XP DEUS TESTS

Comments

All these tests were done with my settings on the Deus

Using each coil on the frequency that gave the best performance.

I see all sorts of different 'super programs' created by users , and tend to try them 99% of them are terrible, but if they work for the user then great!

Pros

Excellent all-round detector

Great concept, Super lightweight, quality build, excellent wireless headphones

Cons

Discrimination needs something doing with it, all these signals were diggable but the meter either did not give a reading or the wrong reading, depending on how deep the target was, discrimination in the first few inches good, deeper it goes the whose it gets!

Meter rejected the cut quarters on the test bed but gave a good signal.

I would image if you did not know what you were doing with the Deus you would be leaving a lot in the ground or digging a lot of iron

The Deus seems to me to turn up on the day or not, seems very inconsistent

DEPTH TESTS

The depth tests are set up to gauge the power of the detector, all iron is removed from the hole.

Various size items are buried at good depths

COIL SIZE

9’’ HF Coil

18.5KHZ

11’’ X35 Coil

27KHZ

11’’ STANDARD

18 KHZ

9’’ STANDARD

18 KHZ

13’’ X 11’’

18.75KHZ

CAN A CARTWHEEL PENNY BURIED AT 16’’ GIVE A SIGNAL

YES

YES

NO

NO

YES

GEORGE 111 HALFPENNY

MAXIMUM DEPTH

12’’

12’’

11’’

12’’

13’’

5 PENCE MAXIMUM DEPTH

11’’

12’’

10’’

11’’

12’

CUT ¼ OF HAMMERED PENNY MAXIMUM DEPTH

7’’

6’’

5’’

7’’

6’’

CAN A HOARD OF 100 MIXED COINS BURIED AT 18’’ GIVE A SIGNAL

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

DISCRIM TESTS

The tests below are to see if the detector is capable of giving a signal on a non ferrous target while iron is placed on top of it and around it at different depths

CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’

2 NAILS BURIED AT 2’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’

2 NAILS BURIED AT 5’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN A GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’

2 NAILS SITTING ON TOP OF COIN

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A HAMMERED PENNY 20 NAILS ALL AROUND IT BURIED AT 2’’

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A HAMMERED COIN BURIED AT 2’’

A LARGE/RUSTY IRON HOOK IS BURIED 3’’ BELOW IT

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A HAMMERED PENNY NEXT TO 4’’ BOLT

BURIED AT 2’’

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 2’’

2 NAILS ALSO BURIED AT 2’’-NAILS 4’’ APART COIN BETWEEN THEM

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 5’’

2 NAILS BURIED AT 2’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT-4’’ APART

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’

WITH 2 NAILS BURIED AT 2’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT 4’’ APART

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 6’’

WITH 4 NAILS BURIED AT 5’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT

4 NAILS AT 7’’ DIRECTLY BELOW IT AND 4 NAILS ON THE SAME LEVEL

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

COKE/SENSITIVITY

A few low conductive targets will give the same signal as Coke , so if you are rejecting Coke you may miss them

CAN IT FIND A GOLD CHAIN WHEN COKE IS REJECTED

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN IT FIND A LOW CONDUCTIVE CUT ¼ WHEN COKE IS REJECTED

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN A GOLD CHAIN BE FOUND WHEN COKE IS NOT REJECTED

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN A LOW COND CUT ¼ BE FOUND WHEN COKE IS

NOT REJECTED

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN IT FIND A LOW CONDUCTIVE VERY THIN SILVER EARRING BURIED AT 2’’

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES


PERFORMANCE POINTS

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