Deus XP - Ground

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General features

The dierent levels of soil mineralisation you encounter when prospecting

can sometimes aect the performance of your detector.

For example, this may be due to natural magnetic mineralisation such as

iron oxide, hot rocks and magnetite, or sporadic mineralisation from sites

of former human settlement (also magnetic): hearths, pottery, hot rocks,

slag, etc. At the seashore this may also involve mineralisation ranging from

magnetic grade (black sand) to electrical conductor grade (salt water)

depending on the beach or region.

If you are an experienced detectorist you may wish to optimise your

searches to achieve better penetration in some of these mineralised soils.

In magnetic ground with relatively uniform mineralisation, a setting

which is adjusted according to the ground eect will improve penetration

by reducing the amplitude of the ground signals sent back by the receiver

circuits. This ‘adapted setting’ involves adjusting your ground balance

value to the mean value of the ground being prospected, while adding

1 so as not to hear the ground signals as much. The tracking and

pumping modes do this automatically if the ground conditions allow it.

Attention: As the ground balance setting is the one requiring the most

experience of the ground, we recommend that you read this chapter

carefully and use the dierent ground balance modes advisedly, while

acquiring your own experience of the ground.

By default, remain in manual mode at level 90 on inland ground and on

dry beach sand.

If the ground is not mineralised there is no need to adjust your

ground balance to a level other than 90: since the ground does not send

back any signicant spurious echo the performance will be optimal even

at level 90 and you will reduce interference resulting from knocks to the

coil.

MENU G.B.

OPTION

1 - BASIC 1

On the main menu, two values are permanently displayed:

The ground mineralisation index

(level measured constantly by Dēus for information).

The actual level of ground eect corrections

(adjustment underway)