I tried Andy's gold program with a few minor changes...no gold but as suspected. I dug over 20 old type pull tabs (beaver tabs), 5 newer but bent tabs, 1 wine bottle top foil and 4 nickles. Only the nickles and the wine foil sounded solid in all directions and the tabs changed numbers and tone in different directions. I assume there is gold, I just didn't find it yesterday. I was very impressed with how the 11" coil handled that very trashy ground and what a fast machine is the Deus.