Poor mans bbs

[chub]

I have been looking for a beach machine and this old Minelab Sovereign XS2 came up. $145 USD .It looks barely used and has the original paperwork. I see they have a bit of a cult following? Any tips welcome.

Chub

 

[Terry Soloman]

It is basically turn on and go. Best of luck with your new beach machine!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Excellent beach machine. Just keep the box out of the water. As for tips, what machine are you coming from ? For some people the Sovereign's sounds will drive you batty at first. So the way I found to get used to it, for the beach, was to hunt in all-metal first (which is much more conventional sounding). Then cross-check any signal you get in disc. (to discern iron vs non-iron, low vs high, etc....). After a week or so of hunting like that, you'll find yourself able to hunt in straight disc. mode.

 

[ltd063]

There is a guy on YouTube named Terry Shannon that has found a ton of awesome FL beach finds with that machine. Check him out.

 

[beerguy]

That is a screaming deal on that detector. Congrats.