Deus for competition hunting

[Rick(ND)]

We will have our annual club hunt next Saturday and thinking on using my New Deus that I haven't used yet this year and wonder if anyone has used one for this purpose and how you set it up to do the best. Sounds like it will be all clad coins and silver and not sure on any nickles being in the hunt, but want to be prepared. I would like any ideas a person has.

Thanks
Rick

 

[Andy Sabisch]

Rick,

I think you will find the Deus to be well suited for competition hunting due to its weight, response time and recovery time.

The figure below is a suggestion in terms of setting it to cherry pick the field with the targets you mentioned:

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As far as settings, I would set the tones far enough apart for the two accepted regions to allow you to ID targets without having to check each one.

Set the SILENCER at "2" or "3" if there is rusted iron in the area.

Run the SENSITIVITY at "80" as targets will not be deep (I assume they are buried for the hunt)

Let me know if you want some other settings to help you in the event

Andy

 

[Rick(ND)]

I was just tinkering with it earlier today by reading your book and trying to understand this detector more. The settings I come up with are pretty much what you posted as I felt I didn't need so much sensitivity and dropped it to 75, disc at 42 with only one notch from 48-70 I believe it was and run the reactivity at 2 and the silencer at 2 as I wanted to swing the coil fast and yet hear the signals well without a lot of chatter. I was trying full tone and 5 tones and may go with the full tones as I am not sure yet and will do a little more experimenting before Saturday. I tried it indoors on my bar floor( I was working at the time) that is full of nails and it ran real smooth and notice most coins would give me a decent signals even with all the nails, enough to get my attention.

Thanks for your input Andy.

Rick