Minelab Sovereign GT has reached and our test platform. About Sovereign it is possible to tell long and basically positive things, but we will strongly not go deep into an essence and we will consider this detector from outside the simple user. If a little to recollect that the first in own way was Sovereign XS having 17 frequencies of search 1.5 kgts to 25.5 kgts, BBS (Broad Band Spectrum), behind it left Elite and here at all for a long time it has replaced GT. That these give 17 frequencies to the detector, basically, consistently to find out and distinguish the purposes more more precisely than unifrequent metal detectors, especially in soil having a high mineralization, on sea beaches. The first change in GT is obvious, unlike Elite at it change the top bar, so to say S a bar, now at GT there is a straight line, without bends a bar, for metal detector keeping the handle as at GP models, but there is also an European variant with S a bar is added. It would be desirable to add that the ergonomics have raised, thanks to that electronics block settles down now exclusively almost under an elbow bend, the hand gets tired less. Changes in GT have concerned also electronics, now GT copes 5 regulators and 4 switches.
Regulators: Disc, Notch, Volume, Sens, Treshold.
The loudness regulator also serves as the switch "incl. - off". Disc and "the cut" regulator is used, that will choose what purposes are accepted or disconnected from search. The regulator of threshold noise is used to adjust a background. The sensitivity regulator has two installations - a car and a manual range. When the car mode is chosen, GT will adjust sensitivity level automatically, at a choice of the highest level which will be steadier against soil and will eliminate phantoms. The detection deep water can be reached simple turn of a regulator counter-clockwise, manually, choosing sensitivity level, however, GT will not be well steady, especially in high mineralizuemoj to soil where ground conditions change, therefore in this case it is recommended to use a car a mode.
Switches: All Metal/Iron Mask, Track/Pinpoint, Treshold/Silent, Noise Cancel: Band1/Band2. Switch Noise Cancel, changes a working frequency strip a little to eliminate the electro-hindrances caused electric or radio by hindrances or even by the detector working nearby. Switch Iron Mask, return to a traditional way of an exception of ferrous metal, in general mode Iron Mask have been presented to weights still in far 1991, this adjustment will give an exception of ferrous metals, but, to search of signs of a coin, a relic and other valuable metals which will be found out even if nearby there will be an iron purpose. How much I remember, this mode was not added in model Sovereign, but here is how we see, in GT, it have decided to establish. Besides, in what case it to apply, it is your choice, it is required a few experts with GT, in mode Iron Mask on a site having of many ferrous metal, and accordingly without it then the result will be on the person, and you will understand, it is necessary to you, or it is possible to manage and without it.
GT gives identification of the purpose by two ways, the first, sound signal will be a miscellaneous from the purpose, depending on conductivity of metal, that is, the above last, the there will be above a signal, and accordingly the it more low, the will be also a signal more low. The second, with the help not the obligatory digital display. We will concern the switch of balance of soil which universality GT considerably extends. The previous models, first of all, have been developed for the directed search of curiosities, coins, relics, jewelry, etc. Unfortunately senior Sovereign was not really effective in gold search, however, Minelab worked over it, it is more than year and announced it on GT, the switch has 3 positions, Pinpoint, Track and Fix. Pinpojnt the comment does not require, but it would be desirable to notice that it works with a discriminator mode that otlichitelno from similar detectors, Track adjusts GT to the soil conditions of certain soil presented to areas of search without intervention of manual adjustment. Simply lower and lift the coil some times, yet there will be no change in threshold noise. If to you all has had the luck to work on soil where with a mineralization easy, pass in mode Fix.
GT eats from 1000 mah NiMh the storage block which ensures functioning, approximately at 15 o'clock, in addition it is possible to buy batarejnyj boxing if wish to work on batteries.
Exit in the field:
This time weather was a bit better, and it was possible to us potestit the device on all parametres. If to compare GT to other models Sovereign at once it is obvious that GT the beret deeper. To begin with we have tested the detector on air so 5 kop the USSR catches on 35-38 sm, 15 kop on 30-32 sm, 1 kop on 22-24 sm, sensitivity, as always, almost on the maximum mark, a mode all metal. In a mode of the discriminator with an exception of ferrous metals the speed was a little reduced, on 3-5 see In soil GT conducts search with moderate stability so on a beach in discriminator GT mode gave out us such concerts on a foil and rusty metal fragments though at certain hearing and a habit on majnelabovskuju a trill you can receive for yourselves quite positive results. By search of coins we have faced such depth of search in a ground, the coin similar on 5 kop the USSR (on dimensions) 28-31 sm (have not got more deeply), similar on 2 kop the USSR 15-17 see At work with the digital display, efficiency of search improves a little, so approximate disorder vdi for the same foil it is possible to supervise, but all it approximately and as speak, it is necessary to dig all. But all the same vizual and a sound in steam it is already better, than simply sound, moreover and from Sover-a. Walked around shoal, water still holodnjushchaja, but search has pleased, to the colleague carries on gold earrings, but as always in an individual copy. It was possible to send on errands the detector and on war, in this business I can not tell much, all metals worked in a mode and it was necessary to dig less accurate signal everyone more, sleeves tried to pass, vdi 40-43, on depth as I and spoke, GT the beret better Elite that actually and declared Minelab.
The resume
That, having worked with GT it is possible to tell that, this model has a little succeeded from the colleague Elite and shows the best results, on depth, detection and ergonomics. The worthy metal detector of family Minelab, not so cheap, but GT that costs, in addition it is possible to get 8 inch coil and to get LCD the display, to fans S of a bar I advise to take the European variant, the detector is executed in traditions Elite and if you the admirer of a latest model, this detector approaches you as to stati.
|
