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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.

That thing frickin ROCKS!!!!

Tony E makes all of my custom cables. He has connectors right now. Not sure how long the one is in the picture, but he will make them as long as you want.

Yup, confirmed by my Salt Water testing review. https://www.detectorprospector.com/forums/topic/18421-deus-2-review-for-salt-beach-hunters/ The headphones included are junk as well..........

The diving program is is weakest of the beach programs.

This target has lots of water contact. So I identified by sold 360 tone. It rings 14..........

This is not true. The WS6 headphones are complete junk and the shaft is not usable in water.

Not known for very purdy stuff here. But did manage to snag this with the Equinox. VERY quality setting. Marked 10KR [rose gold] Hope these are all diamonds!!!

I have written about this before, but will again. Everything I reference is hunting beach mode 2 in wet sand. IB 6, Recovery 6. The Equinox in Horseshoe Mode is a very powerful discriminator and will identify nonferrous targets that register as iron Tid numbers, and sometimes no number if the signal is faint enough. I run one or two threshold level. Which, is not really audible even with the best of phones, and am usually able to work at 22 or 23 sensitivity. By doing this it enhances deep targets. When a deep target is heard identify the center, then start a 360 sweep around the target making sure you are passing the center of the coil over the target. Coil control is important, go slow. If possible, increase your sensitivity to look at just this target to identify better. If at anytime that target double rings, or has a breakdown in response in one direction it is iron 100% of the time. If the target remains consistent in response it is nonferrous. Very accurate, probably 92 percent of the time, Meaning I have about 8 targets out of a 100 that fool me. I have no idea if this works in other modes for the Equinox, but it sure does in Beach 2. This is how we compared the depth of the Deus 2 for targets that were past identification. The Deus 2 has issues with clean tones at depth, where the Equinox is whisper clean. I find true threshold breaks very hard to hunt, and time is spent chasing ghost targets. This method of enhancing small bumps is more effective.

Weird

How are you able to download again? Do you not just get a message that says you have the current version?

Test done without the lab coat???? Has to be fake......

Welcome back Aaron. Hope you get out detecting....lots!!!!

With modern processing detectors threshold hunting might be a thing of the past. The effectiveness does not seem worth any effort.

I am sure Deus will get this figured out. However people are going to be gun shy about putting an update on and not having an uninstall feature! Maybe the Chinese parts do not like the Chinese language addition.

VERY NICE work!!! Like the rubber grommet on top. Do you have a rubber grommet on the bottom too? Can you share where you got the ip68 at??? Tony said there are supply issues.

Thanks Chase, I am going to plug in directly alright. However it will be with my Black Widows or a pair of Eisenhower's...........

My friend is an accomplished beach user of the CTX and Equinox. He always called the Deus 1 his favorite dirt hunting machine. It was because of his knowledge of Deus 1 we were able to write programs better than the stock beach programs. No one is accomplished on the Deus 2 yet. I have no doubt the Deus 2 may have the capability of pulling a 16" gold ring. Just not at the beaches we tested and not in factory programs. 😉

Thank you for pointing out my error. I changed it to the factory Spec 11" coil...not 12" either....... Yes it was very difficult in forceful wave wash with my leg against the detector rod trying to keep it steady from vibrating side to side. [very uncomfortable] I was bound and determined to get this important testing done.

The beaches I hunt are on the Pacific ocean, large wave action, and have moderate black sand.