I posted this on the other forum and figured may as well post it here to.

[Anonymous]

"From a newbie on the sov with old timers hearing "
I have old age hearing , that is abuse over a lot of years as far as not using ear protection at work at various jobs and shooting guns etc. At one time my hearing was so good I could hear one of those loud cheap pocket watches ticking while I placed it on a rock at least 10 feet away from me , because I could hear it ticking inside my watch pocket while having it one me. I figured the deer could hear it to.
Then over the years my hearing got to where I could place that watch up to my ear and barely hear it.
Now I have normal to a degree hearing I suppose, because I am not tone deaf and can hear various tones.
I bought the gt sov and will say I can hear the various tones it makes on stuff. I just put on the smaller 7-1/4 inch loop and those various tones become more precise then with the stock 10 inch loop ( at least for me) I use the cz and note its 4 tones are located about 200hz apart from each other and that makes them easy to discern. Now after using the gt and especially with the smaller loop I with my abused hearing can tell the differences in varous pulltabs coins are now showing with differences. ( don't mistake , I hear all the tones with the big loop , but easier with the small loop) I mention this stuff mainly for any one new who may be wondering about the sov multi toned detector. it also is the absolute best for just plain ignoring iron in the discriminate mode, as far as the sov gt I have is concerned , iron does not exist , epecially operating the silent mode. I realize much what I am saying is old hat to veteran sov users but maybe not to many oldies like me with abused hearing have mentioned trying out the sov and having success with it.
This detector is definitely going to be my all time favorite as its so easy to use and is growing on to me at a very rapid clip, and glad of it as as I'm getting older my detecting time is growing shorter.
Thanks to guys like Mike from Virginia beach for explaining about his use of the sov and excaliber inspired me to really give it a go with the sov and thanks to the others that have responded to my post for tips on sov use making it much easier to verify that I may be doing it correct in my learning attempts
and of course for the good tips.
HH
Dan R.

 

[Anonymous]

Even though you are hard of hearing the tones are easy to hear, that is once you have used it for a while.
I am considered deaf with 110% in some tones (total) with the rest around 80% gone and yet i can still hear those weak signals many dont. I feel one of the reason why is is I use the threshold so I know when it changes and then work that signals, plus a good set of headphones.
Many find the tones are too much for them, I did too once when i got it, but once you have used it for a while you can tell which are the good tones and which are the bad by the first tone change it make and then work it from there.
I think you will find the Sovereigns are a detector all to them selfs,this detector will give you the info with the tones and how they act along with the meter reading for those that use a meter and lets you decide if you want to dig or not, not the detector making that decision for you by a beep.
Good luck and I hope to see some great finds posted by you in the comming days.
Rick

 

[Anonymous]

The Sov. tones are hard to learn at first
I'm all but deaf too <img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?">
It has 17 tones, and umteen million variations of those tones
I think the hardest for any one, in the beging
is the difference betwen a Zinc, or a copper/silver
my hunting partner, who's done this for 20 years
puts a Zinc penny in his shoe laces
he can quickly get diled back in on the tones <img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?"> <img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?">
Just run the coil over his foot if there is a questionable sound
Maybe a Zinc on one foot,
and a silver on the other <img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?"> <img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?">
What you think???????
HH TIM <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="">
P.S. after you get real good, you put pull tabs and screw caps in your shoes laces <img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?">

 

[Anonymous]

That sound pretty neat as I have been throwing down test stuff like different pulltabs and coins onto the ground and swinging over targets to get comparisons.
HH
Dan R.