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In this order: 1) Coil Balancer. I printed this myself but you can buy them. 2) Stand. Printed this one as well, but these can be bought too. 3) DetectED Carbon Fiber lower shaft. 4) Detecting DooDads charging clip. His shipping times are VERY slow, but the product is worth the wait IMHO.

Thanks brother. I mostly use Fast and Deep HC. Those two cover most of the types of targets I look for. I do have a program based off of General and one on Park, but rarely use them. A four silver week is always nice!

Hey cookie58. Glad you like it. With the exception of the random gold ring that falls into the nickel notch, you’ll miss most gold rings using SS. It’s intended for targeting high conductors like silver coins, silver jewelry and big coppers. You can easily modify the notches to accept a wider range of targets. The TID range for gold rings is going to be pretty wide. They can come in all over the place, depending on size and kt. I usually accept from 40 on up when looking for gold jewelry, but it can read below that range too. It’s a trade off. Just depends on how much foil and aluminum junk you’re willing to dig. I do like .71 for both coins and relics.

Yes, absolutely. I replaced mine with the one from Detect ED. In my opinion, a CF lower rod should be standard equipment on any machine that costs more than $700.

Me either. Some quick connect magnets on both the coil and remote would've been so much better. I love the D2, but IMHO XP missed the boat on a few things like the cumbersome charging set-up and the lack of a functional stand.

.71. I like the way TID is normalized between programs better. I’m very familiar with it, and it’s been working well for me.

You guys are probably right. With my luck, I'd likely screw something up if I tried to do this. Wouldn't be the first time that one of my shade-tree modifications has completely destroyed a product. 😅 Oh well. I'll just continue using what I have and hope that XP offers a better solution with the next release (D3?). Thanks for the input!

Awesome! Thanks guys.

My thoughts exactly. I agree, the 3 lead cable needs to be longer as well. I love the Deus 2. It's my favorite machine out of the current crop of detectors. I just tend to nit-pick about the little annoyances with anything I get. If I can figure out a way to solve a few of them, great. Otherwise I'll just deal with them.

Oh, I'd like to see a better option for the coil too. I'm not a fan of that OEM clip at all. I replaced mine with the one from Detecting Doo-Dads, which was a big improvement.. BUT, a quick connect magnetic option for the coil would be even better. The whole OEM charging method is pretty cumbersome IMHO.

Thanks guys. It seems like the only thing that would have to be custom manufactured is the little cap with the pins that screws onto the remote. The part that plugs into the USB port is already being made for other devices. I may contact a couple of these manufacturers to see what would be involved in getting a sample and trial run made.

The one thing that really irritates me about my Deus 2 is how fiddly it is to connect the charging cable to the remote. I know I don't necessarily have to tighten it down to get a connection, but just having to fiddle with lining up the pins is annoying to me. Surely there's a better way. I'm assuming only a couple of those pins are for charging. So, my question for anyone with knowledge of electronics is, would something like this be possible? .. and if so, do you think this is something other users would be interested in? The cap would remain on the remote at all times so that when a charge is needed, it would be as simple as connecting the magnets. I don't know much about this sort of thing, so this may be just another one of my goofy ideas that's either too much trouble or not even possible. It just came to mind after I saw something similar for USB-C connections like this one: Thoughts?

Welcome from Rome Ga!

Welcome from NW GA. 🙂

Looks like very fun hunt!

That’s an impressive haul Jeff! I agree, D2 is an outstanding coin shooter. Congrats on the finds!

I know this is an old thread, but since it's been bumped recently, I'm going to throw my .02 in for whatever comes next. 😁 "What Features And Performance Improvements Would You Like To See In The Next High End Minelab Coin Detector?" 1) As lightweight or even lighter than the current Deus 2. Use carbon fiber wherever possible. Even on the coil casing, arm cuff and grip. 2) Lower shaft should be mounted in the CENTER of the coil. Not offset. 3) Entire shaft should be very rigid. Again, using carbon fiber. This is a high end machine, so why not? 4) Shaft should be keyed like the current Deus 2 and Legend, so that it doesn't rotate. 5) Shaft should be clearly marked with adjustment lines so that we can quickly extend it to our desired length. 6) Coil cable should be concealed inside the shaft, similar to the CTX, or make it completely wireless like the Deus. 7) A comfortable ergonomic grip, yet still easy to clean. 8 ) A functional stand. This really shouldn't have to be mentioned, but.... (ahem, XP). 9) The display should be in color and easy to read without glare. 10) The pinpoint button should be trigger style. Activated with the index finger. Similar to the CTX and the older White's units like the V3i, XLT and DFX. 11) All other buttons should be within thumbs reach. No more buttons mounted on the SIDE of the detector. 12) The menu should be well thought out and easy to navigate. 13) Give it descriptive audio like the Deus 2, good visual aids like the Manticore. Audio should be highly configurable to the user's preference. 14) Depth, separation and EMI handling should be as good or better than the current crop of high end detectors. 15) Lots of coil options upon release. 16) Charging connections should be as quick and easy as possible. Magnetic works well enough. 17) Bonus points for a wireless pinpointer running same disc as the detector. Similar to the old Sunray probes, but smaller and wireless.

I read up on the specs & features. If it appears to offer at least a few new things that sound promising, I usually just can't resist the urge to buy it and try it. I'm a sucker for shiny new gear. Anyway, once I get it, I put a whole bunch of hours on it to see if I like it as much or more than the detector I was previously using. If it doesn't offer something that I can't get from my other detectors, I just sell it and cut my loses. I then put that money back in savings and wait for the next latest greatest thing to be released. Yeah, I'm out a few hundred bucks, but at least I've scratched the itch.

Nice finds! That signet ring is awesome!

Looks like running General on 1.1 is working well for you! Nice bunch of finds!

That makes perfect sense for anyone who does a lot of relic or jewelry hunting. 90% of my time is spent coin shooting with a lot of notch. I can see where the spread ID and additional features could be more beneficial to those who relic hunt. Especially the ability to use offset-FT to separate the pitch of low conductors from iron. Speaking of relic hunting... I did score a really neat relic over the weekend. A brass boot spur! I had found plenty of pieces in the past, but never a whole one.

Depends on the program, but for example, I noticed that in Fast, quarters were reading around 92-94 (usually 94-96), dimes and pennies both reading lower as well. In other programs, nickels are reading a couple of notches lower than before. Same goes for IHPs, minieballs, etc. Doesn't really matter to me if halves read the same as quarters since I'd be digging anything reading that high anyway. This probably isn't that big a deal to most and maybe I'm just lazy, but I've spent a lot of time getting used to where everything reads, and don't like the idea of having to re-adjust to changes. .71 has been working just fine for me, so the way I see it, if it's not broke, why fix it? The additional features in 1.0/1.1 are fine, but I'd likely never use them anyway. Audio Filter for example, does make deeper non-ferrous targets sound better. However, from what I saw, it also makes iron sound better.

I went back to .71 and will likely stay there. I'm just not a fan of the new TID scale. Spent a year and a half getting familiar with how the D2 TID was normalized between programs and learning where/how everything reads, so having to start all over again just wasn't appealing to me.

A few days ago, I saw a popular YouTuber telling his viewers that if a signal disappears when you turn on it, it’s going to be iron, and digging it would be a waste of time. I can’t tell you how many silver coins I’ve dug that only hit in one direction, and would completely disappear if you turned just a few degrees. Seems like the moment some of these guys get a few subscribers, they think they’re some kind of Detecting Guru and start slinging out “pro tips” left and right. Nothing wrong with sharing knowledge, but actually knowing what you’re talking about and having a little humility never hurts. As for Merrill, I’ve enjoyed watching his videos in the past. I believe he is a fairly knowledgeable detectorist, therefore I’d have to agree with the others that some of his recent antics are done solely to get more views. I don’t let it bother me too much. YT is purely entertainment value for me, so if I don’t like what a particular channel is doing, I simply stop watching.

Hey Joe. Welcome aboard!