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Deus round HF coil commentary with pic

tnsharpshooter

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> It was cold here today and the wind a whistling.
>
> Yet hit the detecting trail today.
>
> Took along the 11" LF coil as well as another Deus
> unit with HF elliptical coil (never even turned it
> on today).
>
> Did run the 11" LF coil for a while.
> I did this so I could get a good mind set baseline
> since I have been predominantly running HF coils o
> n Deus for a while now.
>
> My 2 cents concerning the 11" LF coil for relic hu
> nting.
> Too noisy, targets even ones that are indeed detec
> table (detected) can escape a person.
> But if a person never has run one of the HF coils,
> they would be none the wiser.
>
> So the 11" LF coil went back in the truck.
> Remainder of day spent using round9" HF coil on De
> us.
>
> This coil is for real folks.
> XP seems did put some work in it,,just didn't add
> some freqs and call it a day.
> Audio is very telling, yet loads of nonferrous WIL
> L NOT be textbook, yet enough intelligence is avai
> lable to recognize odds on favorites of nonferrous
> objects.
>
> Now I should say this, since it was cold and windy
> , I wore the Vance headphones.
> IMO, .Deus users using back phones,,,grand chance
> they are leaving some nonferrous in the ground.
> Much easier to hone in with Deus wearing a good RE
> AL full set of head phones.
>
> Dug some what I consider deep targets too for the
> 9" coil.
> One target was Garrett pinpointer length deep plus
> approx 1.5" deep.
>
> Only dug one nail (part of actually) and I think I
> really pushed the Deus.
>
> This site today (around 3 hours use with round HF
> coil) already hard busted numerous times Deus wear
> ing 9", 11" LF coils as well as the HF elliptical
> coil. Other detectors and coil sizes too.
>
> Many target like I stated earlier far from textboo
> k signal,,the only thing I can say about all the s
> ignals no iron grunts,,,,HINT HINT.
>
> Also many targets with plug flipped yield iron ton
> e, some even iron ID like 06 in meter,,but busting
> plug would generally yield a better signal still n
> ot always textbook sounding.
> And after target retrieval (no ferrous noted tonal
> ly) many times with resweeps (used 0 disc btw).
> Soil masking?
> Or iron decomposition masking?
>
> Can't say for sure,,would need soil samples testin
> g done to be absolutely sure.
>
> Also of note.
> Reactivty level 2.5 is deeper than Reactivty 3 obv
> iously, but using higher Reactivty is doing some t
> hing to some nonferrous targets (don't think it is
> necessarily about improved separation either), but
> better unmasking in mineral.
>
> The goal post I think moved with the audio while u
> sing this coil vs the LF coils.
> If a person thinks the 9" LF coil is a monster per
> former in iron and soil minerals,,,you just might
> try this round HF coil and be happily surprised.
>
> I don't do videos, but today' if I could have, it
> would have I think been a very eye opening video f
> or some to see.
>
> I see where some folks think single frequency as a
> pplied to detecting has been taken as far as it ca
> n go.
> Some folks even said this before the the intro of
> Deus and HF coils.
>
> I personally don't know, but will say this.
> You have old sites, where really any nonferrous ob
> ject could be a prize find, this round HF coil see
> ms to be worthy to me.
>
> I was surprised to see how many nonferous finds we
> re found today in this one area.
>
> All the items below are nonferrous except the larg
> er item on the right (it is both ferrous and nonfe
> rrous).
> Only 28.8khz used today and split time between Rea
> ctivty 2.5 and 3.
>
> I should say this also.
> Based on my use of both HF coils for Deus. Both i
> n dry ground and wet ground.
> Elliptical coil better dry ground Hunter, it gets
> pretty sharp in wet ground meaning more iron will
> be dug.
> Round HF coil seems to be a real good wet ground h
> unter even in areas with loads of iron and nails.
> This site today had some real deep iron too.
> Wonder how I know?? Lol
>
>
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> Alright another hunt.
> Back in my so-called detector proving grounds site
> .
>
> Today was my best day of detecting since I started
> detecting.
> Not because of what I found but what I saw and hea
> rd.
>
> Round HF coil used exclusively run info 28.8 khz.
>
> For time spent in site found the highest number of
> nonferrous targets.
> Remember this site hammered by myself previously m
> any, many times.
>
>
> This round coil,,,you take it to an old homestead
> site/field , you likely Won't come back skunked!!!
> You will find some thing non ferrous.
>
> Amazing performance.
>
> Coil is very reactive, and I mean this in a good s
> ense here.
>
> Many many targets far less than textbook sounding,
> yet again enough audio data/behavior to make the d
> ig decision.
>
> Today would have made for a super duper video watc
> hing and listening to Deus do its thing.
>
> Also, I should mention I used the MI-6 pointer.
> Fabulous performance and IMO speeds up target reco
> very big time, especially while wearing full headp
> hones.
>
> One has to appreciate the audio of the mighty Deus
> with this round HF coil.
>
> I dug very little iron, and pushed the daylights o
> ut of Deus.
>
> Reactivty 2.5 also used exclusively today,
>
> Many nonferrous targets today, I would basically d
> escribe as Deus audio confused-hint, hint.
>
> Old sites, the small $1 gold coin should be shakin
> g in its boots??
> Even the $2.50 gold coin.
>
> I am running GB at ground phase reading and this c
> oil is doing terrific, both with " exposing" -noti
> ce I didn't say unmasking, as well as depth.
>
> A person detecting capabilities are definitely exp
> anded using this round HF coil vs using the 9" LF
> coil.
> Or at least mine are.
>
> I am a Big Time believer in this coil.
>
> Btw, a test garden, or buried targets (not in the
> wild) will NOT show a person how good this coil re
> ally is in the real world.
> I can promise folks this.
>
> Will post a pic shortly.
>
> Some buttons, lead, bullets, crushed thimball, etc
>
> Mineral index meter hitting 6 ticks in the window
> when bobbing coil over clean ground.
> This field is fertilized one time every spring. D
> isclaimer.
> And silencer was run at -1 all day long,
>
>
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the different coils. I am contemplating ordering the Deus and deciding on which coil is challenging.
 
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