Look I’m not telling everyone what detector to buy, my logic is such regardless of spending 300 or 1500.00. Unless you are the diehard expert that has time to research and learn about the basics and more advanced techniques then great, I want everyone to find awesome stuff, but it’s ok to start out with a simplex or at pro if you like. Money is so important, I use a minelab xterra pro, had simplex , whites dfx. Some say oh those are mid level machines you maybe correct, so being my thought of not having 1500.00 to throw down, my next detector might be the xp deus 2 master, puck version 700.00. Yes it’s configuration more difficulty than deus remote, not x y z screen and waterproof, but I’m not diving, and for half the price this machine performss equal to what some are saying the best machine is currently, XP Deus 2 remote, please state your opinion, I think that is a good Mack , the puck version. Yes charging each item might seem like an inconvenience, but folks do your homework, thanks. Just a sample of my finds below.
Some have the hair, and we're the model for manufacturing of the puck version thingy that slides off my head. (It's just me)
No offense to the heads that it works on.
Waterproof is a good option if one gets caught in the rain.
Slips and falls in a water source.
There's rain proof and then water resistant, then the actual Waterproof
Full remote is great, easy to switch back and forth, change a setting, large ID #s.
More available space for custom programs also.
(Forget the # over the puck version)
As I learn the Deus ll the different tweaking in the different programs is almost site by sites.
For swinging fast, not my game. Though hot spotting a site I will swing faster, wider, as I know the processor will pick up everything that coil goes over to a certain degree
The best thing is to isolate a target away from everything else.
Then start swinging faster over it to see the swing speed limit.
With a quicker swing I have gotten a chirp, then going over it again it’s a very distinctive sounding target.
So this is a good sign to slow the speed down.
In the iron concentration a slower swing is needed.
Most to all Victorian era homesteads are iron patches.
It depends on what happened to the site, burnt, ripped down, raised (machine demo)buried, or simply rotted away.
The footprint of heavy iron will be different.
Then comes the years of occupation, and what use the site saw.
In the open (little or widely spaced targets) expect the Deus ll to be hitting targets 12" with no real difficulty.
Meaning the ID #, good tone, and the same ID consistently.
Iffy targets are easily determined also with a light scratching of the boot, it can determine a dig/pass in seconds.