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Yes, this was on purpose. I did not want to taint the gene pool. Also helps me understand any recommendations I get more. I did run a program yesterday that helped. Not sure I can fine tune that one any more. The thing about Black Sand is Chase, it is a double edge sword. Not only does it cause a detector all kinds of problems, it is a depth killer too. I already know I lose depth at 90. Anything lower and it will be painful. To note I am able to run the Equinox at 21-22 with the same conditions.

The salt sensitivity setting is irrelevant to the Black Sand affect, be it at 2 or 7. Ya, it took 30 seconds to figure out the machine would not even function in Magnetic Sand accepted. So is has been in factory reject. I have the 9"coil too.

Well my beach conditions are tough. The black sand here is pretty bad right now. I can not seem to get Deus 2 to shut up even running at 90 sens and lots of other adjustments tried. Anyone have any thoughts? My ears hurt.

HI Dan Great info! Did you try to keep the machine in S.S.9 and clean up the noise by lowering sensitivity? The reason I ask, when testing on deep gold we found the machine had the ability for the same depth at 88 sensitivity. It was below this point with sensitivity 87 and lower that the D2 seem to lose depth. I was out with my Equinox yesterday and will be today, but hope to get that D2 out by the end of the week and will test lowering the sensitivity with keeping salt sens at 9. We had a hurricane out in the ocean and it is very rough here.

So have we figured this out? Is 9 the high of the scale or low of the scale?

That is why I use a hand stop on the set-up I made. With the forces of waves, it has been an important part of my set-up for years. HH

Absolutely an Excal. Good article!

Not my point, I do believe you like the "sound". The Deus has an incredible array of ways to set the tonal abilities of the machine. You have Pitch audio, which is adjustable from 150to 603Hz. Next is audio in Square and PWM which is adjustable from 100 to 933Hz. This is important for customers and buyers to know. For myself, I have picked square tones and raised the Hz up to mimic the sounds of the Equinox. I will be using both machines and when doing so, I do not like them singing different music to my ears. I understand both machines will have their own language per say, but I want the tones I hear to be similar. 😎

Well? There are lots of different sounds in many different modes available.

OK, I agree with everything you say. I just thought you ran into something, a condition that made tracking GB perform worse. I can personally say that on the Equinox not one condition has ever made me switch out of Tracking GB, while working the beach.

Terry, can you elaborate why tracking is an issue on some of your beaches? Thanks.

Well, this person has a chat site. So a month ago I posed a question about his #1 detector. I am still waiting for an answer, so there is that. A serious grain of salt should be taken into account here.

It took us until the 3rd day to see that the engineers at XP did not set the factory programs up to the best of the detector's ability. I think an old Calvary guy might be on the something. I will be back on my machine's next week and will be working my Deus 2 purchase. Already have a few custom programs I am going with off the start. Myself, coming from years of Minelab I have a serious question about tracking GB on a wet salt beach? When I posed this question to a Deus expert the response was, "it is personal preference" I thought that answer was hogwash. I will be looking into the GB features more.

Good review, you put a lot of thought into it. XP did not have any beach hunters input either................

Very Purdy! Nice work!

First off, Great finds! There has to be more there. Remember, Tony's headphones have Piezos. They are not speakers. You may have to adjust the iron tone to make them sound the same as speakers.

Got my very durable beach rod set for the Deus 2. This has great features. *Antenna run through the center of the shaft [Steves yoke mount has a hole in the center] . *Original coil bolts are used with washers on both sides. *Hand grip with stress washer on top. *The pod can be turned slightly from left to right depending on which hand you want to use. Added Anderson arm cuff. *Cam locking clamp. *Also, no holes in the shafts except for where the antenna comes out. I will be using the Gig's modification for attaching the antenna to the coil with adhesive and keeping water out of the antenna wire. This has already been tested by me. Both on land with and without antenna connection and in the water without any performance loss. I would like to thank Steve from Steve's rods for helping me make a great strong Deus 2 beach set-up.

I agree. I also think there is no good reason XP should not have available ANY VERSION of software available to the end user. On another note. Do not be afraid to reload the newest version of software again and again and again if you think the deus is not working correctly. Make sure your connection to the internet is fast and take out all your custom programs ahead of time.

Awesome finds!!!

Shucks, I wish all my white rings read "plat" in them..........

Fantastic! Awesome work! BRAVO!!!!

Nice digs!!! Gold can't be far away!

Chinese talents??? That might be a little overreach. Most everything coming out of China is inferior.

How cute. Do they come in pink?

Our prices to ship within the country are ridiculous.