digging to China

[dirtlooter]

After many attempts of getting my deus to detect better than it was for me, I began reading various discussions as well as watching various videos. So over the last several months, I began to make my own programs (again) but this time with some idea as to why to use this setting or that one. My final program that I use a lot was made from the Fast program...12khz, tracking, sen 93(adjust as needed)Disc 10, Full tones, Reactivity 2, Silencer -1, Iron 2, Audio response of 4. So now I have now been digging much deeper holes as a result. In fact, I ended up with one close to 15 inches today. It was a very hot day to be digging in the sun and I had decided to look for faint targets. So I find this barely able to hear whisper of a target that would only hit one way. After I dug the first six inches (the easiest) I checked the hoe with the coil again and now got a really sweet 93-94 signal. Now I got into the much harder ground for another five or six inches plus the dreaded big root but the pin pointer was telling me that it was down below the root. The hot sun forced me to take a recovery break before continuing. I actually switched to a screwdriver so I wouldn't scrape a big silver. After the fourth dig and pulling out of the dirt, my very hard earned target was out! Yep, a crumpled up piece of aluminum. Now that totally sucked but on the other hand, it was way deeper than this machine had dug previously. Now I don't plan to be digging holes this deep on a regular basis but, I like to have the option because I have a machine that can find deeper stuff. I have in the last two days, quit very deep holes because the ground was so hard and I was too hot. I know where they are and will go back to them when it gets cooler. I really feel that most of the people who gripe about their deus, just don't have it set up properly for their style of detecting or for what they want to find. So, thanks to all for input and videos. DL

 

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[Joe hunter]

It's sad but I've done the China trip as we'll sometimes it pans out other times not so much.If I'm at an old cellar hole I never surrender but I'll admit I've given up on a few.

 

[dirtlooter]

It's sad but I've done the China trip as we'll sometimes it pans out other times not so much.If I'm at an old cellar hole I never surrender but I'll admit I've given up on a few.

What was crazy, just before I dug this hole, I dug a 1986 clad quarter at about 7 inches in this area. I just knew it was silver at that depth but who knows. I have been digging some big iron, especially round iron but I am getting better at knowing it is a bottle cap or not...I still dig em to get rid of them. I have a few areas that have obvious fill dirt and it is pretty cool being able to hit on stuff below it. We don't have very many cellars around here but I totally understand working one as hard as possible. DL

 

[Eu_citzen]

Back in V3.2 I really liked the G-Maxx program for deep hunting and built a coin & jewellery program of it for modern sites.

 

[dirtlooter]

I haven't tried the G-MAXX yet, may have to set up one using it. I have found that several of my areas required tracking because the GB changed so much. I am still digging a little more iron than I want to. I am realizing that which base (comes with machine) program you use as the main frame of a program makes a difference to due to the filters used in it. I went out today and while I knew pretty much I was digging bottle caps, I was fooled numerous times with heavy rusty iron. I may also go from 2 to 3 on Reactivity and drop from TX 3 back to 2 the next time out. I hunted for 3 hours and found no good finds today, clad dime and a few memorials. I do have an area that is thick in the iron with old trash that I totally struggle with right now.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Deep rusted iron is a quirk with the Deus for sure. I dig them regularly at older sites.
If quite clean ground, going down on the reactivity makes it handle better IMO, just sounds/handles deep iron better.

I have yet to find a site so littered with iron that I struggle, but this is only my second season with the deus.