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Very nice find kac! That coin is certainly something you don't see every day, much less dig one. Well done!

That design of the US service button was introduced in 1902. I look forward to your beach experiences with the D2. 🙂

Cool finds! It looks like you're getting pretty comfortable with your D2. Well done!

12 hours ago, Joe D. said:

   Ironically, this is the County I now reside in!! What are the odds! Are my taxes paying for this!!🤯

   But I'm not too worried that it will outdo my detectors; at two inches! And it will probably break down alot, so no big deal!

   I may not be able to pickup microplastics, but I bet I can out trash the trash robot!!🤣👍👍

And you'll probably be detecting parts that fall off of the robot too... maybe you can sell those back to the county for a good price! 😉

The Marine and Air Corps pins are hat emblems as indicated bythe screw on backs. It also appears you have another brooch and maybe a lipstick tube. Great finds!

Yeah I couldn't image a single A 1.5V battery would have enough juice to run the coil long if it was drained. I figured there would have been some workarounds figured out by the D1 owners that would also work for the D2. It seems like a magnetic charging system would be a nice feature for the D3.

Thanks for the replies. 4 hour run time didn't sound right to me but I have to investigate all aspects of a major purchase. And thank you Bob for testing the live charge trick. It's good to know there is a fail safe design. 😎👍 

I've been hearing about the D2 coils having a considerably shorter run time per charge than the remote and headhones, depending on the programs used, in some cases only lasting 4 hours or so. If that is the case, will the XP Emergency Charger work on the D2 coils and can you still detect while charging the coil (in a dry environment only, of course)?

XP Emergency Charger

Dang, nice one midalake! That looks like a good day, well done!

How about a robot with a hidden coil underneath?

But seriously, if they want to clean the beaches just give every detectorist a trashbag and the beaches will be spotless.

I always carry a trash bag when I detect. It's not something I enjoy doing, but it promotes good will and I never get a complaint or frown when people see me pick up a piece of trash. In fact it changes some of their minds towards detectorists and I've had people come up to me and thank me for helping to keep a park or beach clean.

I noticed a lot of Youtubers don't always fill their holes and some fill them off camera, but I was at the beach last week and saw 2 guys detecting as fast as they could go and didn't fill a single hole. So I just plodded along behind them filling their holes and getting the targets they missed. Sorry back on topic... XP Deus II on the beach... yeah!

That certainly puts things into perspective. People get caught up in the hype too much and disregard the reality.

I just got back from the TC and I've never seen so much sand! From Melborne to Ft. Pierce, it looks like they have put down two to three times the sand they did a year ago and I overheard some workers at Seagrape discussing where they were going to put the next loads, so they're not done yet. It's going to take a monster storm to clear some of that off.

On an interesting note, I pulled a modern penny from 16 inches down in the low beach, so I was getting some depth, but nowhere close to deep enough for the old stuff.  Here's a shot of Turtle Trail last week.

Great finds again! It looks like it's going to be a nice Spring and with so much history in your "neighborhood", I can't wait to see what you find next. Thanks for taking us along on another fun adventure!

Excellent saves and the silver cap is very cool! It looks like you're getting that D2 figured out fast. Well done!

I'm sure there has to be some D2 books in the works or is it too early in the release for the writing to have begun? 

8 hours ago, steveg said:

Steve, and others...

Thanks for the interest!

I've had a number of customers raising this issue with me.  It seems there's fairly great demand for a Deus shaft replacement, with stiff/sturdy carbon fiber and high-quality cam locks.  Since this is exactly what I try to provide my customers with, it would seem that this would be "right up my alley."

The PROBLEM(S) are this, when considering the production of a Deus/Deus II...

1.  NON-ROUND SHAFTS...

To make a long story short, production of non-round carbon-fiber tubes is costly; there's a rather large up-front cost, as a non-round tube requires a mold for production, and then the cost of the molded tubes themselves are MUCH higher than round tubes.  Additionally, a non-round tube requires a matching, non-round cam lock, matching non-round shaft fittings, etc. -- all of which require their own injection molds to be produced.  

2.  NON-STANDARD COIL EAR...

One of the two coil ears of the Deus has that "proprietary" non-round "plug" that fits through one side of the coil ear, and that plug "mates" to a "cavity" on one side of the Deus lower rod "clevis" or "head."  This makes production of a "proper" lower rod piece more difficult than your basic clevis.

3.  THE CONTROL-BOX MOUNT...

The Deus uses that "proprietary" mounting system for the control box, where the back of the control box "mates" to the front of the "mount," and that mount -- again -- is designed to fit in the Deus non-round shaft.  This is another custom component that would have to be "replicated" for use with an aftermarket Deus shaft.

4.  THE DESIGN ITSELF...

The really cool "collapsible" design of the Deus, where there are "cam locks" integrated into the S-handle, and the shaft "slides through" the handle for collapsibility, is not easily replicated.

NOW, some of these hurdles could be overcome, by avoiding use of the non-round tubes, and building a replacement shaft with standard, round carbon-fiber tubes.  On the positive side, this would allow use of my current cam lock (thus no new cam lock injection mold needed), and would also easier-to-produce "round" shaft fittings (the lower rod piece, etc.)  The lower rod "head" or "clevis," as long as it is round, could have the "cavity" for the "coil ear plug" to be machined into it, so that hurdle could be overcome as well.  I have considered the possibility of adapting my new "S-shaft" design, for use with the Deus.

HOWEVER, points 3 and 4 above remain challenges, even given that I now have that S-shaft design.  For point 3 -- a control box mount would have to be custom-designed -- one that would both A.) fit onto my S-handle, and B.) mate properly with the Deus control box.  Then, for point 4 -- customers would have to be willing to forego the "collapsibility" offered by the Deus shaft design, as my S-shaft does not allow the tubes to "slide through the handle" for the easy collapsibility offered by the Deus.

I have been thinking alot about this, and trying to find solutions to these issues, but there's really no way to get around the fact that no matter how I slice it, this would be a very expensive shaft to produce (in terms of purchase price), as production would require substantial up-front investment.   The Deus shaft is a much more "proprietary" shaft than many others, making a proper, high-quality replacement shaft a very high hurdle to overcome.  I will continue pondering it...

Thanks all!

Steve

Hey SteveG, I saw these online and thought of you. I don’t know if this could be adapted somehow to the S-shaft or for a mount to the straight shaft and these are for Deus 1 and Orx, so I don’t know if they would work for the D2, but maybe they would give you some ideas.

Deus Remote Adapter

Very cool finds and that eagle button is gorgeous, well done!

2 hours ago, Skullgolddiver said:

That's exactly my intention if I don't find a good alternative with a straight shaft soon.By the way I'd hate to cut and ruin the original upper shaft just for this reason.

SteveG of Steve's Detector Rods could probably make you a straight CF shaft for diving. He does custom work.

Steve's Detector Rods

It sounded like an awesome idea when I first heard about it, but there are so many problems with trying to make an app that will work perfectly and the same across all available cell phones platforms and models. I think XP has a huge jump on wireless technology for detecting, but even they haven't successfully developed a phone app. I think the phone detector is still a little way out there yet.

But it also has Cool Features:

Cool features:

● Completely wireless. No messy wiring to deal with!

● Bluetooth 4.0 allows for simultaneous connection of your smartphone, headphones, and smartwatch.

● Multitone support generates different sounds for different metals.

● Lightweight foldable design. Take your detector everywhere!

● App Integrated Tutorials for easy learning.

● Advanced Metal Discrimination Algorithm. Find your gold and ignore the rest!  Preset programs for coins, large treasures, beach detecting, etc.

● Pin-pointer mode. Locate your treasure with up to 0.5-inch precision!

● Ground Balance Auto Adjustment Algorithm: increase your sensitivity up to 30% in complicated soils

● Magnet port for easy coil charging.

Here's some specs from Serious:

Technical specifications:

● Battery: 900 mAh

● Coil size and type: 9.5 inches/DD

● Coil battery life: 10-12 h

● Frequency: 7.5 kHz

● Metal detector type: IB VLF

● Signal processing: Digital

● Wireless module: Bluetooth 4.0

● Wireless connection distance: up to 30 ft. (10 m)

● Coil updates via Bluetooth

But at $450 it seems a little pricey.

On 3/6/2022 at 8:04 PM, strick said:

I cant really speak about that shaft as I dont have one but there appears to be 2 handles on that. One in front of the main nox handle....how much lighter is it then any of the after market carbon fiber shafts? 

strick

I can'y speak for all aftermarket CF shafts, but the S-Shaft with 11" coil, Control Pod, and Arm Cuff mounted weighs exactly the same as my first other brand 2-piece CF shaft, 2.8 pounds, which is around 1.5 ounces lighter than the ML stock setup.

No, Thank You, Steve! You've definitely raised the bar! 😎