Shoot me now, Everything reads from 90 to above VDI

[JackalopeZL1]

Hi All, Well I took the plunge and bought a deus. Jumped on the hype train!! It is light that is for sure. I got the 9" coil as well..

Anyways I have been trying to get used to this machine but I am finding that everything below about 3" rings in in the 90 and above vdi?? I just dug 4 pull tabs in a row as well as a beavertail all reading in the 90's and deeper than 3". Get them on the surface and they read lower for example the 60's to 70's

Is this how the machine just is or could there be something wrong? And just for reference I am just running the basic 1 program to try to get used to it. SO far I find myself putting the deus away and getting the CTX out and running it. thanks for any input..

 

[unearth]

Need to see what your settings are. I get numbers all up and down the scale from 15 to 99. I use Deus Fast or Deus GMaxx and then modifiy.

 

[JackalopeZL1]

Like I said I am just using Basic 1.. no changes

 

[unearth]

Something seems not quite right. I'll have to give Basic 1 a test. Your pull tabs shouldn't be reading in the 90's and then out of the ground read in the correct area, 60's to 70's.

 

[martygene]

could it be a ground balance issue?

 

[Southwind]

Sounds like it is not ground balanced properly.

 

[squirrel1]

If the tabs are moderately deep, sounds like his unit is "normal ops". And if he has some mineral this too could contribute along with depth Now pump the sens, lower the silencer and I'll bet he sees something different.

 

[JackalopeZL1]

I ground balance the moment I hit the dirt.. has happen each time I have used it..both time it ground balanced in the low 80's..

 

[squirrel1]

See if your unit does it in Gmaxx program???? Also bob your coil several times over the ground and watch mineral meter and see how high it goes.

 

[targets]

are you ground balancing on a virgin area with no pollution ??below ground

 

[JackalopeZL1]

Yep..

At a loss.. it is worthless digging anything over 5 inches.. they all read 90's and above.

Again ground balance done. Does not matter if highly mineralized ground or not.

 

[HuntinDog]

I'm just throwing out things that may or may not help.
When you turn on your Deus make sure the stem is extended and there are no power lines or transformers in the close area.
Hold the Deus up into the air away from any metal and wait for the blinking light on the coil to stop and slow to a slow blink.
Basic 1 runs in 12kHz.
Do you run in Frequency Normalize?
You might try dropping the Frequency to 8 or 4 and see if that helps.
Beaver tails will hit higher than pull tabs.
What does the Deus track the ground at (top #)??
Using Tracking in trashy areas can cause falsing and loss of depth. Use Manual or pumping to set the correct ground level.
A number or two above will quite your Deus, a number or two below will give a little more depth, but the Deus will be more unstable.

 

[JackalopeZL1]

Check on those items.. it does it in a clean area or a trashy area. Should not have to try different frequencies to get the vdi to be accurate.

I spent a lot of time with it yesterday trying to get it figured out. Went back to back with my ctx.. plain and simple it reads in the 90's on almost anything deeper than 4 or 5 inches.. Really disappointed.

Ctx extremely accurate all the time.

 

[cadman_us]

First thing I would do, is re-install 3.2 software, then on first hunt use default GB set at 90 and the default basic 1 program, might try that.

 

[JackalopeZL1]

Besides re downloading I have done that. Will try software tonight. I really want this machine to work..

 

[beepsilver]

Talk to Moe at XP and have him troubleshoot with you over the phone: 800-446-0244

 

[JackalopeZL1]

Thanks, will do.

 

[Dign-nbama]

Talk to Moe at XP and have him troubleshoot with you over the phone: 800-446-0244

Good Advice....