So here I am, lounging in my thick PJs & wool socks, just cracked open a cold one while looking out the window at the snow-pocalypse happening right now. And what should pop into my head at a time like this????? Water hunting & scuba diving, what else??
Not a bunch of info on water hunting with the Deus out there. Sure I know how it works, have read the water section in Andy's book, and have watched a few videos, but I'm still somewhat uneasy about dunking my baby.
Here's the thing....After some thought, I decided to sell my AT Pro, which I primarily use for water relic hunting and shallow fresh water diving because I wanted to give the AT Gold a try this water season.
I've got the cash saved up to pull the trigger, but now I'm thinking I should sit on it and pick up the new Deus coil when it's released along with a water kit for it. That will leave me without a back up machine, but it will give me an all-in-one relic beast. Well actually, now that I think about it, I will have 2 Deus' if I buy the extra coil and keep another shaft around. Just run one off the remote with regular headphones and the other off the WS4s. Ok.....Im liking this idea more and more.
My dilemma......I know that in order for the Deus to communicate in water with the headphones, the end of the antenna, opposite the coil, must be out of the water. So if I'm in chest deep water, have the antenna ran all the way up to the headset, get a signal and go under to retrieve it (using full scuba gear....I don't use a scoop because the river bottom is mostly hard pan, which renders a scoop useless), how will the headphones work underwater? If I'm using the back phones, can I dunk the WS4 to say 3-5 ft under while I dig the target? I can't wrap my head around how to recover targets in the water while keeping the antenna and headphones above water. It will be just fine in the shallow creeks, but the big rivers get a bit deeper, and I usually go full scuba and crawl around on my belly while searching through the river mud. The ATP usually suits me just fine in these situations, she's good to 10ft. If I'm deep diving, I use another machine.
One things for sure, I would put the remote in a zip lock inside a waterproof case like the Aryca, and leave it in the boat/kayak/on shore. I just don't want to get that expensive little sucker wet.
So someone help me out here. Am I missing something? I'm not sure how waterproof the WS4S are.
Let's start this thread going for all those with similar questions.
Thanks y'all. Happy hunting!
Not a bunch of info on water hunting with the Deus out there. Sure I know how it works, have read the water section in Andy's book, and have watched a few videos, but I'm still somewhat uneasy about dunking my baby.
Here's the thing....After some thought, I decided to sell my AT Pro, which I primarily use for water relic hunting and shallow fresh water diving because I wanted to give the AT Gold a try this water season.
I've got the cash saved up to pull the trigger, but now I'm thinking I should sit on it and pick up the new Deus coil when it's released along with a water kit for it. That will leave me without a back up machine, but it will give me an all-in-one relic beast. Well actually, now that I think about it, I will have 2 Deus' if I buy the extra coil and keep another shaft around. Just run one off the remote with regular headphones and the other off the WS4s. Ok.....Im liking this idea more and more.
My dilemma......I know that in order for the Deus to communicate in water with the headphones, the end of the antenna, opposite the coil, must be out of the water. So if I'm in chest deep water, have the antenna ran all the way up to the headset, get a signal and go under to retrieve it (using full scuba gear....I don't use a scoop because the river bottom is mostly hard pan, which renders a scoop useless), how will the headphones work underwater? If I'm using the back phones, can I dunk the WS4 to say 3-5 ft under while I dig the target? I can't wrap my head around how to recover targets in the water while keeping the antenna and headphones above water. It will be just fine in the shallow creeks, but the big rivers get a bit deeper, and I usually go full scuba and crawl around on my belly while searching through the river mud. The ATP usually suits me just fine in these situations, she's good to 10ft. If I'm deep diving, I use another machine.
One things for sure, I would put the remote in a zip lock inside a waterproof case like the Aryca, and leave it in the boat/kayak/on shore. I just don't want to get that expensive little sucker wet.
So someone help me out here. Am I missing something? I'm not sure how waterproof the WS4S are.
Let's start this thread going for all those with similar questions.
Thanks y'all. Happy hunting!
