I just used up my first set of rechargeables on the Safari. My first impressions ..... I LIKE IT! The first few hours I used the 11" pro coil. Decent depth, excellent target seperation. Most of the time has been using the SEF 6 x 8 coil, in the trashy areas. That is an awesome coil. I have been detecting in a nearby small park that was around since the mid 1970's. I pulled over 1000 clad from this park using another brand, I was curious to see what I was leaving in the ground. This Safari has an excellent discrimination circuit. It seperates out foil, nickels and tabs very well. I have been finding more nickels , while leaving alot of foil and aluminum in the ground. I have dug some tabs, that were reading in the hi 20's, and I have dug a zinc that read 27. Most zincs read in the 33-34 range. I have also dug hardly any iron. While I have to swing the Safari a bit slower than my other machine, I spend less time digging crapola, so in the end I cover the same ground in the same amount of time.
I've been running the sensitivity in auto, and use the trash density setting in the low position most of the time. I went over one area, using the low density setting, then went back and hit it with the hi setting, and sniffed out 2 extra coins. Its a bit more erratic in that setting.
So far using the 6x8 coil, I hit my deepest copper cent at 6". It sounded good 2 ways,hit 36, and was lousy the other 2 directions. It turned out there was a rusty nail in the hole.
The last hour I switched into all metal, and listened to the tones above iron. The target ID still reads out the numbers the target is, and the audio also id's the targets with the different tones. That is really a nice feature. I liked the responsiveness of the detector in this mode.It sould be a killer beach machine! Though I think the noise could become fatiquing after a while. I hit a "no doubt about it 37" in this mode, and it was a clad quarter at 6"in the dirt, , plus 2" of thick grass. My finds so far are 8-25c, 17 dimes, 9 nickels, and 95 cents. It is a real pleasure to use. My only dislike so far, is if I extend the shaft out, it gets a bit tiring on my wrist.
I've been running the sensitivity in auto, and use the trash density setting in the low position most of the time. I went over one area, using the low density setting, then went back and hit it with the hi setting, and sniffed out 2 extra coins. Its a bit more erratic in that setting.
So far using the 6x8 coil, I hit my deepest copper cent at 6". It sounded good 2 ways,hit 36, and was lousy the other 2 directions. It turned out there was a rusty nail in the hole.
The last hour I switched into all metal, and listened to the tones above iron. The target ID still reads out the numbers the target is, and the audio also id's the targets with the different tones. That is really a nice feature. I liked the responsiveness of the detector in this mode.It sould be a killer beach machine! Though I think the noise could become fatiquing after a while. I hit a "no doubt about it 37" in this mode, and it was a clad quarter at 6"in the dirt, , plus 2" of thick grass. My finds so far are 8-25c, 17 dimes, 9 nickels, and 95 cents. It is a real pleasure to use. My only dislike so far, is if I extend the shaft out, it gets a bit tiring on my wrist.
