I've been trying to learn my new Deus and all the nifty things it can do. I think I'm finally getting the hang of it thanks to you guys on here that have shared all the feedback and observations. I had a few hours to kill yesterday so I headed out in the rain, down to the "button patch" to see what I could come up with.
This site is a huge Union camp in the middle of a thick pine forest. It's surrounded by standing earthworks & trenches and has been pounded for years, especially by me and my digging buds.
Those good, "dig me" signals are pretty tough to sniff out, but I usually come home with a button every time I go.
I've been reading up on some program tweaks. Especially the 4KHz program that CZ & Duke have posted about. I loaded the program and just had to give it a shot. I picked an area to start from that has been productive in the past, then picked an area of interest in the middle of the thick woods. I plugged it in the GPS & hunted with the new 4KHz program all the way there to see what it would do.
The first iffy signal came in pretty clear, about 8" down popped out the a .69 musket ball. Then rechecked the hole with the pinpointer and there was another one. A few minutes later, I got another good signal showing around 60 on the VDI, a nice .58 Minie at about 8" again. Got a few more bullets, the tiny buck ball which came in super-loud, and another funny signal. Dug down 10" or so and found the weird cast brass piece with the rusty nail in it. Maybe a gun part?
When I reached the end/turn around point, I changed frequencies to 12KHz and dropped Reactivity to 1 with everything else the same, and headed back. A few feet later, I found the Eagle I button. It came in at a clear 75 and down about 6-7" or so. Then I managed a couple more bullets on the way out.
I'm liking the new machine, and really liking the new 4KHz program. It seems to be a bullet killer, and I especially like the VDI numbers in this program. But with the 4KHz, the bullets come in around 55-60 and buttons are around 70-75. I like them numbers! I experimented on a few targets with different freqs and Reactivity/Silencer settings with a few tweaks to Sens and TX also. I really couldn't tell a difference in depth between Reactivity at 1 or 2 in 4KHz, but I feel like I got less iffy signals at 2. The 12KHz program seems to like Reactivity on 1 and Silencer on -1, but I will play with this some more. Also I feel the need to drop the TX to 2 in 12KHz, just for stability. I'm still developing my technique, but I'm getting there.
Thanks for looking. Enjoy the pics. HH
This site is a huge Union camp in the middle of a thick pine forest. It's surrounded by standing earthworks & trenches and has been pounded for years, especially by me and my digging buds.
Those good, "dig me" signals are pretty tough to sniff out, but I usually come home with a button every time I go. I've been reading up on some program tweaks. Especially the 4KHz program that CZ & Duke have posted about. I loaded the program and just had to give it a shot. I picked an area to start from that has been productive in the past, then picked an area of interest in the middle of the thick woods. I plugged it in the GPS & hunted with the new 4KHz program all the way there to see what it would do.
The first iffy signal came in pretty clear, about 8" down popped out the a .69 musket ball. Then rechecked the hole with the pinpointer and there was another one. A few minutes later, I got another good signal showing around 60 on the VDI, a nice .58 Minie at about 8" again. Got a few more bullets, the tiny buck ball which came in super-loud, and another funny signal. Dug down 10" or so and found the weird cast brass piece with the rusty nail in it. Maybe a gun part?
When I reached the end/turn around point, I changed frequencies to 12KHz and dropped Reactivity to 1 with everything else the same, and headed back. A few feet later, I found the Eagle I button. It came in at a clear 75 and down about 6-7" or so. Then I managed a couple more bullets on the way out.
I'm liking the new machine, and really liking the new 4KHz program. It seems to be a bullet killer, and I especially like the VDI numbers in this program. But with the 4KHz, the bullets come in around 55-60 and buttons are around 70-75. I like them numbers! I experimented on a few targets with different freqs and Reactivity/Silencer settings with a few tweaks to Sens and TX also. I really couldn't tell a difference in depth between Reactivity at 1 or 2 in 4KHz, but I feel like I got less iffy signals at 2. The 12KHz program seems to like Reactivity on 1 and Silencer on -1, but I will play with this some more. Also I feel the need to drop the TX to 2 in 12KHz, just for stability. I'm still developing my technique, but I'm getting there.
Thanks for looking. Enjoy the pics. HH
