question on ground balancing the deus

[Tigerdude]

OK . I'm still with old version. Have not updated to version 4. What I want to know concerns the ground balance. I have been using tracking as the soil in some places tracks below the preset of 90. It will drop as low as 78. My question is this: is there a Minimum ground balance I shouldn't allow the deus to get to even if the soil registers low? In other words ,if the GB registers at , say, 65(which it never has) should I allow tracking to go down to 65 or should I set it a a minimum above 65 ? Also, side question, do I really need the version 4?

 

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[Stretch Da Truth]

I use Tracking all the time now as most places I go to do similar to what you have described.... hence Tracking helps as it changes as the ground does. I would stick to that in the areas that have varied soil. If you are in an area that is pretty steady and want to set it and forget it... 90 is a pretty good spot for that. Don't believe there is a Min GB recommendation.

As for V4, I would go for it. Has some new features you might be interested in. Is a MUST if you want the new M6 pinpointer and a MUST if you want one of the new HF coils.
The update is painless but you will have to re-do all your custom slots over again... not a big deal to most.
Good luck to ya, hope I was able to help and hope you enjoy V4 if/when you upgrade.

Stretch

 

[Tigerdude]

Thanks for the info

 

[vferrari]

Also, the GB tracking algorithm is improved in version 4. More stable, does not over respond to hot rocks or mineralized patches of ground.

 

[Tedyoh]

Also, the GB tracking algorithm is improved in version 4. More stable, does not over respond to hot rocks or mineralized patches of ground.

Yeah that annoyed me in 3.2, in tracking all of the sudden the detector started falsing like crazy, reason was tracking over a patch of minerals dropped the GB 15 or 20 points lower than the actual GB reading.

So for the OP, yes, if your GB is too low than actual GB reading the detector will false on minerals and even plain rocks (not hot) in the soil. Ideally a point or 2 lower than actual GB reading is where you want to be and tracking in V4.0 does this where in 3.2 it did not, I would upgrade for this reason alone.....but there are many other reasons to upgrade as well.