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On 3/12/2022 at 11:29 AM, Chase Goldman said:

When digging out trash pits and huts, I've used the Deus small elliptical coil (detached from the detector stem) and the remote as sort of a pinpointer on steroids to cherry pick the non-ferrous.  Someone even makes a grip handle that you can attach to a Deus coil and use it to scan the dirt piles or side walls of the pit (see below mounted on Deus 9" coil).

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Where can I find this? I did a search with no luck.

7 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

Yeah, jumped in here a little late.  There are a couple of issues with what folks are suggesting here.

First, the WS6 cannot be used as a Master (for TID indication and coil control) with the RC acting as a slave whose sole purpose is to run the bone phones   Just no provision for that setup whatsoever from what I can tell, and I did look into tge possibility of doing that..

Second, even if you could fashion a home-brew adapter to enable the Bone Phones to be terminated with a 1/8 inch plug, one must be mindful of the fact that XP has implemented the bone phones to be optimized solely for use with the RC using the dedicated "bone phone" audio pins on the multipin connector that are separate from the "standard" audio pins.  These pins appear to "hard key" the bone phones to shift the RC into "bone phone" mode which keeps the user from selecting PWM audio on the remote and it appears the remote also likely shifts into higher audio amplification and/or impedance matching as evidenced by the increased power drain when using the bone phones.  By fashioning the the bone phones to plug into a 1/8 jack off the WS6 or via the 1/8" jack adapter plugged into the remote control, that hard keyed limitation is effectively bypassed and I am not sure of the downside to using the bone phones in that manner (e.g., poor audio fidelity, insufficient bone phone amplification).  Who knows? 

Thanks for the input. 

If I knew the impedance and amplification requirements, I could try to amplify them, but it seems like a lot of work. I see an XP armband for the previous version of the Deus. Might be worth a try.

Jeff - your answer suggests that the Deus 2 RC can be used as a slave when the WS6 is used as a master? Are there instructions somewhere? 

I could live with that setup. 

I could also live with making an adapter for the bone phones to go to the the WS6. I already attempted to try the bone phones with the nox. It worked with a small amp, but there still wasn't enough power to make the phones usable. In any case, I have that adapter built.

I took the Deus 2 out for a field test with the bone phones today, and found recovery difficult being tethered to the machine. Had to continually adjust the bone phones on my head. Need a solution that allows me to wear them and view the VDI.

I'm moderately hearing impaired, and the only solution I've found is to wear over the ear phones and wrap my hearing aids in small balloons so I don't short them out when I start to perspire. It's not the best, but it works. 

Thanks!

I also have hearing  loss and would love to be able to do this, but I tend to sweat - and even with covers for the hearing aids, I would only be able to hunt for 20 minutes. 

I'm looking for a solution like a portable digital EQ that I can boost the signal range for my loss pattern similar to the way hearing aids work, and I would like to keep the wireless option.

Any suggestions appreciated.

I know that there are EQ apps for smartphones that might work - but I'd need to pair the phone with the equinox and the wireless headphones to the phone, and I'm not sure about the lag. Also not sure how long the phone would last. Some apps draw enough energy to overheat the phone quickly when it's 100 degrees out. And there's also the issue of making sure it has the right APT-X version.

Does anyone use this kind of rig to deal with hearing loss?

Thanks! Haven't been back to the place I had the issue yet, but I did take this all into account and visited a place I've been a few times before that has some noisy spots and plenty of junk This helped a lot. I used the 6" coil, was able to ground balance with no issues, then noise cancelled pointing at the power lines. Machine was stable and quiet, and I picked up 30 coins - majority were zinc cents - but I did find a small ol der sterling ring right by the sidewalk. Success!

Sorry if this should be two different posts. Both these issues popped up yesterday at the same site. In fact, the front of the property had a section with overhead electrical wires, a sewer drain in the street past the sidewalk, constant chatter in all-metal, and chatter in both Park 1 and Park 2 despite noise reduction and attempts to ground balance (may have been EMF, as chatter reduced away from the lines). I'll return with the 6" coil, but this seems like something proper knowledge of settings could ameliorate. I'm less than 6 months with the Nox.

Ground Balance

 I do better when I ground balance, but what do  I do when I can't find a signal free area in all-metal to perform the auto ground balance routine? Should I attempt to manual ground balance? Or set to zero?

Working around sidewalks

Loud response from sidewalks - sometimes from a foot and a half away all along, or in intervals. I've tried swinging parallel as well as perpendicular. Sometimes the effect is reduced with the 6" coil, but not always enough.

Should I be reducing sensitivity? Any general tip for the Nox around sidewalks?

Thanks In Advance!

I had a merc last week at an inch or less bouncing from 21 - to 24. And I've seen deep wheats (in nice shape) read into the 30's, but usually there's iron close by.