Who here detects with the XY screen?

[Tony N (Michigan)]

[size=large]I like detecting with the XY screen. It seems to give me a lot more information on targets rather than just the horseshoe showing Fer/Con.
However, since I'm so new to the Deus, I'm open to what you think which graph gives better information and why to use one over the other.
In the XY screen I like the squiggly lines to show me junk such as cans etc. Straight lines going left to right represent non-ferrous targets and, at least to me, it seems the length of the lines represent depth of target.
A shallow target is represented by very long lines and very deep targets are represented by much shorter lines.[/size]

 

[Architex]

I use both. I have my goto program set up twice, one with the xy screen,one with the horseshoe, all other settings are the same. They are next to each other so that I have only to hit the + or - keys to switch.

 

[hairymonsterman]

I use it to help define coke, other than that i rarely look at the screen.

 

[calabash digger]

I use neither and rely on tones not saying I don't glance at it but it has no bearing whether I dig or not. Lay some nails around a silver coin and swing over it with a normal swing. Please come back and post what you saw. Whatever tools help you to dig better signals is good. Heres a warning about screens and numbers they can get skewed with junk around so TONES should be your first tool and graph second is what I'm trying to get across.

 

[pplinker]

Have never used the XY screen, will have to look up how to turn it on and give it a try.

Thanks

 

[Mega]

Only use the controller for setting the Deus up or fine tuning,i only carry the controller in my pocket and not on the shaft,audio is king on this machine and certainly would never ever make a dig/no dig decision on a screen,audio is also far more reliable at depth.

 

[squirrel1]

If a person will try and learn Deus without using xy screen.

Will be far better off in the long run.

Lots of things to consider (omitting xy screen).
Tone strength
Horseshoe shading levels
Target encroachment based on iron tones
Does Deus provide Vdi

Now settings and even soil minerals can affect.
With experience, user will start to notice Deus tendencies.

No visual info provided on Deus can be used to absolutely determine if a target is nonferrous or not.
Tone more reliable here.

 

[XP-Man]

The deus is a tone machine. Put the contoller in ur pockeg and dig everything trust me. Once u know the tones everything else just falls into place

 

[Architex]

You are absolutely right about the audio. The screen, though, can give you a reason not to dig when you're tired.

 

[calabash digger]

I would NEVER pass on a target due to the screen tired or not. Like said above take the remote and put it in your pocket and learn the machine you might dig yourself to death in the first few hunts but it wont be long before your a jedi master if you do it that way lol

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

I would NEVER pass on a target due to the screen tired or not. Like said above take the remote and put it in your pocket and learn the machine you might dig yourself to death in the first few hunts but it wont be long before your a jedi master if you do it that way lol

Something tells me the force is strong in this one.

Would you dig everything in just two toe or one tone?

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

The deus is a tone machine. Put the contoller in ur pockeg and dig everything trust me. Once u know the tones everything else just falls into place

All I hear are two tones, low for iron and high for conductive which could be pull tabs, aluminum foil, non-iron roofing nails, pieces of aluminum siding.

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Have never used the XY screen, will have to look up how to turn it on and give it a try.

Thanks

When in a program:

1. Go to "Option"
2. Select "Configuration"
3. Select "Prophile"
4. Go to "Graphic"
5. Hit + or- key to get to XY

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

n/t

 

[calabash digger]

I have always used full tones. It has a lot of nuances to learn but well worth the effort imo

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

I use neither and rely on tones not saying I don't glance at it but it has no bearing whether I dig or not. Lay some nails around a silver coin and swing over it with a normal swing. Please come back and post what you saw. Whatever tools help you to dig better signals is good. Heres a warning about screens and numbers they can get skewed with junk around so TONES should be your first tool and graph second is what I'm trying to get across.

When you do a test with nails around a silver coin, are you in the Fast program? I understand the concept of having things scewed. With my Minelab Explorer SE Pro I do detect primarily by sound.
While swinging the coil around nails I listen for the "different" sound that rises above the nail sound. Then I attack the specific area that sound came from with the tip of the coil in 360 degrees to isolate it and try to bring it out more.
I'm sure I can do that with the Deus once I get used to it.

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

I have always used full tones. It has a lot of nuances to learn but well worth the effort imo

Sounds good. And do you notch anything?

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

I use it to help define coke, other than that i rarely look at the screen.

Would you, just listening to tones, dig a flattened coke can that is flattened from top to bottom, not flattened lengthwise?
The XY screen would tell it it's junk.

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

If a person will try and learn Deus without using xy screen.

Will be far better off in the long run.

Lots of things to consider (omitting xy screen).
Tone strength
Horseshoe shading levels
Target encroachment based on iron tones
Does Deus provide Vdi

Now settings and even soil minerals can affect.
With experience, user will start to notice Deus tendencies.

No visual info provided on Deus can be used to absolutely determine if a target is nonferrous or not.
Tone more reliable here.

Not trying to be contestive here but . . . if you laid a penny, dime and quarter on the ground, you are saying the Deus can't tell absolutely it is ferrous or conductive? I don't think that
is correct to make such a statement. When I am in an open school yard field, I absolutely know, according to the VDI, if the coin is a modern zinc penny or a real copper penny or a dime.
This way, I don't waste my time digging zincs. Maybe some day I will get good enough to tell the difference between the three just by sound.

 

[HuntinDog]

I hunt in full tone and can tell the difference between a zinc and copper cent.
I dig them both anyway... never can tell when that zinc will be a ring.
I mainly only use the screen for added info and confirmation.
The Tones are where it's at...