I see what you have wrote here.
It is not quite as easy or logical as how you put it here,,as far as Deus.
Why?
First let's look at not using full tones but using disc level 6 (will knock out most nails).
Now when a Deus user sets up their tone sound (freq) using 2 tone, the area disced out will be 0-6. Hence one would think get a nonferrous target reading above 6 = higher tone.
This is true, but not absolute.
Actually possible set up as above to get higher tone and a meter reading of 4, or 5 or 6.
Now my hours of running version 4.0 not near as much as version 3.2.
Using version 3.2 the lowest meter reading I ever saw was 3.
Now, let's talk running full tones disc 0, with version 3.2.
Yes, there are no tone break settings. They are done for the user automatically.
But running with this setup, very possible to see when tone is provided to see meter readings of 0,1,2,3,4,5, etc while sweeping coil over nonferrous.
If we up the disc to level 2.0, I saw fewer nonferrous targets reporting as 0, more 1,2 and 3.
Now the Rutus.
How low VDI wise will it report a nonferrous target?
And does the tone provided on Rutus is it married to Vdi reported?
I say no, but I am not ready to swear on stack of bibles yet.
Now, running lower disc could indeed allow Rutus to alert user on some highly challenged targets.
So what I am trying to say, even though Rutus allows a user to assign the individual Vdi tones (sound wise),, a user could hear a tone, not exactly the assigned tone for nonferrous) but maybe duller(lower than assigned) while sweeping over a more challenged nonferous target, yet detectable.
Now back to Deus.
Here is an interesting question.
If a user uses disc 6, and chooses 2 tones, and sets the sound provided manually for the higher tone to max pitch setting (sound wise),,,does doing this affect some of the more challenged nonferrous, as their ID is seemingly dragged down closer and closer to the iron tone,,, tone wise??
Personally, I can't give an answer to this question.
I probably should be able to, but I haven't ever experimented to see.
If I had to guess I would say no for the most challenged yet detectable.
I could be wrong though.
The Deus, the way its audio works, and reports on highly challenged targets is exceptional when compared to many other units.
Remember the actual detecting circuit could be seeing the nonferrous, but this info must be conveyed to user.
I suspect some of the other models detectors this is exactly what doesn't happen.
Only speculation.
But audio conveyance in itself is a very important part of a grand performing detector,,especially when hunting around iron and nails.
Deus seems, its audio is not based on a binary choice, not a beep and dig, rather a flowing setup, which allows for the audio circuit to report more abrupt changes in conductivity smoother even between objects that are in extreme close proximity and can be on different planes.
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