Deus 2 multi-frequency or MONO for heavy iron park?

[Cherry Picker]

I'm working on a new Cherry-Picker program and need some input.

Which is better for separation, multi-frequency or MONO in very iron-contaminated sites? The ground is mildly mineralized just very full of old rusted nails & wire.

My plan is to start with a very restrictive program knowing performance will not be great, but very accurate on telling those pesky rusted nails & wire for good conductive coins. I will work on improving performance once I am happy with the iron rejection.

Thanks

 

[IDXMonster]

From what has been seen the Fast mode works best in this scenario, at least in places as you
describe, which are what I also hunt for the most part. You’ve tried Silver Slayer? That’s pretty restrictive. And you have the 9” coil? That helps if so. Don’t run the Silencer higher than 2 or you lose iron separation to some degree. Turn off your Iron Volume, you already know you have iron. I don’t ever run Reactivity above 2, usually 1,1.5 or 2. If you go higher you won’t get the depth needed to even see the coins you’re after. If you’re looking for Indians that opens up a whole hornets nest of other junk, I normally run disc to 7 and then Notch 7-87. If you lower it to 80 to suck up fatties, half dimes and possibly others be aware you’ll be inviting a HERD of junk. Run Stabilizer at 2, and be SURE to have a good GB. I know where you’re hunting, it’s where I’M hunting. Mono might work somewhere, but it’s not going to work there as well as Fast.…simply not as accurate. Deep HC in heavy iron is a bust, just doesn’t happen.…WAY too many indications of good targets that aren’t, especially one way hits on nails. And of course…consider you’ve worked your place(s) for decades…it’s not going to be like detecting in the 80’s.

 

[Cherry Picker]

From what has been seen the Fast mode works best in this scenario, at least in places as you
describe, which are what I also hunt for the most part. You’ve tried Silver Slayer? That’s pretty restrictive. And you have the 9” coil? That helps if so. Don’t run the Silencer higher than 2 or you lose iron separation to some degree. Turn off your Iron Volume, you already know you have iron. I don’t ever run Reactivity above 2, usually 1,1.5 or 2. If you go higher you won’t get the depth needed to even see the coins you’re after. If you’re looking for Indians that opens up a whole hornets nest of other junk, I normally run disc to 7 and then Notch 7-87. If you lower it to 80 to suck up fatties, half dimes and possibly others be aware you’ll be inviting a HERD of junk. Run Stabilizer at 2, and be SURE to have a good GB. I know where you’re hunting, it’s where I’M hunting. Mono might work somewhere, but it’s not going to work there as well as Fast.…simply not as accurate. Deep HC in heavy iron is a bust, just doesn’t happen.…WAY too many indications of good targets that aren’t, especially one way hits on nails. And of course…consider you’ve worked your place(s) for decades…it’s not going to be like detecting in the 80’s.

Thanks that helps.

Just seems to me I have seen several videos comparing a signal in iron with multi-frequency to MONO, and the single frequency, I believe it was around 12 kHz or 17 kHz produced a cleaner signal on high conductors.

The "Sliver Slayer" worked good but didn't give the depth I need. It did unmask a good number of coins in a hard hit area, just nothing old. Seems my E-Trac did a pretty good job of getting them. I figured I'd start with the very best Cherry-Picker settings and then work on getting the best depth to trash settings.

 

[Rattlehead]

I guess it depends on the soil but I’ve been able to get down into the 9-10” range with the 9” coil using Fast based programs w/max sensitivity and a reactivity of 0.5-1.0. For general coin hunting I like to open up 78-84 for IHPs, notch out 85,86 & 87, then accept everything above that. 85-87 seems to be where aluminum bottlecaps, zincs and iron falses like to hang out.

 

[IDXMonster]

I guess it depends on the soil but I’ve been able to get down into the 9-10” range with the 9” coil using Fast based programs w/max sensitivity and a reactivity of 0.5-1.0. For general coin hunting I like to open up 78-84 for IHPs, notch out 85,86 & 87, then accept everything above that. 85-87 seems to be where aluminum bottlecaps, zincs and iron falses like to hang out.

I set a personal best on screw caps the other day, speaking of which…but if you’re playing “that game” it’s just part of it. Like you said before if they’re crushed the long way the numbers will be very different but other than that they’re tough. I’ve seen them hit 88 a lot for some reason here, could be the ground. Being as I’ve seen worn dimes at 87 it’s a scary game for me

 

[IDXMonster]

And PLEASE understand that while I am absolutely not new to metal detecting, I only have 125 hours on this D2, so if people try things and they WORK…POST about it! No WAY no HOW would one setup work completely optimally everywhere, that’s why it’s so important to know this and be able to change things to YOUR needs. There’s alot of options to this machine…

 

[Cherry Picker]

Gave the new Cherry-Picker settings a try for a quick 20 minute hunt. I believe my notching is good as all I recovered was coins. 3 pennies and 1 nickel. Now to work on making sure my trash rejection is good., then get some depth.

 

[rogueaviation]

Dude, that's pretty good. I've got maybe 30 hours on my D2, and I use the Park setting. Mainly because I hint parks while the kids are on the swings.

I back it up with the pitch, single frequency program, because I like to hear it sound like my MXT, and I can confirm the VDI a little.

I find a lot of pull tabs and pop top tabs, and a few bottle caps and some clad. So I'm learning the D2 well enough.

Keep it up and post your program when you get it dialed in.

--Matt