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Thanks Bob, I appreciate the info, I was wondering if maybe I wasn't fully charging because I sometimes don't let them charge for the full 3 hours stated in the manual.

Okay, this maybe a silly noob question, but when charging, how do you tell if the Remote, WS6, and coil are fully charged? There's nothing in the manual explaining this. In the "Coil LED Flashing and Meaning" section it states that "coil on charge - LED stays on", but nothing about when charging is done and nothing about the remote or WS6 charging status.

Great group of finds again and the large cent is awesome, well done!! Your local history sure beats mine, but I keep hoping for an old coin. I know there's still one out there somewhere! 😉

I opted for the 9 inch coil thinking I would snag the 11 inch later when they become available seperately, but I haven't really missed the 11" doing large fields. The 9" is doing well for me and I'm not sure the 11" would do better enough to warrant getting it at this point. But I may change my mind.

Wow! That's awesome, well done!

I appreciate all the info I can get while I learn this beast. I primarily hunt on land so this gives me some more options to try. I try not to notch much, but I see the need if time is limited. However, I never notch out the penny range. A friend of mine said he never diggs anything in the zinc penny range and one day we were out in an area that had very few good targets, so he dug what he thought was going to be a zincoln just to have a break and it turned out to be a 12.6g 14k gold men's wedding band. Now he diggs all penny range targets. 🙂

Thank you ColonelDan for your excellent report on your recent beach exercise. While it will be a while until I make it to a salt water beach again, it's good to know V0.71 is behaving correctly for the task. I look forward to making it out to the Right Coast again. 😎

I concur with the favorable reports of V0.71 update. I went out with it to the same park I always use for my "training park". I was there a few times with V0.6 (Jan. version), updated to V0.71, and went back out to it again a few days ago. The new update seems noticeably better with the stock programs and the 3 custom programs I've been learning. Depth was no different than usual from what I could tell. I was still hitting good signals from 6-8 inches in my iron mineralized soil and a few deeper which I passed on. Personally, I'm happy with the update and it's making my learning process even easier.

Thanks, F350, I just snagged one. I too have his cuff pad for the Nox and have been hoping he'd make one for the D2. Thanks, amigo!

I my limited opinion, I'd say that V0.71 is more stable and the pinpoint function seems much better than V0.6, so I have no intention of going back.

Thank you Chase. I very much look forward to your impressions and explanations of the D2 as well.

I think most of us figured that it was a joke. Of course, even a joke can start people thinking in a new direction. 😎

Fascinating area you live in and fantastic finds again, well done!

Thanks, guys! I remember the bit in the video about 00-00 being the catch-all bin for an unknown target. So you are saying that OFF lets the unknowns through and 00-00 notches them out, correct?

That is an interesting thought. However, isn't a significant amount of processing going on in the XP coils that is not done in the remote, unlike regular detectors that use wired coils? I could be wrong about that. If the D2 could be wired to use the Nox 10x5" coil, or any other 10x5 coil for that matter, I'd be all over that! 😉

I checked the manual and there is no mention of this, but I noticed after the V0.71 update (from V0.6) there is now a notch setting of OFF. Is that any different from setting notch to 00.00 and if so what's the difference?

That would be a neat trick if it was real. 😄

Congrats, Denny, that's a sweet find!

Wow, awesome finds again! You have a nose for relics and that half Reale is a beauty! Well done!

I agree, let the factory authorized service folks handle that while under warranty. However, I do like seeing how easy, and non-destructive, it is to get into the remote if I had to, but then again, I'm used to working on electronics.

The manual does a pretty good job of explaining which programs are intended for which use. I do mainly land and park hunting so the Deus II programs P1-General and P5-Park are what I use 90% of the time and I'm just now beginning to explore the more exotic programs. As with any detector, always start with the presets and learn how they sound and what they do. After putting in many hours with those, you will start to feel more comfortable with how the machine works and then you can explore more of the options. The main thing is to trust the presets. They are usually the best settings to get going. It always seems like a lot to learn at first, and it is, but the best way to learn any machine is to get out and detect. You'll be surprised how fast you learn in the field. And I'm not sure how it is on the Legend, but if you fiddle with preset settings on the Equinox or Deus II and don't like them, you can just reset the stock programs so you really can't mess anything up.

I thought that the Deus II would be daunting to learn too. It took me a few years to get comfortable with the Equinox coming from a lower end White's, and Gold Bug 2 that I never took the time to learn. But I took a chance on the Deus II and I've only had it two weeks and I'm having no problems navigating the menus. The biggest challenge for me is training my ear to the new sounds, but even using the stock programs, I'm getting up to speed pretty quickly. I've only been able to get out detecting a few times so far, but it is getting pretty easy to tell good targets from bad. I definitely feel that learning the Equinox helped me easily transition to the Deus II. So good luck with your Legend. You should be able to get up to speed fairly quickly, and I think that once you're comfortable with any SMF machine, it makes it easier to use any other one. Happy Hunting!

I know you don't intend to do a review on the D2, Steve, but I do look forward to any insights you wish to share along the way. 🙂

Great story and great recovery job!

Beautiful location and great finds! Looks like the D2 did pretty well for you. Well done!