I bought this unit from Meditech1 who was having trouble using it in his soil. I did a restore of the factory programs and decided to start slow and use Basic 1. After my first hunt (which was only 45 minutes and yielded two Rosies), I decided to change the tones a bit to suit my liking. That is all I have changed so far... I even hunt with the factory ground balance of 90.
Anyway, I was amazed at the results of my 2nd outing with this unit. Out of the first 8 coins I dug, seven were silver and not a single piece of trash. I started second guessing myself being new to the Deus and started digging more questionable signals. Of course the trash started to appear. That's okay and it's part of the learning curve. By the end of my hunt I dug 11 silver dimes and a bunch of clad. Totals were 5 Mercs 1926, 27, 2 - 42's, & a 44 and 6 Rosies 1951, 59, 61, & 3 - 64's. Now, our club has hunted this place several times as well as other outside of our club so it's been hunted hard. The kicker is 8 of the eleven dimes had rust stains on them from trash! They all ranged from 3" to 5" in depth because there is a clay layer there to stop the coins from sinking. I can only imagine how this unit will perform using a hotter program!
Anyway, I was amazed at the results of my 2nd outing with this unit. Out of the first 8 coins I dug, seven were silver and not a single piece of trash. I started second guessing myself being new to the Deus and started digging more questionable signals. Of course the trash started to appear. That's okay and it's part of the learning curve. By the end of my hunt I dug 11 silver dimes and a bunch of clad. Totals were 5 Mercs 1926, 27, 2 - 42's, & a 44 and 6 Rosies 1951, 59, 61, & 3 - 64's. Now, our club has hunted this place several times as well as other outside of our club so it's been hunted hard. The kicker is 8 of the eleven dimes had rust stains on them from trash! They all ranged from 3" to 5" in depth because there is a clay layer there to stop the coins from sinking. I can only imagine how this unit will perform using a hotter program!