Ytcoinshooter said:
Critterhunter has given this new Sov operator a ton of good info going back through his posts. I'm still a rookie with this detector and have to become aware of situations that warrant control adjustments on fly and why they could benefit me.
Off now to a plowed farm field now...the dilemma = GT or V3i - both run SEF's. Been thinking when signals dwindle I'll go to the GT. I'm hooked on the mixed mode stereo for depth that I use on the V, but that's for discussion on another forum.
HH-Bruce
First, Ron and Rick and a few others are the real pros with the Sovereign because they've had years of experience with it. I'm a rookie like yourself at this machine with only about 2 to 3 years experience on her thus far. Yes, I've had years of experience with many other machines, but this one has had the longest learning curve. I'm not saying that in a negative way. It's no harder to learn then other machines, but it truly has MUCH MORE it can tell you in terms of it's audio harmonics that will never truly end as far as you learning it's "language". Sure, you'll pick up on all you really need to know to make some great finds pretty much right away just like any other machine for the most part, but as you advance and your experience level grows this machine will take you on to further higher levels of education in terms of Sovereign Language 101- Advanced Verbal Abilities For Seniors.
It's got that much to tell you, and so the learning process never really ends. You'll never outgrow this machine, unlike some others.
That V3i is a fine machine and will hit on small fine gold like thin necklesses and tiny gold earings much harder, but when it comes to deep old coins, or even super thin gold rings at unbelieveable depths (as they are a round intact loop and thus hit just fine and hard on Minelabs)...Then it's time to break out the Sovereign baby! Let that machine show you what it can do. Don't give up on it too fast. If you give it time and really learn her you'll be digging coins and even thin gold rings at depths that will drop your jaw. Not to mention unmasking stuff in iron thanks to it's unique Iron Mask abilities (Minelab even says the Sovereign's Iron Mask have unique ability to pull non-ferrous targets out of ferrous junk in how the signal is processed) that will also shock you when you dig a hole and find two or three nails laying so close to a silver dime that there are rust stains on the coin. That SEF coil also helps. The SEF's have some really outstanding ability to seperate targets in terms of a much tighter DD detection line. It's like cutting a piece of bread with a sharp knife versus trying to use an ax.
Enjoy that machine and please post more finds and such, as there is an effort in this forum to get people to start posting.
On that topic, I'm not naming names but somebody just told me privately that they are afraid to post pictures of finds due to the IRS trying to tax people. I honestly don't think you guys need to worry about that. As long as you haven't sold something for some huge sum of money they aren't interested, and they can't tax you for finding something that you just stick in your collected either. Now, if you find a gold bar and sell it then yea, better pay your taxes.
One final SEF tip for you...That 15x12 doesn't have quite as sharp of a DD line as the 12x10 but it's still pretty stellar, and if you wiggle the tip of that coil (the last 2 to 3" of it) at a target you suspect might be really two you can even further slice them apart as the field is even sharp near the tip and tail, but the center is still well sharper than a conventional round DD coil.
