Here is something I post every once in a while to help many out, it is a bit long and been added too a few times as i save this on my computer so I dont have to retype it.
The Sovereigns are a different breed of detectors as you are seeing, different then what you may have learned on other detectors, but will tell you once you start to learn it and see what it can do I feel you will be impressed with it. The Key is getting to know and understand its language which many do while others don't want to spend the time to know it and sell it and later get another after seeing what some are finding. I remember one guy out on the East coast that was a Whites user and decided to try a used Sovereign for beach hunting I got traded in. I didn't hear back from him for about a month, then he sent me a E Mail saying after 3 or 4 times out he was going to tell me that I was full of BS as it had so many sounds to it and was digging so much trash, but remembered I told him most don't like it to begin with and it takes time and patience. Well the next few time he was getting to think it was OK, then it started getting better as he was finding more than his hunting partners many times. About 3 weeks into it he loved it and was doing good as he was going behind his Partner showing what they were missing. He said he was now loving it and when he went out with 2 or 3 guy he could find more good targets then the rest together, so they didn't like to hunt with him as he was getting more and more all the time. He sure was glad he took the time and patience to understand it. Myself I found the first few times I used the Sovereign it was very hard to understand and switched off with a Fisher F-7 I had and then one day in a old area of a old park that been hit hard for years so not much trash as it has been picked up the Sovereign started to come to life for me and everything seem to click as I was picking some nice older coins with it. That gave me confidence in the Sovereign to know I just got to learn it more which I did as every time out with it I learned more about it and finds were getting deeper and closer to trash.
What I have learned with the Sovereign series of Minelab detectors
The Sovereigns are a different type of detectors and not like anything most have ever used. These do take some time to get used to and the biggest tip I can give it DON