DEUS I went squirrely on me ..

[TORRERO]

Was out yesterday with my DEUS I with my friend doing playgrounds and discovered that my machine is acting up.
It still works but the digital numbers are WAY OFF.. Quarters are normally 97-98 but now are 55-56
Dimes 54 and Nickels 46... lower numbers seemed to be working, it was picking up everything just the numbers were way off...
any ideas ?

 

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[Gare]

Have you taken the coil cover off and checked for dirt and grime under it ?

 

[Ed144]

Water under the coil cover will also make it erratic. I tape the edges of my coil covers with some high quality electrical tape. It is easy to replace when it gets worn

 

[TORRERO]

I have not done either one of these but I can tell you that its almost certainly not the coil, its not squirrely in that sense, just that the numbers have changed... for the target ID. I've used digital machines for 20+ years and never had this happen...

 

[TORRERO]

I'm going to try a software upgrade to see if that fixes the problem

 

[Gare]

Please keep us posted

 

[TORRERO]

Please keep us posted

for sure, although I don't much like how XP does software upgrades..

 

[pepperj]

Did you clean the coil under the cover?

I found Deus easier than Minelabs.

Then again download speed helps now.
Though it all seems confusing to the consumer, but so easy for the designers.

 

[TORRERO]

Though it all seems confusing to the consumer, but so easy for the designers.

Ain't that the truth

 

[TORRERO]

Did you clean the coil under the cover?

I found Deus easier than Minelabs.

Then again download speed helps now.
Though it all seems confusing to the consumer, but so easy for the designers.

I haven't yet I'm waiting for a cable to update the software and see if that fixes it.
I've been detecting for 40+ years and know what dirt in the coil sounds like, just saying...
That being said, something with the electronics started acting up about 6 month ago when the sound through the speakers suddenly stopped (almost stopped but you can just barely hear it) (I just switched to headphones) and then about a month ago suddenly the numeric display changed the number value of targets.. a Quarter was 97-98 now its 55-56, a dime was 96-97 now its 54-55, pennies were 94-96 and now they are 49-50 ...
This isn't a dirty coil issue its a software electronics issue...
Probably my fault as I'm brutal on my machines 🤣