Treasurechic
Well-known member
I just bought a Sov. GT off the forum for a great price and cant wait to get it, Its been a long time coming, heres the story behind it: I started detecting only about 6 years ago, my parents have been detecting for over 15 years, and after a few trips out with them I was hooked! I love History and Mystery the fuel of detecting as far as I am concerned, I decided that at good old tax refund time I was going to buy my own detector, I was still a Rookie, I went to a popular site that seemed to have every detector on the planet available( hm, who could that be) I read about what each detector brand had to offer and their models, I decided then on the Sov. Elite. When I received it I took it out the same day, OH BROTHER! this was nothing like my Dads little Tesoro! I was overwhelmed by it, I got frustrated too easily because I was not just new to this detector, I was new to the hobby as well, I was impatient and inexperenced, Thinking that this was the wrong choice for me withought giving it more time I sold it (STUPID!) Well since then I have gotten to be an expierienced detectorist, I get out whenever I possibly can, all year round! After selling the Elite I have owned 2 Tesoros, 2 other minelab models, a garrett and a Whites. Each of these were great in their own way but I never got over the one I never gave a chance, I enjoy the woods, fields beaches etc. most of these perfomed horribly on the beach, some were ok. Let me also that the Sovereign has by far the coolest and clearest signal sound of any detector I have owned!... so I began to research what I had been doing wrong, because in the back of my mind I was thinking Wait a minute my first detector was obviousely the best one for me as far as my hunting style now that I know what I am doing and what is involved in detecting, So after years of different models and always saying to myself, I bet that Sovereign would have worked better here! here I am waiting impatiently for my GT The one that got away so to speak, and my final purchase for a long time!!!! Talk about going with first impressions!