I bought a new Minelab Sovereign GT about a month ago. I have been experimenting with it in the yard (ground is frozen here in New England) and reading and re-reading several books on it, this forum and the manual. Well, it was nice yesterday so I made my first trip to the beach. Found several coins, some trash aluminum and a couple of unknown objects (see my post on Whatzit forum). It was great to finally get out with it.