woodbutcher
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Seems the pitch audio on newer machines is what guys are going to and using for calling nuances. Is anyone using square tones on the deus 2 and having the ability to call nuances?
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Diga
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Yep me
I admit, I occasionally do so as well. For example, if there's a crap ton of foil, and I'm sick of digging it, I'll ignore the foil signals. Sure, I'll miss most of the small gold that way, but at least I won't be going bonkers digging all that foil, and I still can hit medium and large gold
Cherry Picker
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If I remember right, square tones crop the full tonal output to a smaller audio tone. That would remove some of the total frequency output. Pitch tones contain a lot more harmonics than square tones I'm pretty sure. And that is part of the difference. I think most of the other SMF detectors use a cropped audio output. I will say the Legend sounds like it may use a pitch tone.
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Yes the Legend has pitch tones. I don't know if the Manticore or 900 has pitch tones.
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They both have VCO audio 2 tone Pitch similar to Deus 2 Square Pitch tone and the Legend’s Pitch tones. Only Deus 2 has the option to switch to PWM Pitch tones.
AccurateCalls
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Pitch is good and I see why people like it, but on the Deus 2 I personally prefer to use the new High Square tones in the full tones mode. It combines the pleasant musical qualities of square tones and the harmonic content of PWM. I personally prefer full-tones over pitch audio because I can more rapidly zero in on high conductors among heavy trash and iron. Both modes contain a lot of nuance, though in pitch mode, you are hearing how the magnitude of the target response varies over a sweep, where as on full-tones you are hearing how the TID / conductivity varies over a sweep. Hearing the nuance in how stable a TID is via audio is more useful in my personal opinion, compared to hearing the nuance in changes of response magnitude.
I do switch to pitch if I am searching a very thoroughly searched location and am looking for the last few remaining targets. Basically you can't go wrong with either and you should choose the one that suits your detecting preferences and needs.
Cherry Picker
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Coming from a long line of beepers, I still don't care for that zippy sound, but I do feel it produces more info.
