Minelab Sovereign GT
Street Price $680
Number of Reviews: 15
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Minelab Sovereign GT
WOW!! Awesome Detector!!
Alan Jagger in Riverside ca -The Minelab Soverign Gt is now my main detector after using all of the top detectors up to 2008. I've been detecting and prospecting since 1973 and with this detector I've found everything including gold nuggets. This detector is great for coins,jewelry and prospecting, it makes many other detectors feel like toys. I really like the great sounding tones and incredible sensitivity, with the ability to add the 18" excelerator coil for searches up to 24 inches. Wow! The sun-ray Digital display and having the BBS-Broad Band Spectrum while most detectors operate at a single frequency the Sov Gt operates at 1.5hz up to 25.5hz, this allows for greater depth and sensitivity but being able to add that awesome 18inch coil along with the multi Frequencies makes for one very powerful detector that just can't be beat for this price range..
Nov 07, 2008
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Soveriegn GT
Mal Gibson in UK -Owned my GT now for 10 months. I find it unbeatable on ploughed field & pasture. Used it on the beach with no problems. It was a bit confusing at first wondering what all the buttons actually did but once understood I think it will be hard to beat. I have used Tesoro Tejon, X terra 70, Matrix m6, Explorer XS, when out with the club up against the big guns - se - exp 11 - none of these are as productive. Play with the sensitivity it will find anything. Just purchased a sef coil & it is the best coil out there. Going over ring pulls & cans etc the machine gives an elastic feel to the tone. I will not part with this now. The nulling can be a bit annoying as can the threshold hum. Turn it to silent search turn up the sens, turn up the thresh, so you can barely hear it seems to give it a quicker recovery speed. Best value for money out there.
Sep 05, 2008
27 Yes
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I Sold My GT and Bought an Explorer
Michigan Hunter in Southern Michigan -I had a nice GT but sold it and eventually purchased the XS, Explorer II, and then a new SE. I'm now returning to the GT.
Warning: If you love your GT stay with it! Don't sell it to buy an Explorer. If you do you'll probably be very sorry.
The GT is simple and powerful. It will find silver in places loaded with trash. The Explorers are noisy and don't handle trash nearly as well.
The Explorers are way over rated and not nearly as productive as the GT.
I could say more but just read the other 5 start posts below because they pretty much cover it all.
You'll never find a better land machine than the Sovereign GT. Compared to the GT the Explorer is an over priced gimmick.
Sep 01, 2008
36 Yes
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The Sovereign GT is an awesome machine.
Bottlebum in Huntingburg, Indiana -I've had a few different Sovereigns over the last ten years. There were times where money would get tight and I would have to sell and there were times when I traded for some other detector that I thought might be better. But, no matter what, I always ended up going back to the Sovereign.
IMO the GT is an excellant machine and hard to beat. Once you learn what the machine is telling you, chances are, you will feel the same way as I do about it. The biggist thing, is that you have to put in the time and learn the machine and the same goes for any machine that you might decide on.
HH, Bottlebum
Jun 27, 2008
19 Yes
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The Minelab Secret
MB in Michigan, USA -For years I feared Minelab detectors because some people told me they're hard to learn and cheaply made.
Recently I decided to see for myself so I purchased a Sovereign GT.
First let me say that the GT is not difficult to learn. The beginner settings are great and many oldtimers still use them. You set the knobs once and leave them there. After that you just turn it on and off and replace batteries when needed. This is one of the easiest to use machines made today.
Some claim it's too heavy. This is not correct. It is just right with super balance.
The depth is better than all brands and models I've owned heretofore.
The IRON MASK works great and the only nails I dig now are those I pull up while digging good targets.
Pinpointing is dead-on perfect once one learns the DD coil. I rarely dig a plug more than 3 inches wide. One could use a coin plugger or screw driver type coin digger with the GT fixed with the stock 10" coil.
The quality of Minelab workmanship is so superior to most other brands that after owning a GT the other brands look like cheap toys. Even the user manual is a quality binded easy-to-understand booklet.
The GT is a winner!
Oct 02, 2007
48 Yes
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Sov GT
Gary in Pompano Beach Florida -If the Excalibur is the big sword then the Sovereign GT is the rapier, mine paid for itself within 3 weeks in gold finds on S Florida beaches, its sensative to small gold and has good depth, I use an Excalibur for water hunting but always the GT for wet sanding, in the wet sand its a gold magnet. No big learning curve with this machine, listen to what the machine is telling you by the tones of the different metal targets and 9 times out of 10 you know what the target is before you dig it up. If you want to find the fine gold chains & rings the other machines are leaving behind, walk slowly, sweep slowly and the SovGT will pick them out for you, it also works great in trashy areas.
Jul 28, 2007
23 Yes
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Minelab Sovereign GT
Dean B. White in Mt Beauty, VIC, Australia -I bought the Minelab Sovereign GT because of the impressive technical specifications and for it's ability to be both a treasure and gold detector.
My previous detector was a Minelab GT 15000 which was good and I uncovered many old pre-decimal coins at an old school that no longer exists. Problem was... identifying rubbish from coins or other good targets was hard.
I went to the same grounds and tried the newer detector. WOW... what a difference. Positive targets were loud and clear and I didn't get to dig a single piece of rubbish or a false target.
I thrashed this ground with the older detector and although the area I was looking in is quite small I found over 20 additional pre-decimal coins in less than 1 hour while just doing a quick sweep.
I then decided the small playground across the road from my house was fair game and to my surprise got a good handful of pre-decimal coins there.
I'm hoping to get into some gold country soon so hope I have some positive feedback on that later.
All up... an excellent detector. I later installed the digital meter which I had neglected to do when I first went out with the detector. OMG... with practice I can basically tell what the target is before I even dig it. The digital meter (extra in Australia) is worth the price and compliments the detector very well.
Oct 26, 2006
31 Yes
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Sovereign GT WOW
Jim in WPB in West Palm Beach, FL -After five months, I gotta say that the depth, discrimination, versatility, price, and availability of after market coils/accessories, make this one heck of great detector. Learning it was simple with all the forums on the net.
I shouldn't really be writing this because its not in my best interest to many of these in the places I hunt, but anyway hat's off to Minelab on keeping it alive.
I have a Garrett, EXP II, PI Pro, Excalibur, but the Sovereign is by best.
Oct 21, 2006
17 Yes
2 No
Minelabs Sovereign GT is the best yet!
Daniel in Sacramento, California USA -After using the GT less then 12 hours in the past 3 weeks, I am convinced it's the best detector I have used since I started detecting 3 years ago. I have owned 7 detectors which include Bounty Hunter, Whites, Tesoro, Garrett and even the Musketeer Advantage.
Near my home is a old city park that use to be a farm donated to the city back in the 50's. The original farm house is still there and I have taken every one of the detectors there to see if anything was still in the ground of any value. With the exception of clad nothing of any real value came up. (Remember that this area has been detected by other detectorist over the years also.) Then I went back with my GT. Within a half hour I found a 1936 quarter and a 1945 Mercury Dime! And at the very same area I detected with my other detectors! And while trying to get the hang of the GT earlier before that (It has a learning curve, that's for sure.) I found 2 gold rings.
I reccomend this detector for someone who is tired of digging just near surface targets and willing to get thier nails really dirty.
Sep 22, 2006
31 Yes
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Minelab Sovereign GT
Bryan Llewellyn in Abertawe Cymru (Swansea Wales U.K.) -I have owned the GT now for around 6 weeks and have used it on the beach and also inland on my farm, I also own several other detectors including Minelab Explorer 11, Whites MXT, Fisher CZ3D and a Pulsepower Deepstar 3, all of these machines have their strengths and weaknesses, but I must be honest the GT is a very good all round machine that can be used in most soil conditions, and at the beach with no compromise in performance, it has one the smoothest thresholds that I have ever used, and if I had to choose one detector for doing it all this would be at the top of my list.
Best Regards
Bryan
Apr 05, 2006
46 Yes
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