Difference between Explorer SE and Sovereign GT?

[tincanalley]

Looking at Minelabs for silver coins and gold rings in mild soil in addition to South Carolina beaches, wet sand and dry, not water. I have never operated a minelab of any type but have experience on Fisher CZ's and AT Pro. Is the Explorer SE just a metered version of the Sovereign GT? ...or is there more? Do they both have the same sounds? I would imagine the GT might be a bit more rugged w/o a meter. I find myself hunting more and more by sounds but do like knowing the apx depth of a target via the meter. It doesn't matter much in the sand, but it sure helps in rocky soil! Maybe I need a GT with just a depth meter

Thanks for any input.

 

[cdsmith46]

It's the difference between dogs and cats. The Sov and the Explorer are similar and yet very different. The sov has 17 frequencies if I remember correctly; The Expl has far more. The Exp is an fbs, where the sov is a bbs. The metering is totally different. If for no other reason than the meter, I would still prefer the exp. The exp meters both conductivity and ferrous content, giving a much clearer id on a target.The depth meter, while not absolute, is nice to have.
Lest you think that I am discounting the sov, I had one of the first, and have owned four. If I could not have the exp, I would immediately go and buy another sov... But that may soon not be an option. Minelab has discontinued both the Exp SEPro and the sov gt.