Suncoast Kid
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I don't have the heart to sell mine. I know it will always work on a saltwater beach, and deep. I have all kinds of coils from 5" to 15".
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Odanscoils
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New Sovereign owner ejudasf.
Is looking for a coil for his Sovereign.
Maybe you could reach out a part with one coil.
Is looking for a coil for his Sovereign.
Maybe you could reach out a part with one coil.
Suncoast Kid
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I know recently Detech and NEL still made coils for the Sovereign, like the Ultimate, and the 12x10" SEF, and larger ones. I hardly ever see an 8 or 10" Tornado coil anymore, about like an S-12.
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Suncoast Kid
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I see a nice GT listed, fee bay. It looks to be in really good condition. Comes with a 12x10 SEF. Perfect setup for a saltwater beach. I was thinking about a spare, plus that's one of my favorite coils. They're getting harder to find. I hipmount mine, so no problem swinging it.
Odanscoils
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I have the SEF 10×12 on my GT and Explorer xs. 15" WOT on the xs too.
Ultimate 13"
8 &10" tornadoes
10" Sunray
5×10" coiltec treasure seeker which I love
The new 3×6" nel which I have little time with.
And a 6" round DD I think is minelab or coiltek.
Now if I can figure out where the wife buried them.
Old GT is still running strong.
I bagged mine.
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Thanks for the well wishes Ted and really hope I will be able to detect next season. I think I seen the Original Sovereign posted on the classified, that must have been your. I had one original after I got my Sovereign XS and didnt like it like my XS, Some did like them and thought they did well. Maybe the one I had may have been something wrong with it as it just didn't seem to get the depth, plus it didn't run as smooth. The coinsearch 8 inch coil I felt made the nicest coil to learn the Sovereign, but they were not waterproof. I would love to get another 8 inch coinsearch, but not made anymore and those that have a coinsearch want to keep them.
Rick
Odanscoils
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Sovereign's owners just wanted more out of them.
So many were modded.
Hacked actually many of them.
Maybe that's what you bought.
That's all possible as many used ones I bought had been moded which made them worst for me and would change them back to the way they came out from the factory before I would sell them again to people that want to try to see what a Sovereign could do. The mods as making it lighter and balance better where OK and like the remote pinpoint were great too, plus changing the 550 meter to 180 were great as long as you didnt change the controls in the control box as I am sure the techs at Minelab know what they were doing much more than the user trying to make it better.
Mine has the 8 inch coil Rick. As far as I know it is all original. A friend of mine used it quite some time back and did find a couple of wheat cents and an Indian head cent in a field but with the battery pack a bit swollen I don't want the door to get broken. I do charge the battery every couple of months and test the detector to make sure it works. I just have too much going on to buy another battery for it.
Odanscoils
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Find a battery rebuild shop.
I've had a few of mine rebuilt and to a higher capacity at that.
From 1500 mah to 3500.mah.
Though I don't know about cheaper.
Around $70 buks.
You could pick up a AA battery version.
The most common mod was to change the frequency of the sound.
I didn't get that many coils all at once.
Been looking and searching almost twenty years now.
The 13" ultimate and the little 3×6 snake I purchased in the last three years.
WoW. Have I had this thing that long ?
Time really does fly when you're having fun.
Yet seems to drag on when you can't enjoy this hobby like you used to.
This place is near by me.
Give them a call and see how much to rebuild yours before it finally goes bad.
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Odanscoils
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Looks like a closet queen.
Not even O rings on the toggles.
Many Sovereign's hit the closet after their owners just couldn't figure them out.
And didn't have the heart to sell them.
Odanscoils
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I still wish Minelab would come out with an upgraded version.
Lighter, waterproof, and faster recovery speed. Better separation too.
I guess the Manticore was an attempt at upgrading of the Explorer's.
Though I'm not seeing the depth like the original.
I'd love a Sovereign like that.
I'm sure many of us old farts would jump on one just for a chance to enjoy this hobby again.
The last used Sovereign I got off this site said it had a new battery, but when I checked it out some company made some, but they use 3 of the 3.7 volt which is only 11.4 volts and not the 12 volts it needs, so maybe I can have one built with 10 of the rechargeable AA batteries which would get me the 12 volts needed. To me anyway with less then the 12 volts need the low battery alert. I find that the ones I have seen will be not too stable if the battery is to low voltage and this one I bought is doing this, so I hope it is what wrong here. I changed the meter from 550 to 180 as I like them better, plus the coil cable was bad so I ordered in the cable, but the cable i got has 3 black wires and one white wire were as the one on the coil has a red, black and a white and yellow, so I connected the wire at the coil and when I hooked it up to the connector I should have marked which black wire is the red or black and which other one goes where. At the coil I epoxied the connectors, so I dont no which is which. I am hopping to used my Multi meter to see if I can figure it out by checking the continuity of the 2 coils that are in the coil someday when I want tackle it this winter. Another project I want to do is make it lighter as made it balance better where I will make the shaft longer and move the control box back furthered to make it balance better and add my 180 meter and my S-1 probe..
I wouldn't mind finding a AA battery pack for it Rick so I could do some field testing with it. I am sure if I could prove it worked it would go away fast! If I field tested it I would put it in one of my wife's old purses! Lord knows there's enough of them laying around!!
Odanscoils
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Quick search.
Here's a rechargeable one on Amazon. CK where it's being shipped from. May take a few weeks if out of country.
Seems to be sold by numerous sellers.
Amazon.com: BORNMIO Replacement Battery for Minelab Eureka Gold Metal Detector Musketeer Advantage Metal Dete Sovereign Elite Metal Detector Sovereign GT Metal Detector 3011-0215 (1200mAh) : Patio, Lawn & Garden https://share.google/GZs2AN1UuJWuV9VBB
Here's a rechargeable one on Amazon. CK where it's being shipped from. May take a few weeks if out of country.
Seems to be sold by numerous sellers.
Amazon.com: BORNMIO Replacement Battery for Minelab Eureka Gold Metal Detector Musketeer Advantage Metal Dete Sovereign Elite Metal Detector Sovereign GT Metal Detector 3011-0215 (1200mAh) : Patio, Lawn & Garden https://share.google/GZs2AN1UuJWuV9VBB
Odanscoils
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The battery pack that is posted is for the Elite and GT Sovereigns and not work in your original and I believe you have a original Sovereign which was on the classified a while back. This pack you have if a original Sovereign like what was advertised like the Sovereign XS use a rechargeable flat looking battery that has 10 of the rechargeable batteries in . (10 1.2 volts each to get the 12 volts needed )This pack is flat looking and about 3 inches wide and around 5 inches long. Now the pack for the original and the XS had a connection on the end where the wire from the control box plugged in the pack. Now these I don't know of anyone making these now. the XS I got has a back made u the has 3 of the 3.7 volt batteries in it, but that only get only 11.1 battery power, which is not enough to powered a Sovereigns. Alkaline batteries are at 1.5 volts each so like the alkaline pack only has the 8 batteries to get the 12 volts need to supply the 12 volts for the Sovereign. Some tried to put 8 rechargeable in the alkiline pack, but would give problems like not being stable and not lasting long untill the low battery alert would sound.
Now a person an make a alkaline back as get 2 of the 4 pack battery packs like Garretts GTA series detector uses which I think are still available at some dealer of electronic supplies . These have what looks like it has 9 volt batteries connectors, so now you would have to get 2 9 volt batteries to connect the 2 together so now it will be with the 8 batteries connected together you will have the 12 volts you need. Now you got to connect these battery pack to the connector that come out of the Sovereign and slide the battery cover back on as the batteries should bit good in there.
I will see what I can do and go though my stuff as I have some parts around, but like most they are scatter all over the place. I think I may have a used connector that goes from the battery pack to the control box as it had a broken wire and that can be repaired and the 2 alkaline I have to find, so give me a few days to see hat I can come up with. During this time I am going to find someone that can make a rechargeable pack with 10 rechargeable batteries .
Rick
I am at that age where I cant remember everything, cant remember what I did 5 minutes ago, but can remember what I did back in the 50s and 60s, think I have a DOS memory in a window world. Got a good memory, but a short one.
I had hopes you found one, but these are for the Sovereign Elite and the GT and will not fit in the Sovereign originals, the Sovereign XS or the XS2. What we need to find is those 10 back rechageable packs for the older Sovereign as I need one too as I bought a use XS and was told had a new battery, but it was one of those that use 3- 3-7 battery tied together so is 11.1 volts instead of the 12 volts needed.
Got to keep looking.
Rick