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I'd be interested in seeing that comparison as well. When 1.0 came out, I updated, tried it a few times, got frustrated and went back to what I'm familiar with in .71. I may give 2.0 a shot, since .71 will may become unavailable in the near future.

This is my 37th year. Started back in the 80s with some cheap detector from Radio Shack I believe. Followed up with a Whites Coinmaster, then a 5900 Di Pro.

Thank you for the info. I'm going to order one and put it on mine. 🙂

Interesting. I've been wanting to do a complete CF shaft on my Deus 2. I already have the lower shaft from Detect ED. A few questions for you, if you don't mind: Is this the middle shaft section you used? https://www.noktadetectors.com/accessory/middle-shaft-carbon-fiber/ If so, did you just have to drill the holes to mount the remote? Is it the same length as the D2 middle shaft? No issues going through the D2 handle? On the other end, the part where the lower shaft inserts, did you use the Nokta clamp to hold the Detect ED lower, or drill it to accept the OEM Deus clamp? Thanks!

I also remember hearing that battery limitations were the reason for not taking FBS any further. Though that was several years ago and surely battery technology has improved significantly since then. Anyway, I think the slow recovery speed, high conductor bias and long flutey tones were just part of the FBS DNA. Changing those things might just kill the magic FBS recipe that made it what it was. Which is a low and slow silver sucker with unmistakable tones and rock solid ID. It would be cool to have a lightweight Etrac though.

Scoop weight makes a big difference, that's for sure! My first time at the beach, I was using a 9.5" wide T-Rex that I had borrowed from a friend. It worked great, but man that thing was heavy! Had my shoulder hurting! Since I enjoyed beach detecting so much, I decided to go ahead and buy some equipment of my own. I noticed you mentioned the CooB scoops in a couple of threads so I picked up one of those. I think it's called the Monstrik V1? 6.25"X9" I believe. It weighs 1.75 lbs as comparted to the T-Rex's weight of 3.9 lbs (not including handle). I ordered a CF handle from steveg.

That LC is ridiculously cool! Awesome!

Very nice coin. Congrats! I’d say it’s probably a little bit of both. Blocking out the noisy range AND using an alertive audio that makes target tones jump out at ya. I like using pitch for that very reason.

I think air testing can provide valuable information as long as it’s backed up with in the field results. Some of the custom programs that people share can be used as a good starting point, but users will likely need to make some adjustments to suit their own needs. The ultimate goal being to help the user understand how and when to use the settings I also think some detector manufacturers expect positive reviews in exchange for sending free detectors out to these “testers”. Last year I was contacted by a manufacturer who shall remain nameless. They asked me if I’d be interested in “testing” one of their detectors. I replied and told them “sure, but I don’t post promotional reviews or test results. If it’s good, I’ll say it’s good. If it sucks, I’ll say it sucks”. Never heard back from them. 🙄

It’s the same for me in my neck of the woods, 350. EMI isn’t a big problem most of the time. Every now and then I’ll get on a site where it gets a little noisy, but still manageable. Swapping to another base program that uses a different set of frequencies usually helps. The sites I hunt that are near the city are generally very trashy, so I’m usually just coin shooting with a lot of notch, which definitely helps cut down on the chatter.

Thanks CPT! I was wondering if anyone would notice my "Farting Monkey Productions" end screen. 🤣

Thank you Jeff! It was nice to check off beach detecting from my bucket list. I still want to try my hand at detecting for gold soon.

Thanks 350! I'm glad we decided on the North side. We were originally considering South Beach. You're right. Lots of traffic on that beach! We stayed at the Paradise Resort so getting to the beach was just a matter of riding the elevator down and walking out the back. It was really fun.

Just wanted to post an update to this and say thanks again to everyone who gave me some tips. We ended up going to Myrtle Beach SC instead of Gulf Shores. Upon arriving, I loaded up Beach Sensitive and changed the tones to pitch. I accepted everything 40 and above per the advice given here. Eventually I did end up narrowing my accepted range to 40-70 because my time there was limited and I was tired of digging clad. The Deus 2 performed great. The tones and behavior were very similar to my land program, which is what I was hoping for. I was digging some targets at well over a foot deep, so no issues there. Everything was working well, so I didn't make any changes for the rest of the time I spent there. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? Anyway, I had a blast! Really enjoyed beach detecting and look forward to doing it again. Here's a video of the hunt for those who care to watch:

In my soil the D2 is very accurate and stable. Not far behind my CTX. Light years ahead of the original Deus IMHO.

Thank you ColonelDan! 🙂

Thank you F350. I will try plugging it in .71 the best I can, or I may even temporarily update to 1.1 just to try this out. I'm saving this thread to my favs so that I can pull it back up and read it again once I get there. 🙂

Glad you like it. It's a simple program but I've had pretty good luck with it for cherry picking silver coins from trashy spots.

Love my 9" coil too. For the type of hunting I do, it's the perfect size. It's sort of spoiled me a little. Now when I go back to any other detector with a standard 11" coil, it just feels nose heavy by comparison.

Thanks for the tips! I only have the 9" coil, but my hunting partner has both the 11" and 13X11" that I could borrow. The 13"er is a little nose heavy for me, so I may just borrow the 11" from him.

Thank you both for the helpful replies. In that case, I'll take your advice and keep everything above foil open. Will see how bad zincs are before deciding to dig those higher signals or not. I'll also try the trick of setting up a full tones program next door to the one running pitch. Thanks again! If I get lucky and score some yellow, I'll post it here. 🙂

Next week I'll be going on vacation to Gulf Shores Alabama and hoping to try my hand at beach detecting while I'm there. In all my 35+ years of detecting, I've never once had my detector on a beach, so this will be brand new for me. I'd like to set up a beach program that at least sounds and behaves similar to my go-to land program, which is Fast with pitch tones. Is it as simple as loading up the beach program and making the tone adjustments, or is there other settings that I need to fine tune? Also, I want to concentrate on targets in the gold range without digging too much clad or other high conductors. My time there will be limited so I'm willing to give up most silver jewelry and even some tiny earring sized gold jewelry just to cut down on the number of targets I dig. I'm mostly looking for gold rings. So, I was thinking of setting up a notch pattern that accepts 40-75? What are your thoughts? I'm using version .71 if that matters. If there's any other beach hunting tips or tricks you want to throw my way, I'd appreciate it! The only thing I really know is that I don't plan on going INTO the water. I'll be looking for hard packed wet sand. I'm a total noob at this! I realize my chances of actually finding a gold ring are pretty slim. Just want to check this off of my bucket list. Thanks!

When coin shooting in heavy iron, I like to use Fast based programs because they seem to run a lot smoother and false less. The higher weighted frequency programs obviously won't hit high conductors as hard as programs running lower frequencies. So, I run a slightly higher Audio Response of 4 or 5 to help alert me a little better. Once I get the Audio Response dialed in, I rarely change it. If I'm getting too much falsing or EMI, I just lower the sensitivity a little. Of course, I don't swing anywhere near as fast as that guy when hunting in iron, so that helps too. To each his own.

The Manticore actually performed very well for me, even though ATHC was definitely on the sparky side when hunting in iron. I always switched to ATLC in those areas which seemed to quieten it down considerably. My biggest issue with the Manticore was that even after putting a lot of hours on it, I just didn't jive with the audio. It just didn't speak to me in the same way as the D2. It was like you said... I'd be out hunting with the Manticore thinking that I'd be even more confident if I were using the lighter, more ergonomic D2 that was sitting at home in my bedroom. So, one day my hunting buddy offered to buy the Manticore and I said sure, why not. I've always been a huge fan of Minelab detectors and I still am, but the D2 has been outstanding for the type of hunting I do, so its really hard to pull away from it.

Hello from Rome, GA!