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So the Deus 2 is SOLD.....just in time I think - my reasons 

1) was just happier with Minelab, the CTX whilst heavier, was just more robust for me and sounded better

2) did not like the tones of the D2

3) just felt flimsy, hated the water aerial wire

The machine seems to work extremely well, but was just not my 'cup of tea'.....so, onto the next adventure - manticore?

On 6/18/2022 at 10:56 AM, Carolina said:

Joe, tried to help, got no response.

thanks Carolina - much appreciated - I managed to find the connectors online and have wired an unused set of Koss yellows to the connector - epoxying as we type!   They seem plenty loud and you can drive them louder with the 'bone conductor setting' on the Deus 2 (probably also ok on the standard setting at v9).  Will post photos

11 hours ago, strick said:

How do you like the Nemo? I’m about an inch away from getting one...

strick

It’s great been using for a year now…happy to answer any questions 

4 hours ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

Nice chunk of gold!

Also I will have to look thru my notes but I had a site you could buy the fitting and cable needed for the head phones, may take me a few days but I will post the link. Carolina made his own phones for the D2, maybe he will chime in...

thanks Joe

Ps - am beginning to like the D2 - I am unsure about the depth, but sometimes just the ability to modify the sounds to make them easier to hear when diving is all you need.  There is a lot of noise, confusion and bubbles (and with the nemo, rattle of the compressor) so a decent ‘pitch tone’ makes me focus on targets I may have otherwise missed?

Hi all - second hunt, this time fully underwater, again in the hunted out beach.  Just a few coins, pretty deep, and then out in around 3m of water I found two very old bottles / moved them as there was a faint target in dive mode (modded to pitch tones) and a very old 18ct popped out of a crevice!  Nice ring and pretty old. 

I ran the aerial cable through the shaft to tidy that up.  Hate the shaft - it’s horrible; so just need a nice mount for an excal straight shaft with some strength. 

I have the 11 inch coil, starting to think the 9 would be best for diving, but overall, a good day.

Would love to find the connector so can repurpose my equinox grey ghosts…..

Machine was quiet, stable in water.  Bone phones really ‘dig in’ under the dive hood, so ended up wearing two hoods with the bone phones in between.  

more updates to come 

Dale

53 minutes ago, Gwcracker said:

Would love to see a test that I could believe. So much BS and smoke has been spread and blown that I believe none of it. What I do know is the EMI is horrible in my area. I refuse to subject myself to that sort of punishment until it is remedied.

did the freq shift work? or the noise cancel / channel search?

1 hour ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

From air test the AQ is weak on silver coins? Seems gold and nickels are it's stronger point, for me.

 

 

D2 missing the 5gram 14 - or did the D2 not pick it up at depth?

Can't really comment on the EMI as I was underwater the whole time 🙂   Wonder if the noise cancel / or freq shift would help out above?

I will give it a decent test today, they (D2) are fairly hard to come by in NZ (No stock at moment) - so if the trial ends badly will move it on to a coin hunter.  

I was only interested in the dive ability really.   The unit does seem pretty waterproof, and the dive headphones are decent.  I like the ability to alter the tones, so they are easily heard over the typical scuba bubbles (will see).

I really hate the YouTube videos that don't give honest info, they seem to pump each machine up, beyond reality.   There should be a 'paid content' disclaimer from some of those guys.

Off for a dive today with the nemo, its a 0.3 tide, but a very pounded (aka, basically empty) beach, hoping for one last target!

Hi all - thanks for the advice above.  I decided to give one a blast - namely as I sold my spare CTX and nox (keeping a CTX always!).  

Went out twice now, yesterday at the beach trying to learn the menu!  Today, in the water.  It’s winter here in NZ and pretty chilly, but, with a new machine to test was somewhat determined!

The jury is out but from my first 3 hours in the water:

- very stable / ran at 97 - 99 sensitivity.  not chatty here in calm water

- tried Dive Mode and the various beach modes

- bone conduction phones are great for diving, with a hood.  I made similar for my CTX.  They are a little uncomfortable, but not bad.  Apparently covered by the 5 year warranty here in NZ, will be interesting to see how they hold up

Very few targets at this beach and then a deep, faint tone in DIVE mode - the 8gram ring was pretty deep - I don’t think the CTX or EXCAL would have found it?

I setup a ‘copy’ of the DIVE mode, saved as a custom program but with pitch tones - popped the ring back in the hole (seemed 1 foot deep!) and and ran the coil over it - no way to miss it, blew my ears off!

The jury is out at the moment but at least the detector is 1/10 paid off 😉

more updates to come 

Hi Guys

can anyone provide a real world, non-sponsored view on the XP deus 2 and bone phones - mainly for the beach and more importantly for the water/dive.    I have a long experience with the excals, ATX, CTX and various other detectors - tried the original XP a long while ago and moved on quickly.  Minelab have been so slow on a 'CTX replacement' - so the D2 11" needs some investigation.

For those with the XP D2 machine - are you still happy - or wished you waited for the new minelab CTX 4040!  (one can dream??)

Thoughts appreciated before spending the $

OBN??

Dale

Atx is a good machine - still have mine. Ergonomics so so. Iron check works ok. A ‘two tone’ PI is better than the sea hunter in my opinion.

unsure if the cable issue is resolved….

Well holy shit / the gpx on a cleaned out beach this pm

still learning the machine had a DD coil (standard ML) was in Coin/Relic, mostly standard settings apart from IReject turned up. 
 

on the front of the machine I had Mono selected - I guess it still works with a DD?

need to buy a waterproof coil!

Thanks much for your help by the way - keen to try and sort the battery charging:

would you awesome if someone with a 12v gpx car charger could check the charger output pins for voltage as I read elsewhere:

”Pin 5 is the power coming in from your charge cord to the charging circuit inside the battery”

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Hmm are you sure no other pins connected in the charger side (just 24v dc) to those 2?

Hmm yes hope so, looks like one of the coil connectors needs soldering - I will sort that tonight. 

the battery seems to hold its charge just was hesitant to apply 12v directly to the terminals?  Sure?

My guess was owned by an older gentlemen and maybe sold by his / her family - manual is heavily notated 😉

Yep mate - pretty good deal 1800 - three coils 😉. 

Hi guys, could not resist and picked up a 5000 (looks like a decent unit) and want to get it going with car charging 

i have a question regards the lIion battery.   It seems like the ‘charging circuit’ is built into the battery - does anyone have a ML car charger (12v). I assume this just feeds to the + and - pins of the battery and the car charger plug itself has no internal electronics?

can anyone comment / wanting to ‘make’ a car charger 😉 as no stock here in NZ

4 hours ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

My opinion, Nothing wrong with the limited other then the battery run time and the cables in that area. But I do think the "New" AQ is a much better machine because they have made so many refinements. The only thing that concerns me...the Price. I am hopping around 2000.oo? 

 

Thanks Joe

are the cables a relatively easy fix if broken - have a chance to get a limited to NZ and value your opinion!

18 hours ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

You are Hot on the Yellow Mike and that AQ is going to be paid off soon! 

Great day out Mike, Thank you for the invite also. Hard to believe it has been 5 months since I got wet.

Hi Joe / wondering if you think it is better to wait for the AQ SERIEs or go with the limited - given your experience with the Xcals etc

any advice appreciated - sorry to hijack the thread!

Out of interest - If anyone has a broken atx - keen on buying the main unit to make my own waterproof case 🙂

Hunts 5 and 6 - two different locations, both in 2-3metres of water.  
 

Have found the best headphones for the atx (ditch the blue ones - they are too loud!) are the old Grey Ghosts with the volume control if you can find them!

small brighter yellow plain band is 18ct - random find in 2.5m depth 

Other bands from an “underwater cut”  - all “soft” high lows 

Also “youship” which gives us an USA address and freight forwarded by NZ post?

1 hour ago, Carolina said:

He would have been better off with USPS. Looks like he used UPS and shipped Thru DHL Express. I shipped a VALLON 12” coil and lower rod for a VALLON for $85 to Australia with USPS. Still crazy high.

usps works well for us - much cheaper