I set up my Deus II to accept only nickels. That is how I learned what nickels sounded. I then went clad dimes only. I learned every modern clad coin sound that way. The silver came on its own. I found a few silver dimes while learning dimes and silver quarters while learning quarters. I now have zincolns learned and know not to dig them while I now know copper pennies by their sound. I went out for a week on each and only concentrated on those that I was looking for. I now know the sounds of most things....including pull tabs..which I still dig as they are so close to some rings.....The Deus II is one heck of a machine and the MI-6 is a fantastic pin pointer. Thanks for this video......I always learn something from your videos.....
This is hugely informative and comprehensive and I get similar VDI readings when the target is up. The rather confusing conundrum for me is when they are in the ground - I get massive reading swings: copper is mostly mid to late 60s for example, silver is on a par with the dreaded foil and gold never reaches above 70.
Wowwww, lots of work, thanks for the guide, I always dig every repeating signal but this confirms what my experience has taught me. Great video Merrell.
You are very dedicated to detecting, and the amount of effort you put in to your videos is amazing. You deserve everything you seek fella. Greetings from Spain.
the problem with jewellery is the composition of the item is made up of many metals so there is no way that two items will ever be the same on the scale. different manufacturers put many different metals in the mix. this is a BIG issue when it comes to jewellery.. great content thank you..
A lot of effort went into this. It’s a good base for identification. However, introduce highly mineralized ground, and co mingled targets and the id’s go out the window, especially for those of us that rely on unmasking in high trash. Thx
Went to the beach, started the v shape stuff, the heavens opened and had to quit. Spend more time behind the wheel as on the sand.1,5 Euro and a bronze key. Oh well, on to the next one. Gave me time to watch this ID bible. Great stuff. Just bought the book
Awesome video!! I purchased the I.D Bible for quick reference. Even if I never use it, for all your hard work on this video you deserve it!! Thanks again 😊
It's been said over and over but what a great video Merrill. I'm know it took alot of time and effort between the video and book, I can't wait to get my copy. Now that winter is here would do this for the Dues 1. Thank you again sir for the great video.
If I’m on the beach in Uk I always dig up the 00 or 02 as they generally are clad 1p - 5p - and 10p if your lucky, there is a slightly different sound if you circle ⭕️ around target and so easy to dig on the beach especially dry sand, so many people miss them because they think it’s junk, the Xp Deus one and two are excellent at showing that on VDI. Yes you might get junk but found so many good targets stuck on to a crusted metal target, I’ve even though about doing a video next time I’m at the beach to show this, also I have bottle cap on 2 on beach and not on beach sensitive and switch over programs and have to say it’s works so well as gives you that iron grunt in with good VDI so you just know mostly on rusted caps, interesting on those silver and gold items that ring up in 40s as 32 and 42 ish have always been foil for all my dig ups whilst learning the D2, a dilemma there now, guess I’m going to have start digging them again 😬😬 as always at this time of morning I’m off to work so have to continue to watch laters 👋 😀😀😀
That's a lot of work you have put in there and thank you, but the problem with the deus 2 is the upper and lower scale of the frequency scan 0-6 can give a target 2 different numbers by at least 2 or 3 on the target TID. Your silver ring TID differences could be due to the purity of the silver used, I have noticed this on Edward silver hammered pennies.
Thank you for your hard work Merrill and for publishing this great video! Your passion for the hobby is inspiring and patience for those videos is incredible! Wish you more amazing finds like those you showed here!
I have been watching your videos since before I bought my Eqinox 800 or Deus 2. I learned more about the nox from your videos than any other channel and have found a few thousand dollars worth of treasure with it, the deus 2 I’m still learning after 6 months but I’m getting better with it and have found a few silvers already with it. I watched your VDI bible video and even though the deus is a bit scattered on VDI numbers the printed copy will come in handy and for all your efforts and teaching I think 10 dollars is a small price to pay for what you have done for me. Thank you!!
Great job. That is a lot of work. Have you done any statistical analysis on the different groups… especially gold. Mean, median, mode and standard deviation? Also. I hate to ask but what about “offsets” of VDI numbers for the different programs and the impact of channel selected. I know it’s minutia but aside from the numbers it could add some interesting perspective. Thanks for your work.
I’ve never understood the need for one of these myself. For instance you can’t give me a number for shotgun shells not here in England anyway. Most are a similar size but many have degraded and give off various TDIs. I dug a hammered coin the other day. Small one it was six inches down, TDI of 49 with a banging audio on pitch. Written in this Bible it would have come under can slaw. But the fields been well hunted and gave off great finds. It’s now quiet and I’m getting the faint ones, the masked ones and the occasional obvious one we missed. Nobody needs a Bible to do that it’s just rule one of metal detecting.
Well, I waited and waitied, researched and researched, tested a hoard of friends’ and fellow club detectorists’ detectors and I have arrived at the cnclusion that my next detector purchase will be the XP Deus II….
I find on the Nox anything conductive is 0+ iron flits between + and - numbers. Very logical. Magnetic soil is always - ve I have little trouble picking up small crucifixes. The Deuses have a confusing way of doing things which can make setting up difficult and not logical. If they could follow the way the Nox does it logically it would be far better.
Hi, thank you four sharing your knowledge. I live in Europe, does this Bible for Deus applies there also, it it's just for the coins in the US? I mean, would it make sense to apply what i will find in the book or not? Much appreciated
The Dues 2 is a very bad ass machine is t being the first metal detector I have ever owned but love it but relay on xy screen not numbers to identify targets. I doubt I will be digging any 0 to 50 any time soon in nevada with 9” coil
Hi, I just did a series of tests in the UK with my Deus 2 with a silver hammered coin buried at various depths in 4 separate holes with great success .i.e., I easily found the targets where others could not due to the depth. That said, a critical comment was passed saying that I didn't replicate the correct conditions because I buried the targets in small plastic bags. Hence, the targets would not have had the correct reaction with the surrounding soggy soil. My counter was that the field reaction was good enough for my Deus 2 to detect them, because I clearly detected each coin, so what difference did the plastic bags make. Do you have a comment please on the likely or not impact of having a plastic around the target and what difference it would make on detection capability.
If possible, i would like to buy the gold lion at 30:24 if possible. I know you probably don't sell everything you've collected, but I would love to own that piece.
I've been interested in buying the Deus 2, but one thing I want to clarify. Is it true that you cannot update the Deus 2 software unless you have a PC? It won't allow you to do it on a Mac computer?
Half the time the shade covers your numbers on scanning. ): plus doesn’t it also change numbers depending the ground sittuations? If it’s on its side. Depth. Etc? Just curious.
Holly Crap! That was ALOT! I had to skip through some, didn't have time for all of it. I didn't see a $5 gold piece, was there one? If not do you know what they hit on?
I am new with the deus2 iam going to Buy the book just want to know why some Time rust steel sound like 70 vdi that confuse me Grettings from México Querétaro
One must trust people with tennis ball haircuts! Must buy.... Must buy...... :) Hmm I haven't logged into Paypal in forever... You need to Amazon it!!!
Don’t cherry pick in sweet spots. Keep hitting that spot when the sand is down. Lower iron bias and recovery speed for more depth. I keep auto tracking on at beach. Get the 15 inch coil. Go slow and attack the same spots at angles. Don’t worry about pulling iron (beach bottoms are usually full of iron). If it repeats. Dig it.
I lost my phone at Riis beach yesterday, I will give $100 if you can find it. This isn't a joke, I really need my phone back lol. If you want to help I can send you very specific details on where to find it.
Similar yes, identical no. I was originally going to lump the Deus 1 and Deus 2 together but there are differences in the FMF of the Deus 2 compared to the adjustable single frequency of the Deus 1. We’re talking about the difference of one number to 3 numbers on a scale to 99. This video is still relevant to you though because if it proves anything it shows that you should listen to audio and let that dictate if you dig.
The Deus 1 has a switchable Frequencies and the same object will differ on the VDI as you pass it through the different single frequencies ,the deus 2 will have the same affect on objects passed under the coil relevant to the frequency used, all metal objects will resonate within an electro magnetic field (eddy affect )and theres a simple formula which will tell you what frequency would be best to use for anything any thing that has a constant regular size and weight coins of your country ,resonance is based on size and conductivity there are anomalies based on shapes like rings even buckles continues shape ,fortunately ring shaped items and disc shaped items resonate the best inside magnetic field ,.which is handy for metal detectorists ,
Yes value makes people feel good! Tons of work went in to it and I feel really good about what it offers. It does not have every answer in there but it has everything I know as of right now. As you will see in the video there are a lot of anomalies with the target ID of this detector!
Hey man I can’t help to ask, what is going on with New York?The school system and going around children’s parents on permanent solutions of temporary problems?last critical race theory being taught and what is the end result of doing such.I can’t seem to understand where anyone benefits with learning things like that. I love metal detecting, my country, it’s children and mine,and New York.im in the south and watch your videos, I can tell you are a good teacher as it reflects in your videos. The fact that you live in New York, your a teacher, you are a white man, and we have at least two things in common. I didn’t want to bring this up on here, thinking it may be inappropriate but seems like er thing is inappropriate these days, and being offended has become a crime.I just would like your outlook on said concerns and I’m hoping we have more than metal detecting and white male in common!please feel free to respond with a private message. I tried to figure out how to do that as I wanted to ask you these questions that way. I’m not too savvy with these platforms. I appreciate your time and respect your response regardless.
Actually the Deus 2 is a pretty good machine, but may be the worst VDI machine ever invented! Not one person in the entire world can definitively say they are digging a nickel, a dime or penny! Great machine for 'deep dig' adventure!
According to friend his Dues 2 is gathering dust,and yoir gold assumption video the manticore misses gold,100 Bull Shit. Got so much proof that you multi metal detecting voices are talking the wrong information. Without been personal your funny in many ways,but lack the understanding of using metal detectors like the manticore in the field. Not the beach,but celtic,roman sites,where minerals knock the Dues 2,and where Manticore finds gold and lots of it