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Sovereign XS Digital Meter - is it good for the GT?
- Thread starter Snoopy36
- Start date
Buried Crap NJ
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I use a XS on mine and I did the Mod for 10 bucks off Ebay.You could gather up the parts yourself for about 2.50 plus shipping. But the guy has a kit on Ebay,
The XS2 digital meter of Minelab was their first digital one as the first one was the bar meter and why Sun Ray made and had great success selling their 180 digital meter.
Now i do remember one of the Minelab digital meters that did not work on the GT and think this may be the one, but not 100% for sure, so it will have to be tried on one to see if it will or not. I know I had one of them as it worked on the XS, the XS2, the XS2a and even the Elite, but not on the GT for some reason. I also know there was 2 different versions of the Minelab digital meter both being 550 numbers as the kit comes with 2 different resistors depending on which one you had. Finding all the parts to do the 180 mod is hard to find as the resistors are 1% tolerance to do it correctly, so the $10 kits are cheap. I found a place in Australia i can get the parts and ordered in several sets as the postage cost more then the parts did, so ordered in lot of extra parts.
Now i do remember one of the Minelab digital meters that did not work on the GT and think this may be the one, but not 100% for sure, so it will have to be tried on one to see if it will or not. I know I had one of them as it worked on the XS, the XS2, the XS2a and even the Elite, but not on the GT for some reason. I also know there was 2 different versions of the Minelab digital meter both being 550 numbers as the kit comes with 2 different resistors depending on which one you had. Finding all the parts to do the 180 mod is hard to find as the resistors are 1% tolerance to do it correctly, so the $10 kits are cheap. I found a place in Australia i can get the parts and ordered in several sets as the postage cost more then the parts did, so ordered in lot of extra parts.
The Minelab meters are easy to sell,especially if you do a 180 conversion,I would try the meter you have nothing to lose.Which you'll get your money back with a resale is the worst case scenario.Good Luck
treasuresalvor
New member
I agree. If you can get a good deal on a 550 meter I'd get it. It's easy to do the 180 conversion if thats what you want. I just converted mine today.