Totally lost

[Milhaus]

Minelab Xterra 705 Gold Pack version will give you the 18.75kHz coil included. Then you can get a coinshooting coil for about $175. 705 has manual and auto ground balance to help you cope with crazy soil. Regardless of who you buy it from make sure you ask if they are offering a package, you will probably be able to get a Garret ProPointer thrown in and you will be under budget with everything you need.

[scott stokes]

Thanks for all the replies I still have not figured it out.

[Briman05]

Well if you want a opinion of somone who has both used a garrett and a minelab machine I would go with the minelab x-terra 705. Has a coin and a prospecting mode you can change the type of detector it can be by changing the coils. It can be a gold sniffer to a silver killer just by changing the coil. It is also very light compared to any whites machine and garrett. I think it is right around 2.9 pounds. The ground tracking will do wonders for you while other people are having to ground balance every so often you just push that on and it will ground balance as you go. There are lot of of people on here that say the 705 is there favorite detector and it is true many people have bought higher end machine and come back to the 705. The safari is good because it has multi frequencies but the technology is a bit older then the 705. And like someone said before the etrac has a backlight for evening hunts and guess what... So does the 705 so when people are leaving because they dont have a flashlight to see there screen you just push the button and continue hunting

[Dark Chameleon]

Originally Posted by scott stokes

Ok looking at the xterra,safari and vx3.looking at new xterra a used safari and reconditioned vx3

I dont know about now but in april when i got my at pro they were trying to sell the safari like crazy...it didnt do anything i wanted it to but they were hard selling it like mad..thats a strike down as far as im concerned

[scott stokes]

I finally purchased used SE.

[Longhair]

Originally Posted by scott stokes

I finally purchased used SE.

Cool! Now you can still get a 705, have two of the best newly developed technologies, and have complimentary machines.

I love having both. They are my "Dynamic Duo".

[norbyx]

Well congratulations on your new machine. I hope you enjoy it a lot and you find lots of stuff with it...

[scott stokes]

I don't know if I will like this machine.rocky Georgia red clay and digging 12"to14" sucks at least there has been something good in there.