The basic Sovereign GT metal detector control settings are in my opinion the corner stone of any serious beach or land hunter. Let's revisit the basic control settings and examine the reasons why learning these basic control settings are so valuable before moving on to more advanced manual Sovereign GT settings.

Basic Sovereign GT metal detector control settings

Why discrimination mode?
Metal detecting in the discrimination mode is the best way to start out learning to use the Sovereign GT. The discrimination capabilities of the Sovereign GT are truly awesome, with the help of the signal tones it is possible to know what you have found before you start to dig the target. This signal recognition will become second nature to you the more times you use your metal detector. 

Sensitivity control
The auto sensitivity control setting is the perfect setting for a new Sovereign GT user, let the GT automatically take care of choosing the correct level of sensitivity for stable operation.

Volume control
In the 3/4 volume control setting the volume is set sufficiently loud enough for you to hear the normal GT operations in the auto sensitivity mode. The 3/4 volume control setting is best used by new Sovereign GT users.

Threshold control
The just above audible threshold is sometimes referred to as the “buzzy bees” threshold in metal detecting circles. Setting this above the audible position helps a novice user to hear every signal within the threshold. This is important for a new GT user that is unaccustomed to the threshold nulls produced by ferrous objects being detecting and then rejected by the iron mask feature.

Discrimination control
I like to refer to the 8 o’clock discrimination control position as the “cap buster” setting.
New bottle caps and partially corroded bottle caps may sound like promising targets in the zero discrimination control setting. Just increasing the level of discrimination from the off position to the 8 o’clock position can make a big difference in the amount of unwanted digging you have to do while searching for valuable non-ferrous targets. This setting will help make both unwanted conductive and large ferrous targets to respond quite differently than at the most anti-clockwise zero discrimination control setting.

These types of unwanted targets will respond with a scratchy drawn out signal making them quite obvious targets to avoid digging.

Gary Drayton
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