XP Announces New HF2 Coil For Deus 2

[robin]

1 minute ago, F350Platinum said:

I wonder if they will come up with an RC magnetic adapter for charging that matches that coil charger? 🤔

Looks that way.

[DaveB]

I got tired of waiting and picked up a used ORX with the HF Elliptical coil.   I have to say that I am very impressed.   I was able to set up an 80 kHz gold program that can detect 0.02 gram at 1" and 0.17 gram at 2.5" to 3",  nice ID tone response in both cases and that is still with some discrimination and iron tone on to help reject nails.    That is better than I can detect on tiny gold with my Deus2 and the 9" coil.   I will still pick up the HF FMF ellipticalI coil for the Deus 2 but now I have a second XP that seems to be pretty good with small gold.     It will be interesting to see how the new Elliptical HF on the Deus2 will compare to the ORX.  Should see comparison videos online when they start delivering the new coils.  

 

[Ridge Runner]

Hi Dave

 I see this is your first post and I’d like to say your post is interesting. I’m wondering the type of ground you made the two test in . Some ground is like driving a nail into a knot and it just curls back. You take that signal coming off your coil can have the same effect.

 Got nuggets you’re using so you must be in gold country somewhere.

 Chuck

[DaveB]

Hi Chuck -

I just got the used ORX yesterday so I have not taken it out in the field or anywhere for that matter.  Just surface tests and air tests comparing the Deus2 with 9" coil to the new to me ORX with the elliptical HF coil at 80 kHz.   The gold in the picture are test pieces.    I didn't expect the Deus2 with 9" coil to work well but I was surprised by the ORX.   I have a Gold Bug Pro, but it is loaned out to a friend so I will have to test that small pieces against that when it comes back to me.   What surprised me further was I was able get a nice low iron tone on a nail while still getting a nice "find" tone on the small gold pieces with the ORX.   Out in the field it could be a whole different story.  I am in southern California.  I am not particularly a gold hunter or prospector, but I would like to get into it.   I am only 5 miles away from the first major gold find in California, 1842 Placerita Canyon, 6 years before Sutters Mill.    That area is mostly municipal parks and national monument land now but there is still some private land with streams near the gold bearing area.  A retired LA policeman in town has told me that he and his son used to pan an ounce of gold every year out of one creek on the private land, working mostly after heavy rains.      My wife does real estate and she sold a house near that creek that had a boarded up horizontal mineshaft that ended in the living room of the cabin that was built into the hillside.  There are other abandoned mine shafts nearby and I found an old miner's pick axe head there not long ago.  

[DaveB]

You got me thinking, so one more non-field surface test.  0.3" of magnetite that comes out of our So Cal mountains.   This magnetite is what you get panned down as heavy material from a stream.   I placed a 0.03 gram nugget (maybe the same nugget as last time just registering a bit more on the scale?) on top of the magnetite and I was still able to get a nice clear signal at 1" or more above the surface.    Picture shown after the test with another dime for size reference and a push button magnet pulling on the magnetite.  In the field will be different but this test was still encouraging.    

I imagine that the new HF coil with the Deus2 will be at least this good.

[MikMak]

I’m buying a D2 tomorrow and am excited to go Learn the detector. I hope this new HF is good on the gold as I hope to look for nuggets with it. 

[F350Platinum]

1 minute ago, MikMak said:

I’m buying a D2 tomorrow and am excited to go Learn the detector. I hope this new HF is good on the gold as I hope to look for nuggets with it. 

Welcome to the forum. 🙂

It took quite a long time to really understand the Deus 2, but for me it has been well worth it. I think browsing the information in this forum particularly will get you will on your way. 👍 There isn't much about prospecting with it yet, but I'm hoping there will be.

You might want to post a meet and greet and tell us a bit about what your experience is, and what you hope to do with your new detector. 

[Duke6]

Welcome MicMak A good source for learning the D2 is Gary Blackwell's The skill school on you tube.

I found it very helpful when I got me D2.

https://www.youtube.com/user/gardansolyn/videos