FBS multi tones.

[Goldstrike]

I don't know about anyone else but I love the multi tones on Minelab detectors. Having swung other detectors in the past and seeing video clips of other detectorists swinging other kinds of detectors, I consider myself spoiled having this advantage and couldn't see myself ever wanting to swing a non multi tone detector! Do you feel the same?

 

[RLOH]

I have swung every FBS Minelab detector minus the 3030. You are correct about the advantage we have over all other detectors. The sound of silver on any FBS detector will stop you dead in your tracks. The Safari is a detector that is not talked about too much and I feel just as confident with it as any Minelab detector that I have owned. I can't see any difference between the Safari and any other FBS machine when it comes to the tones.

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[kschae4]

In complete agreement

 

[Southwind]

No doubt the Minelab FBS's have a unique tonal system. I would agree with Elton. If they were lighter I'd swing nothing else.

 

[KinTN]

Absolutely.
The only thing I disagree with in this thread is RLOH's assertion that the Safari isn't any different from any other FBS machine when it comes to tones. I feel that the Safari is better at silver and expressing it as a tone than my CTX (haven't swung an eTrac).

 

[Southwind]

I feel that the Safari is better at silver and expressing it as a tone than my CTX (haven't swung an eTrac).

I haven't ever swung a Safari but I will say while I think the target ID is a bit more accurate at more depth on the CTX than the E-Trac, but I still like the tones of the E-Trac better. I think they give more information than the CTX tones.

 

[Goldstrike]

All great comments! Yes, the Safari seems on the heavy side or is it that we are all getting older and more worn out?lol! I have 2 shoulder harness's but feel like they weigh me down even more and hate that shoulder strap pulling on my shoulder......annoying! When you have a silver coin or ring/jewellery, the Safari screams it out and there is definitely NO mistaking that there IS silver under the coil. I haven't swung an Etrac or a CTX yet but would like to, to do a comparison.
Thank you for all the comments guy's and hope now that the weather is finally coming down from the triple digits to the low 90's and 80's here in SoCal, I can get out and stay out longer!. I don't handle hot weather too well and have had to cut short detecting trips because of the temps so here's hoping for an increase in quality finds! I hope it's the same for you!

 

[markinga]

Heck yeah! I swung a DFX for years and it has the same advantage. It also has a feature that discriminates while pinpointing, but I never got the depth from it that I get from the Safari.

 

[KinTN]

I feel that the Safari is better at silver and expressing it as a tone than my CTX (haven't swung an eTrac).

I haven't ever swung a Safari but I will say while I think the target ID is a bit more accurate at more depth on the CTX than the E-Trac, but I still like the tones of the E-Trac better. I think they give more information than the CTX tones.

Wouldn't debate that at all. CTX is truly the top of the field imo.

On a CTX, silver can be several places with corresponding different tones(in 50C), but on a Safari, all silver (dimes, quarters, halves, dollars, rings, odd shaped jewelry) shows up in one notch and 1 only. There just is no mistaking a Safari over any type of silver whatsoever even with your eyes closed. I love my CTX and use it almost exclusively anymore, but I really miss that feature of the Safari.

 

[Simpsonslammer]

You guys hit the nail on the head when you said the Safari is a silver hound, when it hits silver there's no doubt about it. I kinda wish it has a broader ID range, never understood why they only go up to 40?

 

[glenn3-88]

To all of you who haven't swung the CTX, I own the AT Pro, the Safari, and the CTX3030. I promise you that
there is a significant difference in having the ability to set the sounds of the metals you are looking for as opposed
to having to deal with what someone else set up for you. I used my Safari behind my CTX yesterday and found more coins
and 4 of the 7 coins were wheats. But, I went north to south with the ctx and 11" coil and east to west with the Nel
Sharpshooter on the Safari. I love the sound of silver much more under the Safari than I do with the CTX ;

bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

the ability to set a particular sound for a nickel amongst trash is unmatched by any other Minelab or brand on the
market I know of. As a matter of fact, I have found more nickels and dug less pull tabs with the CTX than I imagined
was ever possible with a metal detector.

I'm not knocking anything or anybody on here. I'm taking my Safari back out in a few minutes to find some more
old coins because I love hunting with it. But, I have the "Safari" Silver Sound set at 12/10-12/14 for nickels on the CTX
and a distinctly different high pitch sound set for silver on the CTX. From 12/15-12/38 I have a mid pitch set for other mess.
The CTX is a much different animal and it takes some honest desire to learn something new to "keep" one because after the
first day I was ready to throw mine in the ditch (and would have had I not had so much money tied up in it). Now, if I am going to a brand
new place, the CTX goes with me. After hunting it a while, I sometimes change back to the AT Pro if most all the targets
are shallow or the Safari if I expect there is no gold on the site. If you own something and have good luck with it, it is always
going to be the best on the market, because it is what makes you happy. Like my wife says about me. I ain't crazy about you
but I'd hate to have to start over training 2 / 31year olds.

 

[KinTN]

I feel compelled to defend the Safari's honor here, glenn.

Once I figured out nickels on the Safari, my pulltabs in that area went to almost nil and my nickel count went way up. I found that 14, sometimes 13 is a nickel UNLESS the display EVER hits a 15(even just once while bouncing around), in which case its a pulltab. My CTX is the same way, tho with target trace its more definitive by showing a tight box around a nickel with no to veryvery minor halo. I find both machine equally good on nickel v pulltab.
(but I must say that I am head over heels in Love with Target/PP Trace!)

 

[glenn3-88]

See Kin, That's what I never could figure out with the Safari. Thanks for letting me
know. I like my Safari a lot and have gone back to using it again with the smaller
coil to get in between the trash. The only thing now is my shoulder has gone back
to hurting and I use a swingy thingy with it. I got to get it rigged up to use with my
Minelab harness. Thanks again and also, with my AT Pro the part of it going to
another number while bouncing was true with it too but being a different manufacturer,
I just thought 13 14 and 15 would be nickels and it caused me to dig a lot of tabs.
See ya later and happy hunting today.

 

[KinTN]

Interesting about the ATP acting similarly. Take care of that shoulder; those harnesses are a godsend for heavy detectors and big coils.

 

[Prep1957]

I feel compelled to defend the Safari's honor here, glenn.

Once I figured out nickels on the Safari, my pulltabs in that area went to almost nil and my nickel count went way up. I found that 14, sometimes 13 is a nickel UNLESS the display EVER hits a 15(even just once while bouncing around), in which case its a pulltab. My CTX is the same way, tho with target trace its more definitive by showing a tight box around a nickel with no to veryvery minor halo. I find both machine equally good on nickel v pulltab.
(but I must say that I am head over heels in Love with Target/PP Trace!)

I agree with your comment but I was helping a new detectorist with their new machine, a mid level machine, at a park that I had pounded that went back to 1810.After showing them the basics we started to hunt to find some junk and get feel of new detector.Make a long story short after the 3rd shield nickel I got out my Safari to see how I had missed these.They were reading between 8 and 10 some of these were in great shape we found 22 shields,3 Vees,Very nice seated dime in with a shield.If you are at a very old place you may want to hunt lower.Later being bored I hunted this park for about a week with Safari set 0-10 open ,Everything else closed in CO using 6X8 coil.5 gold womens rings,16 junk rings,2 nickel 3 cent pieces,several silver dimes mixed in with nails.1 silver 3 cent piece have found about 7 in this park before but it had been at least 10 years since I last found one.Ton of can slaw 22,25,32 Rimfire by the hundreds.And gobs of costume jewerlry.

 

[KinTN]

Wow, Prep1957. Thanks for the info! I've never found a shield nickel, and now I wonder if that is why. Danggit, now I have to rehunt every where ive ever been.
Back when my Safari was my best machine, I had very little patience with junk and tended to not go below standard nickels. Too little gold + abundant junk.

I'll start looking in that range with both machines now. Thanks again for sharing that. I love the Internet and appreciate all you folks who are so willing to help others.

 

[glenn3-88]

Roger on that. Looks like I am going to be busy next week. Great Info

 

[digginLa]

hhhmmmm might have to get me a Safari to go along with my 705 and CTX