Testing The XP Deus2 11" - Inland Hunting : Field Tests , Depth Tests Etc

[phrunt]

Thanks for your reports, you've answered a lot of my questions.  It looks like for your style of detecting it's going to be a very suitable detector for you.

[palzynski]

5 hours ago, phrunt said:

Thanks for your reports, you've answered a lot of my questions.  It looks like for your style of detecting it's going to be a very suitable detector for you.

Not only for me I think ... 🙂

[Ogliuga]

9 hours ago, EL NINO77 said:

.....When measuring the mineralization, the coil must be moving over clean terrain ..., either you sweep the coil for 8-10 seconds, or you pump the coil into clean terrain ...

the coil during the measurement ... must always be moving ...to measure the terrain mineralization response .., because if you stop the coil - the values on the measurement will fall quickly ..

And alternate screen display doesn’t help on this regard. Don’t like alternate screen display. With D1 I always put rc in my pocket...D2 is a new toy and during first months, checking often the screen, I have noticed that the alternating screen is freaking out, mineralization strength graphic is something disturbing..

[NCtoad]

39 minutes ago, Ogliuga said:

And alternate screen display doesn’t help on this regard. Don’t like alternate screen display. With D1 I always put rc in my pocket...D2 is a new toy and during first months checking often the screen, I have noticed that the alternating screen is freaking out, mineralization strength graphic is something disturbing..

I agree.  Today for the first time (because of this thread), I checked the mineralization graph a few times just out of curiosity.  The screen alternates so fast after pumping the coil I barely have time to see the graph much less being able to count the bars to compare to other areas.  Sometimes I may want to post that the area I hunted had “7 bars on the mineralization graph” but it changes so fast I’d have to pump the coil multiple times to be able to count those little bars.  

[Ogliuga]

Yes, it’s true. Could post here photo of the full mineralization graphic only after taking a screenshot of the video. As El Nino says, it disappears too much quickly. It makes you nervous..

 

[palzynski]

On 3/4/2022 at 11:34 PM, Ogliuga said:

And alternate screen display doesn’t help on this regard. Don’t like alternate screen display. With D1 I always put rc in my pocket...D2 is a new toy and during first months, checking often the screen, I have noticed that the alternating screen is freaking out, mineralization strength graphic is something disturbing..

XP will probably solve this alternate screen display issue .  As I said , it is not a pb for me because my D2 RC is always in the pocket except when changing settings.  But I understand others needing to see the RC screen ...

[EL NINO77]

18 hours ago, palzynski said:

I have just updated my "4) DEPTH TESTS WITH THE DEUS2 11"   above post because there was an error in it concerning the RELIC mode :

The RELIC does display the target VDI then it definitely HAS a discrimination, this as long as the target is not too deep ( too close to the target max depth limit ) .

Look at my updated above post for more details thx ...

 program Relict works on allmetall mode ... with IAR discrimination - just like Gold Field program.. ...

[palzynski]

4 minutes ago, EL NINO77 said:

Relict works on allmetall mode ... but IAR-type discrimination - just like Gold Field ...

I have tried IAR , but when I increased it I noticed a depth loss , then I am not convinced by this setting ...

[palzynski]

5) TESTING THE DEUS2 11" ON A NAIL BED :
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After having tested the Deus2 in medium iron trash conditions , it is time to go to the next level : the high iron trashed areas ...

I have a dedicated testing area for this , a wood near a small town where the soil is infested with irons and pottery fragments dating from the medieval ages up to the modern times , then extreme conditions.

As I use to go here since 7 or 8 years for my tests and as the wood is quite small (around 200X100 yards) , the area is pounded and there are very few targets left. Then it is really very difficult to find new ones .. Especially with big 11" sized coils ...

This time I have decided to use the WS6 headphones with the RC as master . Which means that I change the settings on the RC , the WS6 acting like simple wireless headphones ..  With the RC in my pocket to save weight as usual.

Testing the P1 - GENERAL mode :

Ok lets go ... I start with the P1- GENERAL mode . I am a little surprised because it works very well in the irons for a "general" detection mode  🙂...  This Deus2 FMF is really fast and it outperforms ( for me ) the other SMF detectors in the trash even when using this basic detection mode .

Testing the P2 - SENSITIVE mode :

As I have not much time I decided to change to the P2 - SENSITIVE mode that I have already used during my previous outings . I immediately noticed a difference , this mode is faster than the GENERAL mode and it is better in the trash.

As usual with my XP detectors I use the factory modes with just slight changes of the settings ... The PWM audio is very efficient but I preferred to change to SQUARE which is softer and very efficient too .. I also changed from 3 to 5 tones as I need a little more target audio info.

I definitely like this SENSITIVE mode because it is quiet between the targets and very accurate-fast on targets ... 🙂 ✌️ 
For me it the most performing mode in the irons. I found a few targets with it including a modern 5C modern coin
see pics below ...

Testing the P3 - SENSITIVE FT mode :
I have only quickly tested this mode but I found it a little too noisy compared to the SENSITIVE mode. 

Testing the P4 - FAST mode :
Only a quick testing with this mode too but I am not a great fan of the PITCH audio then back to the SENSITIVE mode ..

CONCLUSION , THE WINNER IS ...

1ST ) SENSITIVE

2ND ) SENSITIVE FT & FAST

3RD ) GENERAL

The Deus2 11" showed very impressive results during this test , finding new targets easily in this "extreme area" , knowing that the 11" is a big coil and that the results would have probably been better with a 9" coil. 

Now I have no doubt that the XP Deus2 is the best machine I have ever tested/used during 20+ years detecting, especially in the iron trash where I spend most of my detecting time ... 👍 🙂

 

Note :
As I had not enough time , I did not test the PARK mode I will test it later ...

A few pics :
 
On the way to the testing area :

 

The testing area :

 

The Deus2 with the RC and the WS6 headphones :

A 1st WW French cartridge :

A very small target , perhaps a rivet :
 

The SENSITIVE mode is a performer on nail beds  ... :

 
It is a 5 centimes 1966  French coin , I would have preferred an older one , but a coin is a coin 🙂:

 

And the trash :

[relicmeister]

I am enjoying your test postings very much. I wonder if  in addition to testing Park, you can test it in open fields using deep HC and relic modes in the near future.