on the fence here

[Swingbeepdig]

How Good is the GT on the field, woods,farms area? I heard from lot of great guys that is awsome machine on dry and wet sand at beach but i was wondering if its not so good on the other areas maybe mxt pro might work then for me, any advice will be grateful thank you

 

[scoper]

Hi there,those guys were right....the sov is one of the best out there for searching the beaches on both the wet and dry sand.It's also one of the best machines out there for searching inland sites as well.I own both the sov and the mxt pro and they are both top notch machines.......i've owned loads but these are the two i will keep.Both great detectors...you would'nt be disappointed with either.

 

[deepdiger60]

Hi rapture i have a sov.gt i been using almost 2 years now in farm fields and woods it is a deep finding machine most farmers out here plow deep 12" i have found old silver 14" in these 300 year old fields , once i had a weak signal but dug it and way it was a copper BB 9" deep it took me over 10 minutes with my search probe to find it , so i would say that the SovGT is one of the top machines to hunt with the iron mask is a god send saved me lots of unnecessary digging ,this season ill be doing all the ocean beaches out here on the east end now i know the machine much better . I forgot to say if the farm fields are wet from a lot of rain that's even better the GT loves wet .Good luck Jim

 

[Critterhunter]

I've owned a lot of detectors over the years for old coin hunting parks and woods, and the GT is my favorite machine. Deeper than anything I've ever used. A friend owned an MXT. Nice machine but it won't get as deep as a Sovereign, in particular in mineralized ground.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

in the farm fields it is my go to machine.....when conditions and sett up are right it hits hard and deep on buttons and large cents.......i also have a whites 5900.....usually in most farm fields in my area the sov will out perform the 5900....there are some fields where both machines struggle....if the ground is relativly nuetral mineral wise and not to trashy i like to swing the wot.....saltwater beaches i prefer the gt,however on fresh water beaches i do better with the 5900.....

 

[dewcon4414]

The MXT does have an excellent tracking system and works darn good in mineralized soil. However, it likes hot rock and in a field that can be a head acke. Its a great raw gold hunter so its very sensitive. It does have some additions like a TID that the GT doesnt. Im not so certain its doesnt recover faster than the GT as well so in those old farm sites than can make a difference between hitting a target or not. TID and to many tones sometimes works against you out there thou. You tend to find reasons not to dig. I find farm digging much like beach digging..... dig anything not iron.

Dew

 

[GunnarMN]

I hunted a farm feild , all summer with the GT and it exels all other detectors I have ever used , and it goes deep I found a barber qurter at 10" deep and even in the pinpont mode its deeper still, i was hiting things in the 12 to 14" leval all the time I would never trade it for a MXT

 

[ZOFCHAK]

How Good is the GT on the field, woods,farms area? I heard from lot of great guys that is awsome machine on dry and wet sand at beach but i was wondering if its not so good on the other areas maybe mxt pro might work then for me, any advice will be grateful thank you

I've never used the MXT, but own both the GT as well as the E-Trac. The GT is an awesome detector, but mine rarely sees anything but dry and wet sand beach duty these days (At which it is excels!). While the GT is a highly capable land machine its discrimination settings are a bit limited. That's fine when the targets are spread out, but makes it a bit slow and noisy when detecting in trashy sites. I will say that the GT seems to hit better on the gold and nickel range targets, and is just as deep (If not deeper in some conditions) than the E-Trac. It also has better ergonomics than the E-Trac as you can customize the rods to counterbalance the weight of larger coils.

 

[Critterhunter]

I've never used the MXT, but own both the GT as well as the E-Trac.

I will say that the GT seems to hit better on the gold and nickel range targets, and is just as deep (If not deeper in some conditions) than the E-Trac.

 

[Critterhunter]

From the Explorer forum...

Yup. Most of the silver coin i find is between 9-11 inch range. I found a merc. Dime at 11-1/2 inches deep. with the explorer, And the deepest coin i have ever found was a indian head cent at just over 14 inches and i was using the sovereign GT. The sovereign is a deeper detector then the explorer, just my opinion, but the explorer is smarter.

I too have found that my GT is deeper in my soil then the Explorers I owned. Many of my sites tend to be a mixture of mineralized limestone clay. Not all my sites, but many of them. I suspect that my soil doesn't like the higher frequencies the FBS machines put out and the signal ends up reflecting off the mineralization. I always wondered why Minelab used such high frequencies on FBS machines because BBS technology has frequencies that are more than high enough to hit hard on gold and other low conductive targets. As a general rule of thumb the lower the frequency the better it penetrates mineralized soil. I'd rather use BBS technology which leans towards the lower end of the scale while still having more than high enough frequencies to hit hard on gold and nickles and such. I had a lot of trouble with getting sensitivity set right on my Explorers as much of the soil I hunt seemed to give FBS technology problems. They would run rather unstable unless I really dropped the sensitivity a good bit. My soil must just not like the FBS frequency spectrum and BBS is more suited for it.

 

[Neil]

From the Explorer forum...

Yup. Most of the silver coin i find is between 9-11 inch range. I found a merc. Dime at 11-1/2 inches deep. with the explorer, And the deepest coin i have ever found was a indian head cent at just over 14 inches and i was using the sovereign GT. The sovereign is a deeper detector then the explorer, just my opinion, but the explorer is smarter.

I too have found that my GT is deeper in my soil then the Explorers I owned. Many of my sites tend to be a mixture of mineralized limestone clay. Not all my sites, but many of them. I suspect that my soil doesn't like the higher frequencies the FBS machines put out and the signal ends up reflecting off the mineralization. I always wondered why Minelab used such high frequencies on FBS machines because BBS technology has frequencies that are more than high enough to hit hard on gold and other low conductive targets. As a general rule of thumb the lower the frequency the better it penetrates mineralized soil. I'd rather use BBS technology which leans towards the lower end of the scale while still having more than high enough frequencies to hit hard on gold and nickles and such. I had a lot of trouble with getting sensitivity set right on my Explorers as much of the soil I hunt seemed to give FBS technology problems. They would run rather unstable unless I really dropped the sensitivity a good bit. My soil must just not like the FBS frequency spectrum and BBS is more suited for it.

I thought you posted earlier on that you are in Ohio?

 

[scoper]

Over 14" on an indian head cent.

 

[Maxwedge]

I HUNT WITH A FRIEND WHO HAS A MXT, AND I'VE FOUND GOOD COIN SIGNALS BEFORE AND HAD HIM CHECK THEM OUT AND HE SAID THEY WERE JUNK SIGNALS. I SUPPOSE THERE WAS IRON BLOCKING HIM FROM SEEING THE CORRECT COIN SIGNALS, MY GT WAS CORRECT AND FOUND COINS. TAKE THE TIME AND HAVE PATIENCE WITH THE GT AND YOU WILL LOVE IT. IT WILL FIND AMAZING FINDS AND ONCE YOU FIGURE IT OUT, IT'S ONE OF THE EASIEST DETECTORS TO USE. THE S-1 PROBE AND A GOOD 180 METER ARE A MUST HAVE TO SPEED UP RECOVERY. READ BACK ON THIS FORUM AND YOU WILL FIND A WEALTH OF GOOD INFO. GOOD LUCK-MARK

 

[Critterhunter]

From the Explorer forum...

Yup. Most of the silver coin i find is between 9-11 inch range. I found a merc. Dime at 11-1/2 inches deep. with the explorer, And the deepest coin i have ever found was a indian head cent at just over 14 inches and i was using the sovereign GT. The sovereign is a deeper detector then the explorer, just my opinion, but the explorer is smarter.

I too have found that my GT is deeper in my soil then the Explorers I owned. Many of my sites tend to be a mixture of mineralized limestone clay. Not all my sites, but many of them. I suspect that my soil doesn't like the higher frequencies the FBS machines put out and the signal ends up reflecting off the mineralization. I always wondered why Minelab used such high frequencies on FBS machines because BBS technology has frequencies that are more than high enough to hit hard on gold and other low conductive targets. As a general rule of thumb the lower the frequency the better it penetrates mineralized soil. I'd rather use BBS technology which leans towards the lower end of the scale while still having more than high enough frequencies to hit hard on gold and nickles and such. I had a lot of trouble with getting sensitivity set right on my Explorers as much of the soil I hunt seemed to give FBS technology problems. They would run rather unstable unless I really dropped the sensitivity a good bit. My soil must just not like the FBS frequency spectrum and BBS is more suited for it.

I thought you posted earlier on that you are in Ohio?

Yes, northeast Ohio.