Don't read the instructions first!

[flyntgr]

Just put the Deus together and walk outside into your test garden and start hunting. If...you can. This is the best way I know to impress on the unitiated newbie to find out WHY he/she should read the instructions. Believe it or not, I had watched more than a dozen Deus videos from all over the world, yet could not figure out how to operate this sophisticated machine in any effective manner. I did finally turn it on (by accident while trying to do that), and got the headphones working. I did get it to beep on some targets after a while, but nothing was properly set up.

Now I am reading and figuring out HOW to work this machine like it's supposed to be worked-even learned how to recharge all 3 components, including the WS5 headphones which are not even in the owner's manual. I saw a video which explained the hidden compartment for the charger plug. This design is really sleek and I am confident it will all be worthwhile. If you don't believe me, "Don't read the instructions first."

 

[CT Todd]

never ceases to amaze me. God forbid you read the instructions or better yet the Instructions and Andy's book. Most end up on here whining.

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

The other improtant thinkg is start slow take your time on a clean area pay attition to GB and don't give it too much sens till you learn it. It took me about 8 times say two months to understand it

 

[Lodge Scent]

I found the Deus User's Manual very easy to understand and very informative. I highly recommend that any and all newbies read it along with reading Sabich's book and watching Gary's videos. Everyone learns differently. I like to have a basic understanding of what the buttons do before I start pushing them

 

[BerntOut]

I did not read the manual until months later and I was glad I did. I found out stuff I didn't even know! LOL! . I took to the Deus like a duck to water and still love it in every way!

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

Read then read agian and I load the manual on my phone so I can read it in the field if I'm having problems

 

[ronnw69]

I second that LowBoy! Read and read again, same goes for Andy's book..

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

I think Andy's book could be shorter and be a little more clear on a lot of things I had to really look for to understand. But he is writing another book on the new update on the Deus and I hope it is based more on his bootcamp info

 

[flyntgr]

I have used my new (used, demo model) Deus three times before updating the program from V3.0 to V3.1. With the old program I found a 1952 wheatie in my first 30 minutes of hunting, plus some brass overall snaps (one male and one female 15 feet apart) and an old brass grommet or rivet still clutching to the leather it was grabbed onto.

The next time it was dark by the time I finished an hour's hunt, and the last object I found was almost certainly another cent, but it was dark so I waited to clean it up after some sonic cleaning. When cleaned up it turned out to be a quite different cent from the Lincoln wheatie: a 1907 Indian head cent that was 99% unworn on the "heads" side. The date was as clear as a new cent, though the back side was apparently eaten by farm fertilizer because that side was almost smooth, but it still read fairly clear "One Cent" and the laurels. These were all found on a former 19th century to late 1950s house site on my property.

Today I went down to the creek flowing through my property and found what could be a .30 caliber pointed lead bullet shaped like this: > with a concave base, no rings around it of any kind, with a small hole running from tip to base (possibly a lead fishing sinker), along with another lead object nearby: a 3.25" cylindrical piece of solid lead .6875" in diameter with a 1/8" hole running length-wise from one end to the other. The lead cylinder had rodent tooth marks on it where it had evidently been chewed on (like some civil war mini balls I have found), and it looks really old and worn on the surface.

I found yet another piece of lead which appears to be have once been a thin, flat piece of lead which had been rolled up by someone into something like a tiny homeade cigar, but only 1 3/4" long and rolled into a tight roll about 1/4" in diameter, made entirely of the flat lead. The lead could have been the backing of a small, flat brass belt plate of some kind, but that's totally conjecture. Yet, it is definitely a thin piece of rolled up flat lead. I'll try to add pictures tomorrow if I can figure out how to download them off the camera.

I hope to try out the V3.1 version tomorrow to see how much better/deeper and more discriminating the new program is. Later.