vflex vs FBS

Never used a Safari. I own an e-trac and an Equinox 800. Used the Equinox quite a bit when I first got it buy have migrated back to my e-trac with 13" Ultimate coil.
I am strictly a coin-shooter and love to cherry pick my targets. Nothing but the CTX can do it any better in my opinion. Like any other detector, don't expect miracles. You will need to get your coil over the coins. FBS will sniff out that deep silver!

That's primarily what I want, a deep coin sniffer...sounds dirt-y, damn, two puns in one lol.
Ok, done laughing at my own jokes, might be moving back to N. Ohio in a couple years or sooner, ex-Cleveland-er myself.

Funny seeing this post,was just getting ready to head out with the Safari today..I like the 705 ,and the Safari..owned several of each,and a few Etrac over the years.
Performance wise the Etrac won’t find anything the Safari won’t. Safari is setup from Minelab for optimal performance,Etrac you hafto setup to get the same performance...Etrac pulls ahead in the visual ID though..But if it’s a coin you’ll mostly dig it anyway.
705 is deep but you’ll need a tornado coil..Without it it won’t compete with fbs technology on depth.Not much will..Safari is a excellent machine, that’s why you don’t see them used here much..Keep an eye out,you might see mine listed soon,I switch out a lot.lol. Good luck,Safari gets my vote for ease of use and performance.

Drop me a pm if you ever sell it before I get one, thanks!

Look for a older Explorer in good shape...

Captain Silver said:

Look for a older Explorer in good shape...

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I am considering this seriously, even if only to test the waters, an XS to be exact

When I'm in a FBS mood I bring the XS out

Whahoooooo, I now is a bonafide Safari owner!!
Which means, a Minelab X-Terra705 purchased from Kellyco in 2017 will be posted in the classifieds faily soon, with extra coil, barely 20-30 hours use.

X-Terra placed in classifieds

Well, you made your decision so this thread should be closed. But that was a short time to allow folks to reply, only 2 Days, so I will anyway.

1st: You didn't indicate a price range but did imply you're likely to own only 1 detector. I always suggest 2 or more to complement each other.

2nd: I had 4 of the X-Terra series since pre-introduction. They were 'OK' at the time, kind of. The 705? Not up to a lot of what was and is on the market for the $$$.

3rd: I've owned several BBS Sovereigns and 6 or 7 FBS Explorer series models, and of them all I feel the Explorer II was the best of them. Didn't care for the Safari. None are great on lower-conductive targets, and terrible performers in a dense iron contaminated site making then NOT very good unmasking devices.

4th: If you had not already bought a device and we knew what price range you were shopping in, I'd have suggested 2 models since you seem to be leaning on Minelab. Those would be the Equinox 800, which I do not own, or the Vanquish 540 Pro Pack, of which I now own two

Very good performance on lower-conductive gold jewelry, terrific performer for Coin Hunting to include lower-conductive Nickels as well as the higher-conductive Zinc, Clad and Silver coins. Better balance than the FBS series and no quirky sweep speed like the X-Terra series.

Just my experienced opinions.

Monte