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I’m not an engineer, so I can’t speak on the technical aspects of the S rod vs the straight shaft. All I can say is that the straight shaft just feels better to me when swinging my detector. Others probably prefer the S shaft over the straight shaft.

Back in October I was talking to Steve via email about his carbon fiber shaft for the Deus 2. I told him that I prefer a straight shaft instead of the S shaft and asked him about doing a one time custom order straight shaft for me. After checking into it he said that he thought it could be done, so I went ahead and ordered it. Also, I am not very tall so I didn’t need the extra length. He custom made it to my measurements that I gave him. It arrived yesterday and I was blown away about how it turned out. It feels so nice to swing. I ordered it with the counterweight ready option since I already had a counterweight. I don’t really need it with the 9” coil, but I will use it if I get the 11” coil.

It’s the same coil cover as the original 9” Deus coil.

I have never used coil covers for many years on any of my detectors, including the Deus and Deus 2. I have never had a problem caused by not using a coil cover. I am careful not to scrub the ground with the coil, and where I hunt is mostly grass or wood chips. I do carry a coil cover in my vehicle, so in case I am going somewhere where it is really rocky, or to the beach, I can quickly put it on the coil.

About a month ago I was detecting at a school field with my Deus 2 and I found a 14K woman's ring. It has an opal stone in the middle with three diamonds on each side. It was about 4 inches down in the ground. It was in pretty bad shape from being in the ground for so long, and I think that it also got stepped on. It was missing one of the diamonds, the opal was pretty badly scratched up, it was out of round, and it had lost some of its shine. My wife liked it because she really likes opals, so I took it to a jeweler and had it repaired. It cost me $290 to have it restored to new condition, but now it is worth a lot more that that. But it is not going anywhere because it now belongs to my wife.

If he had just responded to my inquiry messages, explaining that he was behind on orders, or on vacation, or feeling under the weather or any other reasonable explanation, and that my order was still coming, I would have been fine with that. But to just ignore me was not OK. I felt that my only recourse was to go through PayPal and start a claim with them. And that’s when I finally got a response from him with tracking information.

Finally!! PayPal contacted Detecting DooDads yesterday, and today I got a tracking number from them. So I should be getting it soon. I don’t think I will be ordering anything else from them.

On June 21 I ordered a locking shoe for my Deus 2 and I paid extra for 2 day shipping. It has now been 2 weeks and I still have not received the item. I have sent them 2 messages and haven’t received any response. Has anyone else had a problem receiving their order from detecting doodads? At this point I am going to contact them through PayPal and request a refund. I don’t know what is going on with them, but their customer service stinks.

My XP Deus ll on a Andersons detector shaft and lower rod. I like it!! I had to modify the Andersons shaft a little bit. Even in the last button hole it was way to long for me. I am not a tall person. I almost sent it back because if you don't use the button holes the only thing holding the lower rod is the little thumb screw on the side and it is not strong enough to keep the coil from moving around. I happened to remember that I had a Pluggers shaft lock that I had purchased several years ago. So I removed the Andersons shaft lock and replaced it with the Pluggers. So now I can adjust it wherever I want without using the button holes. I also used a Dremel tool to make the end that attaches to the coil smaller so it doesn't rub on the top of the coil.

I just did the. .07 update and I had to re-pair the ws6. And I lost all my custom programs, so I have to do them all over again. Are we going to have to go through this every time there is an update? It is a pain in the rear if we have to do this every time.

Took the Deus ll to Riverfront Park here in Corvallis, OR. It is a popular place where people like to eat lunch, hang out, lay on the grass, play catch and take their pets. There is a large grassy area that I have detected before, but never actually covered it thoroughly. I just had a feeling that there could be a ring in there. This time I started at one end and started working my across back and forth, moving over a few steps each time across, working towards the other end. I had covered about 3/4 of the area when I got a 67 signal on the Deus ll. About 4 inches down was this man's wedding ring. It is marked "Benchmark 10k", and weighs 6.9 grams. It looks more gold colored in the picture because of the lighting, but it is actually 10K white gold.

I discovered something today. I was having trouble with the MI6 connecting with the Deus ll when I turned it on. Sometimes it would take several seconds to connect with the remote. I would turn it on and then sit there waiting and waiting for it to connect, which was frustrating. Then I discovered that if I pointed the pinpointer at the remote when I turned it on it had no problem connecting. After that I didn’t have any problem with it. I never had to do that with the Deus.

I took one off of my ws4 and put it on my ws6. Works fine.

Yes. That is one downside. You are tethered to the detector by the cord. But it is worth it for me to be able to use my hearing aids while I’m detecting.

I posted a while back that I had purchased the bone phones to try with my hearing aids. I just got my Deus 2 a couple of days ago. Today I tried the bone phones for the first time. They work wonderfully with my hearing aids. Now I can wear my hearing aids when I am detecting. That is a big difference for me when I am detecting. I am very happy with them.

Yes, dry land metal detecting.

Part of my hearing aid sits behind my ear and when I wear the ws4 with the headband it presses my ear down onto my hearing aid. It doesn’t take very long before my ears start hurting from the pressure. The larger headphones that fit completely over the ears don’t make my ears hurt, but they cause feedback which is a high pitched squealing noise that is very annoying. According to my hearing doctor my hearing loss is pretty severe.

That is what I am hoping for. That XP or someone else will make an adapter to convert the bone phone plug to a 1/8 plug for land use, so I can plug it into my ws6 puck.

Yes, that is the place. I ordered it on eBay. The shipping was a little more because it was coming from France ($35) but at least I will have it when I get my Deus ll. I figured that after they start shipping the detectors to the US, it will probably be a while before the accessories become available here. I tried them on my head and the the band has a curve that goes over the top of my ears and my hearing aids, so they don’t interfere with my hearing aids. I am very hopeful that these will be my solution as far as headphones go. I won’t know until I get the Deus ll and can actually try them.

I will have to plug it in to the remote, so I will be tethered to the detector. But if I can wear my hearing aids, I am OK with that. I am hoping that later on someone will come up with an adapter to connect the bone phones into the ws6 puck.

Even though I haven’t got my Deus ll yet (It’s on pre-order) I went ahead and ordered the bone phones for it. They came from France, and I was surprised how fast they got here. I’m hoping that they will work well with my hearing aids. Right now with the Deus I am removing my hearing aids and plugging earphones into the ws4 puck. With the bone phones I am hoping that I can wear my hearing aids while I am detecting.

With the Deus backphones you can remove the little puck from the backphones and purchase a wired headphone adapter that clips onto the back of the puck. Then you can plug your earphones into the puck and it works just like the Equinox wireless module. I usually just stick the little puck in my shirt pocket.

I got a gold testing kit and tested the gold chain. It’s a fake. Talk about a letdown 😪. Found this today in the grass at a Park. I was using my Equinox 800. This is the best thing that I have ever found metal detecting. It weighs 43.5 grams and is marked 18K.

It was more strung out than in a ball. I popped a little bit of it out with my screwdriver, and when I started pulling on it more and MORE and MORE of it started coming out. I measured it when I got home and it is 24 inches long.

It came in at 8 on the Equinox.