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Well day four of testing and going to the different beach did not disappoint. Goals, more testing of nonferrous targets out of tid range, also gold testing. The darkness and the glimmer. This beach is very old and populated, I knew we were in for plenty of out of range targets with no tid. The Deus was called over to at least a dozen targets that my Equinox would not tid on but I knew were nonferrous and had clean tones around the target, 360. Several different factory beach modes were tried with no filters and reactivity at 0. It was frustrating to see the Deus not be able to get any tid what- so- ever and even more frustrating to see the Deus not be able to get clean tones 360 around these targets to confirm digging. Every target pictured had the same results. The biggest let down was when one the final wild test targets was a US Nickle. After this, and 1 1/2 hour's of testing. I just told my friend to hunt and I would do the same.

Well the expert stayed on the Deus today and the goal was more gold testing and deep non ferrous targets. Kind of a disappointment in the finding of deep non ferrous. Most targets were shallow. 1. Small Pendant: I got a deep no tid tone that sounded good 360 around the target. Called the Deus over and the Deus could not hit this target IN ANY MODE. I made the recovery and out of the sand it rang a 12 on the Equinox. 2. Gold Ring testing 10k: Buried the ring to the edge of my detecting ability with my Equinox. About 11", had no tid, but a nice sold repeatable 360 tone around the target. The Deus 2 was tried in Beach, Beach Pitch, Beach Sensitive, all filters off, reactivity 0, square tones too. The Deus was unable to get a signal on the gold ring in any mode to dig. All it had was scratchy one way hits, with no tid. More wild testing tomorrow! Going to a different beach.

So today we set out to accomplish the above. So both of the coins are the Mexican 50 centavo. Highly conductive[down to china] Green Coin: This was another great soft no tid nonferrous look. The Equinox responded well around the target, the Deus 2 had it a little choppy at one angle, no tid, this would have been dug. Brighter coin: No tid by either machine but good clean tones a digger by both machines. Stainless ring: Was very deep, both machines no tid but both machines had a good 360 tone. 10k Gold ring testing: I buried the ring at my maximum depth for the Equinox,[around 11"] but still had a good solid no tid tone 360. The Deus struggled in every mode to give a good repeatable 360 tone. Very scratchy, as describe by the operator. The only mode which made it a possible digger was the Beach Pitch mode, but was still an iffy digger. Tomorrow, I will get a half day on the Deus. Going to try some more deep non ferrous targets.

Part one: A tale of three objects. Goal to identify deep non-ferrous targets and compare signals before digging. Myself, on the Equinox and my friend on the Deus and VERY experienced Deus 1 user. Modes Beach 2 Equinox, Beach and Beach sensitive both tested on Deus The Ring: I located what I was sure to be a deep nonferrous beyond TID range. Called my friend over and he could hear it as well and the Deus 2 would not tid lock either. He said it sounds bad to him, I said it sounded clean to me. We now both know it was a ring. The Charm: I had a solid lock at 16 but I knew it was at the end of my tid range, as about one in every three swings would throw me another number. The Deus would not lock consistent and only gave a number one in about 6-8 swings. The Coin: A staple here to find. I buried it in the wet sand at the edge of my hearing it [about 15"] But not too deep where I would not dig it. The Deus would not number lock, either but was real scratchy on signal. Not sure I would have dug it, my friend said he would of not dug it. Today, more searching for deep nonferrous and testing buried gold.

Any one know the steps to put the tall person extension into the rod? Thanks!

Having a hard time finding the specs on these phones. If these phones are not Db rated for reducing outside noise, then beach users will have no use for them.

Maybe the second go-around in some of your sites should be done in Beach Sensitive????

I personally am going to get a jumper made up to run my Black Widow headphones.

It has been 20 years since I put a detector on soil. Are nickel's worth the same coming out of the ground 20 years ago as now........nothing. Just food for thought.

We will see. Will have one in my hands Friday and on the beach with it. Hope I don't break the crappy shaft.

YES.....Not cheap..........

Not what I asked. Do you know the cost of a stand alone coil.

Do you know how much coils are for the deus?

WAAAAAAY to early to tell. LOTS of 2022 left!

Yes there are people who do not have enough experience and go around calling themselves "testers" Hopefully the new people get to some of the more experienced people to make their decisions. I thought my Equinox was over chatty yesterday and it even drove me nuts. 😁

It is being "horded"

LOL

Yes, but don't like it!

Hope you mom is doing well!!! Try to call mine, often as possible!

I do not use the PP mode at the beach. The 15" coil is made for recovery in Horseshoe mode. So in horseshoe mode I just keep X-ing forward. With the taper of the coil it is really easy to see where you lose the target. Come back on the target slightly, and stuff the scoop in right behind the coil two inches. Really deep, fringe targets will center more forward on the coil, but keep the same dig point. As the deeper the target is, one has a tendency to scoop away from you more.

I am appalled a $1,500 hundred dollar detector doers not have a rod with enough spine for water hunting.

You have to really understand everyone's site is different. When I have two miles of beach to cover in 3 hours, the 15" comes out. I am still impressed with the small targets this thing finds. On a wet sand salt beach I can either run par sensitivity or one position less. The 15" coil serves a need!

Not what I experience at the beach here. I am already 500 yards from any structure. Would not matter if I am 30 yards or 500. Yes, frustrating!

Looks like the Equinox won the battle in this location.

But did you "have" to run the dive program? Could you get away with running the beach mode in the spot you were at?