They could have tweaked the sov.......finer adjustment on the lower end of the discrim would have been good.
The sov was probably a bit of a dilemma for minelab.......still quite a popular machine but not selling as many as they used to..........but probably enough to take sales away from newer more expensive models.
No brainer for the money men..........don't give the detectorist the choice......get rid of it and turn the detectorists attention on to the newer machines.........loadser money.