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Deep All Metal
Minelab Gold Monster 1000 Gold or Deep All Metal mode.
45 kHz gold specialist — auto sensitivity and fast ground tracking
The Minelab Gold Monster 1000 is a 45 kHz gold specialist with automatic sensitivity and fast ground tracking for small nuggets in mineralized soil. It ignores the coin-hunting compromises of general-purpose machines and chases faint gold whispers instead. Minelab built it for prospectors, desert hunters, and nugget shooters who prioritize tiny gold over clad coins. Dry washes, bench gravels, tailing piles, and mineralized hillsides are where the Gold Monster earns its name.
Minelab • Minelab Gold Monster 1000
Minelab Gold Monster 1000 — Gold Prospecting
Recommended Minelab Gold Monster 45 kHz starting points for small gold in mineralized ground.
Recommended coil: 10" × 6" DD
Adjustments
Sensitivity
Sensitivity
Auto or 9–10
Auto sensitivity is excellent; manual 1–10 for fine control.
Ground
Ground Balance
Manual pump on hot rocks
Fast auto tracking handles changing ground.
Discrimination
Discrimination
All Metal — dig everything
Gold mode has basic disc; All Metal digs everything.
Audio
Threshold / Audio
Low threshold, listen for whispers
Threshold just audible; whispers often mean gold.
Coil
Coil & Swing
10" × 6" DD
Slow tight overlap in washes.
Frequency
Operating Frequency
45 kHz fixed
Dedicated high-frequency gold machine.
Wireless
Wireless Audio
WM 08 optional
WM 08 module for wireless headphones.
Tip
Field Note
Coil close to ground always
Keep coil skimming the surface for max depth on tiny gold.