Metal detecting gear guides
Find more, dig less.
Guides to metal detectors, pinpointers and accessories, built around what decides a purchase: where you hunt, what you hunt for, and how much the ground fights back.
By the Metal Detector Gear HQ Team
Built around your ground
A detector that is easy on a park lawn can struggle on a wet salt beach or in mineralized goldfields. Frequency, ground balance, waterproofing and coil size matter more than the headline features. Metal Detector Gear HQ starts every guide from where and how you hunt.
What we cover
- 01Metal detectors for beginners, beaches, relics and gold
- 02Pinpointers
- 03Coils, headphones and scoops
- 04Bags, diggers and the accessories that save a hunt
How a guide is built
Our guides start from manufacturer specifications, manuals and support documentation, then the detecting communities where owners report how a machine behaves in the field. When a guide is based on our own time with a product, the article says so plainly. Every pick says who it is not for.
No scores, no printed prices
A score hides the trade-off that matters to you, and prices change, so every product link points to the live listing instead.
Where the money comes from
Metal Detector Gear HQ is reader-supported. When you buy through one of our links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Brands cannot pay for a recommendation or a placement, and if a manufacturer ever sends us a product, the article will say so. Read our affiliate disclosure.
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Models get replaced and firmware updates change how detectors behave. If a spec or a link is wrong, tell us and we will check it and fix the page. Contact us.