brand new and overwelmed

[hawkeye1022]

I just bought a safari and i feel completly overwelmed with it. the only thing i have ever used was a bounty hunter so this is a huge improvemet in equipment. can someone please help me understand the numbers and the easiest way to set it up for quik learning

 

[KinTN]

Not beach: hi trash, auto sensitivity, all metal or relic mode. black out leverything except 36,37,38,39. this will give you all US coins except most zinc pennies and all silver. if you want to add 14,15 you can also hunt nickels without too many pulltabs(mostly 16). If you want to dig zincs add the mid 30's and if you want brass add on down thru 32. These are GENERAL guidelines and anything can show up pretty much anywhere.

Beach: as above except all metal and wide open. you will dig trash, but thats where the gold hides (all over)

Yes, you will be passing up finds with lots blacked out, but at the end of the day you wont have pulled out any hair. As you gain confidence, add more numbers/range. By most accounts it takes 40-60 hours on the machine to get decent with it. I have hunted mine for several years and am still getting better as I experiment with it.

Other general thoughts for a new Safari owner (mostly oriented to coins and jewelry):

Ignore targets that flucuate in tone and number: they are crushed cans, or pieces of cans. Listen for 'strong, solid, repeatable' tones.

Believe your depth indicator. Mostly anyway. If it says 4" and at 8" you havent hit it yet, stop- its a can or something large. (unless you want to dig relics, of course)

And here's a piece of advise you will ignore or mostly ignore: Do Not pay attention to the display numbers. Listen for the tones and remember what you dig for a given tone.

Read thru the posts here. I know its a lot to do, but it will pay dividends galore. You are not the first to ask this, nor the first this month.

 

[Simpsonslammer]

I am a new Safari owner also. The hardest thing I had to do is learn to slow way down. I've been accustomed to the old motion detectors, way different than these FBS minelabs

 

[TNHunter]

I am new owner as well and overwelmed too! I cut my new machine on noise cancelled and when in factory setting it is going crazy. Even holding up in air its giving false readings one after another. Checked battery connection, fresh batteries, check cable connection, and checked to make sure nothing under coil cover. If I turn sensitivity all the way down to 7 it gets better. Does that mean I am giving up depth by doing this? I am so confused. M6 was a lot easier.
Paul

 

[kscowgirl]

Hang in there I'm new also so can't give you any tips other then your at a great message board with a lot of pro's willing to share their advice with you. Start reading all of the message board post, tons of information in each and even with the title maybe not being of interest to you when you get inside the post sometimes the information changes topic and will have exactly what your looking for. Your right about it seeming to much to handle right at the start but hang in there, by reading, watching some video's and getting out using the detector it will sink in. Good luck, and again this site is great so keep reading and asking.

 

[kschae4]

Stay with it, folks. You'll get it. Frequently suggested, is to pick up a copy of Andy Sabisch's The Minelab Quattro & Safari Handbook from
http://sabischbooks.com/Books/Safari_Handbook.htm or another sponsor of your choice.

http://www.minelabowners.com/forum/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=367

 

[Prep1957]

I am new owner as well and overwelmed too! I cut my new machine on noise cancelled and when in factory setting it is going crazy. Even holding up in air its giving false readings one after another. Checked battery connection, fresh batteries, check cable connection, and checked to make sure nothing under coil cover. If I turn sensitivity all the way down to 7 it gets better. Does that mean I am giving up depth by doing this? I am so confused. M6 was a lot easier.

Paul

Does this do this at every spot or are you trying to set up in your house?

 

[Prep1957]

I hunt old parks and houses mostly.In conductive mode

When you turn on your machine go to factory set coins program.Now black out everything below 28.When you get that done. Hold down on factory set coins mode until it says saved.Put your sensitivity in auto and switch to all metal and try to find ground in the area that you are hunting that is clean meaning no metal targets or as less you can.Note the location of clean area that you found.Now switch back to coins mode,there will be 2 programs here the stock program and the one that you made that has 28 and under blacked out.Pick the 28 and under blacked out.Now go to the spot that you found that was clean with the coil on the ground push Noise Cancel and wait until it has finished do not move coil until it is done.Begin your hunting by going slow .This is a good start for a new Safari owner.