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Deep settings from the hunt

CT Todd

CT Todd

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Here are my settings that worked so well at the hunt. I was hitting mini balls at up to 14 measured inches. A large cent at 8-9 and half Reale at the same. Small flat cuff buttons at 7-9". The soil was sandy loam and the moisture was good. There was very little trash. A lot of these signals didn't scream I'm a good target dig me. To get them you had to listen for the faintest sounds even with the audio set to 4. If you get a repeatable target without an iron hum as you wiggle back from the target then it was time to dig. I dug a sword pommel at 10" but it is pretty good size. I did dig some iron but not much. Digging some iron is part of the deal especially when you're dealing with deep targets.


Frequency 8
Discrimination 8
Sensitivity 93
Reactivity 1
Silencer 0
Notch 8-30 97-99
Audio 4
Ground notch 70-90
Iron volume 2
Four tones
Swing speed was fast I'd call it

If you're in a place with more trash then up your reactivity to 2 or 3 and drop your sensitivity to 90. Remember when you touch the reactivity the silencer will move on its own so check it for the setting.
 
Where we were mineralisation wasn't a problem. The ground reading rambled around between 78 and 90. If I looked and saw that it was way off from my manual setting at the time. I would move to tracking for a moment let it get the read with a couple of swings over just the ground with no targets under the coil let it grab a new setting and then put it back into manual.

Important Note

The reason not to leave your unit in "Tracking" for ground balance is because on the deep targets you need to sweep over the faint targets many times to really tell where they are. If you do multiple sweeps over a target in "Tracking" the target will disappear because the unit will see it as part of the ground.

I am a long time CTX guy and I love my CTX. It was there with me in the truck every day but it never came out of the truck while there. The XP Deus was just too good to pass up.
 
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Hi Guys
I've had a number of PMs asking about the TX setting that I used. The setting was the standard 2. I'm not a big believer in moving the TX power up to 3 in my normal sites and I'll tell you why. When you move your TX up to 3 on old sites with lots of nails or new sites with modern trash you end up with a very chatty chirpy unit that is tough to get under control. The reason you would move up your TX power in the first place would be to get more depth out of your unit But if you then have to up your reactivity and your silencer to make your unit usable then what have you gained ? I would be more inclined to lower me TX to 1 then to go for 3 almost all the time. The other thing that I think makes a lot of sense is to get out of frequency 18. 18 is great for small targets but the back side of that is that it is much more chatty as it sees every little tiny piece of crap that you sweep over. 18 makes a lot of sense in europe with 1000's of years of tiny relics to grab but I really don't think you're missing anything here in the USA by using 12 or 8. I'm hitting very small coin sized targets in 8 at great depth. What do you think you're missing? Sometimes guys you're not digging deep stuff because it just wasn't there.
 
Great finds and helpful information!

What is the advantage of going with a silencer setting of 0 instead of -1?
 
I don't know that there was an advantage to the silencer be ing at 0 instead of -1. That's just the setting it was at.

The last thing I'll say about these settings was that on the deep deep targets there were no TID numbers just 00 and a half assed tone with a sliver of black on the right side of the horseshoe. But the tone is enough and you have to believe.
 
I was notched from 8-30 and 97-99 with a Ground notch of 70-90
 
I tried CT Todd's settings today with my Deus. Pretty impressive program. I was able to find this pieces of eight bit at 5 inches in a cornfield.... From what I can make out I think its from a King Felipe V 1732-1747.

Thanks again CT Todd
 
That is a great find. I'm glad you like the settings. I've never found a bit piece. Nice
 
Hey Todd, I understand the audio notch but what benefits are you getting with using the Ground Notch? Are you using it for something other than dealing with hot rocks?

Jeff
 
Lodge Scent said:
Hey Todd, I understand the audio notch but what benefits are you getting with using the Ground Notch? Are you using it for something other than dealing with hot rocks?

Jeff
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Ground notch is all about stable operation. It has nothing to do with targets that fall in the range you set it for. It helps to smooth out some of the oddball squeaks that occur that have to do with GB only. Not targets
 
Some great info here Todd :)

I am also wondering about ground-notch settings. I've seen elsewhere how to memorize hot-rocks and compensate for them with ground-notch. I don't typically encounter hot-rocks but the whispers at the end of my swing do fake me out sometimes...as they do when swinging over some depressions.

Given that all other settings have been made correctly.... Are you simply cranking up the ground notch until falsing is eliminated? Or do you have some other approach?

I'm definitely looking forward to trying the ground-notch in the woods...

So is that how and why you are using ground-notch?

Thanks again!
 
Maine_Capt said:
Some great info here Todd :)

I am also wondering about ground-notch settings. I've seen elsewhere how to memorize hot-rocks and compensate for them with ground-notch. I don't typically encounter hot-rocks but the whispers at the end of my swing do fake me out sometimes...as they do when swinging over some depressions.

Are you simply cranking up the ground notch until falsing is eliminated? Or do you have some other approach?

I'm definitely looking forward to trying the ground-notch in the woods...

So is that how and why you are using ground-notch?

Thanks again!

Jim
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I'm not exactly sure how the ground notch works on falsing but it does help.I learned about the use of it from Andy, reading and trial and error of course and have seen my unit be more stable with its use and no downside as far as I can see. The range that you engage it for is dependant on your area and what you commonly see for ground readings as you detect.My normal Ground numbers are 70-90 and hence my setting. Yours may be different.I'm just looking for the most stable program I can come up with. This particular program is what I have come up with so far by trial and error. I am digging very deep targets on a regular basis with minimal chatter going on. I have walked around England for a week and never saw the Ground reading leave 90 so I don't know how much help it would be there. But as you know over here it can be all over the place. I'll be out this Sunday and try it again. Good luck
 
Ground notch info...starts around the two minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjuANf3J3yg
 
Thanks for that Ground Notch info Deep Silver and CT TODD.

I did get out to an old Cellar hole permission for a few more hours this weekend. I've been trying to "nail" the finer points of the Deus :)

The photo I attached has my finds from the last couple of trips there. Some nice buttons came out of the ground as well as some other relics like an old knife.

Your Deep settings are nice and stable for sure. I found both the 1900ish shotgun shell at about 12 inches and the knife using your program (as well as a score of modern 30-06 rifle shells) thought for sure I had a coin when the shotgun shell rang out. The knife was iffy as it was being discriminated. I did get nice tone at one angle, so I dug it. It was over a foot down.

Thanks again guys! Having fun out there... But looking forward to a new elliptical coil for this site and others like it :)

Oh, forgot to mention that the tiny 22 bullet was an easy 10 inches down in the ground. Using your Deep settings, It just about knocked my headphones off!
 
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