The mighty Deus,,
Some folks will struggle with them,,I have too,,but have learned a few things while running.
First and foremost,,one needs to understand the ID system on Deus,,,and how reactvity, horse shoe meter, quality of tone, etc all come into play.
The Deus will give correct ID generally using lower reactvity say 0,1or 2.
Now some who get their units flip directly to Deus fast,,,and while it will get you some grand separation,,this unfortunately comes with a price.
To located and ID silver coins,,and to a point we must assume here silver coins will be generally deeper than clad-- keyword generally.
A few scenarios for understanding.
Let's say we are in Deus fast,,and we get a target,,,first a person needs to be familiar with true ID of coins (with this detector scratch the belief you can tell clad for silver same denomination coins).
So this is the easy part,,,but remember depending on target size, conducitivy, soil minerals, and conductivity of target,,,these all play on the ID the Deus displays on meter.
So some experience say in differ t minerals levels soil here could help.
Deus likes to up average on smaller targets and deeper targets,,,and when iron and nails are involved down average.
So recognizing ferrous quantities in a site you are hunting is very beneficial.
Let's talk about targets not colocated with iron or nails.
When you get your tone,,,how does it sound??? Whole and round sounding,,smooth on the edges.
How much horseshoe shading???
Now remember 18khz is the top separator and unmasked freq while using the Deus.
Lower freqs will in fact detect coins,, and these lower freqs will not pick up say 22 shells,,smallest can slaw as easily.
So using say 8khz,,I recommend this for a beginner to look for coins.
When tone is acquired how steady is the meter,,and how much horse shoe.
If you see a steady meter reading possible true ID of a coin,,,but the meter shows just a sliver,,,,,probably not a coin,,,moreso chance of smaller than coin junk target.
But if you see the sliver of horseshoe and at the same time a 90's reading in the meter,,,,good sign of a deeper coin sized target--- remember no absolutes it is a coin.
A person should also consider walking around their target and while doing so,,monitor the meter ID,,,does it stay steady,,or move around.
There will be a few instances where when a target,,even a good coin is detected,,,the Deus will get hung in what I call no man's land...What does this mean?
Take a nickel,,, in 12 kHz I beleive they read approx 56 on the meter,, it is possible for a person to sweep a nickel say a 7" nickel,,and it Amy read say 69.
You see normally once the Deus can't ID correctly it is programmed to run the ID of such targets into the 90s range on the meter and deliver tone assigned to that block of ID.
In these cases,,if one is hunting you have to take your chances either way,, to dig or not.
Monitoring the congruence of horse shading and meter reading are keys.
Lifting coils slightly can also flush out small burdensome targets like smaller can slaw--- again no absolutes
A person can also after detecting a target,,,to actually lower reactvity setting and resweeps to see if a true or more true TID will display.
Using pinpoint function here too when used in conjunction with the other things I've talked about might help at times.
Now hunting targets in nail pits,,,I actually tried to cherry pick in a terrible site iron wise just a couple weeks ago.
I was very satisfied with my results.
All targets detected giving less than ideal coin meter readings with a lot of horse shading were immediately discounted (I figured they were shallow junk).
Mostly besides watching for true TID while running 18khz,,all targets.I would walk around while sweeping.
If I saw ever a target where meter readings would ever hit 78 I would dig.
Now if I saw a nickel TID or very close I would dig also-- btw it did net me one bufflalo by doing,,and a tab.
Deep targets with Deus,,,keep your GB correct,,keep your sens at or above 93,, at least TX power 2.
And remember generally as you lower reactivity from say 2,, the tones on targets will get a bit louder- easier to hear.
And can in affect make the Deus seem like it is deeper.
But reactivity levels 0 and 1 are generally deeper than 2,,, but a person's soil needs to allow the lower reactvity settings to be run. In higher mineral soil running lower reactvity settings a slower sweep speed most times is mandated.
Silencer--- as far as I am concerned,,,put it at -1 and leave it there--- you will see where some folks especially in the northeast USA,,even running quite a bit of silencer they get some pretty good depth,,but I'll stick with what I have said here about it.
A person will no doubt get some tone on deeper targets,,good sounding,,sliver of horseshoe showing and low and behold when you dig down = iron.
Don't worry,,,I have done it with every detector I have ever ran,,including the etrac and CTX.
Iron falses can confuse some folks,,especially running in more conventional settings of disc and using say 2,3or 4 tones for example,,,I find the full tones to sniff these out more easily.
Using notch,,,this will definitely help a person out with Deus,,it does have its shortcomings though,,similar to other detectors.
But the Deus is quick,,and its tone can report very fast.
If a person will listen closely you will hear the Deus actually providing tone on 2 colocated nonferrous targets-- and an average TID will be provided on the meter.
And a person can play the odds depending on this meter reading and dig and make some finds.
The notch setting can also be used to make the Deus actually give a true solo tone for a high conductor colocated with a lower conductor-- not on all but some.
I have recently posted a few posts about this if one wants to review.
Deus strengths overall,,truthfully is in a dig all nonferrous.
Can be used to cherry pick though,,,not its strongest suit IMO.
Can be used to bust sites loaded with iron and nails,,and many good finds will not provided a true ID-- but consider the fact some other detectors won't give you no clues whatsoever the nonferrous targets even exist,
A Deus user chasing behind a skilled Etrac or CTX user in clean ground looking for silver coins,,,will it pay off??? Doubtful
Nickels though can be a whole different scenario,,,Deus when 12khz is hot on nickels,,and even some folks running Etrac and CTX,,may have the nickel window notch out,,,or considering the etrac,,nickels don't give the mighty squalling tone silver coins do,,,so they get missed more.
11" coil is generally 1-2" deeper than 9" coil,,,but higher mineral,,this difference could be less.
If I were a dedicated silver coin Hunter with Deus,,,I would likely opt for 11" coil, stay in 4or 8 kHz,,with some high sens and -1 on the silencer and roll on.
A Deus user will IMO generally be more successful,,if they will have their detector set up for the situation/site at hand.
Clean ground, moderately clean ground,,sites full of nails and iron, sites loaded with things like tabs, etc,,super high mineral dirt, real mild soil---- consider your situation at hand.
Also remember Deus doesn't like lower conductors as much using 4 or 8khz-- nickels, etc
Deeper dimes though can be heard using the higher freqs.
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 07/17/2016 08:17PM by tnsharpshooter.