Does any one use a safari

[jeffaust68]

Hi fellow detectorest's
Does any one use a Safari minelab i am looking at buying one ?
any info on what you think of them would be appreciated

[Mick in Dubbo]

 One of the local chaps here in Dubbo uses one. He loves it. He had the Quattro and upgraded to the E-Trac. He found it a bit too complicated for himself, so traded it in and got the Safari and is pretty wrapped with it. I have played around with it briefly and noticed that it has the same tones as the Explorer. Some have commented on it's slow recovery speed, but I couldn't tell you either way, how fast or slow it is. it does not have a back light either. It's numeric display goes up to 50 as opposed to the Explorer's 31.
 So long as you don't swing it at a million miles an hour, I think that it would be a very good detector. It has a very large coil selection as well. What ever will fit on an Explorer or E-Trac, will fit on the Safari.
 If you go over to the Safari forum on Findmall and ask the same question, or at least read posts about asking that same question, then you will get some interesting and mixed responses, on what folks think about the Safari. Some like them and some don't.
 Mick Evans.

[jeffaust68]

Thanks Mick,
have looked at all forums and a bit dismayed by comment's so i thought i would make the first post in our forum
I am looking seriously between Safari and Xterra 705 will buy one or the other in next 2- 4 weeks.
has any one out in forum world have a Safari our Quatro tell me what you think if you have both xterra and Safari/ Quatro .
please let me know your opinion money is not the problem selling house and treassurer has approved the bill to buy
 new detector.
My main detecting platform is land based eg  parks ,bush ,side of road , rivers banks, but on holiday beach all day long
Will endeavour to detect for gold at Clermont QLD in future but i all ready have a XT 1700 Minlelab and it is possibly on par with Xterra for just gold i thought with toggle switch 6.5khz & 32khz. and auto ground balance or fixed .And just to let you guys know when you flick the toggle on diffiult soil i could swing above 1" water in the surf and it would still give me a nice loud churp on rings
did also notice the waves gave a little churp but thats ok just swing when thair was none.
  coin hunting ,relic  85%  / beach 10% / gold hunting at this point in time 5% but will most likely use xt 1700
or save for sd gpx ect


Regards
 Jeffaust68 Happy Digger  
PS Will have to change my profile photo went to bundy hit the beach and found my second gold ring mens wedding band 9ct
and sterling silver ring  
Happy digger signing off

[werewolf]

Jeff - Eucyman who is a member of this forum used to own a Safari and spoke highly of it. Drop him a PM and he'll fill you in on the good and the bad.

WW

[jeffaust68]

Think i will go with xterra 705 gold pack ,
since xterra and gpx have been upgraded will save for new Quatro /Safari /etc...upgrade hopefully
Maybe in April  2011 just a guess The AT PRO has had a lot off media
I would like to think Minelab are all over this  
could be wrong but we are the leaders right now   aren't we  
our dollar is  ,
top time to buy Garret pro $137 ish from Tex P
Or anything from USA  

[jeffaust68]

still undersided going up to clermont detectors to try both out    705/ Safari
might come back with new family member after this weekend if floodwater subsides
got a bag of coins i brought from coin club for $6.00 to test out
these will not be shown on forum as did not find while detecting!
Could have a Another Mineab on Sunday see what happins?
 

[mikey]

Hello Jeff, this is an old post but I guess you have made a decision re the 705 vs the Safari some time ago.  Can you tell which way you wnet and if you are happy with the result.  Thanks

[jeffaust68]

Hi mikey,
went with the 705 great machine it loves the $1 and $2 dollar coin also nice and light
batterys last for ages,found alot of coins with it top machine
I have resently brought a FBS machine from the USA a explorer se its simaller to the safari (FBS) put more like the etac with the options
love both machines would never part with the 705 or the explorer
PS  ON THE BEACH THE EXPLORER WITH (FBS) GOES FAR DEEPER I FEEL ON WET SAND and dry
Regards
Jeff
ps ps left caps lock on I am not YELLING he he he 

[mikey]

Hi Jeff,
Thanks for getting back to me.
In fact, I have an E-trac arriving tomorrow ! 
Can't wait, No excuses for not finding stuff now
Mikey

[Pete]

Hi all

New to the forum and just discovered this post.
Have had a Safari for a couple of years,  no complaints,  other than some teething issues when I first bought  it. Right out of the box it used to go into overload on switch-on.  Issue resolved after sending back to Minelab.
I bought it for my wife and set it up for switch on and go, she has not used it a lot but likes the light weight.  I have tested it against my Soverein GT and it will detect any thing that the GT does.  Have not tested the other way around,  I think the GT has the edge, but not absolutely sure !!!!
I know this post is old but thought I would answer in case others are wondering.
In short I am happy with the Safari and would buy the same again,  would suggest buying the optional NMh battery pack as well.  We get about 14 - 16 hours from a charge.

Pet in Tassie

[jeffaust68]

always good to get more info on a detector thanks mate
happy dirt fishing