Hey Tony
Thank you for the posts and info on the Amp. If anyone is looking for more info on it i found a web site on "Shaun's amp" by doing a search on "Minelab Sovereign Amplifier" and found it at a sight called "Inside Media", Which is probably Shaun's new site. (Not sure on the rules about posting a direct link to the site so you can do the search and find it for yourself).
Tony, do you only turn the amp on when you get those "null zones"? Or do you have it on all the time while hunting? I had asked about those "null zones" or dead zones in a previous thread, and assumed that it was iron nulling it out. Maybe it was something deeper that the Amp would have brought in. It is sad that the 12 X 15 SEF will not work with it. I would assume you got more depth with the stock 10"coil and the Amp, rather than the SEF 12 x 15? Do you still have the 12 x 15? Could you, did you do a depth comparison test between the amp and the 12 x 15? Couldn't you just dig 2 - 3" down over the "null" zones to see if the null zone becomes a viable target? I wonder if running a higher than designed voltage through the coil will eventually damage it?
I just bought a 12 x 15 SEF. It seems to work great, but is even MORE heavy than the already heavy stock 10"er! I am not sure it would work well here in the Central California coastal zone as there is quite a bit of mineralization in the wet sand. (My Whites reads "foil" all the time in the wet sand and can not use it there, hence, the GT). Do you REALLY like to dig those 12" to 15" holes at the beach? Have they paid off, or is it mostly just more coins? With my 12 X 15 I find I am digging DEEPER for those wonderful Penny's that my GT loves to hit so hard on!!! (Also finding MANY fishing weights that are disguised as that GOLD RING!) I think I need a new sand scoop that is more like a shovel rather than a basket at the end of a stick that you PULL towards you to dig with! Between the extra weight of the 12 x 15, and the digging those 12"+ holes in the wet sand, I am sore all over!
Anyone try "Shaun's amp" on the California coast?
Sorry, too much morning coffee!
Beachnut
Thank you for the posts and info on the Amp. If anyone is looking for more info on it i found a web site on "Shaun's amp" by doing a search on "Minelab Sovereign Amplifier" and found it at a sight called "Inside Media", Which is probably Shaun's new site. (Not sure on the rules about posting a direct link to the site so you can do the search and find it for yourself).
Tony, do you only turn the amp on when you get those "null zones"? Or do you have it on all the time while hunting? I had asked about those "null zones" or dead zones in a previous thread, and assumed that it was iron nulling it out. Maybe it was something deeper that the Amp would have brought in. It is sad that the 12 X 15 SEF will not work with it. I would assume you got more depth with the stock 10"coil and the Amp, rather than the SEF 12 x 15? Do you still have the 12 x 15? Could you, did you do a depth comparison test between the amp and the 12 x 15? Couldn't you just dig 2 - 3" down over the "null" zones to see if the null zone becomes a viable target? I wonder if running a higher than designed voltage through the coil will eventually damage it?
I just bought a 12 x 15 SEF. It seems to work great, but is even MORE heavy than the already heavy stock 10"er! I am not sure it would work well here in the Central California coastal zone as there is quite a bit of mineralization in the wet sand. (My Whites reads "foil" all the time in the wet sand and can not use it there, hence, the GT). Do you REALLY like to dig those 12" to 15" holes at the beach? Have they paid off, or is it mostly just more coins? With my 12 X 15 I find I am digging DEEPER for those wonderful Penny's that my GT loves to hit so hard on!!! (Also finding MANY fishing weights that are disguised as that GOLD RING!) I think I need a new sand scoop that is more like a shovel rather than a basket at the end of a stick that you PULL towards you to dig with! Between the extra weight of the 12 x 15, and the digging those 12"+ holes in the wet sand, I am sore all over!
Anyone try "Shaun's amp" on the California coast?
Sorry, too much morning coffee!
Beachnut