midalake
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2 hours ago, Dug said:
I’m working on a 3d printed end for the simplex shaft to attach the Deus coil.
A printed coil stem will never be strong enough to hunt on a beach.
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Does the Deus 2 offer 1 tone?
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1 hour ago, ColonelDan said:
I’ve used tracking twice along Cocoa Beach Florida and it works fine. The mineralization there is very uniform so tracking is a good option.
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"
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2 hours ago, Bluetube1000 said:
Curious if you turned off the Nox while the D2 was over targets? Even 10’ away still interferes with Deus.
Yes, during when each detector was looking at a particular target the other detector was off.
But make no mistake, interference goes both ways.
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1 hour ago, CPT_GhostLight said:
Hey SteveG, I saw these online and thought of you. I don’t know if this could be adapted somehow to the S-shaft or for a mount to the straight shaft and these are for Deus 1 and Orx, so I don’t know if they would work for the D2, but maybe they would give you some ideas.
What you posted is the actual end piece that installs into the factory rod.
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4 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:
Here's an idea based on an eBay listing...these are hard to get given the situation in the Ukraine.
That thing frickin ROCKS!!!!
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2 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:
But this cable is a secret, only listed on metaldetector.com so far as I can find. Only $12.90, but they want $22 shipping!!!! Sucker that I am I have one on order, but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth
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.
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15 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:
This one… barely ok out of water, and I’d think a disaster swinging in water against resistance.
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..........
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48 minutes ago, Skate said:
I got out again yesterday to the beach. I have yet to hunt in the dirt but I'm not complaining as I regularly hunt the beach now about 80% of the time. The main thing I noticed again was target and tone ID is spot on. I once again dug every target regardless of tone or ID just to verify what it was seeing in the sand. I started with the Dive program because I think I read somewhere it was deeper. I could be wrong but it didn't matter as the good targets were few and far in between. I kept the settings pretty much stock but lowered the reactivity to 1.0, upped sensitivity to 97.
Here's where the D2 is awesome (so far). Every target was what the D2 said it was going to be before I dug. On my Nox I would always dig every iron grunt in the wet sand because many of the tones cleared up and ID'd themselves after a scoop or two of sand was removed. On the D2 if it warbled an iron tone it was iron, EVERY SINGLE TIME. Every penny tone and ID came back as a penny. I hit a nickel fairly deep and it was LOUD and crisp in terms of tone and the ID never moved off of 62. The tone and ID capabilities of the machine are uncanny when compared to any other detector I have used.
The key for me is when I can get the 13" coil because I think it will beat everything else currently available at the beach. I think the D2 will be the better option for folks looking for an upgrade in performance in their current detector. If you are someone who really enjoys detecting the D2 is will fill your quiver. I liked my D1 but it sucked at the beach so I got an Equinox but the D2 is a better detector for me given what I want to do going forward. I will hopefully hit the dirt soon.
HH
Skate
The diving program is is weakest of the beach programs.
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21 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:
Nice looking ring no matter what, don't let the wife see it or she will claim it for sure.
What did it ring up as on the Nox.
Good luck on your next outing.
This target has lots of water contact. So I identified by sold 360 tone.
It rings 14..........
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7 hours ago, la torche said:
Deus II is a Swiss Army knife with the technology of Ariane 5 and the price of Rolls Royce.
La TorcheThis is not true. The WS6 headphones are complete junk and the shaft is not usable in water.
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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!!!
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18 hours ago, mh9162013 said:
How is that possible? If the Equinox can't detect a target, how does it know it's there, let alone know to give it a particular ID # or tone?
Or are you saying that the Equinox will lower a VDI or tone for a target it can detect, but is at the limits of its range?
17 hours ago, stevejhgla said:This.
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.
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Just now, slyworld said:
No, You can redo the update process as many time as you want with the same version
Weird
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Just now, diggindaboot said:
I kept my Deus 2 after all. Did the update and did lose depth. Downloaded again and it appears to be working just fine. Love the big numbers btw.
How are you able to download again? Do you not just get a message that says you have the current version?
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3 hours ago, NCtoad said:
He did a video about this. He says the depth hasn’t changed.
Test done without the lab coat???? Has to be fake......
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Welcome back Aaron. Hope you get out detecting....lots!!!!
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With modern processing detectors threshold hunting might be a thing of the past. The effectiveness does not seem worth any effort.
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1 hour ago, Chase Goldman said:
At the VERY LEAST XP is exhibiting very poor version configuration control by not using distinct version numbers for the new update, not describing the differences for users, and finally not providing a rollback path.
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!
2 hours ago, slyworld said:So don't worry about this new version, no discrimination change, no performance change, no EMI sensitivity change, nothing except chinese language and the big TID screen 🙂
Maybe the Chinese parts do not like the Chinese language addition.
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2 hours ago, Carolina said:
I bought a ip 68 connector and cord for my pro golds. Not a big fan of wireless
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.
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1 hour ago, Chase Goldman said:
This is easily addressed with a $10 plate adapter that will let you plug your SunRays directly into the WS6 or the XP adapter cable that allows you to plug directly into the rear of the RC module.
Thanks Chase, I am going to plug in directly alright. However it will be with my Black Widows or a pair of Eisenhower's...........
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2 hours ago, Carolina said:
Just my 2 cents worth. Your friend was a newbie, as the Deus l was not a beach machine. Does he beach hunt a lot and if so what machine ?
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.
2 hours ago, Carolina said:My Deus under salt conditions before my update had no problem with a 14k band 5.5 grams at 16 inches measured.
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. 😉
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7 minutes ago, Carolina said:
Just to let you know, it is a 12” coil or 9”. Not sure which you had.
Thank you for pointing out my error. I changed it to the factory Spec 11" coil...not 12" either.......
8 minutes ago, Carolina said:Your first comment was the machine is not salt water useable yet near the end you were amazed at how well it worked in the salt water wash
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.
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3 minutes ago, abenson said:
First question I have is where is the beach you are hunting and does it have black sand? maybe that was covered in the other post, if so I missed it.
The beaches I hunt are on the Pacific ocean, large wave action, and have moderate black sand.
Deus 2 Black Sand Beach Video
in XP Deus II Forum
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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.