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Let Your Sovereign Warm Up Before Adjusting The Meter

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Critterhunter

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Just thought I'd post this quick tip. Before adjusting your meter let the machine run for 5 minutes or so. It takes a little time for things to stabilize. There is a good chance that if you wait you won't have to adjust the meter to go 180 on a dime or quarter. Any adjustments made right away will probably have to be done again once the machine warms up, so it's a good idea to wait. Reason why this is a good idea is that it prevents wear and tear on the adjustment pot. Those pots have a limited life span in terms of how often they are adjusted, and will get harder and harder to tweak over the years if you use them a lot.
 
Question on adjusting the meter. The manual says that a US clad quarter should read 170 not 180, is that right? I see a bunch of post about setting it to read a Quarter at 180. So what would silver ring up as? On my At Pro silver rings above a quarter.
 
Everybody adjusts the meter to read 180 on a quarter or dime because that's what other meters were set for in the past by other manufacturers, and so that's also what the charts floating around out there use. I think Minelab said 170 because they didn't want to copy what was already being done by others when they came out with this new meter.

I wish whoever is in charge of this forum would make some stickys for the ID charts that are out there. There are two or three and also the one I put together for people which includes many more items like common trash targets.
 
wildone72 said:
Question on adjusting the meter. The manual says that a US clad quarter should read 170 not 180, is that right? I see a bunch of post about setting it to read a Quarter at 180. So what would silver ring up as? On my At Pro silver rings above a quarter.
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If you set your meter to 180 on a clad quarter or dime, silver in the same denomination is gonna come up the same, it wont be seperated. Same thing as setting it on 170, thats just a reference point.

Do a search on the forum and you will see a scale of targets that correlate to the numbers. You should be able to judge pretty closely by how your AT pro reads, the scale is pretty much the same for alot of detectors on where a nickel falls and so forth. Some just have better resolution/seperation of targets on the iron range end and the silver range end. The AT pro has a nice range on the low end and seperates pretty good on the high end as well. That low end spread it has really helps, nice improvement for disc range.
 
Well I thank you for that response. I use FMDF more. I am WildDigger on it. But it seems a bunch of those guys don't write about the Sov. They use them but not a ton of info on them.
 
Critterhunt, can you post or P.M. me the meter chart that you created? i just got a Digisearch 180 digital meter that is new to me and I'm lost.
thank you! I will apreciated!!
Abel.
 
Here is another one, you can print it out and put right on the meter. I think this was copied from a sunray meter.
 
Abel I did a quick search on this forum, that pic was from a post by plugger a year or two back. The minelab meters didnt come with the chart so guys usually copied the sunray one(which is pretty accurate) and affixed it to the meter or control housing of their sovs.
there used to be an all inclusive site on sovs called sovereignmods, maintained and run by wildhere, but I dont think its around anymore, but might be worth doing some searches and seeing if you can come up with it.
 
For me I started with the Sun Ray meter and did look at the numbers on the chart at first, then I got used to it and seen my copper, clad and silver read 179-180 while the zinc pennies read 176-177 and my nickles read 143-145 other then the war nickles which can be 143-151, but have the rounded nickle tone to them. Now after you have some experience with it and have heard the trash targets enough you will know them right away, but if they are deeper and weaker sounding or sound smoother then trash does I will dig them too for a chance to find gold jewelery without digging all the trash.

Good Luck!

Rick
 
I'M RECENTLY RETIRED AND A NOVICE. I DID GET THE SOVEREIGN GT ALONG WITH THE SUN RAY S-1. AT TIMES IT READS WITH A NEGATIVE NUMBER?
 
The meter will reset here and there and read negative. Doesn't matter, when you go over a target the ID will change to what it is.
 
Well I finally got a nice day (didn't rain) and got out with my new meter on my GT and I love it. Just as you all said, pass the coil over a new quarter and adjusted to 180 and kaboom, i started digging coins go-lour, i when to a school grounds and got about 2 bucks on coins, not old but some at 6 to 7 inches dip. I printed the chart and took it with me, it was so easy to tell what I was going to dig out that by the end of the 4 hrs hunting I was able to distinguish the good targets from the trash, at one point my hard start pumping when the meter was at 112-113 for a moment I was thinking that I found a nice ring, it was a ring but not gold or silver, just other type of metal or nonmetal.
Thank you all you guys out there for all your help, Now I'm a 110% sure that I have a good machine and I live it!
I'm looking forward for this coming weekend because i will get my new SEF coil from kelliCo, it is not the 12X10 jet but the15X12.(because I order 2) I have a large park to go for a test.
Any suggestions about this new toy?
Thx.
Abel
 
In my soil I found the 15x12 gave the best depth with the sensitivity set at about the 1:30 to 3PM setting on the dial. That may be different for you. Stick a coin in the ground about 7" deep and then play with the sensitivity. You may find that a lower setting than what is max stable gives you the best target ID at depth. If you use the tip of the coil to pinpoint it's pretty accurate (I never tried using the center on that coil). Wiggle the coil back towards you and when the target just goes away it will be right at the edge and bottom of the "V" part of the coil.
 
thanks for the for the information on the warm up and the chart. I have a garrett 1500 and this sovereign seems to be a little too much for me at my novice state. But we"ll see.
 
Thank you Critterhunt, I will receive my coil tomorrow the 22ND and will be ready for the weekend, the weathermen said clear days Friday and Saturday so I will thrive for at lease Saturday. I will definitely follow your input about pinpointing because I try it last time and work like a charm that approach and wiggling the coil is very effective. NOW should I take the stock coil as well just in case?
Thank you!
Abel
 
If you could get a 8 inch coil to use it would be better to learn the Sovereign with as a big coil like that 12X15 will only make the learning of the Sovereign more difficult. Also it is recommended to start with auto sensitivity until you get to know the Sovereign better. Go slow and listen to those tones as that is the Sovereign language and when you understand it you will see how you can pick out those good signals in with trash.
Another thing I recommend myself is to start in a easy area and even if it is for new coins you will learn how good signals respond and it will be easier digging a few inches instead of 6-9 inches for trash.

Good luck and hope you will have the patience for the Sovereign, just remember don't give up and you will do great.

Rick
 
That's a good tip for people...To hunt a newer school or newer public park where you can expect to find a lot of clad present. It's a good way to learn the machine. Once you've learned it well then you can go to hunted out spots where you might not get a good signal for hours on end.
 
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