Haven't used my Deus with the new HF coils up in gold country, hopefully early this year if I can get away for a couple of days.
However, Have been using both HF coils with Goldfield program here in the valley at dry fresh water rivers with high mineralization (black sand) areas. Manually ground balances around 87-88 some areas higher.
Prefer using horseshoe screen over XY screen, Can view screen clearer with horseshoe especially with controller screen getting dirty from sand. Operate with zero disc, surprisingly can operate with high sens (90-95) in most clearer areas. Usually operate in 54 kHz with the 9" coil, it punches down good even with small tiny targets.
I set reactivity according to ground conditions, usually around 2.5 but will increase when more stability is needed to smooth out threshold.
The HF elliptical is great, gets great depth for its size in Goldfield. Will mainly stick with 74 kHz most of the time or switch to 28 kHz in some areas. Out in open areas prefer the HF 9" over HF elliptical, the elliptical is great in tight areas.
Buried a pull tab about 8"-9" inches in black sand comparing both HF 9" coil with the HF elliptical, surprising the HF elliptical was very close to the HF 9" on depth, but the HF 9" was clearly a stronger signal. When I added more black sand on top of buried target, eventually the signal disappeared with the elliptical yet remained with the HF 9" coil.
I think you'll like using the deus with HF coils, both are good coils and its so convenient to pack a coil with rod inside a back pack. Switch coils in seconds out in the field, I like that.
Good luck,
Paul
