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used to use sov elite now gone to the gt

finding it very hard to get it settled on the beach constant chattering and nulling out
anyone got any suggestions

You've probably got the sensitivity set too high.  I've got a Safari, so don't know anything about the GT but I know if I have mine set too high it drives me mad.
The nulling could be large iron.  Some one is sure to know something about it.

Val

hi val thanks for reply had it set at 11-12 oclock

Sorry that doesn't mean much to me, mine goes up in numbers.   As an example,  I would usually have it set at 16 - 18 for field work and down it to 14 for my local beaches which are trashy. Lower setting picks up less of the deeper trash but of course might miss goodies.

I have noticed the storms have churned up a load of rubbish. Last week I got fed up with the constant blurr of signals, like listening to Morse code, so I went down to 12 hoping to just pick up stuff higher in the sand. All that deeper stuff was a pain.

Hope you get it sorted for the tides next week end, looks like they're going to be really low.

Val

set mine at 11 oclock and its fine , if it gets chatty turn to 12-1 or run it in auto but you will loose a little depth in auto .

discrim just turned on , notch the same , iron mask on  , track on , band 1 , threshold tone barely audible  , that's my std settings inland or beach , hope that helps , it works for me anyway  :)

turn sens down till it stops ;)

thankyou very much for the replys will try it later thanksagain  :)

Make sure you clean the sand between the coil and cover, I've sealed mine, I run my sensitivity from 10 to 3 o'clock.

tried tonight now and after getting good signals and digging first hole nothing cant work it out

try it in auto

did you get it second hand?maybe plug needs rewiring?

hi dwb yeah got it 2nd hand but it is immaculate was hardly used seems to work ok on objects in garden and so just not in the sand

what do you mean by plug dwb

I think Mike means the coil plug, Where are you based? The best idea would be to hook up with another Sov user and test your coil at least then you can narrow down where the fault lies. Does it have the standard coil fitted or a third party?

hi geoff it has a def coil all terrain on it

Do you mean SEF by Detech? If so then I would also say the fault is more likely to be in the plug or coil than the machine itself. ;)

The commonest fault with the SEF occurs at the point where the cable goes into the coil, try leaning the machine against something away from any ground signals, turn it on and gently wiggle the cable between the coil and where it meets the lower stem, if it sounds off at all then you probably have a break inside the cable also make sure the cable is not to slack at the bottom ;)

yes mate bit tired when writing this tried this it seemed ok

have to say i was with someone who has been using the samemchine for the last year who couldnt be bothered to stop 5 minutes to check mine out but there you go live and learn

the plugs tend to need rewiring now an again

tried it again tonight getting good signals as soon as i put the  spade in nothing totally dumbfounded

try a different coil?

only have the standard tornado dont find them that good on the beach

Hi i have the same problem with my gt i asked all the same questions you did.mine works in the garden in any field and on the soaking wet sand but but cant keep it quiet on dry sand it really winds me up so i just stick to the wet stuff quite annoying seeing as how this is meant to the best beach machine going. i think im going to rid of my gt and get an elite.

seen a few reports now that say you get good and bad ones on the beach stuck now for what to get s this one is going back

Are you finding anything with it?
Do you use a pln pointer?
I get false signals from time t time.....