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Sov GT VS others

dewcon4414

dewcon4414

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Im interested in buying a GT with a meter. But ive noticed that would put me in the price range of some of the allegedly better detectors. Ones like the MXT with depth indicator, identifing displays, ect. Is the GT worth that extra money?
 
I havent used the Gt but do run the elite i can say its a great machine....people swear by that whites Mxt as well also a great machine,they are two totally different detecting experiences in my opinion.......the sov. does not have the depth indicator as you mentioned but you can easliy tell the depth of a coin by the sound of a target,and probally can with the mxt also,the extra features on the mxt can be a bit much for some ....I would say get the GT, now if you plan to hunt for gold nuggets then you have to go with the mxt,the Gt is gonna be a deeper machine and much more stable at the beach,The Gt I say is a very well rounded unit and will pull the deep coins and id them properly at decent depth ,where you may see the mxt faulter past the 5 ,6 inch range, you can still find targets but maybe more hit and miss as far as id .....I have seen the Sov. pick out targets that the mxt just didnt see,but it may go the other way too, just gonna be a personal prefrence thing ,,I think both machines are seirous business with the edge on depth going to the Minelab,but the ability to go into a prospecting mode and find nuggets is what the Mxt is mainly for....a dual proupose unit....of course this is just my opinion so take it or leave it ....but remember you posted this on the Sov. site so you may get different more bias views ....I was trying to be honest as possible....I think either way the key is gonna you....whatever choice you make you need to understand that good finds just dont pop out of the ground no matter what machine you buy...you will need to put in a lot of time and devotion to learing either machine and what you put in is what you will get out ....if you try in earnest to learn your machine (whichever you chose) you will start to see rewards but if you go at it half assed then you get half assed finds...thats the bottom line .....I wish you tons of luck and hope you get the machine down and make some solid finds ......take care ...............Adam
 
Well I have a MXT and also a GT, or did have a GT and will have one back within a week or 2. The MXT is easier to use, so if you don't have the patience then the MXT is what you want. Now if you have the patience to learn the GT and not give up the GT will get you deeper and better finds, may not get quantity like the MXT, but you will get the quality finds many other detector will leave behind.
The MXT is a fine detector and very easy to use and a fun detector, but when I want to go deep and get some nice finds I find the Sovereigns GT is the detector I will use, but this detector takes a little time to understand what it is telling you for most. I think you will find that those that have learned the Sovereign well are doing well and will not part with their Sovereigns.

Rick
 
Since I am selling my GT maybe I shouldn't respond. I also have the meter. I found the tones easy to learn and never did use the meter much. It is also an excellent beach machine. The reason I am selling mine is that I decided to buy a water machine. I am going to get deeper in the water.
 
I would take the GT over the MXT any day. I have a GT setup with a 180 Digimeter and a Sunray S-1 inline probe. It is well balanced if a little heavy using the 10" coil. Still I like it much better that the MXT and it will go prospecting with you. It's a good beach machine too.

Put some time in with it and you will be happy!

J
 
This place Kills me ............:ban:...............................I think it would just suck for nugget hunting,........unless they are fat Nuggets
 
Id say i have both the patience and time. I'm retired doing the full time RV thing. I was with a guy yesterday in Joshua National Forest at one of Gen. Patton's old sites. He was using a MXT and he said the nails and junk was killing him. When in Quartzite, i went gold hunting with a friend who had the MXT, the hot rocks was killing him. I used the MXT a bit and really couldn't get it to stay on its target. I dint know how BBS differs from VLF, common sense tells me if the GT hits all the right frequencies, 3 and 15 kHz's, it should find gold. Now to really beat the dog... would you go for the quattro?
 
Accutally, since I'm mainly a gold hunter, and use a 2200sd, anything over a gram in size, the Soverine will pick up good, I know I always try it on my nuggets, and like I said, gram size or better, it sounds off great. Grubstake
 
I would have to do some figuring to convert grams to grains . Don't know how big a gram of gold is.

I know that the Sov won't pick up a #2 lead shot on the surface of the ground, will sometimes pick up a .177 pellet on the surface of the ground, and is not a strong hitter on .22 bullets that are just a few inches deep.

As far as I can figure, lead and gold should be about the same conductivity. Perhaps I'm wrong.

HH
 
I have something figured out now.

At 15.43 grains to the gram, in comparing to lead objects, that a gram would be a nice sized little nugget. Would think that the coil would have to get pretty close to pick it up.

HH
 
On an air test, I can pick up a one gram gold nugget about 6 inches, larger gold deeper. Its still won't equal the minelab 2200, but on big gold does well, and the Iron null works fine in trashy areas. Grubstake
 
Thanx Grubstake.

The issue of whether or not a Sov is good for prospecting should probably hinge on the size of the nugget or flake and if there are a lot of rocks preventing closer contact with the ground.

Obviously baseball size nuggets could be easily detected. So what size nuggets do you expect to find in a particular area?

You could walk over a ton of BB size nuggets without a single hit.

If there are larger nuggets that are in fair quantity you may not care about the little stuff.

Perhaps the questions that need to be asked when this subject comes up would be.........
What sized nuggets or flakes infest the area?
Are there a lot of rocks that prevent close contact to the dirt?
What are you willing to dig?

HH
 
Where I am hunting right now, most of the nuggets are in the 1/4 oz range, big gold, there is a little over 31 grams to the oz. the last nugget I got up there was 13.1 penny weight, not grams. all the gold is shallow, surface to about 8-12 inches. Although I'm useing my 2200sd, the soverine would have picked them all up, I have taken over 4 1/2 oz's out in 11 days, and only been skunked on one trip. I keep telling myself, I want to take the soverine up there, but its over a mile walk in, all up hill, the 2200 is a sure thing, the soverine is just an experment, but I have yet to take it in there, but I do test athome with it, and it DOES pick up every nugget I have found up there. Settings on DIS. with the knobs truned all the way down to 1, threshold high. Grubstake
 
Now I'm gonna have to look up what a pennyweight is :lol: .
You prospecting guys use all those odd measurements for things.

Sounds like some nice pieces. I know how big a 1 oz 12 guage slug looks. Do you reinforce your pockets with steel mesh to keep them from ripping out from the weight??

I can see that the Sov would pick up those big pieces. With stuff like that you probably would not waste the time and effort on little stuff.

HH
 
O.K. Grubstake......

Got the pennyweight thing figured..... 24 grains.

#9 buckshot (.25 cal) weighs 24 grains. So a nugget that size is a pennyweight (allowing that lead and gold are fairly close in weight). The Sov will pick that up , but will pick it up much better if it's smashed out flat like a coin.

HH
 
Would that roo sack be from a big one or a small one? Never got the chance to see one so have no idea here.

You an O.K. dude.

Keep on finding it.

HH
 
the Sov Gt is not really the machine you would want to use for gold nuggets. The GT works well for coins, relics and is great at the beach. The GT doesn't find much iron. I RV a lot but don't full time. I have a good solid home base due to health problems. I will be on the FL coast before long. HH
 
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