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Another awesome hunt, F350, and congrats on that silver button, that's amazing! I have a new respect for buttons since reading your posts. When I first got to relic hunt, I wasn't impressed with buttons, but now I have a new appreciation for them and have found some older ones relative to the history of the relic sites I hunt. One day I may get back east to hunt for some really old ones. Well done again!

Congrats on a great hunt, rod-pa, and on the awesome fings, well done!

I've been trying to find out if the MI-6 pinpointer is pulse induction or VLF. There is nothing specific in the manual except under the Technical Features section it says the MI-6's Detecting Frequency is 12 kHz, which makes me thing it is VLF. Am I wrong?

Congrats on the gold rings, well done! Yes, that Nox and the 10x5 coil is a killer combo!

Plus 1 on the Nomad. I have a small Letsche shovel. I bought the Root Slayer Metal Detecting Spade to use in wild relic areas and it works great, but it's a tad heavy. https://radiusgarden.com/products/root-slayer-metal-detecting-spade Then I bought a Root Slayer Nomad for my wife to use in the garden and tried it out in the field detecting and never gave it back so I had to get another one for her. It's holding up well after a year of abuse and it's lighter than the Metal Detecting Spade. https://radiusgarden.com/collections/root-slayer/products/root-slayer-nomad For the prices of the Root Slayers, if I break one it's easy on the wallet to replace, but I haven't broken one yet. In parks and lawns where I live, shovels are a big no-no, so descrete hand diggers and kac's mighty Park Probe are my weapons of choice. https://www.ebay.com/itm/314188535565?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=-5lIdJmkRTe&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=C9pH38O6TWK&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Since it is only transmitting radio waves, the diameter difference of the wire shouldn't affect performance. I saw a photo somewhere and the sticky thing was used to hold the remote end of the wire on the top of the shaft directly behind the remote. If the detector is not fully submerged it should work with the puck or the remote. If diving, it would function best attached to the top of the full sized remote.

I must agree. I'm testing a modified Fast program in PWM Full Tones on unmasking in iron. I check all targets with the same set up with Fast in Pitch and and Deep HC and I'm hearing something very different going on with iron sounds in Full Tones and in some cases better IDs. I don't know what it is yet, but I'm still looking into it.

Hey TexHunter, all the best from another Colorado hunter. Before you sell Deus 2, you should try the "WS Master" set up. As palzinski pointed out: "Deus 2 with 9" FMF coil S stem ( WS6 headmount or wristmount ) = 26,8 oz" There is is nothing lighter or easier to swing. It might be a good way to keep on swinging. Just some food for thought. Here is a good discussion on detector weights by Jeff McClendon (another Colorado hunter)

Many UK and Canadian coins are now made of copper or nickel plated steel.

I have not really gelled with the WS6 backphones, but have ordered a pair of the WSA II backphones to make a WS Master rig with them and the WS6 puck on the shaft for warm weather use. If I don't like them, I can always use the WSA II puck with my plug-in earbuds. 😉

I will add that I've had a Nox 800 for 3 years and since I got the D2 almost a year ago, I haven't touched the Nox, primarily because I wanted to thoroughly learn the D2, but also I've had no desire to use the Nox again at this point. Also, I had the opportunity to test my D2 with the 9" coil on targets in mineralized park soil that a friend of mine was hitting deep with his White's TDI pulse induction machine and I hit them all. He would only call me over when he had "a deep one" but I have no idea how deep they were. They were probably on the edge of detection for the D2 and still sounded good enough to dig but the ID was iffy on some of them.

I'm pretty sure that the designs of new detectors, like most products these days, are heavily influenced by the marketing departments. For new products to have the most mass appeal, you need to dumb them down and make them appear as simple to operate as possible. They're trying to attact new customers and not necessarily more experienced customers. Looking at your masterfully mocked up photo, I'd go for the one on the right as would probably all Nox users, but for most people new to Minelab or new to detecting in general, the one on the left looks much easier to operate and not as scary to a noob. Of course if they did put out the 10 button on the face version, I'm sure Minelab would be inundated with complaints of the control face being too cluttered or people complaining that they hit the wrong buttons all the time because they were too close together. It's pretty much a no win situation for manufacturers these days, so I think they just go with the most cost effective versions they can get away with.

Love your photos too, Bob, it's refreshing to see green ground this time of year. 🙂

Thanks, F350, I love that charm and your stories too! 🤣

That is correct, GB. You can also do the same thing with the WSA-II headphone's puck. The only difference is the WSA-II puck does not have the stand alone remote control capability of the WS6. It is just a wireless receiver.

Wow, you're hot on the silver trail once again, F350, congrats! And you got a shield nickel too, well done!

Congrats on the silvers, Compass, and that Seated Liberty dime is quite a prize, well done!

Correct, any standard USB cable will work, however, XP recommends that the USB connection on the computer used for updates be USB 2.0 or higher compatible. USB 1.0 has worked for some people, but you want 2.0 or higher to be safe. You want Blue Black, or Teal inserts in the USB port. Here is what to look for on your computer's USB ports:

Yesterday, Feb. 14th, was going to be the last warm day (any day above 32°F is warm this time of year) before the next snow storm so I was determined to get out anywhere and detect before we're socked in for another week. When you're semi-retired like I am sometimes the days will run into each other and I don't pay a lot of attention to what day it is. So like most days I started out doing the chores and dealing with some business stuff and before I new it, it was almost noon and it was getting cloudy and windy outside. At first I though, well there goes the day, and I'll just have to wait until next week to get out, but then the detectorist kicked in and said, "Get your butt out there!". So grabbed the gear and headed out to a park not too far away but one I've been ignoring for over a year. When I arrived at the park there was absolutely nobody there, a rare occurrence, and I had the whole park to myself. As I surveyed the sports field all I could see is a solid sheet of ice and snow from the last few snowfalls. There were the remains of half melted snow forts and lumps of what must have been snowmen at some point in time dotting the snowscape. It looked what I imagine a ghost town in Antartica would look like. It would have made a cool photo, but this was one of the few times I left my phone in the car and I was short on time so photos would have to wait. I made a bee line to the tot lot to try out a modified Fast program on the D2 that I've been tweaking. The targets, mostly small bits of foil, a bobby pin and a paper clip, and were few and far between so I know this place has been hit regularly, but I did also pull a dime, nickel, and penny out fairly close to the climbing bars and got a loud 95 signal pinging right next to one of the large vertical support bars. The bars were all ringing in the high 80s so I thought there must be a quarter next to the bar. As I tried to find the target with my pinpointer in the semi-frozen wood chips, I saw something larger than a quarter and bronze colored coming up. It turned out to be a military medal of some sort that I don't recognize. It must be a newer one than I'm familiar with. As I dropped the medal into my pouch, a couple of minivans pulled up and unloaded a herd of kids onto the playground. Well that's that, I thought and headed out into the frozen tundra to look for less frozen ground. I had only taked a few steps off of the tot lot and got a bangin' shallow 84 that sounded too good to be a zincoln, so maybe a bottle cap, I thought. It was too steady and good sounding to not dig and since I was testing a new program I was digging most everything anyway, so I went for it and out popped a 10 cent Euro! By now the wind was howling and the sky was darkening. I wandered over to a patch of actual semi-thawed ground near some picnic tables and among the foil and pull tabs I found a few heart-stoppers that turned out to be a fake gold ring and part of a fake gold necklace. 🙄 Not too far from there I got a little black cat pendant and noticed that the kids were leaving. Then I also noticed that some of them had headbands with hearts on them and some were chasing their valentines cards blowing away..... VALENTINES???... OH CRAP!!! It's Valentine's Day! 😱 I had only been out there a little over an hour and my wife wouldn't be home for a few more hours, so I hit the nearby restroom and figured I'd load up and head home. As I exited the restroom, it was like one of those horror movies where everything goes absolutely still and quiet right before the character gets blown up by a space alien. The kids were gone, the wind had stopped, there were no cars on the road, and even a little bit of sun was poking through the building snow clouds. "Well that's weird", I thought, "maybe I can detect just a little more". So I started heading back towards the picninc tables when I got a way too loud 99 on the D2. Now in my previous experience with the D2, 99 has never been anything good, but as I looked down getting ready to pass up what could only be a flattened coke can, I could see just a glint of something shiny poking through the moist dirt. It was a piece of a chain! I carefully brushed away the muddy soil and started to pick up what I figured was a broken hunk but it kept on going, and going, and going. By now I my heart was pounding and I was wishing I had my phone in case I needed to call 911. As I finally reach the end of the chain I could tell there was something on the end not coming loose from the ground. I gently peeled the mud, dirt, and ice back and it revealled a huge heart pendant! It was a sign from God to get home and save Valentines Day (as well as my own butt)!!! When I got home, I carefully cleaned the chain and heart off with a damp paper towel and discovered that the heart pendant opens into a 4 piece locket that resembles a 4 leaf clover and stamped on the inside and on the clasp and tag is 925. Silver!!! 23.5 grams of silver! It's the largest silver object I've ever found! When my wife got home, I presented her with the siver necklace and some flowers I picked up on the way home and told her, "Treasure for my Treasure!" So I got major points and this is one time metal detecting saved the day as well as my bony ass! 😉 This is what we got today so far.

This page on the XP website explains some of the updated features and fixes: https://www.xpmetaldetectors.com/en/ba/the-blog/deus-ii-v0-71-update-instructions.php

Nope, the 3-way cable only has + and - power leads but no data leads built into it. That's why you need a standard USB cabe with both power and data wires in it.

As strick said, there is an audio multipin to 3.5mm (1/8") adapter that screws onto the Remote that allows any wired heaphones to be used including 1/4" headphones when you attach a 1/4' to 1/8" adapter. The WS6 headphones that comes with the standard Deus II package and the WS Master package has a remote control unit that can be detached from the headphones and used as a stand alone remote or with a slide on audio adapter that has a 3.5mm (1/8") jack that works with all wired headphones. When the WS "puck" is used with the full sized remote, it acts as a wireless receiver to provide wireless audio in the same was as the Nox's WM08 module. Using the "puck" in the Master configuration as the only remote control it can provide wired audio to any phones plugged into it's audio adapter or provide wireless audio to any of XP's proprietary wireless Dues II headphones. So there are quite a few different audio options available. For example, I like to use wireless audio, so in the cooler months I use the WSAII-XL full size wireless headphone (which also make good earmuffs 😉) and in the warmer months I use my favorite JBL earbuds plugged into my WS6 (puck) that is attached to the back of my hat band and I can use the buds/puck combo with or without the full sized remote. There are also several after factory full size headphones available that accept the WS6 (puck) module mounted on them so that they can be used wirelessly with the D2, including Grey Ghost heapdphones. Hope that helps explain the audio versatlity of the Dues II.

I did not get one, but I got the roll of wire, so I'll just make my own. Your black setup looks great. Where did you poke the wire through on the remote end exactly?

I think that would work for my WS6 Master rig, although it may be close, but I already ordered some RG-179 cable. It's only $17 (USD) and 10 Meters (32.8 ft) so I'll have plenty to make a few different lengths to use for my permanent internal shaft installations on my WS6 Master and regular D2 rigs. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SPCGMXZ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details And thanks for your tips on making that, Carolina! 😎

Congrats on all the silver, longbow62, well done!