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Erik Oostra

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  1. You were spot on with this one Phrunt.. I'm more impressed with the Deus II as a scuba detector than a beach detector.. And there's also a happy ending to me selling the GPX 5000 to buy the Deus II.. The prospector who I sold it to already has the GPX 6000 and GPZ 7000 to work his claims around Georgetown, Forsayth and the Palmer River, but he's always had a soft spot for the 5000 because of it's huge range of coils.. He's no small time operator, he's got the big machinery out on his claims to process as much dirt as he can.. He's been prospecting for 22 years as a interest and turned professional 6 years ago.. When he told me how much he made from gold prospecting/mining, I nearly fell over backwards.. Well into the tens of millions.. Anyway, he invited me to come hunt on his claims.. He'll even lend me back the GPX 5000, so I'm using a detector I'm familiar with.. So, all's well that ends well.. 😃
  2. Sorry Phrunt but I'm done testing.. 😃 Just going to enjoy both the detectors for the time being.. The equinox on the beach and the Deus II in the sea.. But I will keep on posting any queries or observations I have on the Deus II.. Judging by some of the videos coming out by prospectors, it seems the Deus II is also not much chop on small/tiny gold nuggets.. As I've mentioned, I also have some reservations about it as a beach detector compared to the Equinox, a larger coil makes all the difference.. But as a scuba detector it's working out just great.. Mission accomplished.. 😁
  3. Here's a test of the Deus II vs the Equinox on a 1943 silver shilling.. This is the reason why I use a large coil on the Equinox.. Although I would've dug the target with both detectors because of the high readings, they did jump about a fair bit between numbers (if it wasn't for the high numbers it could have been a bottle cap, they jump about too).. Both detectors are at full volume.. Also notice how much the Deus II shaft wobbles when extended..
  4. I've just tested this on my beach.. see my thread comparing the Deus II vs the Equinox.. I've made some videos, I'm sure the results won't surprise you.. 😬
  5. I do have a bit of a concern about the battery life.. now, before anyone jumps on me, I do know (having read the manual a million times) that the coil battery drains faster in the Diving program, and that the control box battery drains faster when you've got the bone-phones attached.. But I didn't realise how fast.. Yesterday at Horseshoe Bay I checked the battery on the control box to see how battery was doing before diving (the coil was fully charged the night before).. it showed 1 bar on the battery meter, but about 20 minutes into the dive the Deus II died.. This is no great disaster for me (more of a pain in the arse) as I'm at most 5 minutes away from home on the island.. But it does compare badly to the Equinox battery which holds its charge much longer underwater.. Could this be because I'm running it with the volume turned up so high on the bone-phones?
  6. My camera (a cheap Chinese knock-off of the GoPro) kept playing up underwater, but it did accidentally take a few great pictures as I was getting out of the water.. including an (me thinks) awesome selfie.. XP.. feel free to use these pictures in your advertising.. 😁
  7. This morning inside the shark net at Picnic Bay.. I don't like using a camera on the job but I thought I'd take the opportunity to try and show the display of the Deus II a bit better during a dive (Diving program).. At the end of the video it shows the detector floating away from me as I'm digging a target..
  8. Forget all I said about the long stiff plastic lead on the bone-phones, it's great! Whenever the Deus II does it's amazing disappearing act underwater by floating away from me, I just give the lead a quick tug and it zooms straight back.. 😁
  9. Thanks Geezer.. I also have loud constant 'ringing' in both ears (tinnitus).. I have difficulty hearing over the top of this ringing, especially in the mid to high tones.. I wear hearing aids and lipread to get by, as it's pretty hopeless without them.. My hearing loss is hereditary, my great-granddad, granddad, mum, me and my twin brother and now my son as well.. My hearing started to go in my early teens and is steadily getting worse.. my mum is nearly deaf and uses very sophisticated hearing devices to hear the phone etc., and that'll be me a few years down the track.. Because the hearing loss is so gradual, I've never really noticed it.. I've learned to live with it.. same applies underwater, I time it with breathing out so I can hear the detector over the bubbles.. and my eyes are constantly glued to the target ID whenever the detector makes a likely squeak.. on the beach I use the speakers instead of headphones, I wear a hearing aid on the side of my swinging arm (right).. I don't wear one on the left so there's very little sound coming in from that side.. I'm in a little sound bubble with me and the speaker that way.. Even with a noisy background (waves and wind) I find this works well for me.. 😁
  10. Thanks Dewcon.. The Diving program seems very sensitive/stable on the targets I'm after.. I've been testing it underwater with various rings and coins buried at different depths and seeing how the Deus II compares with the Equinox and PulseDive.. So far, I'm very impressed with the Deus II as a scuba detector.. on the beach I'm finding it has no real advantage over the Equinox.. but that's on my beaches, yours may well be different..
  11. A mate has tried them out.. he reckons they are plenty loud for him but he also can't feel any vibrations.. looks like I got a dud without the vibrations.. I'm using them as normal headphones with just with the sound and I'm happy with that.. If I send them back I'll be stuck without headphones again.. I'll have a rethink in a few weeks whether to send them back for a replacement if I find I need a headphone that vibrates as well as makes a sound.. 😁
  12. Thanks for your help Jeff.. I've just made a quick video to show you what happens..
  13. A comment by Jeff on another one of my threads comparing the Deus II to the Equinox, has got me thinking about black-sand beaches.. and when can a beach be called a black-sand beach? Jeff watched the videos (page 18 on this thread) and noticed the black sand on my beach, you can see it clearly in dark streaks during back-wash.. He correctly pointed out that the amount of black sand could be why it's difficult to determine which detector is better at the job.. I fully agree, but for me it's always been this way.. I don't have easy access to other beaches except for those on this Island (there's a lot), and they all have black sand (maybe the island's name provides a clue?).. So, I would like to know how my beach stacks up against yours in terms of black sand.. Have a quick look at the videos and please tell me what you think, I'd really like to know as it'll give me a better idea of what I'm dealing with.. 😃
  14. As a newbie to the game, I couldn't agree more! Not a day passes that I'm not on some beach or underwater with a metal detector in my hand.. Or the rare days that I can't go out are spend trying to work out where the good stuff is hidden.. For me, it's the sheer enjoyment of it all.. Despite any aches and pains, nothing beats the thrill of the hunt.. Those who have seen my videos on this thread (page 18) will understand the kind of hunting I enjoy most.. People get surprised to learn I get up at low-tide, even from 1:30 am to 3:30 am during different times of the month.. They don't understand the sheer enjoyment of finding a target in moving water with a head-lamp.. 😃 It's a rare thing to find such a great bunch of like-minded people.. So, happy hunting to everyone!
  15. Spot on Chase! although I would have said 'bullshit' instead of 'a chore'.. Spot on again Chase! I also had high hopes for the Deus II.. be prepared for bitter disappointment, especially compared to the Equinox.. Thanks for your great advice Chase, but as I said a million times 'I can hear the bone-phones'.. on my ears with the volume cranked up high.. All sweet! just what I needed.. now I can hear the Deus II.. it might not be how you'd use them underwater, but it works for me.. Have you ever taken your Deus for a dive?
  16. Yes! that's what I meant by 'I'm trying the lowest tone possible'.. I realise I should have said 'adjusting the audio frequencies downward to 100 or 300 Hz'.. maybe my explanations are getting lost in translation somehow.. This was the first thing I was interested in with the bone-phones, that little inset note at the center of the page caught my attention when I read the manual.. My hearing loss (hereditary) is bad in the mid to high tone range, that's why I love them low tones! Not only do they make things vibrate, I can also hear them.. When I detect I wear only one hearing aid, the one on the right closest to the speaker.. this cuts out most sound on my left.. For me, this works.. I also greatly dislike wired headphones or any other headphone on my head.. I can hear the speaker within my own little sound bubble, concentrating on what the detector is telling me without any outside noise..
  17. My hearing is simply too bad.. I have to wear them on the ears with the volume cranked right up.. and there's no vibrations, on the cheek bone or anywhere else.. maybe mine are a dud, or when you get yours you can tell me if you've noticed the same thing or not..
  18. Thanks, yeah a scoop would be handy there (i do have one), but it was hard enough testing two detectors whilst filming without having another thing to worry about.. I kept looking at the camera to see if it was still filming, dealing with the constant interference from the other detector and kept losing the target.. normally the whole recovery procedure runs a whole lot smoother.. however, you can clearly see why I don't wear wired headphones for my style of hunting.. 😃 yes, it's a little silver ring..
  19. Yeah, it's a long stiff plastic lead - 1.8 metres long.. I've got it tried down coiled up at the back of the hand rest to keep it out the way.. I can see it getting tangled up in my regulator hoses when diving but being able to hear them at all makes it worth it.. still, XP could have gone about the whole lead thing a bit better.. a short curly rubber lead would be a huge improvement.. 😃
  20. I'm comparing them to hearing aids applying the same principle, with these bone-phones there's no vibration at all, at least that I can feel.. 😁 I also can't hear them on the cheek bone, I need to wear them nearly in the ear.. In wild and woolly beach conditions I'll probably wear them on the ears, and underwater half-on.. I'm trying them out on full volume and the lowest possible tones.. So far they work as normal cheap headphones, although for the price (AU$ 150 + $9 postage) I expected the singing and dancing, bells and whistles variety (like XP promised in the brochure).. 😬
  21. Like anything XP, they're like a toy.. they reminded me of a kid's stethoscope to play doctors and nurses.. and for all XP's bragging about being the first to introduce bone conduction headphones for metal detecting, so far the new technology isn't working for me.. if they are supposed to vibrate I can't feel a thing.. maybe I'm unlucky and have received a pair of non-vibrating bone-phones.. so far all I've got is a pair of cheap and nasty looking headphones.. Nonetheless, cheap looking or not, they do work! and I should be able to hear them underwater.. 😁
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