I was at Myrtle Beach Thursday and Friday first time with D2 and I got some signals so deep I had to give up on them… all I can say is that the D2 is a BEAST of a machine…
@@buddywilliamson3098 I stayed at the Dayton House Resort 24th Ave. tried several different beaches but was mostly hunting down around Surfside beach 🏖 Thursday night, drove back to Charlotte Friday night from Surfside beach
Very interesting, I purchased and swung the deus 2 for three weeks, I must have been unlucky as I had to replace the control box due to it being unstable everywhere, second control box was stable and very quite but had absolutely no power/death. Last straw was the aerial weeping up sea water inside its core, sent it back and got a refund. Your deus 2 seems to be working spot on. Good luck to you
I am waiting on you to water hunt , like you I have 2 equinox 800 both have flooded so I bought a Excalibur 2 for chest deep hunting and also ruff water hunting I hope these new machines hold up like all your videos and thanks for helping us understand the new machines . Good luck
So, one thing I’ve noticed with the D2 is that it just really acts differently with the slightest adjustments and fluctuations in emi. Not like the nox where it’s pretty much the same on 22-24 sens or 4-6 recovery. I know there are differences but the Deus 2 seems to act differently even one minute to the next. That just tells me it’ll A: take a while to learn and B: really has the ability to dial into any given environment. Your videos have been great to see. One of the few who have been very skeptical of this machine starting to get good results is very encouraging.
That was very interesting. I now see that the 11” coil is the way to go with that machine. You’re comment about the Nox flooding reminded me of my old ATPro that I have water hunted at lakes for years. For 8 years I hunted the lakes with it and half way through I backed over the upper shaft with my car! Since I am not a tall man, I just sawed out the bent part and was good to go. Finally after about 8 years it flooded after about 4 hours in the water. Garrett fixed it for $200. It being ran over four years earlier probably weakened the seal on the housing.
The seal on your machine is just old. I don’t think it had anything to do with you running over the detector. You had 4 years of use after that. It was just time to be replaced. Seal don’t last forever.
Yep, that was the true turning point for me. I had to figure out that part of beach hunting- the sand to water. And I believe we can make this D2 work for all around detector on the beach.
I have the nox 800 as my primary machine, and 600 as a backup. After watching the 600 i pulled mine out. The guy had the sensitivity set at 5 or 6. Im surprised hes found anything.
The dive depth on the deus 2 is 20 meters You cannot get the 11 inch coil to be quiet at the water. Best you can do is lower sensitivity a little. Once you are under water it will "crackle" and bing a little at the end of the sweep. But you will know when you hit a target. If you want to run silent in the water or from wet sand into the waters edge just use dive. It works really good. Ps.you don't need a lot of "reaction" on the beach anything over 1.5 is a waste unless maybe your talking dry sand up by the dunes where the large amounts of trash are.
Great video. I wonder if you get the same results from different beaches or do you have to set up a test garden at each beach. I was not a believer in the the deus but as everyone is tweaking the settings I see it as a great tool. Keep the testing videos rolling!
Good video was wondering if your buddy with the CTX did he have the saltwater on or off I run a CTX also and the Nox 800 usually my wife will run the 800 while I'm running the CTX 🦀
At the very beginning of the test I had the salt water turned on but after the CTX did not see the open hoop earring I turned it off in hopes that it would see it. I normally run the sensitivity between 18 to 22 and max out at 24 before I start getting too much falsing. In this case I ran the sensitivity up to 26 which is the Max I have ever been able to get away with on this beach. The CTX still failed to see the open earring no matter what I tried. Hope this helps.
So I do a lot of metal detecting, and I’ve been detecting at tybee for a couple of days. Ran into a guy named John today who also has an Equinox. He said he metal detects at tybee all of the time. Just curious if you’ve ever ran into him there.
@@SavannahHarps ok, cool. I know it’s a strange question, but he kept following me around, and he knew nothing about his machine for him to “use it all of the time” there. I was hoping I was reading the situation wrong. Still not sure lol. Long story shot, I don’t think the equipment was his, and I don’t even think his name was John. But thank you for the reply!
The very reasons/complaints from those fellow hunters in your video is why I'm abandoning my Nox for the D2........I'm also glad I never invested into the CTX (price overkill)..Good machine but, not that much better for $2,500.
Being able to see multiple targets visually on your screen, where each one falls in the FeCo range, and with sizing being able to actually show if you have a small or large targe is a huge advantage with the CTX.
@@rivercitymetaldetecting9854 I'm sure it's a cool feature.....Every machine has it's advantages & disadvantages.......I'll still go with the D2 though because I prefer the design, weight and, construction.....I can hunt even longer now....It does go deep too!....Most of my hunting is on the beach......The D2 beach sensitive program works real good there......Minelab is good though & has carried me this far....I still own A Sovereign Gt, Excalibur, X-terra 705...All great machines!
@@carlfr2977 I am curious about the D2. My only reservation is I always wait a year when any new product hits the market to make sure any kinks that may pop up get worked out. Don't think that I am taking a shot at the D2. Not how I roll. I think all machines within reason are good if you put the time in on them and learn them. I had another person jump all over me because of my approach as I think they thought I was slamming the D2 or something but that wasn't the case. A poster was asking about the D2 as they were considering one and I suggested they wait a bit for the reasons I posted here or if they are in a rush get a Nox as it has been on the market for a bit and any software issues that may have risen have had a chance to be worked out. He was a dealer and went bananas on me taking personal shots at me lol. All that told me was he cared more about his bottom line than his customer base. I want to see this machine on the market and in the hands of real world users on a larger scale than a group of testers for a bit of time before I consider one. More times than not there are problems early on with new releases.
I want to see you with it in the water like you I have 2 equinox 800 1 Excalibur and yes have flooded 2 equinox’s so the Excalibur is my chest deep machine I really like your videos happy hunting .
Gold rings or earrings that are open are almost impossible to find… I will tell you something I can guarantee you… if your digging everything… and you have never dug these things in real world conditions.. then your machine is not getting those targets… like chains.. even if you can get them in an air test (without pendant) and you never dig them in real time.. your not detecting them.
Je pense que le deus2 va être difficile s battre ! je rêve d'en avoir un deus2, mais je vais utiliser mon vieux White's DFX en rêvent d'avoir un jour le deus2 .....hihihi
I'm not a hater but bs is bs. Do everyday use at the beach, do dry sand, change to wet sand then the surf and then water, not a single setting changed, get 289 pieces of gold including 28 gold chains and 8 gold bracelets, hundreds of silver pieces, 1000+ dollars in coins, 2 platinum pieces and the best is all in 1 year and only a couple of beaches and then you can make buy all the propaganda about your XP DEUS 2, the useless NOX and the blind Excalibur. I own a ctx and only flooded 3 times in 4 years, used almost everyday and 7-8 hours a day. Only one time needed to be sent for flooding. Stop the BS and get real
That's flooding almost once every season. I wouldn't call that proof of it's reliability lol. The Deus from the factory has a much better depth rating than any of the Minelab machines. However, it's still new.........people may find the Deus 2 flooding over time, once that salt water gets to work on them. For now they seem pretty reliable. The real test is when there are so many machines out there that factory tolerance issues are exposed.
@@MrBottlecapBill I'm not saying it's a bad machine but every channel is pushing people to buy it without real day to day test in the water. Hunting 4-5 times a week for several hours each time tells you how reliable a ctx is.
@@craigs-hz9oo hi there. I think you're late to the party but I saved some candies for you...289 pieces of gold including 28 gold chains, 8 gold bracelets and 2 pieces of platinum. I don't count silver, coins or the total number of rings. If you can get that in a year time with the deus 2 or you and CD can put your year gold together and still don't make a quarter of that number. I will take you to the same anger management classes i go to so you can learn a thing or two that changes your mind
Good stuff! I have the 3030, Nox 800, and just purchased the Deus II. Looking forward to getting out soon.
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I was at Myrtle Beach Thursday and Friday first time with D2 and I got some signals so deep I had to give up on them… all I can say is that the D2 is a BEAST of a machine…
Yes it is!!! Where were you hunting?? I was at 24th Ave Saturday.
@@buddywilliamson3098 I stayed at the Dayton House Resort 24th Ave. tried several different beaches but was mostly hunting down around Surfside beach 🏖 Thursday night, drove back to Charlotte Friday night from Surfside beach
Pretty cool testing! "Retiring the Nox!" WOW!!
Very interesting,
I purchased and swung the deus 2 for three weeks, I must have been unlucky as I had to replace the control box due to it being unstable everywhere, second control box was stable and very quite but had absolutely no power/death. Last straw was the aerial weeping up sea water inside its core, sent it back and got a refund. Your deus 2 seems to be working spot on. Good luck to you
I am waiting on you to water hunt , like you I have 2 equinox 800 both have flooded so I bought a Excalibur 2 for chest deep hunting and also ruff water hunting I hope these new machines hold up like all your videos and thanks for helping us understand the new machines . Good luck
So, one thing I’ve noticed with the D2 is that it just really acts differently with the slightest adjustments and fluctuations in emi. Not like the nox where it’s pretty much the same on 22-24 sens or 4-6 recovery. I know there are differences but the Deus 2 seems to act differently even one minute to the next. That just tells me it’ll A: take a while to learn and B: really has the ability to dial into any given environment. Your videos have been great to see. One of the few who have been very skeptical of this machine starting to get good results is very encouraging.
That was very interesting. I now see that the 11” coil is the way to go with that machine.
You’re comment about the Nox flooding reminded me of my old ATPro that I have water hunted at lakes for years.
For 8 years I hunted the lakes with it and half way through I backed over the upper shaft with my car! Since I am not a tall man, I just sawed out the bent part and was good to go.
Finally after about 8 years it flooded after about 4 hours in the water.
Garrett fixed it for $200.
It being ran over four years earlier probably weakened the seal on the housing.
9” coil is better on hitting small gold rings
The seal on your machine is just old. I don’t think it had anything to do with you running over the detector. You had 4 years of use after that. It was just time to be replaced. Seal don’t last forever.
The sensitivity on the Nox had been turned nearly all the way down 16:30.. no wonder
I just let Foy know the video is up, he should be happy. 😃 The Deus is Crazy impressive, especially that it saw the earring in dive mode. 👍
Yep, that was the true turning point for me. I had to figure out that part of beach hunting- the sand to water. And I believe we can make this D2 work for all around detector on the beach.
Why you didn't tested in beach P number 13 program?
Thanks for the demo. This has definitely narrowed down the hunt for a new machine. 👍🏻
Beach programs on equinox are at lower weighted frequencies. 👍
Nice Video. You don't need to figure anything out. Been done in other videos done by others including me. DII is a no brainer.
Awesome testing, sounds like you got that machine figured out now. Sad to see the nox go.
I'M GOING TO KEEP MY NOX.TIL MINELAB COMES OUT WITH NEW DETECTORS NEXT YEAR.
@@robertwolfe2971 same
I'll go with the D2!
Good video thanks
I have the nox 800 as my primary machine, and 600 as a backup. After watching the 600 i pulled mine out. The guy had the sensitivity set at 5 or 6. Im surprised hes found anything.
The dive depth on the deus 2 is 20 meters
You cannot get the 11 inch coil to be quiet at the water. Best you can do is lower sensitivity a little. Once you are under water it will "crackle" and bing a little at the end of the sweep. But you will know when you hit a target. If you want to run silent in the water or from wet sand into the waters edge just use dive. It works really good.
Ps.you don't need a lot of "reaction" on the beach anything over 1.5 is a waste unless maybe your talking dry sand up by the dunes where the large amounts of trash are.
I've been using beach mode while diving, it's pretty stable but you need to reduce it's salt sensitivity
Great video. I wonder if you get the same results from different beaches or do you have to set up a test garden at each beach. I was not a believer in the the deus but as everyone is tweaking the settings I see it as a great tool. Keep the testing videos rolling!
Good video was wondering if your buddy with the CTX did he have the saltwater on or off I run a CTX also and the Nox 800 usually my wife will run the 800 while I'm running the CTX 🦀
At the very beginning of the test I had the salt water turned on but after the CTX did not see the open hoop earring I turned it off in hopes that it would see it. I normally run the sensitivity between 18 to 22 and max out at 24 before I start getting too much falsing. In this case I ran the sensitivity up to 26 which is the Max I have ever been able to get away with on this beach. The CTX still failed to see the open earring no matter what I tried. Hope this helps.
@@EZtech Thanks for the info EZtech was wondering I'm here on the OBX New Bern area👍🦀
Main thing he held it to the ground when he noise canceled it,that's the biggest mistake you can make with the ctx3030
i can see that guy doesnt know how yo use ctx lol!!
Noise canceling mine always at 10 “ ( or a tad more ) above the ground.
Sensitivity on the Nox was low......showing only one bar on the gauge on the screen.
He had it around 20 due to bad EMI in that area. At least that is what I assumed
So I do a lot of metal detecting, and I’ve been detecting at tybee for a couple of days. Ran into a guy named John today who also has an Equinox. He said he metal detects at tybee all of the time. Just curious if you’ve ever ran into him there.
Not sure if I have met him? Most of my detecting friends are in my videos.
@@SavannahHarps ok, cool. I know it’s a strange question, but he kept following me around, and he knew nothing about his machine for him to “use it all of the time” there. I was hoping I was reading the situation wrong. Still not sure lol. Long story shot, I don’t think the equipment was his, and I don’t even think his name was John.
But thank you for the reply!
Tell Mark I can send him some programs for his ctx3030
Pode enviar pra mim ?
If i saw that correctly, the sensitivity of the Equinox user is pretty low.
The very reasons/complaints from those fellow hunters in your video is why I'm abandoning my Nox for the D2........I'm also glad I never invested into the CTX (price overkill)..Good machine but, not that much better for $2,500.
Being able to see multiple targets visually on your screen, where each one falls in the FeCo range, and with sizing being able to actually show if you have a small or large targe is a huge advantage with the CTX.
@@rivercitymetaldetecting9854 I'm sure it's a cool feature.....Every machine has it's advantages & disadvantages.......I'll still go with the D2 though because I prefer the design, weight and, construction.....I can hunt even longer now....It does go deep too!....Most of my hunting is on the beach......The D2 beach sensitive program works real good there......Minelab is good though & has carried me this far....I still own A Sovereign Gt, Excalibur, X-terra 705...All great machines!
@@carlfr2977 I am curious about the D2. My only reservation is I always wait a year when any new product hits the market to make sure any kinks that may pop up get worked out.
Don't think that I am taking a shot at the D2. Not how I roll. I think all machines within reason are good if you put the time in on them and learn them.
I had another person jump all over me because of my approach as I think they thought I was slamming the D2 or something but that wasn't the case.
A poster was asking about the D2 as they were considering one and I suggested they wait a bit for the reasons I posted here or if they are in a rush get a Nox as it has been on the market for a bit and any software issues that may have risen have had a chance to be worked out.
He was a dealer and went bananas on me taking personal shots at me lol.
All that told me was he cared more about his bottom line than his customer base.
I want to see this machine on the market and in the hands of real world users on a larger scale than a group of testers for a bit of time before I consider one.
More times than not there are problems early on with new releases.
you should not have the deus next to the minelab good testing
I want to see you with it in the water like you I have 2 equinox 800 1 Excalibur and yes have flooded 2 equinox’s so the Excalibur is my chest deep machine I really like your videos happy hunting .
👍👍👍😁
And run on sentences are fun to write.
Gold rings or earrings that are open are almost impossible to find… I will tell you something I can guarantee you… if your digging everything… and you have never dug these things in real world conditions.. then your machine is not getting those targets… like chains.. even if you can get them in an air test (without pendant) and you never dig them in real time.. your not detecting them.
I'll never sell my TDI PRO.... 😈
Je pense que le deus2 va être difficile s battre ! je rêve d'en avoir un deus2, mais je vais utiliser mon vieux White's DFX en rêvent d'avoir un jour le deus2 .....hihihi
I'm not a hater but bs is bs. Do everyday use at the beach, do dry sand, change to wet sand then the surf and then water, not a single setting changed, get 289 pieces of gold including 28 gold chains and 8 gold bracelets, hundreds of silver pieces, 1000+ dollars in coins, 2 platinum pieces and the best is all in 1 year and only a couple of beaches and then you can make buy all the propaganda about your XP DEUS 2, the useless NOX and the blind Excalibur. I own a ctx and only flooded 3 times in 4 years, used almost everyday and 7-8 hours a day. Only one time needed to be sent for flooding. Stop the BS and get real
That's flooding almost once every season. I wouldn't call that proof of it's reliability lol. The Deus from the factory has a much better depth rating than any of the Minelab machines. However, it's still new.........people may find the Deus 2 flooding over time, once that salt water gets to work on them. For now they seem pretty reliable. The real test is when there are so many machines out there that factory tolerance issues are exposed.
@@MrBottlecapBill I'm not saying it's a bad machine but every channel is pushing people to buy it without real day to day test in the water. Hunting 4-5 times a week for several hours each time tells you how reliable a ctx is.
you need anger management, and if youve nowt good to say, say nowt at all, my deus 2 outperforms my CTX all day long, youve obviously not tried one!
@@craigs-hz9oo hi there. I think you're late to the party but I saved some candies for you...289 pieces of gold including 28 gold chains, 8 gold bracelets and 2 pieces of platinum. I don't count silver, coins or the total number of rings. If you can get that in a year time with the deus 2 or you and CD can put your year gold together and still don't make a quarter of that number. I will take you to the same anger management classes i go to so you can learn a thing or two that changes your mind