New Safari

[RLOH]

I recently bought a used Safari from Richard @ Backwoods detectors and started using it last week. I took it to a spot where a good day is 10 coins with maybe a wheat penny. I think it is a bad idea to take a new detector where pickings are slim because you start digging way too many iffy signals. Take a new detector to a spot with lots of coins where you can get a feel for the detector. I found three wheat pennies and only 16 coins total in the first 6 hours of using the Safari. I dug loads of trash while getting use to the sounds and numbers. I was ready to trade it off after the first two hunts. Today, I went to the exact same place I used my DFX yesterday. I used the all metal pattern with conductive sounds and manual sens of 15. I started digging rusty iron and old beaver tails that sounded like good signals. I was getting frustrated and said to my self" I am going to dig only repeatable signals between 32 and 39." With my new found optimism, every thing suddenly started clicking. In a small area while barely creeping the coil, I dug 7 deep wheat pennies, all with numbers between 35 and 38 that repeated from two angles. The Safari acted just like the two Etracs I have owned. I was in so much trash that I could not use the pinpoint function. I used the tip of the coil like a probe and I could wiggle in to get a good signal. I had a Quattro when they first came out and I hated that detector. It was in a constant null. I thought it was broke and sent it back. The Safari is nothing like the Quattro. I think the Safari is one heck of a bargain for coin hunting. It is extremely simple to use and has the performance of an Explorer xs, Explorer 11, and SE Pro. I do not think the numbers are nearly as accurate as the Etrac, but the tones and depth are right there with it. By the way, Richard @ Backwoods has a used one with some warranty left for under 600 bucks. It looks new and is a great bargain!

 

[MetalMiner]

It will find real small items too, I mean real small. The Etrac has more discrimination points than the Safari so it will be more accurate. I think the Etrac has 80 discrimination points compared to the Safari's 50. I've learned to dig those deep iffy signals if it gives any hint of something other than iron I dig it, the numbers will be bouncing around but will usually give you a hint say in the 30's if its a penny or silver coin & the sound will not be all iron grunt. I've also found some Indians that were near iron & it would give me that -10 iron reading but it did not have that iron sound so I dug it & found an Indian near an iron nail, I have done that several times. Give it time I think you will learn to love the Safari. Good Luck

 

[KinTN]

"...every thing suddenly started clicking..."

If you watch, you'll see that expression a lot with newer Safari users. I distinctly remember the hunt where it all 'clicked' and I started pulling coins out of an area that I had previously gotten very little from. Congrats on becoming One with your machine!

 

[Simpsonslammer]

"...every thing suddenly started clicking..."

If you watch, you'll see that expression a lot with newer Safari users. I distinctly remember the hunt where it all 'clicked' and I started pulling coins out of an area that I had previously gotten very little from. Congrats on becoming One with your machine!

Amen to that!! This is my 3rd yr with the Safari. Now that I understand what the machine is telling me, I'm really starting to find the deeper stuff. Last hunt I was on I pulled a wheaty at 10'', I was using the stock coil and the ground was saturated. Tone was good, but id was bouncy

 

[KinTN]

...and the ground was saturated....

I LOVE saturated soil hunting.