New to Deus, need advice

[Toolman0114]

Just bought an xp deus, what's the easiest way to learn the detector? Coin shootingbin parks and schoolyards, what program works best?
Ive been detecting for 6 years and my main detector is a CTX 3030

 

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[vferrari]

Tooman -

Congrats and welcome to the Deus. Glad you were able to find one at hopefully a reasonable cost.

Does it have 3.2 or 4.0 firmware installed? Advice varies slightly depending on the software version because the built-in programs are a little different between the two versions and there are some new settings with the new 4.0 software.

 

[Toolman0114]

It's version 4.0
Got a great price, 11" coil, remote, and WS5 headphones.

Tooman -

Congrats and welcome to the Deus. Glad you were able to find one at hopefully a reasonable cost.

Does it have 3.2 or 4.0 firmware installed? Advice varies slightly depending on the software version because the built-in programs are a little different between the two versions and there are some new settings with the new 4.0 software.

 

[vferrari]

Ok awesome. To get started I personally would use the Deus Fast program with a few tweaks: Change the operating frequency to 8 or 12 khz vice the 18 khz default and switch # of tones (Expert Setting under discrimination) to "Full Tones". There are 2, 3, 4, and 5 tone options, but it is probably best if you start with Full Tones from the get go because that is where you will want to end up. If Full Tones is overwhelming go ahead and switch back to the default 3 tone. The key is getting used to correlating the tone you hear to the target ID. With full tones you can eventually get to the point where you don't need to depend on the visual target ID # to make a dig decision. But getting to that points requires a lot of swing time to train your ears. Finally, I would switch Reactivity (which is basically an adjustable recovery speed) down to 2.5 from 3 and then go into the expert setting under reactivity and set silencer to either -1 (off)or at most 0 if it is not already on one of those two settings. You can adjust sensitivity up or down as necessary but 90 is a fine starting point. It can get chatty on high sensitivity settings so you can bump it up to 93-95. The detection depth kind of plateaus above 95 so there is not much point running it up there unless it is running quiet. Once you make the program tweaks I mentioned above, you can save the tweaked program as a custom program in one of the empty custom program slots per the user manual instructions. This should get you started at least. I highly recommend watching the Gary Blackwell Deus videos that are linked at the top of the forum. He explains the various settings and what they mean. I also recommend getting Andy Sabisch Deus handbook and just read through the various forum threads here to get more insights. Most of all, ask questions.