Dues GB question and general questions

[brianfloyd]

Hi. Pretty new to the deus. I've got the 11 in coil and the ws4s. Done a lot of testing and playing in the yard and taken it on a couple of short hunts. Really like it, light, easy to tweek well balanced etc. I have a GB question. Seems like the default is 90 how do most of you run your GB? For simplicity let's say my pump GB usually hits 75-77 in my area. That's a big difference, should I leave it at 75 or maybe go slightly negative? I think I see quiet a bit of a performance increase after pumping for GB. What's your preference tracking, pump or manual? Also looking at custom programs / where to go look and read about them maybe some examples with explanations on why this and that work. I don't want to just copy someone's, program, what kind of fun would that be. I've made a couple of programs that seem to work well but I like to read as much as I cam anytime I get a new toy and you guys seem to be pretty sharp. Thanks for all input
Brian

 

[squirrel1]

Tracking GB works. When going to a new site I like to let mine run and monitor to see what's going on with the ground.

Pumping works too.

Manual works but I use numbers close to what I see in tracking---sometimes a couple points less-----but if you go to negative nails/iron will start sounding pretty sweet.

Depth with Deus comes from sensitivity setting usually >90 approaching 95,
Depth also comes with lower reactivty setting i.e.0 or 1.
Depth also comes with less filtering hence a silencer setting of -1.
Depth also comes with less disc---usually folks will run somewhere around 6.0
Your audio report/vol can be turned up a bit to hear the weaker signals---deep ones usually
Frequency can affect depth depending on the target's being higher or lower conductor i.e. don't expect to be hitting deep nickels in 4khz


This is a crash course with Deus and depth,

Now remember the settings providing the deeper depth detection are also the slowest in recovery---so they won't be the best in heavy iron/nails.

And the settings where the Deus has the faster/fastest recovery---more ideal for the nail pits etc won't be as deep.

So in a nutshell you can't have both peak separation and peak depth. But reactivity setting 2 silencer -1 is a good compromise--good depth/good separation.

Also should point out Deus is faster than most other detectors recovery speed wise even at reactivity setting 2---could actually be the fastest.(coil size to coil size vs other detectors)

Cheers

 

[Lodge Scent]

I prefer to set it manually. Usually a point or two below actual.

 

[CT Todd]

Some of whats said above is good stuff.I set Manual and do use Tracking but its situational. Best advise is spend the 20 bucks for Andy's book.