I haven't been to any rallies yet but look forward to the opportunity of having a go with a Safari. Mind you, I'm starting to think that I don't need a metal detector at all; most of the bullets that I have harvested off the beach were collected once the wind and the tides had removed a layer of sand that was hiding them. Last week, as the EuroAce gave me a signal, I looked down and there were two pond coins just waiting to be picked up after the wind had blown away the sand.
The other day, tired of swinging the spade and digging for shrapnel, I decided to take a walk along the beach and enjoy the sound of the high winds and the waves. Where the wind had whipped the dry sands across the beach, it had left pebbles sitting atop little columns of sand; it all looked very odd. Then!, just before leaving the beach, I noticed what looked like a very black oblong shaped stone, just showing on the sands of the dunes. It turned out to be a Samsung mobile phone with it's own built in little key pad.
The little critter was dead as a door nail and full of sand. Took it back to base and removed all the sand, dried it off, and later charged the battery up. Would you believe it; the little beauty had survived being entombed for almost a year. Just checking the contacts and I recon I should be able to get it back to the original owner by the end of the week.
All is well that ends well, eh?