I want to pull the trigger on a Safari but.......

[JASONSPAZ1]

Some of you may have seen some of my previous posts. I apologize up front if I seem to be a scatter brain but I am trying to decide what machine I want next. I had an Explorer SE. I loved the depth of the FBS system on silver, but I hated navigating menus within menus to make simple adjustments. I got rid of the SE and then got a Sovereign GT. The Sovereign is great but I want something with a little more target info. I usually go by the tones of the GT to determine what a target is. I would like a meter but I hate the idea of having to by the meter separate. I hunt old school grounds, old parks both trashy and clean, open fields, and saltwater beaches in the winter after storms. I know that I need an FBS machine to deal with saltwater like the Sovereign GT does. What I want to know is if anyone in here made the switch from a Sovereign to a Safari and do they regret it. What appeals to me about the Safari is the ability to quickly select different disc programs for quick cross checking of targets. The Safari and its buttons which access different disc setting kinda reminds me of a Garrett GTA detector and its last mode button (which I like). Does the Safari do a good job of telling the difference between zinc pennies and the better coins?
Does it go as deep on coins as some of its big brothers that have FBS as well? I want people to be blunt and tell me what they do and don't like about their Safari.
Thanks so much in advance
HH
Jason

 

[Mark ( ohio )]

I've dug more silver coins this yr ( and wheats and injuns also ) with the safari then i had dug with the original explorer....I think I was pretty dang sharp with that explorer too.. made alot of good finds with it.. BUT, i've rehunted the same areas that I had hunted dozens of time before with the explorer and am amazed at what this detector is finding....My ONLY dislike on the safari, I personally feel the # ID is too generic for me..... I really liked the explorer cross hair screen much better... 95% of the time I knew what was comming out of the ground with the explorer...

Other then that, this safari is OK...

Mark ( ohio )

 

[Birdseed]

Jason

Have a Safari and a SovGT, Love em both. Use the GT more often as the Safari is supposed to be the wife's. Both are fantastic beach machines. Can't say much about Safari for fields as I have not had the opportunity to try. Sometimes I think the Safari has the edge on silver ! ! ! There is not much in it though. Beaches in Tasmania have been done over pretty well thru the years but the Safari always manages to pull up a few smaller coins, both copper and silver. On a beach in Burnie in Northern Tasmania I pulled 19 coins in an hour and a half, most pre1966, and very small, threepences and sixpences, about half were pre 1950s silver. Depth down to 12 inches and average 8 to 10. Unfortunately the population of Tasmania is small (just under 500,000) and the weather is cool, so the beaches don't get replenished very quickly.
Don't be afraid to buy a Safari.


Peter downunder

 

[hershey1]

The FBS technology are the same with the pro-coil and you don't have to worry about if you have the correct settings or not. The Safari does not have the ID capabilities that the E-Trac or the Explorer SE Pro has but once you learn the tones you can hold you're own anywhere. Most machines do very well if you take time to learn them. Good luck with you're dicision. HH