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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!

Yes.

Over the last few years there seems to be the guy[s] that work endlessly to find the "gotcha" moment of a detector to tell you what it won't be able to detect. However finding this perfect gotcha moment in the wild rarely exists. Most of these can be beat by just doing a 360 check around the target. None of these are helpful "tips"

Lets just call it, what it is.............JUNK!

Check the plug connector to the Deus. Many of these are CHEAP! I learned that lesson with the first Minelab jumper I bought [it fell apart] . Tony only uses the best connectors and cable.

We did our testing in both manual GB and tracking. At the end all tracking GB. Did not notice much difference, but did not spend enough time at the beach to notice any subtle changes. Not sure what mode Deus recommends at the beach. It is clear the Minelab's recommendation to use Tracking GB is correct. I suspect so for the Deus 2 as well.

A printed coil stem will never be strong enough to hunt on a beach.

Does the Deus 2 offer 1 tone?

Actually in theory, tracking GB will work better if the mineralization changes rather than stays the same. As where I hunt and have 50' X 50' patches of black sand that change the ground Balance often. That is the reason to "track it"

Yes, during when each detector was looking at a particular target the other detector was off. But make no mistake, interference goes both ways.

What you posted is the actual end piece that installs into the factory rod.