dirtlooter
Gold Member
- Jun 5, 2014
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- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus with 9"LF and 9" HF Coils and 600 Equinox with stock and 6" coils
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
The last year and half were pretty rough for me but I am still going. My mother had slipped and hit the back of her head hard on a concrete floor and ended up with extreme memory loss and comprehension loss. She eventually died this last January. As for me, it was a time of even more trips and hard falls myself. I drag my right foot a lot from a botched operation years ago and so I tend to hang it on anything and everything, especially when in a hurry. So, now have two partial torn Rotor Cuffs as well as a muscle in my right arm torn loose. Of course I am right handed so I am weaker in that arm plus I struggle to hold things. My eyesight was giving me fits and I thought that it was from cataracts, nope, macular degeneration. This mean getting shots in the left eye every two months or so. I also take the vitamins and with the shots, have slowed the progress down a lot. I also have the usual bad back that drives me nuts. So, metal detecting has its challenges for sure but I don't plan to let these things stop me. I just have to make adjustments as to how I do things. I really like my AT GOLD but after a couple of hours of swinging, my arm is killing me and I am forced to quit for a while. However, the Deus is so much lighter to swing, especially without the remote attached. Plus, the deus is so versatile, you can change programs and even use custom ones that you have created for yourself. I pretty much dig everything except the iron most of the time so I am able to my ear buds and swing away for a lot longer. For me, the deus is a really awesome machine that enables me to continue to enjoy this wonderful hobby. My samson shovel doubles as a crutch for me to use in aiding me to get up. The object of this getting older thing is to not focus on what you can't do anymore (that will do nothing but depress you) but to focus on what you can do. I'm still looking for that cool thing, the silver and gold and relics, I'm just slower at it now. I am using the 3.2 version and it works great for me for the most part. I struggle with it around playground equipt. but I am sure that I just have to figure out what to do differently. The deus is almost like having several machines in one, you can hunt a spot out with one program and then switch to another one and still find something. There are just so many options with this machine that enable you to fine tune it to what your needs are. Even my wife loves using it so there you have it.
