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I agree with CPT, ground balancing is important and mineralization of soil can vary quite a lot. If you pump the coil on the ground, not only swinging, I think you could see maybe 7 mineralization strenght bars. Your soils are medium mineralized, not so mild, and I would also consider that lead conductivity is low. So, considering a lead target 6” under the ground, considering also its position probably not quite optimal, in my opinion the only “one way” signal is normal..

Take for example Sensitive program: with 6.8 disc you cut out rusty nails. Turn up silencer and ground stabilizer to 2. To completely ignore with no iron tones, lower iron volume to 0. Cannonballs and big pieces of iron will give high tones..

I own 9”,11” and 13”. I bought 9” and 13” on Christmas and during last month I only used the little one. Had already used it on the first D1 months and I can say that it is very sensitive on little/very little targets, very light and, in my opinion, excellent on plowed fields. Perfect choice for the woods. 11” is of course the quintessential all rounder but...I haven’t used 13” on open fields yet. Have to test 9” vs 13” on high mineralized soils because I want to understand the difference on little thin low conductors. 11” is really performing on mineralized soils. I’ll share here my tests. 👍

I worked in tracking only during the first months with D1. But that field was full of hot rocks with GMI jumps and so with GMI changes using tracking. I prefer grabbing every now and then. I don’t know if tracking changes also the ground stabilizer but I don’t think. I think that, if I set ground stabilizer on 1 and GMI changes, tracking option changes the phase but ground stabilizer remains as you set it..

Nice Gary’s video. On mild soils, pwm full tones is always my top choice. First with D1 and now with D2..

Nice shot!

Yes, that’s right. Level 1 accepts ground level above the ground value grabbed. I’m not a veteran but I feel good with jitter and instability. In fact, the only thing I miss about D1 is its “chattering”. D2 is much more stable.

I agree, 9” hf coil is maybe the best D1 coil ever as well as 9x5” with its surgical precision. And I agree also with Jeff McClendon talking about the X35s which outperform the LFs. My old D1 is still with its 11” LF paired...LFs after 13 years are now outdated because of FMF’s technology but D1 and 11” LF anyway will stay with me because I’m fond of them! 🤣

It can help by increasing. Iron volume on my custom program for mineralized soils is on 5..

Iron volume can improve the detection of a target especially on mineralized ground. And this due to the “drift towards ferrous” which we meet on mineralized soils. It’s only a volume but it can help us on hot soils..

Here I have a big hematite area and the mineralization strenght bar is full. Readings are on seventies and sometimes on early eighties. It’s a really hot soil, red dirt..

I totally agree with Jeff McClendon. By the way I was really very interested reading the first Andy Sabish D1 Handbook and, although I am a relic hunter who loves to do video tests, i like to glance through a book: so I agree also with relicmeister 👍

I did many depth tests with D2 and the ground stabilizer set on 1 is very important to increase depth. My custom program for mineralized soils has ground stabilizer set on 1 and also another custom program for mild soils. On a field with mild soil, very wet and with phase tending towards saline, D2 was a little unstable: setting ground stabilizer on 2, I hunted with a fine, stable machine. Ground stabilizer is very important to increase depth, to improve recognizing faint signals but also to hunt with a very stable machine: more depth with stabilizer on 1 and more stability setting it on 2...or 3. I agree with Chase Goldman and confirm that with stabilizer set on 1 machine is more sensitive to coil bumps. I know pefectly that depth is not the most important metal detecting fact but I like to test also the absolute power of machines and so I often arrange depth tests: ground stabilizer set on 1 is basilar to increase depth.

I agree. Have used top end detectors but Deus (1/2) is my all time favourite machine for inland relic hunting. Talking about D2, it is light, fast and really performing on mineralized soils, unless D1. I’m not a rich man and I would avoid considering buying Manticore in the next future. I want to think that D2 is and will be the metal detector to beat (in inland relic/coin hunting).

Yes, I agree. I’m happy with 0.71, D2 and its last firmware are a very good match. I hope XP won’t disappoint this time either and waiting for next firmware with patience

In my experience and in my kind of hunting, XP has given me great satisfaction, first D1 and now D2. But machine that in any case intrigued me the most is Blisstool V6, a real beast that needs to be tamed: bulgarian analogic single tone. Another machine that I loved is the Nautilus DMC 2B. Loved also V3i but it’s too cumbersome and slow, in my opinion. Talking about P.I, my 5000 is definitely fine even if has been dormant for months..

Very nice. Thanks for your report! 👍

In my opinion D2 is really performing on mineralized soils. I hunt also on hematite where D1 ( 11” coil) is almost useless, except Goldfield program. With D2 things are much better: I have a custom program based on program 2 which is really performing on very hot soils. Found little low conductors targets where D1 is mute. Program Goldfield, also with D2, is the best on hot soils, but FMF is really performing: I think that program 2 is very good. I have to test also another program and will let you know..

Really Very good, congratulations!

If you think you are slow then don’t worry because there are 2 of us! Higher disc (ex: nail VDI 4, disc set on 5/6/7 and above) blanks iron tone making iron volume totally unusable. Thank you guys!

Taking a D1 and setting full tones, iron volume is always out of the picture, doesn’t work, useless. In a D2/full tones (0.71 in my case) you can hear iron tone if the discrimination is set from the VDI of the iron target to lower disc. For example: the target is a nail whose VDI is 4...if I set discrimination 4 with iron volume 1-2-3-4-5, I can hear iron tone but a little discriminated, if I set lower disc (from 3 to -6.4) I can hear iron tone 100%. If I set disc over the VDI number of the iron target (from 5 going up), no way to hear iron tone..

Now I’m really curious to bring 9” on hematite! Indeed, both coils and compare them to 11”...

Yes, you’re right! Have been using Deus since a lot but this is the first time I’m going to hunt with elliptical. A friend of mine is in love with the 11x13” but another one thinks that it’s really heavy, making deus very unbalanced. I’ll try and, if the arm comes off my shoulder, I’ll buy the balancer. Of course I’ll wear shoes without any metal and will try to have a lot of patience! 🤣

I think that 11” is the right size because it offers a nice ground coverage and it is fast and selective on iron infested sites. I’ll compare them and will let you know! 👍

Skate, I really hope you’re right! 😅