I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would just share what I found on this awesome "Indian Summer" day off I had in beautiful upstate NY. Took my 16 year old black box XS-2 Pro to a favorite old Hudson River beach site I like to hit at low tide. Didn't get anything really great but I did manage to squeak out a tiny bit of silver in the form of a 1944 war nickel and the last year (and my birth year) for silver dimes a 1964 Roosie. Also got a 1937 Buff nickel (with a readable date no less!), three wheats '52, '56, '59 and a '61 memorial. Not bad for a site I've been hunting for 20 years now. These days I'm running the Sov lean and mean with just a CoinSearch coil, no meter on a stock XS2 three piece rod converted to a two piece and control box as far back as I could get it. I modded the box with a remote all-metal switch at the trigger finger as I feel that is a MUST for hunting with this set up. After 20 years on and off with the Sov, I don't need a meter anymore and with good phones on I can tell the difference between a penny and silver. I don't think I will go back to a meter either. I want to dig more so I'll find more. Hoping to come across more gold that way. By the way, this site benefited greatly by the use of Auto-Sens on the Sov. I don't think Minelab gets enough credit for the creation of this mode. Although this was a fresh water beach, it is plagued with broken pieces of brick, conductive coal clinkers and tons of iron. Auto sens was the best way to go today to maintain a decent threshold and I still managed respectable depth out of the old boy. Love the old Sovs....HH George
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Old School Sov can still hunt!
- Thread starter gfatizzi
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bootyhoundpa
Well-known member
Great testimonial on the old sov... i also prefer to hunt meter less but i only use it places where digging alot of holes isnt a problem. .. ive never found a benefit to using auto sensetivity with my gt but i have others swear by it.... sounds like a great day out hunting..
I also use this model , with a wot coil and attach it to a belt on my waist .,making it effortless to use . Up in Ontario Canada ,my finds this year with this machine include 4 and 2 Real ,s and many U.S. 1700 - 1800 ,s coppers and tokens . Also many war of 1812 artifacts .New technology didn't pass this machine by. It still performs as good or better than todays machines.
GroundScanner
Active member
Good hunt George. That coinsearch coil isn't missing much . The coil isn't pretty but is getting the goodies. GS
Bill ( So. Ca.)
Member
Glad to see that you are getting good results from the Sovereign that we made a trade on. I'm having good luck with the X-terra 70 and have made several silver finds including a 1 oz. watch band and a Tiffny & Co. 1/2 oz. Charm. H.H. Bill
George,excellent job.Thanks Ron