What is the difference in Deus 2 coils?

[pepperj]

Yup! 🤣 I haven't worked out my method/s yet. I need some kind of belt or harness or something to hold all this... "stuff" on. (Maybe I just need to go back to bib overalls? 🤨)


That's what I've been doing, but I'm not doing well at centering my plugs. Seems I almost always have to dig into a sidewall; occasionally I lose the signal entirely.

Practice, practice, practice...

X or just go back and forth across the target to center the signal.
Right in the middle of the coil, just a tad in front where the stem connects.
Yes the sidewall targets happen.
Just part of the fun it seems.
One would think that after a half century of hole digging, one could master it-not.🤣

 

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[Bucket Lister]

X or just go back and forth across the target to center the signal.
Right in the middle of the coil, just a tad in front where the stem connects.

Uh-huh. I've done all that stuff. Back & forth, turn perpendicular & repeat.

I'm just gonna keep on plugging... (pun intended)

 

[cudamark]

So when you pinpoint how do you know how deep the target is? Does it tell you so you know how deep to dig?

That's one of the main things I don't like about the Deus. At some of my locations, I hunt by depth more than target I.D. As a side note, the button you use to activate the pin point option is not the same button to turn it off! Annoying to me as every other detect I've ever owned, you use the same button.

 

[pepperj]

That's one of the main things I don't like about the Deus. At some of my locations, I hunt by depth more than target I.D. As a side note, the button you use to activate the pin point option is not the same button to turn it off! Annoying to me as every other detect I've ever owned, you use the same button.

What are you talking about?
You own a ETrac
Different button

 

[cudamark]

Not on mine. Same button to active and deactivate.

 

[DiggerinVA]

So when you pinpoint how do you know how deep the target is? Does it tell you so you know how deep to dig?

I never use the pinpoint feature on any detector. I simply cross up the target and use that for center. After using the Deus 2 or most any machine enough you will get where you know roughly how deep the target is by sound and signal strength. Surface or near surface targets are easily recognized. Sometimes large or tiny targets will fool you on their depth.

 

[Gare]

I would start with the 9 inch. Might take a bit longer to detect but it will be the best in a cluttered area

 

[sibbley]

Go with the 9" coil. I went with the 11" and wish I would have gone with the 9".

 

[DWerk]

9 inch all the way. I do woods/fields/parks/lakes. Anything larger in the lakes is a real pain. Pinpoint; I use the wiggle method, never put machine into the pinpoint mide.