minelab sov elite

[Jimi nugget]

hi peeps

thinking of trying some rivers and estuaries do u think i should stick to beach settings for my machine or do i need to vary the settings,
i suppose the estuary would be the same as the beach with the salt content but its the rivers i,m a little dubious over.

a little bit of reassurance would be much appreciated.

thanks

[Val Beechey]

Have no idea on settings Jim but I do know Estuaries are dangerous.  Be careful.


Val

[Chef Geoff]

Jim the beauty of the Sovs is that there is no real difference in settings from wet beach to dry land other than possibly the sensitivity so if it falses turn it down if it doesn't turn it up until it does then back it off

[Jimi nugget]

ok geoff

its just when i go in to a field i set it to auto
nad obviously beach when i,m at the beach with disc and notch turned to suit

so do i leave it on beach when i,m at the estuary and auto when i,m at the river or both on beach settings

lil confused

[Chef Geoff]

Well the "beach" is only a guide on the sensitivity knob nothing else if you can get it higher on the beach then do so, inland I would still only use manual sensitivity at the position it's comfortable to search with, I always leave Disc and Notch on zero and never move them

[Mike]

as Geoff has said run it as if inland , my gt is set the same for both the sensitivity is the only thing I alter if things get a bit chirpy on the sand ( or inland ) , set in auto sense you will loose some depth but not a huge amount but it could be enough to miss the smaller deeper items so run it in manual and you wont go wrong , good luck out there mate

[Dale]

There's a few different sovereign machines out there what one do you think is the better one to have??

[jonnietaz1995]

hi Jim, remember to clean the coil cover out, bits of rubbish, don't help the sensitivity, I've sealed mine with sealer, and watch you don't drop it, I might still have a waterproof box hear, if not you can make one with a tupawear box, not sure if I have spelt it right, mark might still have one I made him, give him a buzz.

[Jimi nugget]

Thanx boys for ya comments much appreciated

[Chef Geoff]

There's a few different sovereign machines out there what one do you think is the better one to have??

Dale they are identical in performance the newer GT went back in operation to the original, Minelab are infamous for adding a switch, give it a respray and there you go the new model you must have, they did it 5 times on the Sov and 4 on the Explorer

[Mike]

There's a few different sovereign machines out there what one do you think is the better one to have??

I love my gt but have never used any other model , badger swears by his elite , spikey went from an elite to a gt then back to an elite although he might have had a dud gt , I think its a case of what suits you , if your happy with the returns don't worry ( and that goes for any machine ) . if it aint broke don't fix it  

[Jimi nugget]

I got to be honest I go out all the time with two mates they both have sov gt machine n mine is the elite I don't notice any difference between them except I don't have got to keep ground balancing mine thank god because we quite often walk over to each other for a chat n a snoop to see wot one has got n u have to balance it each time u turn it off Which I think is a god send that I don't have to do plus my elite is called suzzy and I love her

[Dale]

Cheers for the advice  

[chantalpoole]

i do estuarys ,i go down cardigan quite a bit as i live next door to there (as much as next door is a few miles down our way lol)
if you ever fancy a bit of muddy goodness give me a shout i can show you some areas on the estuary plus its good to have someone with you when you do estuarys

[welsh john]

I got to be honest I go out all the time with two mates they both have sov gt machine n mine is the elite I don't notice any difference between them except I don't have got to keep ground balancing mine thank god because we quite often walk over to each other for a chat n a snoop to see wot one has got n u have to balance it each time u turn it off Which I think is a god send that I don't have to do plus my elite is called suzzy and I love her

 I used to have a blow up doll called suzzy I love her to.