Product Comparison: Minelab Gold Monster 1000 vs Minelab EQUINOX 800

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Minelab Gold Monster 1000 Professional Metal Detector

General Specifications

Brand

Minelab

Model

Gold Monster 1000

EQUINOX 800

Origin

USA

About the Product

Gold Monster 1000 is a metal detector fully automatic, easy to use and capable of delivering high performance in the detection of gold and precious metals. Suitable to operate in all environments.

With innovative NEW simultaneous multi-frequency technology, the EQUINOX Series redefines all-purpose detecting for the serious enthusiast. Equally adaptable for all target types and ground conditions, just set your detecting location and go!

Key Specs

Circuitry Type

VLF

Type

Ground

All Terrain

Operation Mode

All-Metal and Discriminate

Search Coil Type

Double D

Search Coil Size

10" x 6"

11"

Adjustment Length

37.2" to 54.4"

Fixed length

Search Coil Type
Search Coil Size

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Minelab Gold Monster 1000 Professional Metal Detector

Great detector for small gold. I've found a few small pickers with it already.
Great product.,very user friendly,once you get the feel of the sensitivity it finds very fine GOLD.
I like the 5" coil it sees really small gold. The detector comes with skid plates on the two coils.
Easy to learn and use. The sounds are a little different than an analog machine.
I believe that a small coil is useless because it is looking for very small pieces of gold.

Size & Weight

Height

23.6 in.

26.2 in.

Width

9.84 in.

12.2 in.

Depth

5.12 in.

5 in.

Weight

2.94 lbs.

2.96 lbs.

What customers say about "Size & Weight"

Minelab Gold Monster 1000 Professional Metal Detector

Lightweight , finds the smallest gold. Easy to use.
Coils come with replaceable covers. Feels solid, well made and it’s light.
It was easy to assemble and a very lightweight metal detector.
I like that it can be folded compactly to save storage space.
The balance is disturbed, which causes inconvenience when carrying it. Becoming very difficult carry it.

Detection

Operation Frequency

45 kHz

Multi, 5, 10, 15, 20, 40 kHz

Detection Modes

Gold, All Metal

Park, Field, Beach, Gold

Sensitivity

12 adjustments

25 levels

Ground Balance

Automatic

Auto/Manual

Detection Depth

Coins: up to 15 in., Big objects: up to 40 in.

Sensitivity
Ground Balance

What customers say about "Detection"

Minelab Gold Monster 1000 Professional Metal Detector

I like that the GM 1000 is sensitive to small gold as that's what I have in southern NM.
I've used mine every day since it arrived. Works great on coins and relics.
Auto ground balance is a dream come true. I haven’t had any problems with it yet.
I would prefer more depth but as I plan to follow the dry washers, hit bed rock and mine dumps, depth is not an issue.
It sometimes shows that there is gold in the earth, but unfortunately there is only garbage.

Features

Display

LCD display without backlit

Full colour LCD with backlight and adjustable brightness

Audio Identification

Beep

Target Tones 1, 2, 5, 50

Target Depth Indicator

Yes

Digital Target ID

12 segments

50 segment notch discrimination: Ferrous: -9 to 0 | Non-ferrous: 1 to 40

Accessories Included

5" Double-D coil, Headset, Digging tool, Rechargeable Batteries, Battery Charger

Wireless Bluetooth / apt-X Low Latency headphones, WM 08 wireless audio module, USB charging cable with magnetic connector

Water Resistance

Waterproof Coil / Control box splash-proof

Freshwater & Saltwater (up to 10 ft.)

Extras

Built-in Speaker, 6 Levels of Adjustable volume, Noise Cancel: Automatic (On start-up), Gold Chance Indicator (high/low)

Simultaneous Multi-Frequency, Sleek & Lightweight, High-Speed Wireless Audio, 8 Custom Search Profiles, Fast & Accurate Target ID

What customers say about "Features"

Minelab Gold Monster 1000 Professional Metal Detector

It has a 24 bit processor that reads the ground type and automatically sets the ground balance, you may need to pump the detector 20 times and re balance as you detect.
The detector has a nice auto function for searching but I think I will use the detector settings set below the auto setting so that it will run smooth in a manual mode.
I like that the signal amplifies with approaching the find.
An excellent display that contains a lot of useful information.
The audio signal can be with a large error or indicate the place where there is nothing.

Power

Batteries

Rechargeable Li-ion Battery / 8 AA

In-built rechargeable Lithium-ion battery

Battery Indicator

Yes