Minelab Sovereign GT
Street Price $680
Number of Reviews: 20
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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
25 Yes
3 No
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
37 Yes
3 No
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
22 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
34 Yes
0 No
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
49 Yes
2 No
Minelab GT
Darrel in Florida -
I have been beachcombing beaches near the 1715 Fleet, which is in south Florida. I have used several machines, including the 1280x, but found the GT is the best for the conditions in that area. The only problem I have is why Minelab didn't make the housing, connections, and switches waterproof? Everyone I know owns either an Excalibur or 1280x. Both are great machines if used correctly, but the GT offers some features not found on most machines.
Mar 25, 2006
15 Yes
1 No
Sovereign Elite Pro
Larry D Gressel in Sweet Home, Oregon -I have a Sovereign Elite Pro. It has decent depth in all soils, especially extreme mineralization soils, but you need a good shovel to pinpoint targets found. I bought a 12.5 inch Excellerator coil so it could go as deep (or sometimes deeper) than my other machines, but I still need a probe to pinpoint.
It does very, very well on small iron, but not very well on iron or steel larger than 3". It is almost worthless in a park or a ball field with many targets to maneuver around in, but it is excellent at a salty beach or a big, older field or other wide open area. It doesn't work well on smaller-than-coin-sized objects, or "cherry-picking".
Out of all my 15 metal detectors, the Compass Scanner finds smaller gold jewelry , brass, copper, or lead items the best. I own a Fisher cz-70, Compass Scanner (relic and coin), White's Coinmaster 6000 di Pro, 2 older Compasses, a Tesoro Tejon, two older Tesoro Gold and silver Sabers, my Sovereign, and of many others too. My best all-around machine is the cz-70, and if I want to nugget hunt, my Compass Scanner would be the best all-around machine, bar none.
Mar 18, 2006
20 Yes
12 No
Less trash and more coins
Digdug in N California -Sovereign GT is very easy to use and the disc and notch adjustments really help eliminate most of the trash. I have yet to dig up anything ferrous in disc mode, and pull tabs and crown caps are now at a minimum. The soil in my area is highly mineralized but the GT is very stable and works great even in the really trashy spots. Simply said, less trash and more coins. Great machine!!!
Feb 01, 2006
25 Yes
0 No
GT is GreaT
Craig in Australia -I have now played some more, even tested a GTI 2500, tried one then ran the other over it etc etc.
The GTI has heaps of settings but I find it is heavy, too many false signals and will not isolate the targets, the GT reassures me every time to dig where as the GTI is a bit wishy washy.
I have decided to keep the GT as its a more positive machine and with the sun ray probe its deadly in pin pointing the target.
Its great to have the flash screens etc but I only want to know if I should waste my time digging. the GT's iron disc works very well (better than the GTI).
I am surprised as I was going to keep the GTI as on paper it is unbeatable but to test them side by side, there is only one choice for me.
Jan 01, 2006
27 Yes
1 No
GT is for great
Craig in Australia -Hi, I have just tested a GT, with the following spec's Sun ray intruder 12 dd coil, minelab meter, sun ray s1 target probe.
I have owner and tested several early models and also a garrett infinium (poor quality shaft setup).
Now the GT, its a beast, it out performed all. I found 2 three pence at 5 to 6" these coins are silver and are 16mm x 1mm. it not only clearly found them but was very clear on identification, either via the meter or tone.
They look hard to use but are simple, as you can see all the controls at once and don't have to scroll through a menu.
It will also detect a dollar coin at over a foot deep in the back yard (its my test piece.
It is also the only one rated to use on the gold fields as well.
Dec 27, 2005
77 Yes
0 No
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