One of the things I LOVE about the Sovereign...

[gfatizzi]

The Sovereign does all the work! By that I mean other detectors that have digital menus or require manual ground balancing need constant attention at all times. I always found myself fiddling with the adjustments instead of actually hunting with the machine. I think this is probably the reason why I have found so much with the Sovereigns. It's simply a matter of more actual hunt time than adjustment time. Seems to make sense, doesn't it? I mean all I end up doing is get a target located in disc mode and simple pinpoint it. I don't even use a meter so I'm not looking at a readout either. Gotta love the ole' Sov's simplicity! HH, George

 

[GeorgeinSC]

George I bough the Sovereign GT about six months before they quit making them. It was my first detector (still my favorite) and it nearly drove me crazy. More than once I was looking for A sturdy tree to wrap it around. I was digging one piece of trash after another. About 95 percent trash to 5 percent good targets as I could not hear the difference in the tones. But I got a meter from Ron and immediately I saw a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. I still do take a quick look at the meter just to be sure what I am hearing ( have Lousy Hearing) is what I think I am hearing. Last permission yielded one silver quarter, two silver rosies and four mercs.
Along with 37 wheat pennies. The Sovereigns work.

 

[Rick(ND)]

The Sovereign is so simple to use once you get to know those tones. The setting I use are almost the same I use in all my hunting, sensitivity at 9-10 o'clock position volume fully on with a slight threshold and just a slight disc or none at all, notch is off. Now all I do is turn it on and check my 180 meter that it read 180 on a new dime. I just swing the coil and when I hear the tone I want or a slight good one I stop dead in my track and check it out. Tone some time is so close to those of some trash is why the 180 meter is very important to me..The Sovereign to me I dig less trash and more good targets with the tones and meter reading like the 176-177 is the new zinc penny, older wheatie or a IH and can sound like a copper penny or dime for me and with the meter reading I can tell the difference. Now most that have used the Sovereign knows the nickle has a smoother tone than a pulltab and reads 143-146 on the 180 meter unless it is a war nickle which some can read all the way to 151, but has that nickle tone to it. This to me comes in handy if you are looking for gold rings and other jewelry with the tones and how smooth they sound compared to a pull tab.
I know some wont believe it but with the Sovereign it can and will get coins even the Explorer say it is trash when you go slow enough with the coil. If mine null too much in trash I just swing the coil slower so it can see a coin next to a trash item.
Now if Minelab would make it lighter with BBS the Sovereign has it would be a perfect detector as it is the best ID detector I have ever used in my 46 years of detecting, tried many other detectors and even have a Equinox 800 I am trying to learn that were great detectors, but the Sovereign is the one I have more faith in.

Sorry it get too long when I talk about the Sovereign as I believe in it.

Rick

 

[Ron from Michigan]

The Sovereign works best for me, but does require a learning curve. Most people that buy a Sovereign after reading posts about finds never keep them long enough to learn these detectors. Hunters that take at least a coupe to three weeks in the field will catch on others will be disappointed. Like George says when used right everything clicks (confidence). RickND is correct the Sovereign is one of the best if not the best when used by an experienced user. HH Ron