The sovereign works very well and depending on how well it is set, It can find amazing things that other won't detect.
That said, it can't possibly be any less waterproof. The face and controls are almost directly perpendicular to the sky pretty much at all times. This isn't a good thing because obviously most moisture comes from the sky.
I don't bring it to Texas, because it's housing is designed so poorly, that even high humidity renders it susceptible.
If you lay the sovereign down, it very well may come to rest at the exact point where the coil cable leaves the control box
This is a design flaw that just never should have been allowed to go uncorrected.
As a result many sovereigns are fractured at the case exactly at this spot
It can be carried separate from the coil mount, and quite possibly be kept in some kind of waterproof cover like the one that was commonly available up until the time that the machine was discontinued last year.
The housing itself is an untouched 20-year-old design and very much looks and feels it
The actual search and discrimination capacity represents the pinnacle of minelabs multi frequency technology and even today is as good or better as anything else at two or even three times its price range.
