Minelab Sovereign XS-2a Pro
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MINELAB SOVEREIGN XS2A PRO A GREAT MACHINE
ANDY TAYLOR in KENT UNITED KINGDOM -I have been a Tesoro man for years but purchased a new Minelab musketeer advantage pro low frequency machine that has produced great results for me, this got me wondering about Minelabs bbs multi frequency system so I purchased a mint sovereign xs2a pro with the digital ID meter. On my fist trip out with this machine I thought what the hell is going on with all the nulling noises and holes that were so deep that I thought the machine was playing games with me, but it was not.
This machine is easy to use after a couple of trips out, with the best depth I have ever come across in the past, it is true that a multi frequency bbs machine sees alot more stuff in the ground and the finds just keep on coming, I recently went over a field that I have done to death with other Tesoros machines and counted the signals and holes I dug, I was amazed that the sovereign found 17 copper coins, six buckles, 1 Roman coin and two watch key winders, these were the finds that was instantly identified with a further 121 other pieces of metal that were not easy to ID and also no iron was dug at all with the discrim set at nil. There is no doubt about it that Minelab bbs system works and works very well indeed and as far as I am aware is the only company with this system in place.
Also the sovereign ranges are heavy, but I have set mine up on a straight shaft and hip mounted the box in the Minelab accessory pouch, also I purchased two more v clips and fixed them to a short piece of cut stem so that the meter is clipped on the control box, all you swing around is the coil and stem and this can be done all day long. My over all verdict on this machine is that it is deep, sensitive, well built and does not lie and most of all finds loads of finds in iron infested ground, this is a machine you will not want to get rid of well done again Minelab.
There is no doubt about it that Minelab know how to build good quality machines with bbs and fbs multi frequency this is where Minelab leave the rest behind, why search in one frequency when you can search with many all at once.
Jun 20, 2009
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There Is None Better
Sandgroper in Australia -I have been using my Sovereign For around 10 years for saltwater beach detecting; It has never failed in any way.
In all the years that this detector has been on the market there is still nothing that can outperform it in stability, depth of penetration and accuracy of discrimination on saltwater beaches, some may match it but none can beat it.
If anybody out there knows of a detector that is better in all aspects than the Sovereign as a beach machine, please tell me what it is?
Rgds,
Sandgroper
Feb 12, 2008
37 Yes
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Minelab Sovereign XS
Ron from Michigan in Oxford MI -The Minelab Sovereign is an outstanding metal detector.This unit is hard to use at first, but once a user understands how to use the Sovereign they'll be hooked.I use a straight shaft for balance,a 180 meter,and a Sunray probe on mine.With these add ons its probably one of the most pleasant units to use.If you're a serious park hunter the Sovereign is the only way to go.My suggestion start out with the 800 coil to learn this detector,and then move up to the 10 inch coil.
Aug 02, 2007
38 Yes
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Sovereign XS-2a PRO
Arthur Dingbat in USA -good detector, founds heap of coins with one......grab one today if you see one!!!!
Jul 13, 2005
21 Yes
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Sovereign XS-2a Pro
goldmask in USA -Amazing detector, it have the best discrimination quality of the market, with rescaled meter and the white 11" Coinsearch coil is unbeatable.
Oct 02, 2004
21 Yes
5 No
Minelab Sovereign XS-2a Pro
Rick in ND -The Sovereign XS2a Pro is just one of the Sovereign series of detectors that has been made since 1991. The first was the Original Sovereign, then the Sovereign XS, the XS2, the XS2a and now it is called the Elite.
They all are basicly the same as far as performance, the XS2 was the first to have the waterproof coil and drop in battery pack, the XS2a Pro come with a toggle switch to go from the muliti tones of the Sovereign to a signal tone which I felt was a useless feature as the whole strenght of the Sovereign is it multi tones.
The Sovereigns have been a excellent detector for those that take the time to use this detector and understand it, the depth has been some of the best I have seen and the ID is better than anything out there, but you have to know what the Sovereign is telling you.
For the first few times out with it and all the tones and nulling I wondered what I got myself into, but after I seen this detector was telling me more info that I was used to hearing and seeing I realized I just have to short out the info, plus it was seeing more than any detector had before. With the digital ID meter and the tones I found that the Sovereign was telling me what it seen and let me decide weither or not I wanted to dig or not, not like some detector that just beep if it think you should dig or not.
If you have a little patince and want to find the deep coins and the ones close to trash other have missed the Sovereign is the one for you. I use the rescaled Minelab digital meter that read 180 number so all my copper and silver and clad coins will read 179-180 while a new zinc penny or even a IH penny will be 176-177 and ny nickle which the Sovereign is hot on is 144-145 plus a diffent tone for each item, so you only have to look at the meter for the close tones.
Been detecting since 1973 and I find the Sovereign one of if not the best there is.
Sep 23, 2004
233 Yes
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