Deus maiden voyage.

[Dan(NM)]

I took my new toy for a test run at a 1850's fort site today for about 8 hours. I did exactly what everyone said not to do and nothing that I was advised to do lol. I set my machine up with some settings I saw on You-tube, (Calabash's Pitch program) only I set it up for 3 tones and ran my disc at +5 and my tone break just under percussion caps. I found what we normally do with the Equinox and did some testing with my partner who was using an 800. I was able to hit and ID all the targets we cross checked that he had gotten hits on with his machine. The first hour or two, I was wondering if I had made a big mistake buying this thing I left the Nox at home on purpose to eliminate that urge to go and grab it if I started feeling to frustrated, which I would have done today! I didn't set the world on fire, but, felt pretty comfortable with it by the afternoon.

I was running the 11" X-35 coil, but, have the 9" HF coil coming this week which I'll take back and run it thru the site on the 4th. 27khz seemed to be the most stable here and really hit hard on the finds. I didn't hit hit anything deep, if I did, I didn't know what I needed to listen for. If I have the time, I'll start Andy's book this week and get serious about learning the nuts and bolts of the Deus.

I really like having the ability set my tone break and tone pitch to suit the site and my hearing without running too much disc.

 

[HighPlainsHunter]

[size=medium]Nice going Dan. We hunted a few of those fort sites almost 35 years ago, and found tons of artifacts. Amazing how they continue to give up the goods after all that time. Lot of guilt left on that eagle button...[/size]

 

[Dan(NM)]

[size=medium]Nice going Dan. We hunted a few of those fort sites almost 35 years ago, and found tons of artifacts. Amazing how they continue to give up the goods after all that time. Lot of guilt left on that eagle button...[/size]

Thank you, I'm looking forward to getting some hours under my belt with the Deus, it's a Godsend for my wore out shoulder.

 

[UtahRich]

Thank you, I'm looking forward to getting some hours under my belt with the Deus, it's a Godsend for my wore out shoulder.

Light of weight is an additional bonus.

Glad to see you are experimenting. I did all those things rookie Deus owners are advised not to do for a long time and took mine ghost towning with Monte a couple weeks after it arrived. Deus did well.

I did have an advantage in that I’d read Andy’s revised book and the manual. I love the light weight as well.

Great eagle button. Deus has great audio for round items.

Continued luck on the next visit.

Rich

 

[laplander]

Keep the good finds coming Dan!!
HH Jeff

 

[Sataro]

Good job on the finds Dan! Deus is an excellent machine. It really does help those sore muscles out...

 

[Mike K (Ohio)]

I was running the 11" X-35 coil, but, have the 9" HF coil coming this week which I'll take back and run it thru the site on the 4th.

Congrats on the new machine and finds. Can I ask what will the HF coil do for you that the X35 won't?

 

[Dan(NM)]

I was running the 11" X-35 coil, but, have the 9" HF coil coming this week which I'll take back and run it thru the site on the 4th.

Congrats on the new machine and finds. Can I ask what will the HF coil do for you that the X35 won't?

. Lol... I couldn't tell you other than I had some extra cash and I thought it would be a good idea to get a 9 inch high frequency coil.

 

[Mike K (Ohio)]

I was running the 11" X-35 coil, but, have the 9" HF coil coming this week which I'll take back and run it thru the site on the 4th.

Congrats on the new machine and finds. Can I ask what will the HF coil do for you that the X35 won't?

. Lol... I couldn't tell you other than I had some extra cash and I thought it would be a good idea to get a 9 inch high frequency coil.

Lol me too, My dealer sold me on the idea basically saying that's the only coil he uses and its a killer coil. So I ordered the same time I ordered the detector lol. I posted a question about this on here and have gotten a little feedback but not as much as I was hoping for...

Mike K