My Safari Is Gone........

[ngrelic]

but I do have an Explorer SE on the way. The opportunity came along and I could not pass up the trade. The Safari is a great detector and I will miss it. I hope that being somewhat familiar with the FBS tones will give me a leg up on learning the SE. I'll still be lurking around here to see what all you guys are finding.

 

[TomH]

ngrelic,

I will be curious to see which machine you end up prefering after you have had some time with the Explorer. I am considering purchasing either the Explorer SE or the E-Trac and would like your opinions after you get a chance to play with the new machine.

Later,
Tom Henrique

 

[ngrelic]

Tom,

I'm thinking the iron mask feature will come in handy while relic hunting.....I already know it will be VERY deep.

Barry

 

[TomH]

Barry,

I need to learn more about the iron mask and the dual numerical readouts. I think I'll order Andy's book on the E-trac and Explorer.

I am in withdrawals here in G'Burg, Biblical Rain keeping us indoors. I think I have developed gills!!! The only relic hunting I have done was at a small cartridge show last week. Grabbed a nice .69 cal 1848 pattern Musketoon cartridge and a real nice .52 cal Sharps linen cartridge.

Later,
TomH

 

[ngrelic]

Heavy rain in NW Ga. last night, 95 degrees today.

 

[Ray in WA]

but I do have an Explorer SE on the way. The opportunity came along and I could not pass up the trade. The Safari is a great detector and I will miss it. I hope that being somewhat familiar with the FBS tones will give me a leg up on learning the SE. I'll still be lurking around here to see what all you guys are finding.

Nooooooo!!! You can't leave us!!!! lol

I hope you like your SE. If I had the opportunity I would probably move to an SE as well. Not that I don't like my Safari, mind you. ;-)

Ray

 

[ngrelic]

Thanks Ray, I'll still be around.

 

[marxionu]

Intresting why Safari owners like Explorer more than Etrac

 

[Onus]

Dumb question by a rookie Minelab guy, but......Regarding the iron mask thing. If you maks out the iron wouldn't you miss a lot of good battle field signals? I'm talking cannon balls, shells and shell fragments, etc. Or is the iron mask thing different than iron discrimination? Onus

 

[TomH]

Onus,

It depends on what you are looking for. I don't know about the iron mask on the Explorer but on my Safari and the other detectors I have used I tend to discriminate smaller iron targets (Safari from -7 to -10). Any iron artifacts that you would find in that range are generally trash and not worth digging a hole for. There are some iron targets that are larger and will read around -3 that are worth digging. Musket tools, broken bayonettes and rammers, shell fragments, etc. You have to train your ear to hear the difference and try to determine size. A little blip sound is probably a nail (or worse the iron oxide remains of a long ago dissolved nail) that isn't worth the effort. A long tone indicating a larger piece of iron is generally worth the effort if you have already determined that you are in the middle of artifacts. Could be junk, could be a treasure. I was at a DIV event and got a signal that was large iron and appeared to be about 3-4 inches in diameter. I dug down about 6 inches and hit a piece of quartz that was about 19 inches by 12 inches. After a little more digging I pried the quartz out of the hole and the signal was even clearer. More digging and down another 6 or so inches was a perfectly spherical bunch of rusted chain links which I whipped into the nearest woods in disgust!!!!!

I have never found a cannon ball but I hear that you don't have any problems identifying it for what it is. Loud and large

Later,
TomH

 

[ngrelic]

The iron mask is adjustable from all metal to max. I've been using just enough to knock out very small iron.