I Have A Question T2 SE or Safari

[moose57]

Hello everone on the teknetics forum.I have this question for all of you.I have a safari but have been considerating on buying a T2 SE..
Do you think the T2SE is easier to operate,do you know if you would get better depth,than the safari,I beleive the T2 SE is a little
liter than the safari.And would you say it would be as easy to use as the safari.I would like your expetise on this matter if you dont
mind,it would help me make a better decision.Thank you..

 

[Monte]

Hello everone on the teknetics forum.I have this question for all of you.I have a safari but have been considerating on buying a T2 SE.

At this point my quick thoughts are:

Dop you like the Safari?

Are you looking to add an additional detector to your battery to compliment the Safari?

Are you planning to replace your Safari?

Naturally, the answer to these questions cold also influence some replies you might get.

Do you think the T2SE is easier to operate,

That sort of depends. For the most part, the Safari is rather easy to set up, especially when compared with other FBS models. Select a search mode, turn off the automatic Sensitivity 9my preference) and hunt away. You have a simple menu system to make a few adjustments, but it is easily set-up to start hunting compared to many higher-end models.

Then there is the Teknetics T2 which, in my opinion, is also very easy to set up and get underway. You simply turn it on, pick All Metal or Discriminate search mode, use the fast Grab forward trigger toggle to set the Ground Balance, and start hunting. In the Discriminate mode the start-up functions quite well. You can make quick changes to the Sensitivity level in each mode, and select the Tone ID option and Discriminate level in the Disc. mode. Other subtle changes are on the always viewable menu and are quick-to-adjust.

In operation, the Teknetics T2 does provide far more numeric reference numbers (also called VDI in normal detecting terms) than the Safari offers. You can also vary the sweep speed from slower to very fast, depending upon the site and conditions, without having to select a menu recovery option.

Both models have one-handed operation and control adjustment, and both models feature a rear-positioned headphone jack and battery access. I guess they have these three features in common.

... do you know if you would get better depth than the safari

I've used the Safari, and have owned 5 other FBS models in the past. In the right situation I can get okay depth with them. The strong point, in my opinion, is that the FBS models can often provide a proper, or close to accurate, Target ID on their deeper detection depth target than most all of the competition.

However, I have also used my T2 enough, side-by-side with a friend and his Explorer II, to know that it didn't beat the T2 for depth. Keep in mind, too, that depth isn't a big factor for me in most of the sites I hunt. I spend more time working trashy locations and the quick-response and fast-recovery of the T2 and similar types of detectors works a lot more to my advantage than the performance of the FBS models.

Perhaps, if hunting a wide-open grassy park, and searching for silver coins (for example) that might be at an honest 6" or 7" or 8" depth, these are usually considered a deeper coin, the Safari might give a little better audio and numeric response than a T2 .... but then it might not. A lot depends upon the site conditions, the settings, and search coil presentation.

... I beleive the T2 SE is a little liter than the safari.

The T2 is not just lighter, weighing about 3

 

[TerraDigger]

Not that it deals directly with Moose57's question. But you can always depend on Monte giving a fair & balanced answer regarding detectors.

 

[Watchmaker]

I was a Safari owner and also had a Garrett GTI1500 and was quite happy with both until I tried using them on a very infested Roman site. I had been having trouble with the Safari where it kept identifying all sizes of iron as a good target regardless of my settings so when I tried it on the Roman site I was quite pleased that after an hour I had only dug 1 iron target and that was a horseshoe so hardly surprising. I had managed to find several nice finds including a 17th century spur buckle and an 1825 penny. What really shocked me was what a fellow club member who had been following me with his ancient Silver Sabre which is held together with tape and string had found. I had walked over no fewer than 8 Roman coins which he showed me, all small bronze coins and all of them missed by the Safari. Even in all metal it could not find them so it was not just a case of nulling, but it just could not recover quickly enough from all the iron to even register these and they were no more than a couple of inches deep either. The next day I decided to try the Garrett instead over the same area. This managed to find a few false iron bits and a few small pieces of lead but nothing more. Feeling quite let down by my machines I decided to ask others what they would use on a site like this and was advised either the XP Goldmaxx Power or the T2. I decided the T2 would offer more flexibility so got a used one in time for the next weekends detecting. Bear in mind this is the first trip out with this detector and on a very difficult site too. I went straight to the area covered by the other detectors and almost immediately got an unmistakable good signal. Just over 3 inches down I uncovered a small Roman coin, my first! To say I was delighted was an understatement. I went on in that same area to find 3 more Roman coins, a lead harvest token, lots of lead bits and a buckle. All of this after the other 8 Roman coins had already been found. From this point on I was convinced the T2 was a very capable detector and very light too. After this every trip to this site led to at least 2 Roman coins being found as well as my first French hammered coin dating to the 15th or 16th century. The machine is a pleasure to use and even if the depth is not as good as the Safari the speed of recovery more than makes up for it.