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Minelab Sovereign GT

Price: $1000
Avg. Score: 5 stars! 4.61
Based on 36 reviews

Avg. Durability: 5 stars!5.00
Avg. Ease of use: 5 stars!4.75
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Easy to use uncomplicated the best yet!!

December 24, 2009
I have used and owned quite a few machines ranging from Explorer, Tesoro, Nexus, Troyx5 ect, and they all have their good points.
But what you have to say to your self is how much of the publicity for any new machine is hype, some machines are lighter, some are know good on wet sand, some are just constructed very badly, it goes on.

Depth is an unknown quantity, small coins 6 to eight inches, a dustbin lid 18 inches, depending on the size of the target, and the soil if, always better if its wet makes metal more conductive.

The Sovereign GT is a robust easy to use and very efficient metal detector, it will still take a little while to get used to for a novice, but there is so much info out there it wont be a problem.
All metal has a different reactance specific metals copper, brass, gold, silver, nickel ect ect, Gold some say 10khz is a good frequency or between 6 and 7 khz for silver, so the Sovereigns frequency range is 1.5 to 25.5, which hopefully covers all.

I use this machine more than any other, in fact I sold my Explorer, and bought an Excalibur, I now have what I think is the perfect combination, the GT for field work and beach, and the Excalibur for wading.
They do have one design fault and that is the plastic lugs on the battery which you have to release by pulling down with your thumb or fore finger, you need to remember they are only plastic, if you put to much strain on them they will crack, you just need to treat it with a bit of respect

I don't think they could or need to improve this machine, its a good all rounder I cant praise it enough.

Overall Rating 5 stars!

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WOW!! Awesome Detector!!

November 07, 2008
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..

Overall Rating 5 stars!

785

Soveriegn GT

September 05, 2008
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.

Overall Rating 5 stars!

531

I Sold My GT and Bought an Explorer

September 01, 2008
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.

Overall Rating 5 stars!

676

The Sovereign GT is an awesome machine.

June 27, 2008
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

Overall Rating 5 stars!

343

The Minelab Secret

October 02, 2007
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!

Overall Rating 5 stars!

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Sov GT

July 28, 2007
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.

Overall Rating 5 stars!

334

Minelab Sovereign GT

October 26, 2006
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.

Overall Rating 5 stars!

425

Sovereign GT WOW

October 21, 2006
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.

Overall Rating 5 stars!

273

Minelabs Sovereign GT is the best yet!

September 22, 2006
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.

Overall Rating 5 stars!

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