woodbutcher
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Had a chance to take them both out today,and found out a few things.First,the safari will pick out good targets while in a full null,the explorer 2 will not.These are just what I experienced today,yours might be different.
But I found some 8 plus inch wheats while in a full null with the Safari,in coin mode.Lots of junk and iron and the stock coil just rang from dead silence to a nice high tone,...Ran the explorer 2 in coin mode and nothing,just the null.Opened the screen and hit them loud and clear...Dug up 2 deepies today like that.
The safari in my opinion could just be Minelabs best machine,but it has no backlight and is a sound machine more than a numbers machine.It will read in the high 38,39 on silver but on other coins it's less consistent with a number value,but the audio is spot on.
The explorer 2 is very good at identifying coins with correct Id at depth,and the audio is just as good .
If the safari only had a backlight I'd probably keep it over the e2.. I also find the safari to be a tad faster ,than the e2.. not much but definitely noticeable.Both good machines,but tailored different with the same goal in mind,finding coins.
Also the safari can be switched from conductive tones to ferrous tones with the touch of a button,not so on the explorer 2, you hafto go into a endless menu.I check in both conductive and ferrous tones a lot,before I dig.its very time consuming with the explorer.
All in all both good machines ,each with a edge but I think the Safari is ahead of the e2, just being able to spot coins at depth while in a complete null is unheard of on explorer 2, I saw that first hand today.My take on the two,if you run a explorer run a very light to no disc if you don't want to miss good targets.Safari,run whatever disc you want,it won't miss them.
But I found some 8 plus inch wheats while in a full null with the Safari,in coin mode.Lots of junk and iron and the stock coil just rang from dead silence to a nice high tone,...Ran the explorer 2 in coin mode and nothing,just the null.Opened the screen and hit them loud and clear...Dug up 2 deepies today like that.
The safari in my opinion could just be Minelabs best machine,but it has no backlight and is a sound machine more than a numbers machine.It will read in the high 38,39 on silver but on other coins it's less consistent with a number value,but the audio is spot on.
The explorer 2 is very good at identifying coins with correct Id at depth,and the audio is just as good .
If the safari only had a backlight I'd probably keep it over the e2.. I also find the safari to be a tad faster ,than the e2.. not much but definitely noticeable.Both good machines,but tailored different with the same goal in mind,finding coins.
Also the safari can be switched from conductive tones to ferrous tones with the touch of a button,not so on the explorer 2, you hafto go into a endless menu.I check in both conductive and ferrous tones a lot,before I dig.its very time consuming with the explorer.
All in all both good machines ,each with a edge but I think the Safari is ahead of the e2, just being able to spot coins at depth while in a complete null is unheard of on explorer 2, I saw that first hand today.My take on the two,if you run a explorer run a very light to no disc if you don't want to miss good targets.Safari,run whatever disc you want,it won't miss them.