New XP Deus unboxing

At long last my Deus has arrived! I ended up purchasing it direct from France after having issues with the local distributor not being able to supply one within a reasonable time frame. XP France had the Deus at my front door in a little over a week with a couple of sweeteners for the inconvenience experienced, so am more than happy with the outcome.

First impressions led to me wondering whether anything was in the box considering how light the detector is. All components look to be of high quality, and the actual control box that mount on the stem is impressively small, as seen in the picture with a 50c coin for comparison.

I ordered mine with the 11" coil, and despite not being the stock coil (9" is stock), it is still extremely light to swing and feels well balanced in the hand. I didn't order the 9" coil as I am holding out for the small 6x9" eliptical coil and updated V4.0 software, possibly set for release later in the year, or early 2016. Also nice to see that spare coil hardware is included should you happen to lose them in the field, plus spare covers for the backphones. The wall charger is supplied with the appropriate Australian pins without need for adapters.

I have already purchased a couple of small power packs to allow charging in the field should the need arise. The lithium batteries have a quick recharge time, hence a lunch break during extended periods of detecting will be all that is required for a top up.

Rather than going for the full cup WS5 headphones, I opted for the WS4 lightweight backphones with the remote control, and a pair of Chefphones full cup headphones to use in conjunction with the remote for improved noise isolation.

Hopefully I will get out sometime soon to become more familiarised with the Deus, especially after not using a single frequency for a fair while now. The way I will utilise this detector is as a companion to the Etrac, not as a direct replacement - I am looking to exploit their strengths in areas that suit one or the other.

warp 9, engage number 1
look forward to the day I get mine, congrats

Thanks Rocket, took it out into the back yard and picked up umpteenth targets, though the rain has put a dampener on doing any digs. Here's a pic of the screen backlight at night, depsite being a small screen it is still very easy to read, and the backlighting works a treat. Felt a bit strange when I turned off the control unit, but was still getting targets coming through on the headphones.

Sweet. Looking forward to see how it performs GP.

Very nice looking detector GP. Congrats.

Awesome !
I just keep telling my self Keep saving !

Keen to hear what you think of its performance also GP, i wouldnt mind upgrading to a deus some day.

Awesome GP, looking forward to your reports on how it performs, best of luck with it mate.

Congrats on your purchase Goldpick. I am sure you will not regret it. I think it will take me a while to get used to the different signals still dig most signals, but so far still very happy.

I have had mine for 8 months now,before that i had the Whites V3I and after seeing the Deus in action and how much deeper it went then the V3i i went out and bought one,which was on special for fathers day, $1500.00 was $2000.00 and now above the $2000 mark so i got in at the right time.

I have mine set on the 3 tone's so you know what coin you are about to dig up,unfortunately like all other detectors some other items fall into that range but still great.Love mine and would never go back to what i had before..

Cheers Fox