Elite or GT?

[dewcon4414]

Ive noticed i can get a used Elite for a couple hundred dollars less than a GT. Not to mention the Elite comes with the meter. Is the Gt worth the extra money?

 

[Rick(ND)]

That is a tough question for the price difference. The Elite may have the meter, but the GT has rechargeable battery pack if you are talking the way they come from the factory. The Elite the controls were changed around from the earlier Sovereigns and also the GT as they seem to get bumped a lot and changed while detecting. The Elite come with the older style rod while the GT has the new straight shaft so it is balanced a bit better. The GT also has a auto trac if you ever where to use the detector for gold hunting while the Elite does not. The GT give you the option of silent search when you need it and can go back to the threshold by a flip of a toggle switch. I was not a believer in the silent search until I had my GT and find it is nice for some areas where targets are far a few. I also found the GT to be more sensitive too and my GT seem to go a bit deeper than the 2 Elite I had. I feel myself the GT is the best Sovereign that Minelab has made, so for me the $200 difference is worth it, but to others it may not be.

 

[dewcon4414]

Thanks Rick, you seem to know your stuff about the GT. Im getting a lot of info from you. I enjoy hunting in the parks, from what i have been reading the GT is a little difficult to use there. Also, how does it do on nickles and rings?

 

[Rick(ND)]

Most of my coin hunting is in older parks, ball field, school yard and some church yards. I find it works excellent, but have to go slow so the GT can see the good targets in with the trash and get the depth I need. I have to listen closer too for the real deep ones. Now on nickles I feel the Sovereign is the best detector on nickles I have ever used and the first year using it I got more nickles than new dimes because most everyone disc them out with other detectors. I find with the tones and the 180 meter I can tell the nickles from the pull tabs with no problem and find the gold rings I have found have a smoother tone to them than pull tabs do, but that is something you learn from using the Sovereign.

Rick

 

[adam in cal]

elite is great ............

 

[CC2_IN_CA]

I've been reading about this too. Seems many state the Elite isn't as deep as the GT, or the XS,XSpro,XSpro2a. Seems the GT is the deepest of the lot. Some say the GT can give false signals on iron sometimes, unlike previous models.

I'd go with the GT, or find a newer used XSpro.

The Sunray X12 coil is amazingly light.
This 12.5" coil is lighter than the stock 10" Sovereign coil!

The GT with X12 would be a killer detector.