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meter for the sovereign
- Thread starter gottit
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Art (NWOH)
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If you are going to hunt beach the meter is of little value, as you will be digging everything but iron.
With that said...
Most learn a Sov better without the meter because it forces you to listen. If you spend all your time looking at a meter instead of listening, you will miss a lot of good finds since many good finds will not give you a perfect reading (or sound either).
Others will tell you that you learn the Sov faster with a meter.
Faster or better? Or do you need to learn it to any great extent at all (beach hunting)?
I find the meter most useful for spotting objects that I want to ignore that have a sound close to objects that I want to dig. This use of a mostly "reject list" gets applied more of the time than anything.
Other things add into the formula......
Target strength, predictability of target depth (both trash and treasure), target symmetry (how it hits from different directions), and also what I'm looking for in particular (if anything).
Knowing when to look at a meter and when not to will take you a long way in the right direction. Too much meter dependency will screw you.
HH
With that said...
Most learn a Sov better without the meter because it forces you to listen. If you spend all your time looking at a meter instead of listening, you will miss a lot of good finds since many good finds will not give you a perfect reading (or sound either).
Others will tell you that you learn the Sov faster with a meter.
Faster or better? Or do you need to learn it to any great extent at all (beach hunting)?
I find the meter most useful for spotting objects that I want to ignore that have a sound close to objects that I want to dig. This use of a mostly "reject list" gets applied more of the time than anything.
Other things add into the formula......
Target strength, predictability of target depth (both trash and treasure), target symmetry (how it hits from different directions), and also what I'm looking for in particular (if anything).
Knowing when to look at a meter and when not to will take you a long way in the right direction. Too much meter dependency will screw you.
HH
Art (NWOH)
New member
The learning curve is not all that bad if you take your time and listen to it. Pay attention to coil movement in relation to the sound.
Stay out of the heavy trash at first, so you won't have too much under the coil at one time.......easier to get used to individual targets that way.
When you start getting into more trash you will start hearing certain things that stand out as good, or different from the common trash.
HH
Stay out of the heavy trash at first, so you won't have too much under the coil at one time.......easier to get used to individual targets that way.
When you start getting into more trash you will start hearing certain things that stand out as good, or different from the common trash.
HH
[attachment 55849 S-1_ELITE-_CLOSE_UP.jpg][attachment 55850 Sovereign Gt.jpg][quote Art (NWOH)]If you are going to hunt beach the meter is of little value, as you will be digging everything but iron.
With that said...
Most learn a Sov better without the meter because it forces you to listen. If you spend all your time looking at a meter instead of listening, you will miss a lot of good finds since many good finds will not give you a perfect reading (or sound either).
Others will tell you that you learn the Sov faster with a meter.
Faster or better? Or do you need to learn it to any great extent at all (beach hunting)?
I find the meter most useful for spotting objects that I want to ignore that have a sound close to objects that I want to dig. This use of a mostly "reject list" gets applied more of the time than anything.
Other things add into the formula......
Target strength, predictability of target depth (both trash and treasure), target symmetry (how it hits from different directions), and also what I'm looking for in particular (if anything).
Knowing when to look at a meter and when not to will take you a long way in the right direction. Too much meter dependency will screw you.
HH[/quote]
Listen to Art.
I have a Sovereign Gt, I bought a meter for it, I like the meter but it's more easy to learn the detector without the meter.
Then if you want a meter get one the only one available is the digital from Mine lab that I know of that will work with the GT.
With that said...
Most learn a Sov better without the meter because it forces you to listen. If you spend all your time looking at a meter instead of listening, you will miss a lot of good finds since many good finds will not give you a perfect reading (or sound either).
Others will tell you that you learn the Sov faster with a meter.
Faster or better? Or do you need to learn it to any great extent at all (beach hunting)?
I find the meter most useful for spotting objects that I want to ignore that have a sound close to objects that I want to dig. This use of a mostly "reject list" gets applied more of the time than anything.
Other things add into the formula......
Target strength, predictability of target depth (both trash and treasure), target symmetry (how it hits from different directions), and also what I'm looking for in particular (if anything).
Knowing when to look at a meter and when not to will take you a long way in the right direction. Too much meter dependency will screw you.
HH[/quote]
Listen to Art.
I have a Sovereign Gt, I bought a meter for it, I like the meter but it's more easy to learn the detector without the meter.
Then if you want a meter get one the only one available is the digital from Mine lab that I know of that will work with the GT.
[quote Art (NWOH)]The learning curve is not all that bad if you take your time and listen to it. Pay attention to coil movement in relation to the sound.
Stay out of the heavy trash at first, so you won't have too much under the coil at one time.......easier to get used to individual targets that way.
When you start getting into more trash you will start hearing certain things that stand out as good, or different from the common trash.
HH[/quote]
Again I say listen to Art.
Stay out of the heavy trash at first, so you won't have too much under the coil at one time.......easier to get used to individual targets that way.
When you start getting into more trash you will start hearing certain things that stand out as good, or different from the common trash.
HH[/quote]
Again I say listen to Art.
I like the meter and find it makes the learning curve shorter as you can see what you are hearing with the tones making it easier to learn in my opinion. One of my fist Sovereign XS I sold was to a guy that didn't think he needed a meter and he was finding things and most was trash. I let him try a meter after a week with it and he started popping coins out right and left as now he knew which tones were the good ones and which were the bad ones. Now after you know the Sovereign a little more you will see the meter will only be used to verify a good signal when you hear it as your ears will be trained to tell the good from the bad.
Like Art says if you beach hunt then a meter will not do much for you as you will dig all repeatable signals anyway if you want the gold.
Like Art says if you beach hunt then a meter will not do much for you as you will dig all repeatable signals anyway if you want the gold.
I would agree with Rick.The tones are too close for my hearing.The meter helps me cover an area quicker and sort out a lot of thrash.This is my third Sovereign(It takes some people a little longer to catch on) and now with the meter and patients has become my favorite detector.