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Author Topic: Newbie intro & looking for Minelab Sovereign for my wife's birthday  (Read 4208 times)
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« on: March 09, 2014, 08:13:40 PM »
Hi all

After speaking with a few very helpful detectorists on the beach at Amroth (South Wales) over the last week my wife has decided she would like to take it up as a hobbie.

She has found an old (30+ years) Whites Beachcomber detector amongst her late father's things (he passed over 25 years ago). I will take a look at that for her but she would like a newer & better one for her 60th birthday in a few weeks.

After a chat with the guy and girls at Amroth, and a lot of research on the web, I believe a Minelab Sovereign would probably be best for her - she'll mainly be using it on the beach.

I'm open to other suggestions but if anyone has, or knows of anyone who has, a Sovereign for sale I'd appreciate a heads up.

Thanks in advance.
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2014, 08:26:39 PM »
hi and welcome to the site mate , why dont you get your wife to join also, because if you do want to come on a rally with us, both would have to be members , and we have had some cracking locations lately ,the guys on this site work very hard securing some very good locations for us ,there is also a wanted section and for sale section in the forum ,have a scrool through and see if there is anything suitable  Wink Wink
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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2014, 09:14:58 PM »
Quote from: OTHAFA on March 09, 2014, 08:13:40 PM
Hi all

After speaking with a few very helpful detectorists on the beach at Amroth (South Wales) over the last week my wife has decided she would like to take it up as a hobbie.

She has found an old (30+ years) Whites Beachcomber detector amongst her late father's things (he passed over 25 years ago). I will take a look at that for her but she would like a newer & better one for her 60th birthday in a few weeks.

After a chat with the guy and girls at Amroth, and a lot of research on the web, I believe a Minelab Sovereign would probably be best for her - she'll mainly be using it on the beach.

I'm open to other suggestions but if anyone has, or knows of anyone who has, a Sovereign for sale I'd appreciate a heads up.


Welcome to the site

Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Bob

Hi Bob, welcome to the site.
The Minelab Sovereign is a fantastic machine but not one I would recommend for a novice.
Why not take a look at the Minelab Safari. The Safari offers great performance on beach and land and will compete with most of the top machines currently available.

Hope you both get sorted soon, cos the Summer seems to be coming  Cool
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2014, 09:21:17 PM »
Welcome to the forum Bob.
I would have to disagree there Jeff the Sov is about as simple as they come while the Explorer series (Safari) has more options to possibly confuse, a novice has a learning curve either way but the Sov's isn't quite as steep.
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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2014, 09:33:41 PM »
Hi Bob, having owned a sovereign for ten years I personally recommend it as a simply machine to use and possible one of the best beach machines out there, I have recently moved on to the Deus but still miss my sovereign , your wife won't be disappointed  with the sovereign  Wink
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« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2014, 10:28:43 PM »
the sov is fairly simple to use otherwise i would not use one lol
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2014, 10:31:19 PM »
Quote from: dances with badgers on March 09, 2014, 10:28:43 PM
the sov is fairly simple to use otherwise i would not use one lol
Doh, Why didn't I think of that  Grin Roll Eyes
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2014, 10:33:47 PM »
like father like son dad Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2014, 10:41:12 PM »
I just thought that futuristic threshold tone would drive a newbie crazy Shocked Tongue Huh
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« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2014, 10:44:41 PM »
its not futuristic lol more primitive
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« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2014, 07:07:24 PM »
Thanks for all the advice, I've now bought my wife a Sovereign Elite, got a very good one with headphones and waist harness for £300, seemed to be a good price for a good machine.

Now I've just got to to get her all the other  paraphernalia, scoop, collection bag, shovel, books etc.

Only downside I can see it's that I'll have to buy AA batteries in bulk as the Minelab rechargeable packs are silly money.

Has anyone used a lightweight 12v motorcycle gel battery wired into the AA pack? It would be simple to make a battery belt bag to go with the control unit belt bag and use a coiled cable between them. AA battery pack could still be used with AA's if required.
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« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2014, 07:10:41 PM »
Just use rechargeable AA's Huh
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« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2014, 07:14:23 PM »
great machine , hope she  has some great finds.,DW rallies are great fun on very good sites Wink
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« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2014, 12:15:20 PM »


The Sovereign is great on the beach but is a hell of a weight, especially for a woman.

Make sure you get it belt mounted or she'll be flagging!  Smiley
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