Got me a new soverign GT in my posession... anybody with any helpful.....

[Mark ( ohio )]

hints they may want to pass along....Primarily bought it for salt-water beach hunting when we go south..... but how is it for parks and coin pickin ??

Thanks for any thoughts..

Mark ( ohio )

 

[Critterhunter]

Mark, what part of Ohio are you in? I'm near Cleveland.

I would hunt in Auto sensitivity until you get a feel for how the machine and it's threshold should act normaly. I've still dug coins 7 & 1/2" deep in Auto. The depth will vairy based on the ground minerals and outside nose. The worse those are the lower Auto sensitivity will set things and the less depth you'll get. You just need to learn how the machine will normaly act under stable conditions. In manual sensitivity settings (remember that the more LEFT you turn the dial the HIGHER sensitivity is set) you may think there is iron present (threshold nulls out) but in fact you've got the sensitivity dial set too high. The reverse is also true...you may think you have the sensitivity set too high but in fact you are hitting hot rocks or iron. Only experience will teach you the difference between the two.

For old coin or ring hunting there is nothing that will beat a Sovereign. You can go into hunted out parks and such that other machines have given up on and pull some nice old coins out of there. Not just deeper coins that other machines couldn't reach, but also shallow coins on edge or ones mixed with trash/iron that other machines just couldn't see as well.

Keep discrimination and notch set at zero. Noise band 2 (matches the old ID charts better for older Sovereigns). Iron Mask ON to see coins in iron and such better than with it OFF.

Give this machine time. It has a learning curve like everything else. Dig everything at first to get use to what it is telling you.

 

[Rick(ND)]

What I have learned with the Sovereign series of Minelab detectors

The Sovereigns are a different type of detectors and not like anything most have ever used. These do take some time to get used to and the biggest tip I can give it DON

 

[Mark ( ohio )]

n/t

 

[Mark ( ohio )]

I really appreciate it .....I'm an ex- explorer and safari user... so minelabs aren't entirely new to me..

Thanks again Mark (ohio )

 

[elki1052]

Ho boy that was great information, I'm new to the GT as well (said new because I go out only in some ocations but owned for a year) and I will use all those tips on my next hunt this comming weekent. (it doesn't rain)
THANK YOU!!!
Abel.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Ricks information will give you a head start with the Sovereign. HH Ron

 

[elki1052]

Ron. are you the Ron of the 180 meters.
thx.
Abel

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Abel,I'm that Ron hope everything is fine.Thanks Ron

 

[Rob in (Ca)]

For Beach combing, make sure you have a good sand scoop, because your going to need it.

 

[elki1052]

Hey Ron, good to know that you are a great part of this forum, just got one of your metters from feebay and I will tested this comming weekend. hope to get me 12X15 to tested as well. I'll let you know the results.
Im loco men, now I've 2. the digisearch and yours.
Thank you!

 

[Guzz1]

Nice detector , Im looking for one myself . I have had 2 in the past and sold them Like an idiot . Now im going for 3 . Good luck

 

[Tin Fin]

Thanks for the tips - I've been using my GT, and all I can say so far, is the more I use it, the more I learn; the better I'm getting at using it. I still have a lot to learn, but I'm finding things in places that I haven't found anything before, or has been hunted hard in the past. Getting a lot of coins in the parks that are so crudded up, the buildup is like stone on them (a lot of lime stone in this area). I got Ron's Meter, and like it a lot. I haven't adjusted it as it seems to be right on, I just need to learn to use it with the GT and learn the sounds better - it gets tricky sometimes - a flattened beer cap fooled me the other day, it was so flat, there were not ripples in the rim at all, and it sounded different than other bottle caps. Usually I can tell if it's a bottle cap or not, but this one fooled me. A dime and penny sound similar to me too, unless I lay one of each on the ground and listen to them side-by-side, then I can tell the difference. It's coming to me though. I got an S-12 and an S-5 to use with it, though haven't used them just yet. I had a good deal, and got pretty much everything I think I will need, other than experience - I have to earn that one.

Good luck and HH.