CZconnoisseur
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- 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 feverishly tracked my Deus for the last 3 days...waiting for it to magically appear at the front door. Yesterday must have been the LONGEST day at work since it was dropped off around 11:00am, and quitting time wasn't until 6pm 
So after I sped home, ate dinner, did some chores...I finally put it all together and headed to the bulldozed house site that I've hit with a few other detectors. I started on the curb strip which myself, my partner, and his brother have hit pretty hard over the last few weeks. Set up in this program:
4kHz (TX 3)
Reactivity 3
Silencer 0
Sens 80
Disc 2.0
Notch 00-15, 95-99
Full Tones
GB 85
Notch Ground 85-90
This is the starting point for 4kHz hunting that I used for a long time with the 11" coil. The low frequency shuts out iron better than any other frequency, at the expense of sensitivity to lower conducting items like nickels and foil. But if it's a round target this program will lock onto it, even smaller items at depth. Bulldozed and burnt sites like this, as well as the soil mineralization makes it difficult to get good targets with any machine.
After a few minutes of digging foil and trash I got a better-sounding signal...and plucked a clad dime from between a couple of surface iron targets. Then a couple copper pennies...the coins have more of a solid tone and VDI readings than foil and trash, but I had forgotten how MUCH different the audio was between good and trashy targets! Ground readings were in the mid to upper 70s, and my setting of 85 was maybe a little positive, but it all came together quite well
Wandered over to where I found a surface 1916 Wheat with the Vaquero a couple weeks back, and got a soft high tone hit. Found some soft and silty dirt as opposed to the sandy, rocky dirt that surrounded the house - got a hit with the pinpointer about 7" down. Pulled the first Wheat with this coil - a nice 1955 D. Not far away I got another soft hit - not as high toned - but this one was a foil ball at 6-7" deep.
There's no question the 9" coil will get the job done as far as deep targets go - it proved itself in the first 30 minutes of hunting! It may actually unmask deeper items better since the footprint is smaller - not to mention what's coming in the next few months. If I could set Reactivity between 2 and 3 it would be perfect for a LOT of sites - having the depth AND processing speed working together really makes for a fantastic machine! More to come....
So after I sped home, ate dinner, did some chores...I finally put it all together and headed to the bulldozed house site that I've hit with a few other detectors. I started on the curb strip which myself, my partner, and his brother have hit pretty hard over the last few weeks. Set up in this program:
4kHz (TX 3)
Reactivity 3
Silencer 0
Sens 80
Disc 2.0
Notch 00-15, 95-99
Full Tones
GB 85
Notch Ground 85-90
This is the starting point for 4kHz hunting that I used for a long time with the 11" coil. The low frequency shuts out iron better than any other frequency, at the expense of sensitivity to lower conducting items like nickels and foil. But if it's a round target this program will lock onto it, even smaller items at depth. Bulldozed and burnt sites like this, as well as the soil mineralization makes it difficult to get good targets with any machine.
After a few minutes of digging foil and trash I got a better-sounding signal...and plucked a clad dime from between a couple of surface iron targets. Then a couple copper pennies...the coins have more of a solid tone and VDI readings than foil and trash, but I had forgotten how MUCH different the audio was between good and trashy targets! Ground readings were in the mid to upper 70s, and my setting of 85 was maybe a little positive, but it all came together quite well
Wandered over to where I found a surface 1916 Wheat with the Vaquero a couple weeks back, and got a soft high tone hit. Found some soft and silty dirt as opposed to the sandy, rocky dirt that surrounded the house - got a hit with the pinpointer about 7" down. Pulled the first Wheat with this coil - a nice 1955 D. Not far away I got another soft hit - not as high toned - but this one was a foil ball at 6-7" deep.
There's no question the 9" coil will get the job done as far as deep targets go - it proved itself in the first 30 minutes of hunting! It may actually unmask deeper items better since the footprint is smaller - not to mention what's coming in the next few months. If I could set Reactivity between 2 and 3 it would be perfect for a LOT of sites - having the depth AND processing speed working together really makes for a fantastic machine! More to come....
