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[334dave]

howdy all!
new to MDing... i did some resurch and setteled on a mine lab
sov 2e pro... i choise this as a first dector rather then setteling on
what many i have read said they out grew FasT ..
there is no book with the unit i got and it has some number box on the top
and there was some pin pointer with it ..
i did notice the first time i turned it on for the wife to pratice with that
seems to "sing" tones... and the numbers on the meter jumped a lot
is there any advice you experanced sov owners can give a newbie?

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

http://www.minelab.com/consumer/page.php?section=269

Here's a link to Minelab's support page. If you scroll down you can download the manual for the Sovereign 2a Pro. Should help you a lot.

Wave a silver quarter or half dollar under the coil and calibrate the meter to read 550 with the adjustment screw on the meter box. I'm assuming you have the older style that went that high.

 

[334dave]

OK! we found out on that and a manual is being sent.
do you use mine lab ?
if you have a good bit of exerance ...
do you think we make a good choice?

any others got some advice ?
tks dave

 

[seas1to2]

I use the Elite an love it. you make a good choice but you will have to give yourself pleany of time to learn the machine, it took me a few months to really get the hang of it, this was my first ever metal detector also.The machine will work just about anywhere, dirt, sand,wet sand , an knee deep saltwater, an goes deep.Also keep your swing speed a little on the slow side an you will get those deeper finds.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

OK! we found out on that and a manual is being sent.
do you use mine lab ?
if you have a good bit of exerance ...
do you think we make a good choice?

any others got some advice ?
tks dave

I do use a Minelab - a Musketeer Advantage. Saving up my pennies for a Sovereign GT at the moment. I have researched long and hard (which is why I knew the above tidbits) and, for my needs, style and preferences it seems to be one of the best choices. There are lots of very good detectors available from many producers.

 

[BudP]

Go to 'Find's Forums' at www.findmall.com . Someone there will be able to lead you to 'Andy Sabich's' books on the Soverign. I have a couple I would send you but I haven't seen them for......Since I switched to Exp.XS. Andy's books are about as good as it gets for Minelabs. Also go to www.sunray.com and look into their meter and probe.

Bud

 

[W6PEA]

howdy all!
new to MDing... i did some resurch and setteled on a mine lab
sov 2e pro... i choise this as a first dector rather then setteling on
what many i have read said they out grew FasT ..
there is no book with the unit i got and it has some number box on the top
and there was some pin pointer with it ..
i did notice the first time i turned it on for the wife to pratice with that
seems to "sing" tones... and the numbers on the meter jumped a lot
is there any advice you experanced sov owners can give a newbie?

I have a Sovereign GT it's Great...Go to this link www.findmall.com also if you want a probe get a Sunry S-1 probe I have one and it works great.

 

[334dave]

thanks for the link! i will be checking ...
i and karen have a lot to learn...
but i figure when ...
we learn the song the sov sings
we will feel like MD kings!

 

[W6PEA]

thanks for the link! i will be checking ...
i and karen have a lot to learn...
but i figure when ...
we learn the song the sov sings
we will feel like MD kings!

You are welcome.

I like the Sovereign GT

 

[Colorado Kidd]

Congratulations. Great detector. I have the XS 2a pro. It takes some getting used to. The response is really broad. At first for me a penny sounded like an aluminum can. The tones are a little hard to learn being a continuum intead of say 5 or six different tones. you will learn though to pick out the high coin tones and the nickels. One thing you will notice is the threshold will blank out when a target is discriminated out. It will still give an audio on targets when it is blanked out though and when the threshold comes back it will stay low to indicate iron or it will be higher so you can tell what was discriminated. On really deep targets all you will get is a threshold null and the threshold will come back high. These should be dug. Also on deep targets the tone will vary but there will be that high tone mixed in. If you move the coil back and forth (Sovereign wiggle) you will find the sweet spot and the tones will climb and the meter will climb and those are usually good targets. I have the 550 meter and copper pennies, dimes and nickels will read 549-550. Zink pennies and indian heads and some older wheat pennies will read 543. Make sure you calibrate the meter each hunt with a penny or quarter. It's easy for the knob to get bumped in travel. I like to run mine with disc. set at min., notch off and sens. at auto. You will get less nulling. Some places you'll almost never have a threshold because of lots of iron but the detector is still working. I had a hard time not stopping to wait for the threshold to return when I first started using mine. In trashy sites it like searching in silent search mode.

Here are two stories that stand out in my mind. Searching in a small town park. Got that faint signal with high tone mixed in. Did the wiggle and the tone and meter climbed and locked in on 543. I said that has to be an Indian Head being that deep. Sure enough. Indian at around 8". Another time I took it to the Ocean and it went straight from the dry sand into the water without a peep. I was impressed.

Good luck with your Sovereign.

Robb.

 

[Scott_B]

Here is the book that you want.

This is a good book for learning the Sovereign. It covers all Sovereigns.
http://www.findmall.com/clive_finding_gold.htm

Here are the ones that others told you about.
http://www.famoustreasures.com/?main_page=product_info&products_id=68
http://www.famoustreasures.com/?main_page=product_info&products_id=70

 

[334dave]

thanks all and keep the advice comeing!!!!
i set up to tape about 2 hrs of treasure program last nite
and went to sleep and today her and i watched it
she seems to have a very slight 'fever' devloping
wants to go to suabastatio inlet in fla...
i told her to pratice aroung here as there were a
LOT of civil war encampmants around here...
we are only 15 min from antiedum and other battle fields!