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Skull diver

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Skull diver last won the day on October 13 2023

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  1. I would love to have the Manticore under hand but unfortunately I am 400 kilometers away from the base. I don't remember exactly the peak frequency of the tone on the Ctx but I remember getting a very good sound on the 360Hz. With the yellow Koss at least, that peak resonates loud and clear and helps me distinguish low conductors...Only two tones for me anyway. I hope to get the same sound back on the Manticore.
  2. I have not yet had a chance to set up the audio profiles properly, especially since I have only tried the Manticore and just sold a D2. But as a long-time user of Ctx I can think of it as having created this mode to blur the tones. Let me explain, someone calls on the D2 tone's "nuances" that allow you to recognize a clear signal from a partial one that responds abnormally due to an irregular shape or bad placement in the ground. With a sharp tone for each bin, surely it is easier to distinguish a signal worth to dig, but without this detail of finesse. Another example of differentiation hides in the 50 tones or I suppose in the 99 tones. In this case, however, an unstable ID will obviously sound multiple and variable in pitch tone. Here, in this mode, I would only and only dig a unique and distinct tone....
  3. I do it when I can Joe...But I'm afraid I have a curse with action cams. Every time I take one with me on the mask, it drains the battery before the magic moment, or the focus fusses and it looks terrible... Or worse, nothing comes out and I capture a whole film of garbage. Conversely, when I am without cameras, the craziest things happen and you would hardly believe it
  4. I recently had some doubts about the effectiveness of my sessions and made a radical change in instrumentation. Although I had been adopting the Deus 2 on the bottom for a year continuously now, I first overdid it by dusting the immortal Excalibur and later dusting the Ctx3030... Last week the numbers suddenly spiked and I reluctantly decided to sell the Deus 2. As I write, the new owner of the remote is getting ready to go out for the first time to the beach with my former detector. What happened this morning, however, marks a historic date for me. I am a diver, I practice the shoreline very little, and in my area, given the minimal tidal variation, practically after the first autumn storms the equipment is all in the water... Well, after years, I pulled up a ring in one of the worst spots where nothing but aluminum, iron and rarely any coins turn up. I hate to repeat it, but the time saved by avoiding digging out any possible sign made all the difference. Little does the bit of gold matter; getting to dig it up matters to me. I have no words 🏴‍☠️
  5. I think that is exactly the explanation regarding this "problem." During the first immersion sessions, I started already a year ago to have doubts about the design. The rod that did not shorten enough without having to have the remote in the wrong position, the detection of the central aluminum rod as an absurd consequence of an otherwise excellent and deep detection...But this unfortunately was the flaw I could not turn a blind eye to. It cost me $350 to replace the rod alone with one suitable for diving and I solved the ergonomics but the placement of the IDs is something that belongs to the software. Now, knowing that there will be no changes, the use of this tool becomes questionable for me.
  6. You totally understood my disagreement. I mounted the 11" coil on the original rod to use it with the ws6 master, and maybe on wetsand some higher Id to dig into wouldn't kill anyone. On the other hand, when I am on the bottom and have to fight with current and poor visibility, spending time and air having to doubt every signal over 60 points doesn't help at all. I hate to compare with a Manticore, I understand that technically we are talking about a different signal processing algorithm, but at equal of 99 IDs I observe on the "Manti" low conductors between 01 and 50 as signals suitable for jewelry. Instead, I struggle to understand Xp's choice in wanting to leave us users in these conditions of use.I seriously struggle to understand the reasons.
  7. For the past three weeks or so, I find myself digging with the Deus 2 any ID from 25 to 80 and above. An incredible amount of lead and coins and really rarely any gold. Yesterday morning with my very old Ctx, barely a piece of lead and a coin, but 4 pieces in 4 1/2 hours. Same spot, third session in a row with D2, Excalibur and now Ctx. I have no comment on this except that I find the loss of time due to the allocation of low conductors everywhere in the ID scale of Deus 2 unacceptable. I am also strongly displeased with Xp's dry response that it does not intend to vary the distribution of low conductors with an update. I may sell shortly... I would also add that Xp talks about signet rings in that higher ID band, but I have encountered this problem twice now with 18K wedding bands of 6.49 and 6.29 grams each. Thickness can be a terrible issue on this machine. An expensive issue.
  8. Right...But I don't know whether to call myself satisfied for reopening the game or screwed by the last investment. I will tolerate poorly an ineffective expenditure if I have to use a 13-year-old, worn-out tool to get this.
  9. Old swimming places are the perpetual marvel of our disease😅
  10. Finally, after two weeks fighting with extreme overburden and forced to some unproductive reverse dredging, the miracle of the new moon is doing better as usual 🏴‍☠️
  11. Right now, I find myself having to compare two detectors and determine for sure what I could do without. The results are already quite clear, and I am not happy about that, because I demand from a modern high-end instrument, an effectiveness at the level at least similar to that of a technology that is more than 10 years old. Instead, I don't. Instead, I perceive a significant loss of time in qualifying a low conductor signal and the resulting ineffectiveness over time of the air-limited session.
  12. I recently had some doubts in using the main detector and was pondering the possibility of eliminating some by selling. In detail, I complained of some high ID response that I accidentally dug up in the absence of decent signals. The last victorious session, brought me a 6.49-gram 18K wedding ring and by sheer luck, with an amazing 80, I deigned to dig it out. So this morning I decided to go out with a dear old detector, one that doesn't mess around, and the numbers are shocking considering the spot, the devastated condition of the clay and rocks, and lousy visibility. After 4 1/2 hours on the bottom, thanks to the use of hooka compressor, I flushed out 4 pieces totaling 20 "dirty" grams. The numbers speak for themselves, and I am beginning to have clearer ideas.... I will add no more...
  13. @Digalicious Yours is an interesting observation. I understand your use of this filter on the Legend to avoid digging up some iron. What I can tell you about the D2 is that to be honest it is better to trust the audio because in almost every mode it results in a "dirty" tone instead of a clear, stable, repeatable sound. As always there is case and case. Under excessive layer conditions, whether sand overburden or high grass, remember that the reading can be distorted on the coil detection limit. Then you would get an opposite disturbance that declares a nonferrous target as ferrous, ruining the signal. I tried to increase discrimination by decreasing iron sounds, but it produced no benefit whatsoever in fact the risk is precisely that of guaranteed masking already over 6 points if you are on a buildup point.
  14. @Mark Gillespie Accidentally, I experienced the same behavior last night, but I was not in research. During an M12 connector repair and before a resin pour to restore the headset on the Ctx, I tried swinging a coin to get a signal. Besides discovering that one of the two speakers is now in need of replacement, having a significantly lower sound, the coin swung at a greater distance was barely being read and with a hopping ID both high and wide in the two FE/CO parameters. Then moved closer to the coil, the signal began to become more stable and distinct. It therefore happens with and without ground, in spite of whatever frequency is in use.It is always a matter of the distance to the coil varying the effective reading from a missed or improper detection. With the Deus2 I always have the impression that during the air test, the detection is at effective at a lesser distance from the coil, and then dig pits deep to the point where I wonder if it is possible with a 9" to get that far. I would honestly add that put on the board both instruments, to date I regret the placement of the CTX on the low conductors to the detriment of less depth and effectiveness while I get the exact opposite with the Deus2, certainly having more depth and ID stability but always having to be alert on 50 different potential points for gold out of 99... I explicitly asked Xp about the possibility of working on this "issue" and received a flat no. (My 2 cents)
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