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About this product
Product Identifiers
BrandMinelab
MPN32180116
GTIN0811493014302
UPC0811493014302
eBay Product ID (ePID)2254466330
Product Key Features
FeaturesWaterproof, Discrimination Knob, Volume Control
Intended UseBeach/Surf, General Purpose
TypeGround Search
ModelSAFARI PRO PACK
Dimensions
Weight3.6 lbs
Length41.5" to 52.5"
Ratings and reviews
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- 13 Apr, 2016
Minelab Safari
The Minelab Safari is a Sound Machine. Every type of metal target gives off a different pitch of sound. This can be confusing as a beginner, but as you learn the detector you will come to appreciate the technology. Every machine is a compromise and the Safari no different. For instance it's not waterproof, or a good detector for finding smaller gold nuggets. What the Safari excels at is finding treasure! For an FBS (Full Band Spectrum) detector it's simple to use and basically a turn on and go machine for the novice. FBS technology does most of the work and calculations for you, but any changes you care to make are simple. The best way to learn the Safari is to dig every target at first. In short order you will learn the different related target tones and eventually you make a judgement to dig or not by sound. For instance gold and platinum rings produce lower tones while silver coins a high tone. You may interested in finding old silver coins in a park, so would spend your limited search time only digging the higher tones. At the beach you may only choose to dig the lower tones so you increase your odds of finding gold rings and not higher pitched modern coins. By the way, the Safari is a very good beach machine both in dry and wet salt sand where it remains stable. The Safari likes to find Silver and also likes gold range targets. It will not detect tiny pieces of gold or small gold chains, as few general treasure hunting machines can. Tiny targets fall into the realm of specialty detectors such as those designed for gold prospecting. But the Safari is much better at finding coin and ring size targets on land and at the beach than most. Again the Safari is a simple yet powerful detector and if you stick with it, your finds will more than pay for this detector! With the Safari you'll spend more time hunting for treasure and far less time fiddling with your machine! There are only a couple of negatives with this machine. 1, The Safari is a bit heavier by design and the best way of deal with that is by making sure you shorten the lower shaft correctly for your height. 2, The Safari does not have a back-light for night/low light hunting. So at night you'll have to bring a small flashlight. By far the positives of the Safari far outweigh the negatives. Oh, and every detector has negatives. For general treasure hunting it would be difficult to buy a better machine, with many others not as simple and powerful. Here's how I use my Safari... I hunt in All Metal mode with no discrimination. I hunt by ear... that is by the sounds the Safari makes. Confusing at first, you will soon learn the sounds. I do a noise cancel often and hunt with the highest manual sensitivity possible, where the detector is not constantly chattering from excess sensitivity. At every location you will have to adjust sensitivity for that location. Setting up to hunt takes less than a minute! So this is easy stuff. I mostly hunt for gold jewelry at the beach and in shallow water and few machines are better than the Safari for this purpose and in it's price range. With the Safari I concentrate on the gold range targets I can find, cherry-picking for gold by tone response. The Safari will go pretty deep, but I'm never obsessed with depth. I prefer to cover more ground and leave all the coins and silver behind, as I go for the gold! When you find your first gold ring you'll be hooked and the Safari/FBS/BBS machines have found lots of gold for me- hundreds of rings, chains with medallions and platinum with diamonds! I refer to the Safari class of detectors as my gold magnets! The key to success with the Safari is to stick with it and eventually you'll be glad you did. Good Hunting!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 15 May, 2018
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