I recently picked up a Deus to compliment my CTX 3030.
I think I started out with the Deus settings a little too hot. ie. manual ground balance at -5 of actual ground reading and sensitivity at 95. I used the Basic 1 setting, but reduced the reactivity to 0. These settings made my test garden silver dime at 9" give a good audible signal, but no solid VID. Happy that I could hit the 9" silver dime, I went detecting to an old park. Immediatly, I was overwhelmed with mosquito like tones coming from every sweep. Used to my Minelab tones, I had no idea what the Dues was trying to tell me. I still managed to dig a Buffalo nickel and some pennys, but I was discouraged that I still couldn't understand the Deus.
After reading through the posts here, I discovered this thread called:
Lets start a thread for programs
I used Deusdigger's Trashy Hunt Program on page 2.
When detecting with the Trashy Hunt Program, I was better able to discern the sounds coming from the Deus. I would recommend the Trashy Hunt Program to anyone coming from a Minelab to the Deus because it still takes advantage of of the Deus's extraordinary speed with the reactivity at 3, and runs quiet enough to learn the tones without being overwhelmed with ground chatter and deep targets. After I get used to the tones, I will set the Deus to run "hot" again.
Thanks to Deusdigger and everyone who contributes to the forum.
-Doug
I think I started out with the Deus settings a little too hot. ie. manual ground balance at -5 of actual ground reading and sensitivity at 95. I used the Basic 1 setting, but reduced the reactivity to 0. These settings made my test garden silver dime at 9" give a good audible signal, but no solid VID. Happy that I could hit the 9" silver dime, I went detecting to an old park. Immediatly, I was overwhelmed with mosquito like tones coming from every sweep. Used to my Minelab tones, I had no idea what the Dues was trying to tell me. I still managed to dig a Buffalo nickel and some pennys, but I was discouraged that I still couldn't understand the Deus.
After reading through the posts here, I discovered this thread called:
Lets start a thread for programs
I used Deusdigger's Trashy Hunt Program on page 2.
When detecting with the Trashy Hunt Program, I was better able to discern the sounds coming from the Deus. I would recommend the Trashy Hunt Program to anyone coming from a Minelab to the Deus because it still takes advantage of of the Deus's extraordinary speed with the reactivity at 3, and runs quiet enough to learn the tones without being overwhelmed with ground chatter and deep targets. After I get used to the tones, I will set the Deus to run "hot" again.
Thanks to Deusdigger and everyone who contributes to the forum.
-Doug