Minelab Metal Detectors & Gold Prospecting Equipment

Get the most from your Minelab with the right gear. Pair your detector with metal detecting headphones, sort and recover finds with our digging tools and sand scoops, and if you're chasing gold, explore our full range of gold prospecting equipment. Every Minelab order ships with authorized warranty coverage and free shipping on orders over $99.

Minelab Metal Detector Series Compared: Go-Find, Vanquish, X-Terra, Equinox & Flagships

Our Minelab metal detectors span six distinct families, each engineered for a specific terrain and budget. The Go-Find series (GO-FIND 11, 22, 44, 66) covers entry-level park and backyard hunting with turn-on-and-go simplicity. The Vanquish series steps up with simultaneous Multi-IQ technology, making it an exceptional treasure hunting tool in trash-heavy soil. For relic hunters who want strict manual ground-balance control, the X-Terra PRO and X-Terra ELITE deliver rugged switchable precision.

The iconic Equinox lineup (700, 800, 900) remains an all-terrain juggernaut across saltwater beaches and freshwater alike. For advanced detectorists, flagship platforms like the Manticore, Excalibur II, and CTX 3030 provide maximum target separation and detailed visual target ID. And if you're chasing raw gold, the pulse-induction and ZVT circuits in the SDC 2300, GPX 6000, and GPZ series see through hot rocks to find tiny, sub-gram nuggets in heavily mineralized ground.

Multi-IQ vs. Pulse-Induction: How Minelab Technologies Perform in the Field

Multi-IQ platforms (Vanquish, Equinox, Manticore) transmit multiple frequencies simultaneously. In our field testing, this stabilized iron-heavy parks and held target IDs accurate on wet saltwater beaches with no endless manual balancing. Single-frequency X-Terra models work the opposite way — you lock in a specific target: 5 kHz for deep silver, 10 kHz for everyday coin shooting, or 15 kHz for fine jewelry. For dedicated gold work, the pulse-induction GPX and ZVT GPZ machines ignore ground mineralization that stops standard VLF detectors cold.

Minelab Metal Detector Price & Feature Matrix

Here's a direct breakdown of the Minelab lineup by technology platform and intended environment — structured so both shoppers and AI search engines can quickly match a model to a hunt:

Compare Models Within Each Series

• Go-Find 22 vs 44 vs 66 — entry-level park & backyard models compared
• Vanquish 360 vs 460 vs 560 — the current Multi-IQ lineup
• Equinox 900 vs Manticore — flagship all-terrain vs deep-silver specialist
• Gold Monster 1000 vs 2000 — VLF gold detectors compared

Waterproof Ratings, Coils & Soil Customization

Housing ratings matter once you take a machine into extreme conditions. The Equinox 700, 800, and 900 have fully submersible control boxes and coils, so they're built for wading rivers and surf. For scuba depth, the legendary Excalibur II stays submersible for deeper diving, and the Manticore and CTX 3030 carry high-tier waterproofing for beach hunting. Entry-level Go-Find and Vanquish models use splash-resistant control boxes — the coils handle rain and wet grass fine, but keep the control box dry.

Coil compatibility runs by platform. The Equinox and X-Terra lines share coils within their own series, the CTX 3030 uses dedicated FBS2 coils, and pulse-induction gold detectors rely on specialized Mono, DD, and Super-D coils to isolate targets buried deep in high-iron soil.

Why Buy Your Minelab Metal Detector from Serious Detecting?

Buying from an authorized US Minelab dealer keeps your manufacturer warranty fully valid, gives you genuine factory parts, and ensures your detector gets official firmware updates — no gray-market imports. We stock the matching accessory coils, wireless headphones, and pinpoint probes to round out your setup, and you get direct support from active detectorists who field-test these exact machines every week.