CZconnoisseur
Full Member
- Jun 29, 2015
- 209
- 327
- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus All Three Coils (9" currently), Tesoro Vaquero 8x9 and 5.75" DD coil, Fisher F70, White's Spectrum XLT, White's IDX, Garrett AT Pro, Fisher 1265-X, Fisher CZ5, Fisher CZ6, White's TM808, White
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I went out in the front yard tonight to get my feet wet with this detector, and dug maybe thirty targets in about an hour. The house I live in now was built in 1978, so I wasn't expecting much but thought I'd try anyway...on the second target I see a stone in a setting! Was excited for a couple minutes but it turned out to be a copper junker...
I noticed right away the trash levels were very low here...Most targets were 1-2" down...there may have been a couple coins at 3", but nothing deeper yet. Pinpointing is super easy, and the Carrot can see the coins at 2 or 3 inches deep by itself, so recovery is quick and easy. Had Disc at 3 and Sens at 9, and then did the audio threshold adjustment....all within maybe 15 seconds.
This machine is very light - although it hails from the early 1990s it might weigh 3 lbs soaking wet and also has the option of a belt-mount control box. The audio threshold tune is a great feature, and at one time I did encounter some EMI that retuning wouldn't fix, but the problem went away fairly quickly by itself
The Deus had spells like that as well, random EMI "incursions" which seemed to throw off the stability for a minute or two while hunting in urban area, but this is just par for the course - something to live with.
There are a couple of foreclosed houses and house sites not far from here including 2 built more than 100 years ago. I'm hoping to get permission by the end of the week and hopefully turn up something worthwhile!
I noticed right away the trash levels were very low here...Most targets were 1-2" down...there may have been a couple coins at 3", but nothing deeper yet. Pinpointing is super easy, and the Carrot can see the coins at 2 or 3 inches deep by itself, so recovery is quick and easy. Had Disc at 3 and Sens at 9, and then did the audio threshold adjustment....all within maybe 15 seconds.
This machine is very light - although it hails from the early 1990s it might weigh 3 lbs soaking wet and also has the option of a belt-mount control box. The audio threshold tune is a great feature, and at one time I did encounter some EMI that retuning wouldn't fix, but the problem went away fairly quickly by itself
The Deus had spells like that as well, random EMI "incursions" which seemed to throw off the stability for a minute or two while hunting in urban area, but this is just par for the course - something to live with.There are a couple of foreclosed houses and house sites not far from here including 2 built more than 100 years ago. I'm hoping to get permission by the end of the week and hopefully turn up something worthwhile!
It's child's play after using a Deus.
