darkhollow
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Howdy- New to this forum but I've been digging fanatically since 1990. It took a big jump, but in mid June I decided to buy a new deus for the first time. I took it out 3-4 times and was really loving it- I have burcitus/ tendonitis in my swinging shoulder/neck and LOVED the design/ weight/ balance, etc., and once I went to a heavily hit trashy old house site and realized how great the machine is in hot ground by cranking up the reactivity/silencer I was sold- made a couple killer CW finds in a spot I've walked over with the F75 and AT Gold. All was good.
Well....after my 4th or 5th time out, even lthough like the other times I only used it for 4 hours or so, I came home and "topped off" the 3 batteries so I'd have a full charge for the next time out. Nope, coil wasnt charging correctly- no solid liight indicatting charging in process and the ac plug red light was flickering, not solid bright red. The other two batteries charged correctly, just the coil was not. Contacted Moe and he said sounds like a bad coil charge clip and kindly sent me a new one. Same problem ensued. So, they said to send it up to Mass. & they would look at it. (Shipping out of pocket on a detector a month old is not something which fills you with joy.) They promptly looked at the coil and replaced it...By last Thurs. I had it back and it charged correctly- yea!- back in the saddle, right!? Yep- for one time out. Took it out Friday for several hours and it worked great- no problems. I like the tracking Gb feature so have been using that quite a bit the few times I've used the deus, including Thurs. and it worked great.
Yesterday returned to the trashy house site where I was so impressed by the deus initially. Intending to have the same settings I used the last time there which included gb tracking, I turned the detector on and quickly realized the machine wasnt tracking, both gb display boxes staying on 90 as I began to walk around the site that previously was about 78-82. No change.. Concerned, I tried pumping in several areas I know there isnt trash and it failed each time iin places where it suceeded a couple weeks earlier. In manual, it would let me change the gb, but the top "ground mineralization index" box stayed at 90 as I detected areas where I know it's not 90. I tried digging using my manual estimate gb but I could tell it wasnt the same machine as the last time I was at the site- a lot chattier with the exact same settings, save for the gb issue.
Came home yesterday and after checking out the machine outside, see that gb 90 in the upper box stays there on every program no matter where I walk with it, tracking doesnt work on any program- stays at 90 no matter what, and pumping fails every time every where. in spots where it succeeded before.
I decided to reload the 3.2, so I did that and when I took it out to test the it GB problems continued and to make matters worse, it was not beeping at ANY metal, large or small, with the gb stuck at the default 90. This only changed when I manually turned the gb to about 70-75, then it would beep over metal. Very concerning, because before this latest slew of issues kicked in, it would def. beep on default 90gb even if that wasnt the "ideal" gb.
Decided to try 2.0- nope, same problems. Now am back to the 3.2 upload with no change. Looks like I'm sending it in again this week (more out of pocket money on shipping for a new detector- good times!) since I'm guessing the gb "freeze" is probably due to a problem in the coil .
I've owned many Fishers, Whites, and Garretts over the years and have never come close with any of them in having problems this soon after purchasing them. Trust me, the few times the deus worked, I LOVED it! I can tell it's a great machine, but so far it's been a miserable experience. and I'm truly regretting my purchase. And it's not due to it's design or capabilities- as I said I love it- it's due to equipment failure.
Am I missing something here or am I just having incredibly bad luck with the deus?
Well....after my 4th or 5th time out, even lthough like the other times I only used it for 4 hours or so, I came home and "topped off" the 3 batteries so I'd have a full charge for the next time out. Nope, coil wasnt charging correctly- no solid liight indicatting charging in process and the ac plug red light was flickering, not solid bright red. The other two batteries charged correctly, just the coil was not. Contacted Moe and he said sounds like a bad coil charge clip and kindly sent me a new one. Same problem ensued. So, they said to send it up to Mass. & they would look at it. (Shipping out of pocket on a detector a month old is not something which fills you with joy.) They promptly looked at the coil and replaced it...By last Thurs. I had it back and it charged correctly- yea!- back in the saddle, right!? Yep- for one time out. Took it out Friday for several hours and it worked great- no problems. I like the tracking Gb feature so have been using that quite a bit the few times I've used the deus, including Thurs. and it worked great.
Yesterday returned to the trashy house site where I was so impressed by the deus initially. Intending to have the same settings I used the last time there which included gb tracking, I turned the detector on and quickly realized the machine wasnt tracking, both gb display boxes staying on 90 as I began to walk around the site that previously was about 78-82. No change.. Concerned, I tried pumping in several areas I know there isnt trash and it failed each time iin places where it suceeded a couple weeks earlier. In manual, it would let me change the gb, but the top "ground mineralization index" box stayed at 90 as I detected areas where I know it's not 90. I tried digging using my manual estimate gb but I could tell it wasnt the same machine as the last time I was at the site- a lot chattier with the exact same settings, save for the gb issue.
Came home yesterday and after checking out the machine outside, see that gb 90 in the upper box stays there on every program no matter where I walk with it, tracking doesnt work on any program- stays at 90 no matter what, and pumping fails every time every where. in spots where it succeeded before.
I decided to reload the 3.2, so I did that and when I took it out to test the it GB problems continued and to make matters worse, it was not beeping at ANY metal, large or small, with the gb stuck at the default 90. This only changed when I manually turned the gb to about 70-75, then it would beep over metal. Very concerning, because before this latest slew of issues kicked in, it would def. beep on default 90gb even if that wasnt the "ideal" gb.
Decided to try 2.0- nope, same problems. Now am back to the 3.2 upload with no change. Looks like I'm sending it in again this week (more out of pocket money on shipping for a new detector- good times!) since I'm guessing the gb "freeze" is probably due to a problem in the coil .
I've owned many Fishers, Whites, and Garretts over the years and have never come close with any of them in having problems this soon after purchasing them. Trust me, the few times the deus worked, I LOVED it! I can tell it's a great machine, but so far it's been a miserable experience. and I'm truly regretting my purchase. And it's not due to it's design or capabilities- as I said I love it- it's due to equipment failure.
Am I missing something here or am I just having incredibly bad luck with the deus?
