Skull diver

Certainly there are so many variables between setting and terrain that it is impossible to pit one tool against the other. However, when I saw the distance from the coil at which the signal begins to manifest on the D2, I realized the potential effectiveness on low conductors. Although air tests are worth as much as toilet paper, gold remains gold, and there are pieces that barely play stuck to the coil of the Ctx... I use it, I keep it, but the occasions of erosion where it might make a difference are becoming increasingly rare.

@Jeff McClendon I am still chagrined to this day, by the way newer, more advanced instruments have this "flaw." A 2013 Ctx isolates damn well in 30 points a mass of gold objects of any shape and weight. Unfortunately, the depth of detection is at least 20 percent less than a Deus2 or a Manticore. I had a chance to test and film the Equinox 800 and after a week of creating promotional videos and instructions for use, I returned it to the dealer with no regrets. Minelab buried the Ctx without releasing any updates and that was really bad. Even today it is still being sold at the exact same price as the launch.I wonder why.

I remain with a bitter taste in my mouth, probably used to a totally different pattern as much as obsolete. Perhaps that is what I do not tolerate in a newer instrument. Every purchase represents an investment and improvement of one's equipment, but sometimes the comparison with old instruments is deleterious.

This piece is absolutely beautiful. Knowing that it is two centuries old is even better! I can't easily explain my thoughts about the ID allocation, but taking into account a more "compressed" Ctx on 50 maximum points, I would have thought Deus2 more accurate and effective in isolating low conductors, but instead I find them scattered everywhere between 35 and 80...I have no other way to explain how much I want a solution to this problem. No doubt with the 9" coil the Deus2 outperforms the Ctx with the 11" coil in depth, but discrimination still remains to be improved and by a lot.

I added a positive review on the mount, which finally made the instrument decent when I use it under the surface ... https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/25081-rcdigs-deus-2-rc-mount-review/?do=findComment&comment=267595

I want to address this discussion without attacking any person at all, but take this opportunity to technically discuss my experience of research adopting the Deus2 on the seabed. That being said, I have had a rare case of misleading target ID happen to me, and although I read everywhere among you detailed tests of gold pieces falling in the high end up to about 85 points, I want to explain my drawback. The ring you observe in the photo, is an ordinary wedding ring that probably because of its thickness, responds with a solid 80. Forgive my assertion, but this is damning, considering the multitude of coins and leads that fall within those figures. While this is a rare case, which I might estimate on a scale of 1 to 10 as a 2, it means a significant loss of effectiveness in selecting signals worthy of excavation. I am ready to receive any comment from those who dig any repeatable signal, but I want to remember my own difficulty during a dive session, when with zero visibility, freezing water and time running down for the air termination, this is a detriment. My point is a subtle one that the so-called Pros will probably understand better, and by that I am not calling anyone stupid. (Life has brought me to the condition of having to live more and more frequently with only the gold production I derive). That said, the incredibly large scale where gold responds in the ID scale makes for an unproductive session, digging up too many potential high gold IDs. I hope and wish that Xp would consider a future change in the distribution of low conductors on the ID scale and as much as I may be technically wrong, there are tools that prove otherwise although they may operate with different algorithms. Feel free to say your thoughts on it, but that's the harsh truth.

I want to say a few words of praise about the RCdigs mount. After at least six dives, I confirm the initial impressions of the solidity and ease of installation. It was enough to take care of the hardware with petroleum jelly and the whole thing unscrews very easily in case of maintenance. I should add that the antenna cable tunnel, in perfect position, allowed me to mount on the remote its clip avoiding the strange, tight end bend. I finally use the D2 underwater without any worries.

You're right. Three colours ring

Hhmmm... Let's talk about what I see there... Nice edge to hope for, but...Still high tide and strong backwash (the one you don't want to be caught in)...Inshore wind and absolutely no way to stay lower than that...I'd do the same, just without detector and walking to breath fresh air by the ocean🥰

In the common imagination, beach hunting is based on the first few feet of shoreline, sometimes at the top, sometimes at the edge of an eroded step, sometimes in flooded pools after a decent tide. All of this in my area is out of the question and being forced to enter the water and totally submerge, today, after three sessions I summarize what I am observing. On the first day, in a spot I hadn't been to in over 10 years, I pulled out a triple ring and amazingly not far from where I found a twin 10 years earlier. Finally, the first piece of 2024🤔. On the second day, a really thin ring, different spot, and really unusual water depth. It all ends today, with the third session in the same spot as yesterday, but this time even deeper at about 5 meters and very far from the shore. A man's wedding ring, after a century of other much thinner and lighter finds. The outer sandbar may remain the final frontier. Rarely, pits can open at such depths, and if they do, it is generally because of a play of currents with which one should not mess around. I am considering a floating platform of the bodyboard kind, to be kept on the surface as a safety device for a return to shore or at least to have something to cling to effortlessly and return to shore with the help of the board and fins. By the way, finally some shines.

I will soon have to solve the same problem to use Ws6 with the jack adapter (I should buy the Ws4 mount). The more I look at the original clip, the more I think of using a threaded rivet to fit inside the clip on the rod and a thin plate as a washer, to close with a flat head screw under the Ws6. That way the clip attachment would just be to hold the whole thing in the correct position, but the real fastening would be at the screw

😂I'll see if another remote and coil will do the trick, but really in the future...As for now I just want to enjoy the finally complete setup

Although I could open a new post about it, I am adding a small modification that may be one less job in making the D2 suitable for underwater use. I finally found the 25" antenna cable available. In my setup, a hole in the rod and creating an internal coil with the excess length proves of little advantage, considering that the RCdigs mount sits on an additional adapter on the Anderson handle, I preferred to run the antenna cable from the mount to the coil on the outside. All in all, with far fewer turns around the rod, I am just fine with this....

@Treeism041963 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1FEcAqIAmn/?igsh=dTJlYWNidmMxZXN6 👌

I have tried several variations of silicone grease. White, blue, stringy, PTFE, but I've only been using a trivial jar of Vaseline for years now 🤣

@F350PlatinumI found it again recently https://www.ebay.it/itm/373670410684?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=nrACo6DwQ-m&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=WkrhwvHkSuu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Delivered right now in my hands... I hope to try it in tomorrow morning session 🫧

First, I want to thank everyone for their technical input and explanations on this topic. All of this, leads me to a perhaps silly conclusion and probably to state a theory that I come to late. The widest spectrum of frequency variation obviously resides in the mono program. As a consequence of this, it results in the most effective of programs in selecting a "clean channel." Unfortunate point, is that in saline or humid environment, there are not the necessary filters for proper and stable use. That said, mf modes are thus a balance of frequencies with which to deal with different combinations of terrain and are less effective in noise cancellation due to even the slightest collision of at least one of the waves involved with interference. I am therefore with a dog biting its own tail in front of me in an attempt to isolate an ideal limiting frequency for dealing with saline underwater theoretically between 27 and 37 kHz...

I have to admit that this experiment was among the Christmas ideas but I convinced myself not to do it because soon, with 7 detectors I will have nothing but to throw away shabby batteries due to disuse.

True. And We can only take note of the frequency limit choosing 14/24/40 as the max setting.

I neglected to mention this aspect.... I must have forgotten the lowering of about 3 kHz on 0 and the raising of as many 3 kHz on 6. According to this concept, on shift 3 you set the real maximum frequency of 14/24/40 kHz. (The coupled low frequency still remains invisible in the setting.)

I cannot comment on whether the shifts match the mono program frequencies, partly because in MF the low frequency or at least lower than the cut off @ 40kHz also interacts. However, I can assume with certainty that 40Khz "max" in shift 0 is much less chatty than on shift 6. Immersed in salt water there is no EMI that can justify this behavior other than the direct reaction of saline, on the kHz increase.

Exactly 🫢. Even if I bought dozens of gloves pairs the left hand last no more than two sessions and at a certain point I just don't care anymore for holes😑

It was...Like 99% of the stuff I find usually...Lighter than others but that reddish shine always warmt the heart

I found an excerpt of a session. That day, apart from a huge uncovered surface, almost no targets and a purely luck find. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2XNwsgq7Uu/?igsh=YzcwaDQ2NmIzbXJt