Can you folks give me some help?

[DollarDigger]

Okay..... Can you tell me the differences in the Safari, Se Pro and ETrac? I'm convinced for coin shooting Minelab is the way to go but it is very confusing about the differences in all the features. Some folks say all the machines are too slow others say they false alot. But ultimately, I just want a very good coin machine. It isn't the price issue that concerns me......it's not a huge difference in price one or the other. I have pretty good soil, I hunt in mainly more trashy places and I don't do any beach hunting. 90% coin shooter and very little relic hunting. Maybe it isn't none of these I need for my purpose...maybe something else? I am a pretty smart/techy kind of guy....I'm not intimidated by the technical if it's actually doing something. Some say the advanced features are just to give you buttons to push!? I just want some help with the differences..... My current detector is a T2 SE and its good but I'm thinking Minelab will separate good from bad better and go a bit deeper on coins? Thanks for your help. Brad

 

[Ray-Mo.]

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[DukeOBass]

I swung an SE for 4 years and upgraded to an E-Trac in August. I love this machine! It outperforms the SE for me personally. I feel that the E-trac is more stable and locks on to good targets better. I great increased my finds immediately.

 

[Nick A]

Okay..... Can you tell me the differences in the Safari, Se Pro and ETrac? I'm convinced for coin shooting Minelab is the way to go but it is very confusing about the differences in all the features. Some folks say all the machines are too slow others say they false alot. But ultimately, I just want a very good coin machine. It isn't the price issue that concerns me......it's not a huge difference in price one or the other. I have pretty good soil, I hunt in mainly more trashy places and I don't do any beach hunting. 90% coin shooter and very little relic hunting. Maybe it isn't none of these I need for my purpose...maybe something else? I am a pretty smart/techy kind of guy....I'm not intimidated by the technical if it's actually doing something. Some say the advanced features are just to give you buttons to push!? I just want some help with the differences..... My current detector is a T2 SE and its good but I'm thinking Minelab will separate good from bad better and go a bit deeper on coins? Thanks for your help. Brad

Let's see... Safari = Pontiac, SE Pro = Buick and E-Trac = Cadillac. If you have the cash, the E-Trac is a coin killer. I firmly believe anything the E-Trac can find, the SE Pro will as well. The difference is the user interface (screen and numbers) are way easier to use on the E-Trac over the SE Pro. Unless budget was a consideration, I would not consider a Safari, though it is also an excellent machine. The E-Trac has a learning curve, as will any other these machines, but much less so than the SE Pro. E-Trac really is a turn on and go detector. I use the preset coin program and auto sensitivity (+3) and in the past two years have dug over 450 silver coins, over 50 Indian head cents and lots of cool stuff along with around $400 in clad coins. There are not a lot of goofy settings to mess up either. The E-Trac separates like nobodys business and goes plenty deep. The other advantage of the E-Trac is that if you buy it and don't like it, you will ahve no problem getting most of your money back if you choose to sell it. The used E-Trac market is hot!

 

[Digger]

If you go to the Minelab website, you can pull up a chart that compares the features of the various models. With that said, features are interesting to looke at. But I'm not a big "feature" kind of guy. I think functionality is much more important than features.
Considering the functionality (between the 3 you mentioned) that is important to me.....the Safari offers conductive TID readings. The SE and ETRAC offer both TID of both conductive and ferrous properties. If you're going to make the jump to FBS, why go half way? So in my mind, that narrows it down to the SE or the ETRAC....... the ETRAC offers me a better balanced detector, with the offset grip. That makes a big difference when using larger coils. The SE offers 31 Ferrous lines and 31 conductive lines. Square that up to a piece of graph paper and you have 961 possible target ID's. The ETRAC increased that to 35 Ferrous and 50 Conductive, making a matrix of 1750 possible target ID's. When you look at the comparison chart I mentioned, you will find that the ETRAC enhanced the offerings of the SE by implementing more audio tone choices, an extra audio type, trash density setting, sizing pinpoint, a bit finer Threshold adjustment, more Limit and Gain, a bit larger screen and USB connectivity. Each of the three have the same FBS technology. But the manner in which I can "fine tune" my ETRAC, combined with the improved ergonomics, makes it my favorite of these three models. JMHO HH Randy

 

[etracjoe]

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[JamesBondaka]

I don't think you would be happy with anything else but an etrac.......I was thinking the same as you at one time.....etrac is far superior as far as not as much noise and signal bouncing etc.....etrac is hot on coins

 

[DollarDigger]

Thanks to everyone..... i did go ahead and order an ETRAC..... Thanks to all

 

[gingerlm]

you wont be sorry...my partner, donglassdigger and i just upgraded a month ago from minlab se.....we love the etrac...this month we found over 30 colonials and some reals, a nice silver half , and i found a awesome gold childs bracelet in a trashed out hunted out place....very deep too...get andy's book too....together you will find all the coins that are out there....have fun....ginger

 

[DukeOBass]

You won't regret it! Welcome to the family!