I've gotten out twice with my new Sovereign GT. First hunt on a clean beach the machine was so quiet I threw some coins on the sand to test it. It chimed in on que. However, yesterday's hunt, different story! The machine wouldn't shut up! I was on a known trashy beach, in highly mineralized conditions, and Chatty Cathy was chirping and squeaking away. Adjusting the dials did little. So, how do you quiet down a GT? And, do I want to quiet it down?
It was finding Ok, as the finds were diffinately discernable from the falsing, if that is what it was. Among the finds an Indian head penny and small butterfly pendant that i've got to hit with a diamond checker. Also, a weird dollar coin - a James Monroe commemorative dollar. Only worth a dollar, but a pretty cool find.
Here are the settings from yesterday:
Disc and notch: Full anti-clockwise
Volume: Full up
Iron mask: on
Silent seach: off ( it still chirped with silent seach on)
Sensitivity: Just out of Auto
Track: Fix (track and pinpoint also chirped)
Threshold: one o'clock
THX
It was finding Ok, as the finds were diffinately discernable from the falsing, if that is what it was. Among the finds an Indian head penny and small butterfly pendant that i've got to hit with a diamond checker. Also, a weird dollar coin - a James Monroe commemorative dollar. Only worth a dollar, but a pretty cool find.
Here are the settings from yesterday:
Disc and notch: Full anti-clockwise
Volume: Full up
Iron mask: on
Silent seach: off ( it still chirped with silent seach on)
Sensitivity: Just out of Auto
Track: Fix (track and pinpoint also chirped)
Threshold: one o'clock
THX