New Deus XP just came in

[JVA5th]

Just got a Deus XP came in at 8:30PM here in California. I've used a AT Pro for a long time finally decided to get some newer tech and decided to go with the Deus XP.

 

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[smokeythecat]

You'll like it. you need to get it set up properly, the instruction manual or youtube is great for that. Play with it outside nearby a bit, then on it's first real test drive I would one of the preset programs like Deus Fast. I use the tracking balance. It will rear in iron like your AT never could.

 

[SlateBeltDigger]

Make sure you hit all the spots you thought you picked clean with the Pro and let us know how you do. Be safe and happy hunting after the learning curve settles down.

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on your new arm extension, a wise choice you made (a tad bias on my part).
I found the Deus fast is a great setting and that's all you need for the time being.

The British fellow on Youtube that has the instructional videos is pretty good.

 

[JVA5th]

Lol the direction booklet scares me a little but I remember being afraid of pro mode using it on zero mode on AT Pro but once I used it learned it like nothing. So maybe just anxiety getting to me. I'm sure I'll figure it out

 

[rjw4law]

I use the Deus and the Garret.....its great to have a back up Never know when its needed.

 

[Iron Patch]

Have patience. There's a lot of info. in the audio but it takes a while to understand it well.

 

[JVA5th]

Have patience. There's a lot of info. in the audio but it takes a while to understand it well.

I'm going to practice at my neighbors the house has been around since the 1800s and was a farm back then. I've hit it to death with my AT Pro over the years but still always find stuff so probably still a good area to practice with the new machine.

 

[Jeff in Pa]

I bet you will be amazed at what the Deus will find.
Try the Deus Fast program, I would lower the frequency to 11.7.

 

[JVA5th]

I bet you will be amazed at what the Deus will find.
Try the Deus Fast program, I would lower the frequency to 11.7.

Thanks for the info. I look at my AT Pro and then this and I've thought to myself how can this thing be so tiny and not have much too it and be more powerful then the AT Pro lol I'm greatly confused by that aspect.

 

[Relicgrubber]

Congrats on owning a fine piece of technology JVA5th. Now go get some!

Did it come with an X35 or HF coil?

I use both but the HF stays on my Deus 95% of logged hunts.

 

[JVA5th]

Congrats on owning a fine piece of technology JVA5th. Now go get some!

Did it come with an X35 or HF coil?

I use both but the HF stays on my Deus 95% of logged hunts.

Mine unfortunately came with the x35 but once I have funds I'll upgrade it for now I'll learn with this one

 

[JVA5th]

Well that didn't go well. First run I dug a piece of tin tiny piece of tin roof and a nail. I'm over my head right now got frustrated with all the chatter and no matter where I move the coil across the ground there are signals got frustrated and quit. Not looking good for me

 

[vferrari]

Got to give it more than hour of swing time to learn a detector so different than your AT Pro in terms of audio and responsiveness. Have some patience. Why don't you try laying out some known targets to get used to how it responds. If you are having issues then tell us what program/ settings you are using including the operating frequency.

 

[JVA5th]

Got to give it more than hour of swing time to learn a detector so different than your AT Pro in terms of audio and responsiveness. Have some patience. Why don't you try laying out some known targets to get used to how it responds. If you are having issues then tell us what program/ settings you are using including the operating frequency.

I just get flustered easy, I was a bit overwhelmed I guess. Everything was low on charge so went to give it a charge so I could take a step back and think it over lol. Some areas here have a ton of iron contamination and the ground is sand that is highly mineralized comes up about 86 when I ground balance. I probably just live in a difficult area to learn this one but I'll figure it out eventually after on my part much frustration I'm sure because I'm not the quickest learner unfortunately.

 

[JVA5th]

Got out and just used it on basic mode. Didn't find much beside a brass sprinker arm, 2 shotgun headstamps also neither deep, a top of a can about 4 inches down, and some tin roofing way down. So far not very impressed by I guess basic modes aren't ever really all that wonderful

 

[smokeythecat]

Rule #1 - the stuff has to be there to begin with.

 

[JVA5th]

Rule #1 - the stuff has to be there to begin with.

I know I've hunted here to death. I'm easily frustrated with new stuff I'll get over it. I've been watching YouTube videos and what not trying to figure it out. Just worried I'm not intelligent enough to figure out the finer points of this detector. I don't do so well taking in so much info. Right now I'd do better with the AT Pro I'd miss everything with the Dues. Mind you that's in my current understanding of my new machine which is at a pathetic almost non-existing understanding at this moment

 

[pepperj]

Got out and just used it on basic mode. Didn't find much beside a brass sprinker arm, 2 shotgun headstamps also neither deep, a top of a can about 4 inches down, and some tin roofing way down.

I know I've hunted here to death.

Ok I read both posts of what you stated and there you go you found something you didn't find before.
If you got 3 non-ferrous targets in an area that you have hunted to death=well it's doing what the AT Pro didn't do.

Turning to a different machine totally is a challenge the sounds and the numbers. But listen to the sounds that's what will make it a wonderful machine in short order.
Numbers lie-period. Sounds will give you more details overall.

I switched from using Minelabs to a Deus-and now back to a Etrac while the Deus is in for repair.
Now from not using a machine for 4 yrs it's a learning curve but it's coming back quickly. But it's no match from what the Deus can do in the iron.
For every hour you get on the machine it will be easier.

I remember when I bought a Explorer SE, played with it for a week inside listening to sounds.
Went down to the beach, went onto the lawns between the parking lots on the south end of Anna Marie Island Fl.

Well it was crazy crazy! Sounds were coming through the headphones every inch I moved the coil.
I seriously thought there was something taped to the bottom of the coil.
I was overwhelmed totally, I was thinking the maybe the machine was screwed up some how.
I finally walked out onto the beach and all things went quiet.
It was beautiful silence to my ears-then my first high tone-a coin...

Basically the moral of that story is get out of the iron patch-go to the little quieter edge-get use to the random targets.
It is over whelming to listening to morris code beeping when trying to figure it out.
You'll be ok

 

[Irishgoldhound]

I’ve used the AT pro exclusively for the last ten years and just last spring got the XP Orx. It doesn’t have the many options the Deus has but I’ve heard it’s just as fast and just as deep and so far the spots I’ve hunted with the Pro, I’m finding deeper coins and pull tabs that the Pro went right over without a peep.