Waterproof Coil Metal Detector for Beginners — LCD, 5 kHz, 74-110 cm Rod

A beginner detector with a waterproof coil, which means the wet grass, mud and shallow water most first machines have to avoid are all fair ground — and that is often where the finds are. An LCD screen and an audio alarm give you every target twice, metal separation lets you leave the nails and bottle caps in the ground, and the rod adjusts from 74 to 110 cm to fit a child or a tall adult.

Product Highlights

• Waterproof search coil — sweep wet grass, mud and shallow water without worry
• LCD display and audio alarm, so you can see the target and hear it
• Metal separation filters out junk targets before you dig
• Adjustable rod from 74 to 110 cm, fitting children through to tall adults
• 5 kHz operating frequency — steady and stable on coins and silver
• Headphone input for windy days and busy sites
• Supplied in black or orange
• Runs on two standard 9V batteries · CE certified · 1-year warranty

Best for: Beginners · Coins · Parks and gardens · Wet ground and water edges

A Waterproof Coil Changes Where You Can Hunt

The coil is sealed for submersion, so wet grass, mud, puddles, stream edges and shallow water are all fair ground.

That opens up the parts of a site most beginners avoid — and those are often the productive parts. Water sorts heavy objects and drops them; the margin where dry land turns wet is where things collect. A machine you have to keep out of the damp is a machine that only ever works half a site.

See It and Hear It

An LCD display and an audio alarm give you the target two ways.

Audio is what you hunt by — a faint change in tone at the edge of range is often the only warning of a deep target. The screen is what you learn by: it turns each signal into something you can compare against the last one, so after a few sessions you start recognising what your ground reads before the spade goes in.

Headphones plug in for wind, traffic noise or busy public sites, where a speaker gets lost.

Separating the Junk From the Finds

Metal separation is the single feature that keeps a beginner in the hobby. Nails, foil, bottle caps and ring pulls vastly outnumber anything worth keeping, and digging every one of them is exhausting.

This detector reads across the range — iron nails and coatings, aluminium rings and small aluminium items, coins, gold, bronze and silver — so you can hear the difference and let the rubbish go.

A Rod That Fits Whoever Is Holding It

The stem adjusts from 74 cm to 110 cm. One detector suits a child and a tall adult without anyone stooping or over-reaching.

Posture reads as a small thing next to specifications, but it decides how long the session lasts. A detector set to the wrong height is swung fast and high, and both of those cost you finds.

5 kHz: Steady on Coins and Silver

Lower frequencies favour large, highly conductive targets — silver coins, copper, brass — and run calmly with fewer false signals.

For a first machine that stability is worth more than raw sensitivity. A detector that stays quiet until something is genuinely under the coil teaches you what a real signal sounds like. A twitchy one just teaches you to ignore it.

Black or Orange

This detector comes in two finishes. The orange body is easier to find if you set it down in long grass — a detail you only appreciate the first time it saves you ten minutes. The black is less conspicuous on a busy public site, which some people prefer.

The machine itself is identical either way.

Specifications

• Operating frequency: 5.0 kHz
• Search coil diameter: 20 cm
• Coil waterproofing: Waterproof, suitable for sweeping in shallow water
• Display: LCD with audio alarm
• Detects: Iron nails and coatings, aluminium rings and small aluminium items, coins, gold, bronze, silver
• Adjustable rod length: 74–110 cm
• Headphone input: Yes
• Power supply: 2 × 9V (6F22) batteries
• Operating current: 10.0–70.0 mA
• Housing and handle material: Plastic
• Colour: Black or orange
• Operating temperature: 15–45 °C
• Storage temperature: 20–60 °C
• Certification: CE
• Warranty: 1 year