Metal Detectors Best-Suited for Women in Australia!
Who wouldn’t want to find a metal detecting treasure? Thanks to today’s technological advancements, many new lightweight detectors have come on the market and it’s a great time to get involved in this rewarding hobby. Metal detecting as a pastime for women and families is becoming more commonplace, especially during holidays, weekends and family time.
What do we recommend for Women? Metal detectors best-suited are lightweight, easy to use and maintain, and also highly sensitive.
In the following table, I’ll provide you with an overview of some of the best metal detectors for women on the Australian market.
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Comparison Tables
Fisher 22 | Nokta Macro Midi Hoard | Minelab Go Find 22 Plus Bonus Pack |
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Around $385 | Around $290 | Under $230 |
Garrett ACE 400 | Garrett AT Pro | Teknetics T2 |
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| Bounty Hunter Tracker IV | Best value |  | |
| Bounty Hunter Pioneer | Best value and waterproof coil. No headphone jack. | | |
| Bounty Hunter Quicksilver | Most budget features | |
| Fisher-22 | Easy to use, lightweight. Powerful enough for teens, women and adults | | |
| Minelab X Terra 305 | More settings you can customise. Powerful enough for teens, women and adults | | |
| Garrett ACE 400 | Powerful enough for teens, women and adults | | |
| Garrett AT Pro | Excellent performance on all terrains and waterproof coil. | | |
Teknetics T2 | Collection of state-of-the-features. Grab these when they go on sale. | |
Reputable stores on ebay:
Lucky Strike Gold is a reputable prospecting store located in Geelong, VIC. We are a registered Minelab, Garrett and Keenes dealer and also stock all top brands of metal detectors, picks, coils, sluices and other mining equipment.
Detectors:
Bounty Hunter Pioneer EX
Bounty Hunter’s Fast Tracker metal detector offers the excitement and profit of metal detecting with easy use and at an accessible price, making it ideal for those just getting started. It has 4 search modes, weighs 1.2kg and the control panel shows just how deep the item is! One of the best things about Bounty Hunter’s newest range is that the coil is waterproof! That means even if you’re on the beach, just because you’re close to the water, doesn’t mean you have to stop searching.
Features:
- Quality product – Made in the USA. The seller offers Australian warranty.
- Automated, easy-to-use for the beginning user
- Easy view LCD display with visual LCD status indicators
- Push button discrimination eliminates unwanted objects
- One-touch depth control
- Three-tone audio feedback identifies various targets allowing to focus on certain objects
- Automatic ground balancing to “see through” ground minerals
- Detects large objects up to 2 ft deep and coins over 6 ft deep
- Does not include HeadPhone jack. All audio comes from speaker.
Watch the review here
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Bounty Hunter Tracker IV video:
Fisher F22
A low-end model from industry heavyweights Fisher, the F22 is an ideal entry-level/intermediary model. It’s designed to help newbies ramp up their expertise. And since it weighs only 2.3 pounds, women can easily carry it around for hours on end to really immerse themselves in the art of treasure hunting.
It also comes with a good value-to-price ratio, providing a decent assortment of features at an affordable rate. When used properly, these features allow for thorough sweeps down at least 9-inches below the surface to unearth relics, jewellery, and coins.
You’ll find the 10 adjustable sensitivity levels highly expedient for sifting through trash and junk finds. There’s also a pinpoint mode, but it seems like an afterthought to me, because its sensitivity pales when compared to those of hand-held pin-pointers. There’s also a 2-digit (1-99) numeric target identification integrated to also help in tracing out targets.
The machine operates on a low frequency which isn’t high enough to spot gold nuggets deep in the soil. It’s great for beginners to use beachcombing and treasure hunting.
Watch the review here
Link to the manual here: http://www.fisherlab.com/hobby/manuals.htm
If you are looking for more features you can’t go past the Fisher Gold Bug Pro Model:
JANUARY 2021: FISHER GOLD BUG PRO IS CURRENTLY ON SALE ON AMAZON AUSTRALIA FOR $701 with free 2 day delivery.
Garrett ACE 400
Many models in the Garrett ACE series have won the hearts of many treasure hunters, chief among them the ACE 400. This model outclasses other members of the series in many aspects, including a superior operating frequency which makes it much more sensitive. It’s also an excellent lightweight option, weighing just 2.9lbs. The stem is adjustable to allow to you carry it even more conveniently.
Another feature that enhances convenience is the three-tone audio feedback, which produces sound prompts to alert you to the proximity of targets. The audio signals complement a Digital Target ID display that also helps you identify targets more easily.
The model also comes with a pre-set ground balance to give you much less to worry about, though this also prevents you from adjusting the ground balance manually in mineralized grounds. You’ll also have 5 pre-set search modes to work with, as well as 10 discrimination settings to easily streamline your search.
All the features are accessible through a crisp, intuitive user interface.
Garrett AT Pro
This Garrett metal detector performs excellently across all terrains. Its first-rate waterproof coil can stand up to use 10 feet underwater, so you don’t have to limit your search area to dry ground only. It can capture signals from targets buried 10 inches underground. And with its superb sensitivity, you might find yourself digging up dirt to unearth valuables at every turn.
And with the impressive iron discrimination feature, you can avoid digging up junk. You’ll find this feature highly expedient especially when searching for coins. But note that the higher the sensitivity of the iron discriminator, the lower its depth of penetration.
There are also audio signals and a target ID display to help you zero in quickly on targets.
Review video: https://youtu.be/TXdjuv1wCpY
Read the reviews here: http://www.thedetectorist.co.uk/garrett-ace-400i-review/
Teknetics T2
With a collection of state-of-the-features, the T2 is an excellent model under $500 for intermediate/expert detectorists. And since it eases the search for coins, relics, and precious metals through easy-to-use features like the target identification display on the LCD screen, excellent lightweightness and a double filter discrimination mode, it’s an excellent choice for women.
With its waterproof, 11-inch bi-axial search coil, you get a highly sensitive signal reception, you’ll hardly miss any important find during your search. The T2 is powered by 4 AA batteries, which can keep you going for 40 hours nonstop, to further eliminate any excuse for not succeeding in your hunt.
But as a beginner, you may find the continuous ground monitoring and manual balance control a little too geeky, but you can go with the automatic balance control.
Overall, the T2 can serve as a bona fide go-to metal detector for women who want to delve deeper into the world of treasure hunting.
Watch the review here from KellyCo.
Looking for a Pinpointer to reduce your digging time and make it easier to find targets?
Bounty Hunter | Minelab Pro-Find 35 | Garrett Pro Pointer |
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The Wedderburn Detector Jamboree is on the 1st weekend in March for the Labour Day VIC weekend! A great family event every year.
Want to organise your own activity? Check out our Metal Detecting Challenge for Kids
Ready to Take the Plunge?
The above metal detectors can be a great investment for women. You can pick any of them, and most likely recover your money back in no time while honing your treasure-hunting expertise.
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