the Deus 1) relic hunting and will usually run it all the way up in most sites.

Before the rain hit yesterday (snowing this morning) I took the Deus 2 out to the Great Salt Lake here in Utah. Now for those of you in Utah, I was hunting on area that you can use metal detectors legally. The GSL is 8 to 10 times saltier than the ocean, depending on where you are in the lake. Most metal detectors struggle in this very salty environment, I usually use my GXP there anymore. Some parts of the lake also have high mineralization where the river inlets are. So there are multiple challenges that are present. Most SMF machines with a standard 11" coil will get somewhere between 9 and 10 inches deep on a nickel sized target. The Minelab CTX with the 17" coil is an exception. I tested the Deus 2 both in and out of the water and I will have to say I'm pretty impressed with it's performance. Didn't find any gold this time but did find a handful of old coins.

Congratulations on the trime! Love finding those as they are hard to come by. Nice write up on your first outing with the Deus 2.

Ok I got that wrong it was $3.25 a day. Below is a page from my grandmother's written history. Says most were paid $2.75 a day. But yea that quarter isbin great shape

Geez man they got ripped off. My Grandpa worked in the Park City silver mines and was paid $3.50 a day. That was during the depression too.

If you want to know if it even has a chance put a couple of soda cans on the ground and see how far away you can get and still detect them. Then take off 20% to allow for the ground. A pulse induction machine will get that deep on targets that big.