Where can I get an upper shaft for a Sovereign GT?

[Ohio Coinhunter]

I'm looking to get just the straight upper shaft and handle with the rear mount for the box for my Elite. Is there anywhere to buy them?

 

[Daniel Tn]

I bought a GT that was just the coil and box. So I had to search for the other stuff to make it useable. I wanted a straight shaft for mine and ended up buying the Anderson gold model for mine. This will get you the shaft and grip like what you are wanting. You will still have to track down a set of arm cuffs and the mount, and a lower rod. I got both on eBay but was able to use a spare lower rod from a Nokta detector and it worked perfect. Plugger also makes a rod for the Sovereign that comes with a cuff on it...his are hipmount rods though. You will be able to bypass the mount but have to get some kind of bag to hold the control box. OR you can get the arm cuff replacement for a GPX detector, and then get the detector mount...and that will enable the hipmount shaft to be used like a normal straight rod. I think the standard Minelab rod and cuff is around $50 or so. The others are a little more expensive.

 

[Ohio Coinhunter]

Thanks. I did do some checking around. My Elite was hip mounted as I only could mount the box by the hand grip on the S shaft and I didn't like it. I ended up ordering the mount that connects to the arm rest. It arrived today and now I have the control box mounted to the rear of the S shaft. So far it's OK and I'm going to go with it for awhile and see how it works out.