sovereign users!

[stickygreen]

Evening all i just bought a sovereign gt and have only managed a few hours on the beach using these settings:

all metal mode
pin point
threshold on not silent search
volume at 3 o'clock
sens just out of auto on full
threshold about 10 or 11 o'clock

it seems ok in these settings but quite noisy, to get the threshold hum just audible the knob would have to be lower than the 10 o'clock mark is this right? tried turning the sensitivity down but still noisy and its the same in disc mode with iron mask on.
im using the settings this way because most of what ive read says these are best settings for depth.
this is my first minelab so its going to take some getting used to.

[dances with badgers]

i use mine in       1 all metal mode/pinpoint.
                           2 full volume (got earphones with volume control).
                           3 no discrim.
                           4 no threshold,
                           5 no notch.
                           6 sensitivity flat out.
 this is refered to by american users as p.i mode cos its almost as good as a pulse induction machine when used like this.takes a bit of getting used to ,just go slow an low,
 hope this helps ,good luck
               mikee

[stickygreen]

ok cheers so when you say no threshold do you mean the switch on silent search or the threshold knob on 0?

[Chef Geoff]

If you run with no threshold you WILL miss deep targets, I guarantee it.
If you have just started using it then try;
Volume on maximum (the volume is an audio gain for the deep or small targets)
Sensitivity at 11,o'clock ( the sov's will go deep even on min sens)
Variable tones
notch off
Disc, just on
 

[stickygreen]

sorry for the novice questions but what do you mean by variable tones?

[Chef Geoff]

Sorry to confuse the issue.....Wrong Sovereign.......ignore that bit

[celticspikey]

Evening all i just bought a sovereign gt and have only managed a few hours on the beach using these settings:

all metal mode
pin point
threshold on not silent search
volume at 3 o'clock
sens just out of auto on full
threshold about 10 or 11 o'clock

it seems ok in these settings but quite noisy, to get the threshold hum just audible the knob would have to be lower than the 10 o'clock mark is this right? tried turning the sensitivity down but still noisy and its the same in disc mode with iron mask on.
im using the settings this way because most of what ive read says these are best settings for depth.
this is my first minelab so its going to take some getting used to.

I have had sovereigns for years, starting with the Sovereign, then XS, then XS2 PRO, and XS2A, my last one was the Elite and now the GT for the last few weeks. It just seems to be unstable with to much false signals so I have just ordered another Elite from Mike Longfields should be here Tuesday and I cant wait to get back to me old faithful, for me it just wasn't worth it, that said would it be good to here if you get to grips with yours stickygreen, if you do stick a 15" WOT coil on the end of it, it wont get much better for the Beach mate ;)Deep, Deep, Deep.

[stickygreen]

funny you should say that i had another couple of hours tonight on the beach and got alot of falsing im sure i will get the hang of it soon.i wiil invest in a new coil when i can stump up the readies till then its the 10" tornado.

if anyone has any tips for settings i would like to hear them.