I posted this on the Xterra thread also. Hopefully it's not a problem but I'm very interested to see what owners of both machines have to say about the questions I asked.
To start- a little background on myself.
I've never used a metal detector but am going to get started asap. I am located in Wyoming and will be primarily searching around some old homesteads, an 1800's post office, a couple old outlaw cabins etc... (All of which have never been hunted before. *On private land that my family owns.)
I will most likely use the detector in Wyoming but may end up in South Dakota, North Dakota, Colorado, Montana etc...
I do have some land available that I could do some prospecting on over in the Black Hills of WY. It would be only once in a great while and not the primary use of the detector.
I've been doing quite a bit of research and have narrowed my selection down to the Minelab Xterra 705 or the Safari.
*Considered the Whites MXT PRO but met some prospectors that said the Xterra 705 handles the "mineralization" of Wyoming better. Not saying it's fact, just going off what I was told by some seemingly knowledgeable hunters.
My question, as a newbie, is- will a detector like the Safari have any prospecting capabilities?
Is the Xterra 705 a good machine for prospecting?
In a nutshell- am I better off to buy a dedicated prospecting detector for hunting gold vs a machine like the Whites MXT PRO or Xterra 705?
The technology the Safari, E Trac etc.. have is intriguing and I can see myself eventually upgrading to something like the E Trac. I like that many of the better coils offered for the Safari are also compatible with the E Trac.
If the Safari isn't a significantly better machine (for a newbie) and the Xterra 705 is a good machine for prospecting, I'd see no need for paying the extra $ for the Safari.
*I very well could be wrong but it appears that the Safari is one of the simpler machines for a newbie, when using the factory default settings.
Thanks for the input and I look forward to hearing the responses.
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To start- a little background on myself.
I've never used a metal detector but am going to get started asap. I am located in Wyoming and will be primarily searching around some old homesteads, an 1800's post office, a couple old outlaw cabins etc... (All of which have never been hunted before. *On private land that my family owns.)
I will most likely use the detector in Wyoming but may end up in South Dakota, North Dakota, Colorado, Montana etc...
I do have some land available that I could do some prospecting on over in the Black Hills of WY. It would be only once in a great while and not the primary use of the detector.
I've been doing quite a bit of research and have narrowed my selection down to the Minelab Xterra 705 or the Safari.
*Considered the Whites MXT PRO but met some prospectors that said the Xterra 705 handles the "mineralization" of Wyoming better. Not saying it's fact, just going off what I was told by some seemingly knowledgeable hunters.
My question, as a newbie, is- will a detector like the Safari have any prospecting capabilities?
Is the Xterra 705 a good machine for prospecting?
In a nutshell- am I better off to buy a dedicated prospecting detector for hunting gold vs a machine like the Whites MXT PRO or Xterra 705?
The technology the Safari, E Trac etc.. have is intriguing and I can see myself eventually upgrading to something like the E Trac. I like that many of the better coils offered for the Safari are also compatible with the E Trac.
If the Safari isn't a significantly better machine (for a newbie) and the Xterra 705 is a good machine for prospecting, I'd see no need for paying the extra $ for the Safari.
*I very well could be wrong but it appears that the Safari is one of the simpler machines for a newbie, when using the factory default settings.
Thanks for the input and I look forward to hearing the responses.
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