1st time out with the Sovereign GT

[deanosaur1972]

Only one post on this whole page depicting finds........

Ok in response to another thread detailed above (apologies have forgotten who posted it), thought I would add this in the hope that I can read others finds/reports.....(2nd hunt also follows on..)

I bought the Sovereign GT on the Wednesday - to use on the 1st hunt the following Sunday........... after much looking around a different machines on the net the one that I kept coming back to was the GT..... a consistent line amongst users seems to be "killer on wet sand", good enough for me.

Firstly this was quite a big step up........was using a basic Viking machine that did like the wet sand but I was concerned about its all round performance depth wise, but the Viking had served me well and it paid for the upgrade inside a year. I will also add that I night hunt beaches - I love the peace and quiet...

Secondly I am so busy with work that apart from charge the batteries - and tiredly look at a load of forums to see what settings to use (which confused the hell out of me - looking at too much stuff, but some things I remembered) that was about all the preparation I had. I would imagine that not many people arrive on the beach for a 1st hunt with a machine and start having a look at the instruction manual..........but that's what I did. Finding the ON dial was the first task achieved......

About a minute flicking through the manual I just couldn't resist going for it.........learn as I go....

So I stuck in Disc ON - put the Disc dial about 3 - Notch 0 (didn't understand at the time what that did anyway!) Volume MAX and SENS 12'oclock

OK, so start with a slow sweep - the mosquito in my ear (the hum) tells me that it is stable - two steps forward and my ear drums explode, turn volume down - sweep over the spot and dig.......... 8 inches down is a

 

[KI8HU]

Wow! Great first hunt with a new machine. Congrats!

 

[crazyman]

Great story and finds! The beach is a great place to learn the Sovereigns. The GT is basically a turn on and go detector. 0- disc. 0- notch and dig everything especially the whispers. Just set the sensitivity high enough to maintain a stable audible threshold in discrimination mode with a medium/slow sweep speed and it will go as deep as you will care to dig.

 

[goodmore]

As Crazyman stated the GT is fairly simple. I get better depth in discrim. mode. I set the disc and notch at zero iron mask on. Just enough power to keep it stable and away I go. Get a good scoop. Target recovery time is a valuable thing. Keep that control box dry. I also suggest toggle boots. According to the experts sand will eventually get in them toggles and raise hell. The GT is fun.

 

[deanosaur1972]

I also suggest toggle boots. According to the experts sand will eventually get in them toggles and raise hell. The GT is fun.

Will look into that - I am hip mounting at the moment and less than impressed with the hip mount cover, so I will be doing some sort of modification to take care of that as well.

Have also been reading about the spray on coil liner - will give that some thought too.

The GT is basically a turn on and go detector. 0- disc. 0- notch and dig everything especially the whispers

Will drop the 3 down to a 0 next time......... thanks

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Great Hunt,you're off to a good start.

 

[Critterhunter]

GREAT field report! First time on a beach with my GT I got a gold class ring. I think it was the first target I dug and within like 5 minutes or so of getting there. If memory serves I think my second beach hunt produced a silver woman's ring that was real deep and also within minutes of getting to the beach. Somehwere back in this forum I posted a field report on those two outtings. Both were not in the water but the silver ring was in wet sand and muck. I couldn't believe how hard it hit on a thin ring that deep. Still waiting to dig my second gold ring on the GT but haven't been beach hunting much. I think a lot of the beginners luck type stuff that goes on with detectors has a lot to do with not falling into bad habits. Once we learn what we "think" a good target should sound like we start getting picky. Of course that's not really a problem on the beach where you want to dig any and all signals. Enjoyed the report...

 

[fwcrawford]

Looks like you are off to a very good start with your GT!!
Finds like those will quickly boost your confidence in that detector.
Congradulations,
Felix

 

[gear box]

Good story and very nice dig's for your first outing's. I think you will enjoy your GT.
Good hunting Gary

 

[deanosaur1972]

Thanks to everyone for your comments,

Will continue to write reports whether they are good or bad finds............ lots of knowledge within the forum for me take note of so I will be reading everything with interest.