First Finds away from my yard.

[DukeOBass]

I finally got out to actually run the Deus other that just in my yard. I went the home of an elderly gentleman where I had detected last year. The machine sure does make a lot of noise. I think it was because I was next to a road with power lines running along side it. I dug a lot of great sounding iron trash but also a 1926 wheat and a General Motors token. I'm coming from Minelab machines so I'm afraid it's going to take me some time to remember what adjustments do what. I have read through Andy's book multiple times. It is a beast to be tamed.

[size=large]Pontiac Token and 1926 Wheatie[/size]
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[CZconnoisseur]

EMI around where I live is pretty rough - I learned that a slightly lower Sens setting and running reactivity as low as you can will help with chatter. Usually either 8kHz or 12 kHz will run quieter than 4 or 18 kHz - try them all and see which one is smoothest. 8K is usually my go-to freq!

You won't lose much depth by turning sens down to 85 or even 80 - this will also help with your iron falsing signals

 

[DukeOBass]

Thank you for the tips! Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

I finally wound up running in 12Khz and lowering my Sensitivity. Ground Balance was in Manual and the readout on the machine would change anywhere from 60 to 90. I guess you really have to keep an eye on it and keep changing it to match what the machine is telling you? I had my Reactivity in 3 due to all the trash.

 

[woodchiphustler]

The only great sounding iron trash I have heard were large pieces when running in the higher frequency. 4khz will knock these signals out.

 

[samandnoah]

Hey DukeOBass --

If you're having a problem with bottle caps (crown caps), lots of folks have different approaches. In some cases, you can hear the iron buzz, but sometimes they just sound great, and will even give a stable VDI. My favorite technique is (assuming you're hunting in 8 or 12 kHz, I usually use 12 kHz myself) to flip over to a 4 kHz program. If the VDI goes UP, then it's a bottle cap. If it goes down, then it's not, and worth further exploration. This will not work if you have "ID Normalization" on -- then everything registers the same as it would in 18 kHz. I have a 4 kHz program set up btw my favorite 2 custom programs, so checking is a snap with 1 button push over to the program, quick check, and then 1 button push back. For example, in 12 kHz some bottle caps will ring up right at 87 or 88 and hold steady, like copper pennies and dimes do for me. When I flip over to 4 kHz, it'll ring up as anywhere from 94 - 98. Then I know it's a bottle cap. If it's close enough to the surface I usually will still pick them up to see if it's masking anything else, and that has worked out well for me on several occasions.

Good luck!
Rich

 

[DukeOBass]

Thanks. I dug a couple bottle caps today. They sounded great.