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I posted this on another forum about running Full Tones and getting zero Iron audio in all programs except Sensitive Full Tones. I get iron blips if I want in all the other tone modes. I'm at V.7 and running machine wide open and not a peep of Iron in full tones.

On the new v7 update for the D2 watch out how much bottle cap filter is used. 4 and 5 will make gold rings sound like iron or make them sound horrible. After each update I always test my machines with a piece of Zeiss glasses wipe foil. This time like no difference did the same. Did the update to v7 then reprogram all my beach programs. Then did my test always start with the foil wrap first. Got a iron tone and ID of 04. I was like this is not good. So ok what happened?? I went back in changed the bottle caps to 0 and took the foil went back over the coil sounds great and a ID in the 30's. So finally I changed the bottle cap rejection to a 3 and still able to get the foil wrap at a very nice sounding tone. 4 forget it!!!! Sounds horrible!!! 5 sounds like iron!!! So went into my wife's jewelry box got all her gold rings I have find over the years. All of the diamond rings sounds horrible on 4/5 bottle cap rejection. On a 3 sounds great!!! The larger gold rings no real issues but diamond rings yes set back the reject to a 3.

Hi everyone, I upgraded to v7 and when in the goldfield mode the sound for the pinpointer mode doesn't work anymore. If I watch the screen I can see the square filling in, but no sound. If I switch to something like the general mode it works. Any thoughts?

Hit the grassy area this morning in hopes of finding another seated dime didn’t happen but did find a 5.1 gram gold nugget a little smaller than a dime. No discoloration it came out of the ground looking like in the pic. ID at 66 on the D2 at 6 inches deep. Also dug up a wheatie and. V- Nickel. Denny

have you noticed ,nobodys mentioned em what progs have FMF and what are they ?and how do you choose which ones on a new self proggy? and what can they be ? and how deep can they be ..does full metal no discrim contain which 1s ? curious as i have no d2 yet and yet to be convinced

Took a trip to Nevada last week and met up with Steve and Steve. While I waited for them to show up at our meeting place I got out a few VLF metal detectors to try on some gold nuggets. Nothing conclusive here just though people would like to see how they perform. One difference between the Nevada soil and what I'm used to hunting is all the salt. All the detectors were subject to coil knock and really took some fine tuning to get them to run stable. Steve F later found that on the Deus 2 sensitive would probably be the best mode to run as it eliminates coil knock issues and is still pretty sensitive to small targets.

If you decide to be a guinea pig on this one, let us know how it’s working for you. I’m still on the original 0.6, but pretty tempted to pull the trigger on this one.

In an earlier post I addressed the issue of my remote control locking up but I thought I’d expand on it and provide a video link that talks about this frustrating event. Causes: There have now been multiple reports of the remotes locking up after at least one of two actions were taken which caused the malfunction. 1) Taking the remote beyond the range of the coil and then doing a frequency scan (noise cancel). 2) Pressing one of the buttons on the remote while the unit is actually in the scanning process. There may be other actions that cause this lock up situation but those two in particular have been directly linked to this malfunction. Prevention: Do not take your remote beyond coil range and try to do a frequency scan. However, I have taken a remote beyond coil range and conducted other actions without any adverse effects such as adjusting settings or creating a custom program. Secondly, DO NOT press any other button on the remote while the unit is actively engaged in the scanning process. This button pushing action seems to disrupt or “confuse” the software. Fix: In the event you experience a lock up you won’t be able to shut the unit down or activate any action at all. Your remote will be totally frozen. Since I always prefer the simplest fix, just allow the unit to completely run down the battery until it shuts itself off--mine took around 20 hours to shut down. After it shuts down, plug it into the charger and it will return to normal operation...at least mine did. Now I’ve read about another approach wherein the user took it upon himself to remove the back of the remote, disconnect and then reconnect the battery. He reported that this also served to return the unit to normal operation. However, following Dirty Harry’s sage advice, “A man has to know his limitations” I never considered doing this myself because I’m fully aware of my technical limitations! A Word of Caution: I've heard that disconnecting and then reconnecting the battery may cause or did cause the loss of custom programs. I didn't lose anything by just letting the battery run down on its own then connecting it back to the charger. Now the ultimate fix is for XP to address this in a future update. I have reported this to the right folks at XP and I’m sure they’ll analyze it and take the appropriate action.

I have the 3/8/22 version and I noticed they have a 3/11/22 version. Anyone updated to the 3/11 version? What changes did they make?

Well k said I'd be back in a bit with a story(experience) and success was had! Thicket hunting along a creek were johnny rebel once crossed 20-30k troopers,artillery and such! Over the railroad bridge alone! No maps exist of troops closer than a mile or three,no written detail exist in stating anything but retreat was made across a railroad bridge! Reason I spelled this out I found a fort of some kind, circle-ish 4ft banks up from ground level 15-20ft across with what looks to me like a dirt platform against one side(back side if rebs did it. Doesnt make sense now that I'm thinking about it,maybe union thought rebs were coming back then platform area would be in front. Or then again rebs occupied the area for 3+ years and bridges were protected so platform would work in front across the board reb/union. Maybe one of you fellers can identify the bullets!? My caliber,t&t are at the house, they are sude cast(I think that's what its called,line down the sides from making em). I dont know alot about bullets but I feel like they are reb(idc which they are) from looking through that book many hours measuring,wieghing and looking more! Lol Pistol bullets is modern!? I didnt think so thought .36 cal colt or sage in field the wierd dirt is tricky/red concrete I worked the brush overtime scrubbing these things! Never encountered such dirty dirt. Wierd flat lead is odd,any ideas? Darn spikes loud 91 I couldn't help thinking PLAAAATE, excitement all around and NOPE damn spikes! Never seen any like these though( in earthworks). Dsmn good evening,dropped bulliets are most fun to me! Hope to get more time this week for thicket busting! D2 is superior in the bush to the nox,detect-ed,non broken anything nox800 if I may! I'm really starting to like this machine and to be quite honest first day I had to talk myself outta discounting it! Heads up yard test against nox wasn't seeing it, audio response up one,reactivity can go to 1.5-2 and be deep while plenty fast for most sites and understanding it has soft real soft whispers on deep sound when nox is beep beep beep and dig imo compared. At first though I can see people discounting it over such things for sure,btw square tones as yall know remedies this also but I didnt buy this machine for nox imitation so only run pwm! I did chase a handful of signals but not many but still wasted a hour of a 3 hr hunt, thick stuff,roots galor just tough going so any non desirable chasing adds up! I was happy though 2nd hole was one of these exquisite relics! Happy enough to mostly forget the mosquitoes were attempting to pack me off! Damn eat up! Lol Thanks for comments,input,knowledge in advance! Happy hunting,be safe

I’ve confirmed that any items I list which state they are for Deus 1 and WS4 are also compatible with Deus 2 and WS6. I’ve provided links if you want to take a closer look at any items, but encourage you to shop around for the best deal. Some shops have a minimum purchase price before free shipping kicks in. https://www.metaldetector.com/xp-mi-6-waterproof-pinpointer-metal-detector?___SID=U https://www.metaldetector.com/xp-deus-ws4-wireless-headphone-adapter https://www.metaldetector.com/xp-deus-2-remote-control-headphone-jack-adapter https://www.metaldetector.com/xp-deus-silicone-wristband-for-ws4 https://www.metaldetector.com/xp-deus-ws4-stem-mount-support?___SID=U https://www.metaldetector.com/xp-deus-2-bh-01-bone-conduction-waterproof-headphones?___SID=U https://www.metaldetector.com/xp-metal-detectors-finds-pouch?___SID=U https://bigboyshobbies.net/xp-backpack-240 https://www.ebay.com/itm/XP-Deus-2-ll-Metal-Detector-Screen-and-Touchpad-Protector-Cover-USA-Made-/125220261088?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Neoprene-arm-rest-cover-for-XP-DEUS-ORX-Metal-Detectors-with-Logo-XP-/264525180790?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

Took the Deus ll to Riverfront Park here in Corvallis, OR. It is a popular place where people like to eat lunch, hang out, lay on the grass, play catch and take their pets. There is a large grassy area that I have detected before, but never actually covered it thoroughly. I just had a feeling that there could be a ring in there. This time I started at one end and started working my across back and forth, moving over a few steps each time across, working towards the other end. I had covered about 3/4 of the area when I got a 67 signal on the Deus ll. About 4 inches down was this man's wedding ring. It is marked "Benchmark 10k", and weighs 6.9 grams. It looks more gold colored in the picture because of the lighting, but it is actually 10K white gold.

My new XP Deus 2 arrived a week ago today and I have about 20 hours total on the machine. I've managed to get out 5 days for at least a short hunt. California is in a drought and my soil is prematurely super dry and digging is difficult when it should be moist and soft this time of year for another month or two. With the window to easy digging closing soon, I had need to get out immediately and test the Deus 2 before its too hot and dry to detect grassy areas for coins/jewelry. Excitement from having a new machine to test out certainly helped my motivation to get out and detect too. All locations were in VERY challenging soil ranging from highly-mineralized to severely-mineralized. 12-13 hours spent total in some local parks looking for coins and jewelry, and 7-8 hours out nugget hunting on an old patch hunted for several years by my dad, brother and I using our Minelab GPX 5000 machines. One great feature is the soil level graph on the Deus 2. I've always known my soil was bad, but now I can say for sure with hard data that it is TERRIBLE. All locations are 3/4 of a bar to a full bar on the soil level indicator. An accurate ID on a coin around here past 5-6 inches is a dream. Despite the bad soil, the Deus 2 ran very quietly and smoothly and even EMI wasn't really an issue, even next to power lines while in a city park. Definitely nice to see the Deus behave so well. However, the Deus 2 was no giant leap in detection depth in my soil. It's about on par with my Equinox 800 and past vlf detectors. Overall, I'm quite pleased with the Deus 2, even though I didn't "need" another vlf detector. This is the 5th vlf I've had since my White's 6000di Pro in 1995 when I started coin-shooting and I tend to go 5-10 years before I upgrade. Its been 3.5 years since I got my Equinox 800, but I jumped in "early" and got the XP since I've never had the brand before and have been intrigued by its unique features and audio. Luckily for me I am in a financial situation where I can now afford to own multiple detectors, though that wasn't always the case. Like many have reported, the Deus 2 is great in terms of its light weight and ease of swinging, especially with the 9in. coil. This is the first detector with an "S" style shaft and I find its easy on the wrist and a breeze to swing. Having to charge 3 separate devices, coil, headphones and control box is a little extra effort, but not insurmountable. The collapsible shaft is handy for making the whole thing compact in seconds and probably why nobody likely realized I had a detector in hand while walking a few blocks to a park along a busy street. On my first outing to a park with around 100 years of past use, using P5, Park program, I did a quick pass of the swings in the wood chip area and scored a few pennies. Next I hit a spot where during a few annual festivals, vendors sell items and food, and from past experience I knew was loaded with pulltabs and some bottle caps. I go to this area from time to time and go nuts digging mid-conductors in the hopes of finding gold, but no luck so far all these years. I did pull out a few coins missed by detectorists in the past, though mostly just zinc cents. I did notice right away how easy it was to swing over a target, do a cross sweep and know exactly where it was. I found I could locate and dig targets very quickly, definitely a plus when coin/jewelry searching is often a game of numbers. The more you dig, the better chance to come across a good find. I also briefly swung around an old bleacher area where I've found some 100 year-old coins over the years among the thick layers of bottle caps, pull tabs, foil, nails, etc. Determining where targets were was a breeze due to impressive separation and I definitely plan to work this area further later on. I feel optimistic the Deus 2 can sniff out a few more old coins among all that trash from this quick test. I searched another older park 2 different days and tried out some other programs like P3, sensitive full tones and P4, Fast. I then mostly defaulted back to using P1, General since it had good, loud audio and targets really stood out. I hunted for around 4 hours each day where I've had success with the Equinox bagging some older coins and a few silver jewelry pieces. I managed 2 silver war nickels (1945S and 1942S) and 9 wheat cents, the oldest being a 1910S that filled a spot in my penny album. I also dug plenty of aluminum trash hoping for gold, while getting familiar with the sounds of the new detector. I definitely dug more trash than usual while getting accustomed to the responses of the Deus 2. I did dig a few pieces of deeper iron, but I was skeptical on most, especially when pinpoint mode placed the target to the side of where I thought it would be. A good test I've found to ID iron most of the time. The VDI was solid and numbers did not vary more than a few digits on targets up to 4 inches or so. None of the old coins I found were past 4 inches deep, but that's similar to how its been for every machine I've run here in the past. I'd estimate half I found were hitting areas I'd passed by with the Equinox and the others due to me digging signals with a VDI in zinc penny range or slightly lower. Most of the wheat cents read 84-86 and would be missed by anybody also discriminating out zinc cents. In time, I hope to get to learn the machine better and start to unearth some deeper coins I know must be lurking. Its going to require tuning my ear to the audio and testing different programs on the Deus 2 to see what works best in my hot soil. I'm convinced if I can learn to hit coins at 6 inches or more, I'll start to pull out some even older examples. I may have to wait until fall and more rain since moist soil adds depth (and noise) at these locations. Overall, I'm happy with my first trips out hunting for urban coins and jewelry. I think performance-wise, the Deus 2 is about on par with my Equinox, but with its own distinct personality. I really enjoyed how quiet and smoothly the Deus ran and how it handled EMI. Its a breeze to swing, especially with the 9in. coil and I found with my background swinging the Nox, reading the instruction manual, and watching some Deus 2 videos, running the controls was fairly easy for me. Signals were extremely easy for me to locate, zero in on, and dig out. I think in terms of target retrieval speed and audio, the Deus 2 suits me more. Full tones (P3) seemed sort of muted and muffled in my bad soil, but other programs had great audio volume that said "dig me". I did dig more trash than usual, but that's part of learning a new machine. Hopefully with more time, I'll gel even more with the Deus, and I expect that to happen more quickly than with the Equinox. Both are great machines and are similar in performance. If you have one or the other, you are set for most circumstances. I'm fortunate to have both and can use experience gained from both to compliment my detecting skills. I'll write up more about my prospecting experience with the Deus 2 soon. This review has already gotten too long as it is!

I have an Equinox 800 with 4 coils. I am able to pull a silver dime from 16" with the 15" coil when the soil is moist. The 5x10 is excellent at separation, but it obviously is not as deep as the 15". Having never had a Deus I, I'm looking for advice from others whether or not to pull the trigger on a Deus II with our extremely mild soil in FL (0 ground balance on the Equinox).

I am trying to get a good answer on what waterproof plug to use on the Deus II. I have used the Excalibur II for years and now have the Deus II. The Excal can go from dry to wet sand to water and back. The manual for the Deus II states that the black plug is used for terrain and can be submerged to 1 meter When you use the Deus II for diving you use the red plug. My question is the black plug enough at 1 meter not to flood,? Do I have to use the red plug each time I take it into the water. I hunt in the water up to my neck and also do wet sand here in Florida. I want to get a good answer before I submerge it for the first time with the black plug only to find out I should have used the red. Any advice from anyone who has submerged the detector and works the beach like I do would be greatly appreciated. Best regards. Happy Hunting

I finally got the chance to hit an old permission and get my D2 in the dirt for the first time after only hunting the wet sand. For reference it's a "company park" for a farm labor rancho about 2 acres in size. I've hunted here for years with an MXT, ATpro, D1, V3, and Nox 800. I wasn't expecting much but that wasn't the point, I wanted to get 2-3 hours on grass and learn a new mode. I chose Park, switched to 4 tones instead of 3, lowered my reactivity to 1.5 (from 2.5) did a frequency scan and ground balanced and off I went. It took all of about 3 minutes for my ears to adjust and I started digging nearly everything that was solid, sweet sounding and repeatable. The D2 is like a hot knife through butter. It was so easy to isolate targets and zero in on them even though there were other targets all over. This place has seen a ton of beer related parties over the past 60 years so there is a ton of beaver tails, pop tops and can slaw in the ground amongst the coins and you could still separate easily. I can't get over how solid the TID is at depth. I got a deeper (fainter) signal that was a solid 90. By the time I finally got the penny out of the hole the depth was an inch beyond my MI6 resting in the hole. The other thing is the tonal nuance. I get it now. You can hear the target and tell if you want to dig it or not. An example is the nickel. I dug my first one today that rang up as a 62. The tone was just so sweet sounding. It never deviated from 62. I then hit a 62 that moved to a 63 and back to a 62. Dug it and it was a pop top. Hit a 61 that bumped to a 62 and back and it was a 1927 buffalo nickel. I hunt for nickels because I hunt for gold and I dig all nickel signals. I ended up digging 8 more nickels today and all were 62. Every 62 was a nickel. Every time I got a 62-63 I dug those too just to see. Every 62-63 was a crap aluminum pop top. I'm convinced that if you take the time to learn each program that is specific to what you do hunt and want to hunt you will clean up. I only used Park today because I want to know it thoroughly before I move to Deep HC. The 27 Buff shows me that a site is never hunted out and you just need to slow down and take your time. The D2 is not a complex detector to use. Your job is take the time to understand what each option is and what it does and if you get lost just turn it off, take a deep breath and turn it back on. The other thing I would caution folks against is testing it against your other detectors or spending hours in your test garden. Get out there and dig every signal for a couple of hours and see what everything is in it's natural state, make mental notes (or keep a little notebook in your pocket and record the finds) and enjoy detecting. Stop worrying about whether or not its better than the other detector you had and get out there. You don't go around comparing your wife to your old girlfriends so it should be the same with your new detector. Read the forums to learn something and remember if you don't dig it you won't find it. Stop looking for perfection and EMI problems. I found no gold today but that only means I have a better chance of finding it tomorrow. The D2 puts a smile on my face. I hope you have as much fun using yours as I am mine.

As the title says 20hrs of the Deus 2 after hammering the yard for nearly 20 years. Before the Deus 2 I ran the 13” ultimate coil on the V3i for 4 years in this yard and every other coil as well. I would often go an hour without digging a non ferrous target. The pictures shows my results of the Deus 2. 20 minutes after finding the 1864 2 cent I found the gold pen quill👏

hi guys, speaking of deus 2,if we are in a field full of Roman brick and iron looking exclusively for silver coins, there could be settings to cancel the audio tone of the Roman brick and discriminate iron targets with the grave tone of iron, leaving all the other targets free to be detected correctly with sound and ID the roman brick which ID has on the deus 2? can you cancel without disturbing the good targets?

I sometimes think we or at least I don't give metal detector manufacturers enough credit for how much work actually goes into making our metal detectors, I think this is partially because they seem to make mistakes with the most simple of things like shafts twisting on brand new detectors when doing nothing out of the ordinary or coil ears breaking because they're made of the worlds thinnest plastic for no real reason, really stupid things that gives the impression there must be some foolish people involved with development. I've experienced it myself with my Equinox shaft being wobbly, my CTX ears breaking on a few month old 17" coil, a Pro Sonic with an upside down decal, a Simplex with a wobbly shaft that I had to buy a replacement carbon fiber shaft to fix, a Gold Monster that's shaft kept coming unscrewed when using it since day 1, a GPZ that sometimes completely loses audio changing from normal to difficult or back, and when I contact Minelab about it they say yes it's a bug in the software, I asked if it's going to be fixed, and I get told it's not, the list goes on and on and I could keep going. Then there is the other side of it, the electronics involved and that's where the magic to me happens and perhaps its where the manufacturers put in a majority of the effort, well I sure hope it is as the other side of the products can be quite dismal. Most brands seem to suffer from similar traits, weak or poorly designed housings and leaks with dodgy shafts being the most common, which pass all tests from by the manufacturer with flying colours only to demonstrate their weakness in the first few weeks once they're in users’ hands, sometimes its software issues with firmware updates being rush out only days or weeks after a detectors release. It's lucky they use crash test dummies and thoroughly test cars differently to how they test metal detectors or we'd be driving cars that's chassis buckles going over a speed bump leaving the car sales yard or the speedometer is too small for many to see and stereo systems where the backlight turns off 1 second after you press a button so you can't see what you're trying to do 🙂 Or perhaps self-driving cars that have software glitches causing them to crash, oh, wait.... Jokes over, I quite like XP's style, they don't flood the market with a lot of the same detector under various names with a different blast of paint and some slight modifications, new detectors are few and far between but when one does come out it's vastly different than the previous model. Such is the case with the Deus 2 over the first implementation. I was stumbling around doing my research as I'm looking for a reason to buy a Deus 2, so far, I've not found one but at least I'm trying 🙂 I found just how long the Deus 2 has been in development, or at least an indication of how long, back in April 2016 XP (Sarl Xplorer) as they seem to be called according to the box of my MI-4 Pinpointer and their trademark applications they filed for a Trademark on the name "FMF FAST MULTI FREQUENCY". This means they were likely already making and testing a "Fast" multi frequency detector back in 2016, and it was finally released as we know in 2022. That is at least a 6-year development cycle, I would guess quite a bit longer seeing they already had the foresight to call it Fast multi frequency. Here is their FMF trademark information You can see the full thing here: https://uspto.report/TM/79189696 It makes a little more sense now that when Nokta first announced they were making the Legend way back a few years ago with a naming contest it was quite premature doing so when detectors like this obviously take years in development, at least to make a good one as we found out by the years of waiting for the Legend to come to market after its announcement, likely some bizarre marketing decision to start the hype building long before its release I guess, my brain doesn't work as a marketing person, their decisions never make much sense to me. I guess I'm being a bit premature being excited about Nokta's Gold PI too, as we've seen with the First Texas attempt at a PI water machine and gold machine years in development before release seems a normal practice, it's just with companies like XP and Minelab we don't really hear about it until it's near ready, I think that is the best approach in the end as both the Legend and First Texas PI release methods have caused quite a lot of frustration with it seems to be a large part of their potential customer base, often it's forgiven quickly when the final product comes out but it's best not to cause the ruckus in the first place. Nokta's rightly checking what prospectors want in a PI, and market research is a wise thing to do for a brand that's not currently in that market space and I'm very pleased they're doing that, and hopefully lessons have been learnt from the Legend release. Minelab seem to keep their releases quite secretive, at least from me, First Texas releases just breeze past me as they're been so regular, they're probably up to the F75 Version 15 Update 2 Boost enhanced version 3.6 by now, I wonder how many F75 fans have 15 F75's if they upgrade to each new version. Their product line is a bit of an overload so nobody cares anymore. Garrett's due for a high end SMF, not a peep out of them but it just has to be coming, hopefully soon but better not rushed, and judging by how long XP worked on theirs, it may be a while yet, hopefully the adage good things come to those who wait applies here as I'd like Garrett to have a successful SMF, I really like the look of the Apex.

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

Just recently received Deus 2, noticed Manual shows factory settings for Program 1 (General) Discrimination 7 and remote shows 10. Haven't done any updates yet. Anyone have latest update and what does it show?

Has anyone had problem, albeit small one, with getting remote out of the case? Mine fits rather tight and gets hung up in the cutout on the back where the recharging cap protrudes past the case.

Hey fellas, Laugh,poke,snarl,all takes welcome, i think serious questions must be asked and understood imho. My experience to this post 4hrs hunting/similar testing. I did find 6-10 non ferrous items in a very nail polluted site,small site that I've used atpro/multi kruzer/equinox 800 on tens of hours to long (no non ferrous in a long time) until d2. That's a big $1600 I'm ok with. In my small town I can crank gain to 100 in gen,relic,fast (all I've used) and it's super quite running feet from nox also. I'm certain when I figure the unit out I will love it and my finds in trash will go up as I told it above I've already seen it! My issues I need more understanding of may or may not be issues of others. When testing 7,8 inch dime and 3 ringer (I think 8" but for complete honesty maybe it was 7".) In stock settings the sound was so faint I could easily see myself or others not realizing that whisper was a hit!? Coming from nox and testing nox on same targets its loud/clear and I'm used to the tone so it's way different. I was worried about the loosing nuance turning up audio output so did not change from stock settings. My observations are changing reactivity from 3 to 2 gains significant depth and so on with each move as in alot bigger difference from changing it on the nox(folks coming over with no deus experience take note). Changing audio output from 4 to 5 and 6 in my testing today made 9"quarter go from a sound easily passed up to loud and clear which is to me pretty big also everyone should know just how big of a difference it seems to make. More on that even to 6 it didnt seem to greatly affect the depth nuance as I was initially worried about atleast not relative to difference in tonal hit. My initial observation is the audio notched up 1 or 2 gains 1-3 in depth (not gain but makes you hear it when you could otherwise not or think the whisper is emi/ground!?) This is a very big thing to me, if what I think happened actually happened its huge and everyone should know. To a lesser degree the difference in reactivity coming from a 8 digit scale (nox) to 5 the deus2 is very different to me anyway. I've never noticed a big difference in reactivity changes affecting the nox like d2 when a 3 getting a faint passable hit to 2.5,2 smacking it hard. The $1600 price tag should rule out what happened today and seems to be affecting many more people!? I initially wrote this complaint off to just bias but found out that can vary greatly. At home very quiet smooth operation but fast forward to 7hr drive south to mid georgia testing at hotel emi was unfixable and terrible! Checked every freq,freq scan many times none of this helped the slightest and btw I tried greatly to find a excuse or legit reason to help swallow this huge issue for $1600 could not come up with anything. Although I could hear a 9" quarter every few sweeps the emi would cover or crackle the hit up and make it very likely one would miss good signals! It was as bad as equinox first fired up high gain no noise cancel held out in air! Couldn't be helped in any way besides gain on 80 and then it was just quieter from decibel not issue better. This issue,silent emi, I havent seen, but fo me very big things considering they cause the unit to fail at the very thing it's not supposed to fail on DETECTING METAL!? Many things or opinions on how important these few things are and I'm certain many will try rationalizing to the point of dismissal. These things can't be dismissed on a $1600 unit!!?? Although I'm lukewarm on it atm I do see myself being in love(heavily biased) if theses seemingly small but with logical thought(if silent emi and loud ass emi are causing non hits/crackled out audio=non hits) they not only can't be dismissed they are plain dissapointment for a purchase this big!? Imagine buying a arsenal sam7k-44 krink and it only going bang most of the time!? We wouldn't except it so it's kinda same. Once more the audio,reactivity not issues but greatly affect signal much more than anything I've used or to my experience it seems!? Like myself any fellas not on the deus commanding officer list this observation especially the audio output can be the difference of hating this rackety unit and loving/excepting performance to price point!? I know I should have paid more attention in english years back but I didn't,I ramble,I run on,I structure poorly please look over and hope you all can get the jist of it and leave feedback. Even if its hateback bring it on in and don't hold back,I'm just attempting to understand this thing to the point of comfort so I can confidently beep things! Easily dismissed but huge difference in faintest squeak to unmissable hard smacking squak imo(cant be undersold if were actually here to help one another)?

I want to do the V0.6 update now that it appears to be safe to do so. Now, I apologize for my utter lack of computer skills but I need some help. I don’t have a PC but can use a windows based laptop at work, or my wife’s laptop. I’ve updated my equinox a couple of times but when I go to XP update page and download I get a program updaterdeusIIupdate.zip and cannot open it. The video instruction by Gary says it will ask if you want to have it on your home screen but I don’t get that prompt. The zip file does not open. What am I doing wrong? Help would be appreciated. Thsnks

I took about a half hour with the D2 on visible schist bedrock that was loaded with trash and steel bits from the original blade that pushed this gully. I tested the D2 with a .3 gram nugget. It hit 33 to 36 TID in the Goldfield program. The machine ran quiet and separated the trash from nonferrous quite well with the 11" coil. It locked on 2 small lead fragments that ID'd at 40. Close enough that that I was pretty confident if any half grammars were present it would have sniffed them out. Naturally, it would not be my go to gold detector, especially in this configuration with the 11" coil. But, I was impressed with its ability to run in heavy ferrous trash and convincingly hit on the nonferrous lead.