Does anyone have an opinion on preset factory reactivity/silencer settings ?
Bibelot,
Reactivity setting for depth depends on your ground minerals.
Pump your coil you see no or a couple ticks in the mineralization meter,,,lower reactivity settings like 1 and 2 will do nicely.
You see half scale when pumping coil, levels 2, 2.5, and 3 will work nicely.
You see 3/4 scale on the mineralization index meter relativity levels 2.5, 3 and 4 are the players.
Most folks in the northeast should,be able to run levels 1 and 2 for good depth.
Remember tX power setting 3 can yield some additional depth in milder ground.
Silencer setting.
IMO a user should always be using level 0 or -1.
In milder ground 0 will work.
When the minerals amp up some in the ground -1 better setting.
Silencer can affect depth,,,will decrease and increase tone duration of nonferous targets.
Now, even when you are looking for deep targets,,say you are running reactivity setting level 1 and silencer at 0 or 1,,, don't be swinging through a site like a mad man.
For scouting swinging like a mad man may be ok to do.
Now, for beginners using Deus, the factory default reactive and silencer settings will make the Deus less sparky,,hence a new person may not feel as overwhelmed.
But using these factory silencer settings should only be a temporary measure,,,folks who want to get serious with Deus head the aforementioned above.
Disc setting.
For solo sitting targets, a person can run pretty high with no real negative affects.
But in iron pits looking for some 3D action to find the goodies,,,this is where running too high a disc will get you in trouble.
Some suggestions.
Using full tones,,,keep disc between -6.4 and -3.0. (Version 4 program)
Using 2, 3, 4 or 5 tones keep your disc no higher than 6.4, and run between 5.9 and 6.4.
And folks using Deus don't be afraid to shift on the fly your reactive setting when the site either gets busier with trash and iron or opens up more.
Just watch that dreaded silencer setting when you switch reactive setting depending on what level you select.