The Minelab Gold Monster 1000 is as close as you can get to a fully automatic gold nugget detector, with both automatic ground balance and automatic sensitivity. This gets a novice up and running like a pro in no time at all. The Gold Monster is ideal for work in remote areas, with numerous battery and charging options, and its rainproof design makes working even in wet environments no problem at all.

There is a compromise between frequency and sensitivity when optimizing detector performance, because lower frequencies are more sensitive to larger gold nuggets and higher frequencies are more sensitive to smaller gold nuggets.  An 18 kHz detector will normally have a depth advantage on nuggets ≥ 1.0g over a basic mid-frequency detector, and a 71 kHz detector will have a depth advantage on nuggets ≤ 0.1g. The advanced GOLD MONSTER 1000 uses an intermediate 45 kHz frequency AND a high speed 24-bit signal processor. This primary combination greatly boosts sensitivity to gold beyond that of other single frequency VLF detectors over a wide range of nugget sizes. The GOLD MONSTER 1000 also has ferrous/non-ferrous discrimination and copes better with conductive (salty) soils than higher frequency detectors, making it the perfect choice to maximize your gold recovery.