I thought I would struggle without having the target ID display board that I been so used to these last three years but to be honest I had got so used to the vast majority of sounds that I very rarely bothered to look at the screen and so began to realise that the sound at least for me is more important . I am in no way an expert but I do know my machine but it took at least a year for me to get to grips with it and slowly but surely the confidence grew because it works for me .
There is such a vast array of new detectors on the market and updates are constantly moving forward with the latest technology , its enough to blow your mind and if like me you are not techno friendly it becomes a daunting prospect when dipping your toe into yet another realm of upmarket machines . So , it was with some trepidation that when I was very kindly offered the loan of the Deus Lite I accepted although a little unsure , I like easy simple but surprisingly the daunting prospect of trying out this popular model was made that much easier with some Kindly advice and help and truth be known , its not that bad and as my good Lady remarked , "grow some round bits " and stop being a woose !
As with all good plans they don't quite go accordingly and one look at my chosen field with the deep ploughed ruts I am afraid to say my dear old favourite Q40 lay dormant in the boot of the car while my new found friend , lighter and easier to manoeuvre came out to play .
The weather was superb , bright clear blue skies , a slight comfortable breeze and the warmth of the sun on your back , an Indian summer no doubt , it was glorious . I staked out an area but to be honest I was going all over the place such was the heavy rutted conditions of the ground , yes it was soft and easy to dig but with sunbaked high spots it was easy to lose your footing so it was not a steady trundle , more like a Max Wall strut minus the bald head . I eventually abandoned the stakes , left them on the edge of the field with my bag and decided to just go for a semi straight line and wander about where ever the plough will take me . Plenty of buttons and a couple of nice ones to be fair as well as the usually bits of iron and dreaded tin foil and ring pulls . I am digging everything , good or bad and listening to the sounds and slowly getting used to it . My next target gave a really good steady two way signal and it was different to the many I had been digging , this one sounded really good and now I know why when this little gem came out .
The rest of the finds good and bad , it was busy few hours of digging every signal so I built up quite a pile .
But learning by sound is the way to go. Everyone said that to me when I started and so I put the controller in my pocket and only looked at it to learn, not to make dig decisions. 
