Pondering the Sovereign

[cdsmith46]

I am sitting here thinking about the Sovereigns that I have owned in the past and what wondrous machines they have been. In 1994, I bought one of the first sovs, and figured it out. It was a major step from the Fisher 1266, Garret 1000 (?) and Bounty Hunter that I had used, and it took a little doing to get used to it. But I will say this- using that machine, I found more, and better, stuff than I had with the previous three. Then one day, in a fit of crazy, I traded it away. Somewhere after that, I bought a Minelab Explorer XS, a machine that I never got friendly with. Traded it off, found a used Sovereign XS and used it happily for some time. Then, of course (You can see where this is going, can't you?) I got rid of it and decided to try an Explorer again, this time a model 2. Good machine, but I have just been ruined with the Sov. I have a sov elite, and I just traded the Explorer 2 for a Sov xs2. The pastures have always seemed greener, and certainly perfection must be around the corner in the next machine, right?
Bottom line to all of this, I have finally figured out that for me, Sovs are where it is at. I knock no one else, and can speak only for myself, but if I ever trade/sell one of these 2 sovs, If I sell/trade these sovs, I will have myself committed to the mental hospital where I work daily. Some of us are a little slow to learn, not 1 trial learners, but I am now home in Sovereign land. Now all I have to do is find somewhere to hunt, and someone to let me hunt on their land. God knows, I love this crazy hobby/sport, and would rather die out there swinging that Sovereign than any other way. Just some wandering thoughts...
Chuck Smith
St. Francisville, Louisiana

 

[babulin2002]

Well, i'm new to the sovereign land (just got a gt after selling my fisher 1225-x, my first detector), but i am beginning to see where the praises come from. After 5 or so trips with the sov , i'm beginning to feel i understand what is going on and what the gt is telling me. It sure is different compared with the analog fisher i had, and from what i read, also different from most other machines out there Yesterday it found me a silver coin from 1598 (have to finish cleaning it to be able to tell what coin it is exactly), and a brass tip of a sheath, probably also lost there in the 30-year war (I'm in Germany at the moment), which was sitting next to (< 10 cm ) an old nail. I get the feeling me and my gt will become best friends, i love it already ! From what it already showed me the sov has the potential to be the only detector i will ever need. Unless i go diving, but then there's the waterproof sov called excalibur
Cheers!

 

[Art (NWOH)]

You really like them things????
How can you live with yourself digging up the goodies while leaving all the trash for the poor guys with the beepers to dig.

HH Art

 

[greenmeanie]

I also bought a SOV XS as a back up to my V3 I just got today.
My son also uses it when he comes with me.
I also sold off a few of my SOV's but always come back to them.
Only downside of the SOV is you must sweep the coil slow.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

A no nonsense detector that works.Most hunter's that learn this detector has to keep one around or get another one.