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Etrac vs. Safari...which is better?

Hi Keith, Your question has been asked by many people ( including myself ) over the years.
Both are great machines and it also depends on how much money you are willing to spend.

I bought a new Safari 9 years ago - I found three Large Cents with it near an old cellar hole, in one day, the first week I owned it.
Even though I made some great finds with the Safari, I always had the thought in the back of my mind - " Am I missing anything that the E-Trac would have found " ?

So I sold my Safari after owning it for only a month and got an E-Trac.
I liked the idea of having more setting options if needed but what also really important to me was having a lighted display for night hunting - I love night hunting !

Looking back ... I should have just bought the E-Trac to begin with !

Good Luck !
 
Also, you can download the E-TRAC Emulator for free from www.thebeepgoeson.com. It enables you to learn how to set-up the E-TRAC and how it responds to various targets!
 
Used Etracs sell for 600 to 850 ish, used safari still around 550. So if you are buying used i would say Etrac all the way. Safari is very underrated i have ctx , etrac, explorer 2 and safari. Safari does as good as etrac in reality, but most rely and depend on the Visual ID of the Etrac which is unbeatable, the Safari will give a sweet tone but ID not as good as Etrac. Those are the main differences , etrac more features to tweak and awesome ID. But i have checked masked targets with both and the Safari would give the nice tone but ID skewed. But with used prices i would go Etrac all the way.
 
Like E Ohio I have owned both and both being great machines the E-Trac is the best choice in my opinion. You can just program and do more with the E-Trac. HH :minelab::detecting:
 
I have both machines and it depends on money, and i am basing this on used prices. About 200 to 250 dollars more for a used Etrac. Safari is a FBS machine that it's main thing is tone. No FE CO numbers but a single number. Example ,,, i found a target with Safari that had that sweeeeeet tone but the ID dropped to 29, slightly skewed lower due to iron nearby. But the tone was no mistaking it. Pulled out the Etrac and tone was sweet as well , ID was 22,47 which was a bit lower on the FE number , ideally it should have been around 12,13 but due to iron it was slightly skewed. Both machines are very capable but if a couple hundred bucks isn't too much i would get the Etrac hands down just for the added features, plus you will not ever wonder if you should have got the Etrac.
 
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