Johnny Phoenix

Perhaps it will be offered in an update? As Gary also noted, we're at software version 0.6, so there's clearly more to be sorted out. They do recommend frequent ground "grabbing" when using relic mode, so maybe it's something of a known liability? I don't have a Deus II yet so all I can do is speculate. Even if I did, it's currently 13F outside so not the ideal test environment.

I thought I had joined this forum some time ago, but the the pandemic hit and I pretty much lost all sense of time, so here we are. I've been detecting and gold panning/prospecting and general rock-hounding since the mid 1980's. I lived in Northern California in what we affectionately called the "Nevada Panhandle" while in the military. Explored much of the desert and forests of the region and otherwise had a blast in all the open and wild spaces. Moved back to the Midwest in the 90's where activities have been mostly metal detecting, but I do have an interest in drift diamonds. Got a Fisher CZ-20 in the late 90's so I eventually took up SCUBA diving. I currently live near Mineral Point, Wisconsin where lead was discovered in 1828. There are lots of old tailing piles around and I occasionally dig around in them. Detecting wise, I focus on old home sites and farms. A few times a year I go into towns and hit the parks or fair grounds, but mostly try to find undetected locations (yes, they do exist!). I bought a really nice beach scoop in February of 2020 with ambitious plans, but you can guess how that worked out... I currently use an Equinox 800 as my primary detector, but have/have used detectors from Fisher, White's, and Tesoro. Finally, my forum name in case anyone was wondering: I currently work in environmental restoration on grasslands and savanna and use prescribed fire as one of my restoration tools. I figure if I ever started a band, the name would be "Johnny Phoenix and the Fires Starters". This longstanding joke has led to my on-line alter-ego as Johnny Phoenix, who's way cooler than I'll ever be. JP

It's not an oversight, the topic is addressed in the manual on page 23 "Manual mode is not available in multi-frequency programs, as it would be tedious to set each frequency independently. The Grab mode advantageously allows to capture the ground value of each frequency simultaneously." Now what XP defines as tedious... JP