Danny

Tally - sov sg ,nel 6 gold 2 dollar coins 25 dollars in shrapnel - dry sand . Wet sand 6 more king Georges 1951 London mint (50%silver)10 dollars in shrapnel , and an an earring with 12 small stones yet to be assessed.

3030 - has been sent back to mine lab twice for repairs after purchase but it's good . You come to the beach Comp your 100 percent fit. Dry sand - 18 karat ring not confirmed 32 bucks plus change in the dry sand.  

Wet sand 5 bucks , large steel ring, and some old 1 and 2 cent peices . 

Thoughts gents 

Thanks John , just been lucky to have the coil over the right place . 

Fitted the nel dd attack coil to the sovereign . Will see how it goes on the salt . Seems okay in the backyard test 

Daniel

So was thinking as a great value detector for a beginner the sovereign gt is comparable to some newer detectors on the market, although I will put a caveat on that I'm no expert here. 

Total sovereign jewelry finds in last 6 weeks include the above king George silver , white gold necklace with diamond and silver ring , The usual coins that you find at a beach . 

picked up a few king Georges along the swash line , the tides have been high and erosion fairly deep. Actually thought someone was playing a prank planting 5 cent pieces till I knew what they were. 

I did fill the hole back in , for public safety . Danny

Yeah I have not tried the latest except a sdc2300 which is a dig everything PI machine if you take it to the beach which I have , but it goes to show what you are saying could be right . I like the sovereign , it's recovery rate might be a little slow so I'm going to compliment that with a mxt pro or all pro . i think the sovereign is pretty good in the wet sand. It also picked up more than enough coins to cover the fuel for the trip. Once again same ground that other machines missed. 

Daniel

By the time I got to the ring I was dreaming that there would be a cold be waiting in there instead . Would of been just as happy :)

Thanks John , first ring find , and with a sovereign gt . Picked up plenty of coins aswell on a beach popular with detectorists . Pretty impressive for and old machine 

Danny 

Would of preferred the ring to be on the surface :) would of saved a lot of digging and  one split pair of shorts in the wrong place :)

Went beach detecting with the old sovereign and it keeps on surprising how well it goes on beaches already swept with newer detectors . The same ground had been covered by a mine lab 3030. The sovereign had no problems picking up the silver ring at the bottom of the hole , I even dug a drainage channel to allow water to escape . After half an hour was about to give up when the ring popped out. 

Wholly snapping duck ....... Amazing

Thanks Fred 

So finally the bidder that purchased my sdc came. Price 2200 cash and half a Troy ounce of gold . Where on earth do I sell the gold ?

Once again thanks John for your words , and to rick , for both your advice on this matter . 

Kind regards

Just one more question before I head to the beach , coils for the mxt for wet sand swash , would you need to then change them once in dry sand . And would the sovereign still lick the mxt in the wet sand anyway?

Haha, I'm due to head to Europe in the next 12 months so no worries mate 

how would the performance be compared to the sovereign with those coils

Okay I'm going to fly to the UK with a 6 pack of xxxx bitter beer , dig 4 feet down and and scatter a couple of 5 cent prices every foot and watch you dig them up . Then drink half the recovered beer lol

For the mxt

John I think you were telling me that a change of coil ( forget which coil) would work wonders in the swash or wet sand  

sand

The GPX is solely for prospecting in western oz 

Otherwise I will be taking 2 detectors to the beach

With the mxt in wet sand , just say I have s brain snap and change coils , anything to help it in the wet sand. 

You trash talking john , I mean talking about trash :)