Metal Detector Options

[JackZwykle]

The XP DEUS II has a rating of 66ft....Bone conduction headphones which are a game changer under water. I have used the Excalibur too....What type of diving detecting are you doing? Here is a video of the Deus II in action...I test , teach and review Metal Detectors for companies.

What do you think of Excalibur II vs Deus II for 10-50m depth saltwater corroded metal and precious metals detection?

 

[Calabash Digger]

EXCALL II is easy to run. Deus II has the audio underwater because of the bone conduction headphones. Deus II also has an VDI scale so you can cherry pic if some desires to do that...I pretty much dig it all on good sites. Deus II Learning curve on how to get it stable and get the most out of it will be harder than the Excall..

 

[JackZwykle]

EXCALL II is easy to run. Deus II has the audio underwater because of the bone conduction headphones. Deus II also has an VDI scale so you can cherry pic if some desires to do that...I pretty much dig it all on good sites. Deus II Learning curve on how to get it stable and get the most out of it will be harder than the Excall..

How big a deal are those bone conduction headphones? I am thining Excalibur II, mainly because of the depth - the deeper the better.
I will be on a rebreather, so I don't need very good audio, any audio as I'm completely quiet, no booming of OC to drown the audio.

I am worried about Deus II being limited to such shallow depths and how hard it's supposed to be to learn to master.

 

[Calabash Digger]

Bone conduction headphones are a big deal...If you read the Deus II manual it talks about it being able to go deeper but the screen with stop working correctly till you come back up to 66ft...Warns about going over a 100 to 120 ft...I will post a video in a few days about this topic.

 

[JackZwykle]

Bone conduction headphones are a big deal...If you read the Deus II manual it talks about it being able to go deeper but the screen with stop working correctly till you come back up to 66ft...Warns about going over a 100 to 120 ft...I will post a video in a few days about this topic.

Lovely, will watch it when available.

Excalibur II seems to be able to go to over 200ft no problem (still a bit shallow for me, but oh well...) and people are using it somehow underwater, bone conduction or not. Being shackled to snorkelling depth once investing such an amount - feels limiting.

 

[Celt]

I’ve used the minelab Excalibur with a 6mm neoprene hood and never had a problem hearing it. I cut an old hood when I got it first thinking it might be hard to hear compared to my Aquascan aqua pulse which has a bone phone but wasn’t an issue. The only thing I found is the aqua pulse will find stuff much deeper. I like the Excalibur but it will miss deep stuff. And the aqua pulse is fine in 100m

 

[Calabash Digger]

Yeah you guys are diving at depths that I am not going too...

 

[Celt]

Yeah you guys are diving at depths that I am not going too...

I’m much happier in the shallow water with my Excalibur where I can search large areas with plenty time and skip over the rubbish. No point going deep unless you know exactly what you’re looking for and have a very good idea where to look, and that doesn’t happen often. The Aqua Pulse is not a good machine for general searches and you have to dig everything. For a small area in deep water for deep targets it’s the one I’d go for, but the target would have to be valuable to justify the cost of the machine and getting to it. It’s really a small ROV territory.

 

[JackZwykle]

I’m much happier in the shallow water with my Excalibur where I can search large areas with plenty time and skip over the rubbish. No point going deep unless you know exactly what you’re looking for and have a very good idea where to look, and that doesn’t happen often. The Aqua Pulse is not a good machine for general searches and you have to dig everything. For a small area in deep water for deep targets it’s the one I’d go for, but the target would have to be valuable to justify the cost of the machine and getting to it. It’s really a small ROV territory.

Hah, it looks like we're just around the corner from one another.

We have absolutely zero experience in metal finding, but the wife is drilling me another hole about being Indiana Jones'es.

The idea is two-fold:

1. Relatively shallow searches around common docking, swimming areas.
2. Deep (40-70m), all-metal searches around interesting places, but invisible and inaccessible to divers without equipment.

We're MOD2 CCR certified and somewhat experienced (still learning though), so our stay time is generally permissive for such endavours.
And we're QUIET. So I'm less and less worried about special headphones and such. I can hear her BlackTip scooter from 30m away (and they're quiet as death), I'm sure I'll hear any squeaks and beeps Excalibur may grace me with.

You're around Waterford it looks like?

 

[Celt]

Hah, it looks like we're just around the corner from one another.

We have absolutely zero experience in metal finding, but the wife is drilling me another hole about being Indiana Jones'es.

The idea is two-fold:

1. Relatively shallow searches around common docking, swimming areas.
2. Deep (40-70m), all-metal searches around well-picked interesting wrecks but away, so invisible and inaccessible to divers without equipment.

We're MOD2 CCR certified and somewhat experienced (still learning though), so our stay time is generally permissive for such endavours.
And we're QUIET. So I'm less and less worried about special headphones and such. I can hear her BlackTip scooter from 30m away (and they're quiet as death), I'm sure I'll hear any squeaks and beeps Excalibur may grace me with.

You're around Waterford it looks like?

Jack send me a DM