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Why isn't XP coming out with a 5X10" coil for the Deus 2?------If I remember correctly---I emailed XP sometime back asking them this but didn't get an answer.

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  • The title was changed to Opinions wanted - XP 5x10 coil for D2?

Really good question. I use the 9" but would definitely use a 5x10 especially for coin and jewelry hunting in high trash areas.

Guess XP doesn't really listen to customer requests.

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I guess they think that to be compatible with the Deus II platform it must be waterproof and if you remember the original 5x10 had an external battery. I see no reason the battery couldn’t be waterproofed in the lower shaft. Make it one unit, shaft and coil, with the shaft partially filled with epoxy waterproofing 

Correction: the original 5x10 had an external antenna, not a battery. I was mistaken. The original 5x10 was also waterproof to 20 feet while the Deus II is rated for about 66 feet. 

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I was told in an email from XP about a year ago that they are looking into the idea of a 5X10" elliptical coil for Deus 2. They realize there is both a need for one and that it would sell well. 

All I can say is XP moves at its own pace and maybe they will come out with a 5X10" elliptical for Deus 2 and maybe they won't.

I can think of several things that XP has corrected on Deus 2 via software updates like the many missing features on the WS6 as Master, a couple of software bugs, the improvements to FMF Goldfield for prospecting and other physical improvements like the Xtreme Hunter setup, a carbon fiber lower shaft and a diving specific shaft with holes drilled for running the antenna inside the shaft. Most of these changes were the results of user feedback. XP does listen but on their own time schedule, not ours.

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Merrill, XP's US ambassador, released a video about the Deus 1/ORX conversion kit, and in the video specifically mentioned that XP heard its customers "loud and clear" about the need for an HF elliptical coil for Deus 2.

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  • The title was changed to Opinions Wanted - XP 5x10 Coil For D2?

when the 5x10 came out i was one of the 1st to have it in the UK .Was to good for me on the Thames...........the 9" was better.Got so far all the coil on the manti and the D2 last session yesterday on the Thames with the manti and the tiny coil was a disaster\\

 

RR

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