MINELAB SAFARI : Hi, i am neswiper from youtube metal detecting videos. Let me give you what I think is the real deal on the Minelab Safari. It's a stripped down Minelab E-Trac. I'm an E-Trac owner myself. After seeing the pros use Explorers on youtube, I wanted to become a Multi-Tone user like the greats. Before then I used an X-terra with pride on Accept All Metal Mode. After buying the E-Trac i found it is nothing like an Explorer. The E-Trac in Conductive mode is not an explorer. In conductive sounds, the E-trac is a discrimination only machine. You can't go all metal and listen to the buzz of the iron, because on an E-trac, Iron is a high tone like a quarter. You have to use discrimination.
Getting to the point, the E-trac's Smart Screen allows for incredible levels of notching and discrimination. But, nobody ever uses that because the more you mask areas, the more you may lose targets in that area.
Having said all that, the Minelab Safari is a great Minelab metal detector without the Smart Find Screen. You don't need that anyway, unless you are doing some very specialized hunting. The Safari has enough to get the same job done as the E-trac, but without all the junk many E-trac users don't use anyway. I've read on the Minelab oriented forums about plenty of real life experience with the Safari. The E-Trac users call the Safari guy over and see if the Safari will hit on the same deep target. The Safari sees what the E-trac or Explorer does without hesitation. That was good enough for me to want one. I bought the E-Trac over the Minelab Safari because money was not a serious issue. Looking back, if i bought the Safari, I would be just as content as I am now.
Plus, the Minelab Safari will use all the same coils the E-trac and Explorer uses. Getting a Minelab Safari is a win win decision. Deep Silver is only a click away. The Safari audio sounds like an Explorer SE to my ears.
