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May have to replace the entire rod if water hunting.

WT........So $1,600 was not enough?????????????? The only thing I would purchase on your list would be the pod cover. No way in H, am I paying $25 either....

Stand alone 9" coils are going to available WAY before October!

Here are two that may still have some. These are small dealers, I suspect there are many more that have 9" ones available. https://www.detectorprospector.com/forums/topic/18431-big-allotment-of-deus-2s-on-their-way-to-gerrys-detectors/ https://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?p=3380426#post3380426

9" coil packages have already been delivered in the USA, already.

What if you encounter EMI at a Salt Beach? Are there any tricks? Different from scans and shifts.

Those are not twist locks???? Then it is something like the original "Doc's CF Rod" Like a compression fitting with o-ring? I will pass on that too. Looks like twist locks to me..... https://goldenmaskdetectors.com/accessory-details.php?id=9&lang=en The company also states no coils over 1.65 pounds. I have never seen a weight rating on a rod. With the force of water hunting I am skeptical this will stand up?

I applaud you for getting something [because you have to] But no thanks on the twist locks for Salt Beach hunting. HH

In all my years detecting [45] I have never ran across one female hunter........

We could not do water testing because of the location where we are. Please let us know how this goes! Finding wild targets with one detector and checking with the other is the best way to get results. HH

Minelab....Hands down

I like talking in code. But without a Legend in hand I might need a little more help with Rust line 12............

I always get misty eyed when one of these are in the scoop...👍 Two days ago, wet sand. On the slope, water contact. Equinox. Stamped 10K MEX.

Yes it should of come with the detector!!! But an 8" cable would not work in my case. Tony makes all my cables 28" long so I can keep the connection to headphones out of the splash zone. That 1/8 jack is not even water resistant.

I don't know many land hunters that had to address Equinox build issues? But beach hunters have had to address build issues on the Equinox. Deus 2 beach hunters will have to address build issues too. Maybe Minelab is increasing their price due to their own crappy build issues of coil ears and drowned pods. Looks like the consumer is paying for that!

Would really like your thoughts on Salt Water/Beach work. Thanks!

Humm, one ring was an exact match. Others very close in number too. Thanks!

I do post as Beachhunt1 on friendly Forums. All of the info posted there is the same. There has been a dynamic on friendly where there is several people that do not hunt salt beaches, or very new to hunting, telling beach hunters how they should be using settings. Most of what they posted was incorrect misinformation. I am glad those parties have stopped posting on their inexperience. Yes, I am critical of their postings when giving incorrect information. I am also glad you have seemed to find a detector that suits your iron infested beach!

Yes. I have been just as critical of Minelab putting junk out. Nope, not me. But I have questioned their left out testing methods. I was one of the first to be critical of the Equinox as well. I am still very critical of Equinox when it comes to EMI, and working in moving Salt Water. Incorrect. In the stock programs for the D2 with all filters off and reactivity at 0 it can not beat the Equinox in ANY stock beach program on wet sand. Only after using advances settings does it appear to have par capabilities. I do not have disdain of anybody regardless where or how they post. It was 5 days we tested the Equinox and D2 head to head. My review was at two beaches I hunt and results may not mimic where you hunt. [I stated that] My review is truthful and many options were tried. The entire focus was to identify deep nonferrous targets that will not TID on either machine. Nothing to be mad about Bro......it is what it is.......... While no one would be an expert in this time frame, 5 days is plenty to see what a detector has to give, and the D2 was out of modes and filters to try. The Equinox goes deeper in the Horseshoe Mode than in the discrimination mode on the Equinox>PERIOD. Apply that to the D2 however you like. My final thought: As my review states, there are places where the D2 will be better to run than the Equinox. You will have to provide a better rod and headphones. You will also have to fight the D2 offset coil in beach and water conditions. But you can buy a $25 gismo to add to your cost as well so the coil is center mounted.

I have 45 years of experience. Harsh...YUP, I will not apologize for wanting more. I am a pure beach hunter. Review here: https://www.detectorprospector.com/forums/topic/18421-deus-2-review-for-salt-beach-hunters/ This Deus 2 will be equal on wet sand. Then I have to ask, if the added cost and added items I need to make the Deus 2 huntable will be worth the cost. I am still thinking.

I think this has more to do with not settling as a consumer...........

I don't like it when we as consumers get less and less for our money. The Deus 2 is getting a premium price for LESS. Deus knew this was going to be a water machine but provided at detector rod unusable in water [less]. Rather than the crappy headphones supplied, how about a cable included so I can use my quality phones. Or better yet supply something half way decent. This is why Deus has not earned my dollars yet. I refuse to apologize for manufactures shipping unusable junk.

I can now vision someone's pod floating away........

It is not exaggerated if you are tall and have to extend it out to maximum length. OR.... For hunting in water it is completely unusable.

They CLEARLY need a lesson in quality headphone use!