Minelab likes to boast that the Eureka Gold is like having three detectors in one, and we completely agree. The Eureka Gold features three frequencies for you to work on to provide you with the ultimate gold prospecting experience. The 6.4 kHz frequency is for locating targets at their maximum depth, it goes deeper to find the larger nuggets. The 20 kHz frequency is more sensitive, perfect for finding small nuggets and general detecting. Finally there is a 60 kHz frequency which detects the smallest gold flake with its super sensitivity.
The Minelab Eureka Gold comes with a 10” Double ‘D’ coil that contains two ‘D’ shaped windings and is perfect for locating deep targets.
The Double ‘D’ coil provides you with a detection pattern as you search that is “blade like” and is sensitive from tip to heel. This allows you to pinpoint your targets easily because you can cover more ground with each sweep, with almost zero overlapping!
We were really impressed with the Eureka Gold’s ability to search for treasure underneath highly mineralized soil. Minelab’s “Accu-Trak,” digital, ground balance features two switchable recovery speeds. This keeps your treasure hunting from being restricted as you move over different areas and types of terrain. Even better – it allows you to find more gold, faster and easier than with any other detector.
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Minelab Eureka Gold Metal DetectorHot Rocks are no problem for the Eureka Gold Metal Detector, it will punch through highly mineralized soil with ease. Why restrict your prospecting when you can find more gold, with the Eureka Gold Metal Detector, faster and easier than ever before. The 10" (25cm) coil supplied with the Eureka Gold Metal Detector is a Double D coil, that is, it contains two 'D' shaped windings which are partially overlapping.
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Average Customer Review 4.43 / 5 (7 reviews)
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Review by: Charlie Cole
User Experience: 7+ years
Submitted on: Mar 18, 2008
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5 stars for the Minelab Eureka Gold because is works for me!
I like gold hunting in deserts and any places I can go . living in cal. is just great to do that sort of thing , and arz. is a good plase to hunt too . i like the river area . my wife used to go with me every each and every time we had many times in randsburg and san bernardino deserts i have a ford f150 4 whell drive and we had the best of times ever , i will never forget those days she passed on from smoking 13 mos. ago and it will never be the same again 43 is real young but 16 yrs. with her was always my high life we did alot of desert trips i would metal detect or just look for you no what??? now i have a 5 yr. old girl she is 100% somoan and i broke out my whites coin master to look in my front yard sinse i only lived here 13mos. guess what the batterys died in 50 seconds and the fun was over. i hope to have fun with my daughter as kids love these things too . now a single parent i will try to have fun in parks by the beach and everywhere i go. i just got back in the mood to go hunting again and like it better then fishing or 2 whelling . YES i like metal detecting alot my best find was a small gold ring with a diamiond on it the second best was a silver dime . my bother in law would go to whitter college and come home with 8 to 12 silver dimes evbery untill they kicked him out of there .his best find is a ring they only mine in russia he found it between two trees of g. paul guetty house in the 1920s it is a great find my sistr rarley takes it off the find was in santa fe springs he showed me a old picture of the house before they built a school on the site and the two big trees are still there today now thats a great story im thing of moving to hawaii in a yr. but gold hunting is my thing , i never found any raw gold maybe no luck or just not the right tools but iv ben in gold country alot and had fun anyway . i can say my bother in law got me hooked a long time ago and of course every can say when they where kids they would watch people hunt schools ,,i lived across the street from one half my early life and i will remember those days too i think every one wants a high end metal detector but there not cheap or people give up to soon so keep looking and may all your finds be fun even if you dont hit gold good luck metal detecting for coins or what ever turns you on beep beep good by
Review by: James Templeton
User Experience: 6 months to 2 years
Submitted on: Mar 17, 2008
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i have heard that the white's metal detectors are easy to use and very good detectors. Some members of the prospecting club I belong to, won't use mnothing else. I have a minelab eureka gold and have yet to find a picker or a nugget ... found plenty of nails, bottle caps etc. .. i balence it out and walk along , hear a beep and start digging hoping for a nugget , sometimes a nail or a hot rock... sometimes i just scratch my head and wonder , why its beeping and nothing there..i find it frustating, to try and get the detector just right, for detecting gold. I would like to someday try out a whites metal detector for gold detecting and relic hunting on the beach, my mindlab does not work on the beach..it just beeps a lot, too much black sand , i guess.. Would someday like to find a spanish coin or piece of jewelry. That would make my day. I like the idea of a display that tells you whats in the ground, how deep and what kind of metal it is, instead of just a beep, beep. I also like the waterproof coil, mindlabs coil is not waterproof. I would like to go in the field in arizona to virginia and test the eureka gold and the whites metal detector side by side to see for myself which is the king of metal detectors. A prospector walking around , here and there with empty pockets, no nuggets.
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Review by: Raymond M. Ussery
User Experience: 6 months to 2 years
Submitted on: Mar 17, 2008
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The Minelab Eureka Gold is a great detector for someone who is not ready or willing to spend the money on a 3500 or 4000 series Minelab. It is light, balanced, easy to use and accurate in most ground conditions. The multi-frequency function is a great feature...as well as the ability to discriminate iron objects for prospecting pursuits other than gold.
The only down-side in my opinion, is the limited coil choices. It would greatly improve the full function of this unit if Minelab were to add OTHER coils for other uses or if another company would consider adding additional coils to their line-up. The only quality control item that should be addressed is the "Leaking" around the coil cover.
Minelab recommends that the user "Seal" the coil cover with a run of silicone in the grove around the coil to seal out un-wanted dirt and debris as well as WATER that might void the warranty on the coil. Minelab has the responsibility to it's customers to address this issue at the factory NOT in the field with the customer who my or may not know that a problem exists until it's too late. Dirt IS a problem as black sand partials that enter the coil cover will disrupt the operation and accuracy of the coil.
It is absolutely imperative that the customer seal this coil to avoid serious issues in the "Real" world. The additional suggestion would be for Minelab to fully "Water-proof the coil and the "Head" to protect BOTH from the environment. Good Luck!
Review by: James Steff
User Experience: 7+ years
Submitted on: Apr 8, 2008
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After having an arsenal of detectors over the years, and finding little to write home about, I upgraded to Minelab Eureka Gold in the spring of 2000. My finds skyrocketed with my Explorer and Excalibur machines. I joined a local detecting club and the members, even the old timers, were amazed (and a little jealous) of the goodies I was bringing to the monthly meetings.
I've spent a long many hours going on "marathon" hunts all over the Gulf Coast (to the dismay of my slightly older detecting buddy.) The result was a bagful of jewelry, a sore lower back, and a lot of "wows" at the local meetings. I've always been interested in electronic prospecting, but the SD series was out of my price range, especially since I was thousand of miles from the Gold Fields. After meeting with the Kellyco Team at a local RV Rally, and testing small gold with the Eureka Gold and the XTerra 70, I was pretty skeptical about the Eureka. The response was better with the XTerra with just a whisper from the Eureka Gold (although the battery was fully discharged).
The Minelab team was also on hand and after a long conversation about the aspects of a multipurpose detector versus a gold specific machine I was sold. My skepticism washed away when I took the Eureka Gold to a claim site in Northern Georgia. Although I didn't get any native nuggets, the Eureka Gold automatic ground balance performed superbly in the mineralized ground of the old mine. I dug several small pieces of foil, a sure indicator that if I went over a nugget, I'd get it. I have experience hunting small gold through micro-gold detecting in Florida and Hawaii, and those variations in threshold and a good ground balance are critical when after the small stuff. Minelab even included an audio boost which seriously amplifies your signals, although it drains batteries much faster. There are three frequencies available, 60 KHz, 20 KHz and 6.4 KHz, selectable with a flick of a toggle switch, each aimed at a different size and depth of nuggets. It's like having three detectors in one. When I got back home I tested the Eureka Gold with some small flakes from some pay dirt. The response was loud and clear.
I've detected for over 20 yrs and I know a good machine when I use it. The Minelab Eureka Gold will surely bag me some nuggets this season!! Thanks Kellyco and the Minelab Team for another winner.
Review by: R. B. Vezzani
User Experience: 4-6 years
Submitted on: Mar 18, 2008
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I started using a metal detector 8 years ago. I wanted to start searching for gold nuggets. I started kind of late in life at age 59. Why did we start? Moved into gold area in Nevada and wanted a new hobby. I had real wonderful friend that told me about detectors and said for me i to find gold your have to get a Minelab. That is what he was using and said that he had found a lot of gold with his detector.
In June of 1999 I bought a Minelab XT 18000 detector. It was the newest mid priced model available. I liked the fact that you had automatic ground balancing. Just knowing that ground balancing was something that had to be adjusted often was something that I liked in this model. Another feature was the 3 operating frequencies. I don't know why that was important when I bought it, but I liked being able to choose. As I used the detector more and learned how the frequencies worked I found deeper and smaller pieces of gold and changed frequencies a lot.
I still use this detector when the wind is not blowing to hard. I have trouble hearing any of the sounds when the wind blows. I have tried different headphones and still have a problem. I did what I had to do. My wife now uses it more than I do.
She enjoys the balance and the sound differences between gold and trash. She uses the 60kHz because the small targets are more plentiful most often where we hunt, but still gets a big one now and then.
We really like the Ni-Cad battery system. She usually gets tired before the battery goes down and on those days when we detect together we trade off if the wind is not bad. We have another detector, so we can both detect and it is a different brand.
With our gold detectors we have found coins as well a buckles, horse shoes, and lots of metal trash. We do pickup the trash and carry it to our disposal bucket located in the truck. As we finish out the hunt we think about the area and what we can do the next time. Of course we have picked up ideas that help by ourselves and from others that have a lot more experience. We carry a regular garden rake. Have special scoops and we do not were rings or shoes with metal in them clothing with metal buttons. We do use gaiters for over our shoes in case of snakes. We use a tool type apron with a test nugget, plastic film container for nuggets and the manual just in case we need information. With operating this detector in 8 different states we do run into some interesting things. So the manual is a help. Minelab now has the Eureka and we are looking at updating our detector. We have found enough gold to have paid for this one, so now we think this might a good time to try something new.
This detector was ranked near the top in 1999. Find a dealer that will show you how there favorite detector works and keep looking. You learn more and will make a better choice.
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Review by: William Kilgore
User Experience: 4-6 years
Submitted on: May 20, 2009
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By: William Kilgore
First of all let me say that a mistake has been made in the type of detectors I own and use. I have a MineLab Eureka Gold and a Fisher Gold Bug II. Both detectors work extremely well for gold Prospecting and Nugget Shooting. I have also found Gold Jewelry with them. In review, the MineLab is perhaps more user friendly for the beginner since it offers automatic ground balancing but I feel the Gold Bug II searches a little deeper.
I primarily use my detectors to search for mineralization in streams with always the hope of picking up a nugget or two but the areas I work primarily contain fine gold with some specimen pieces. I always use a detector to search my dredge tailing and have found several specimen pieces that have blown through the sluice box. These are both excellent detectors. The reason I have two comparable detectors is that I purchased the Gold Bug II and later won the MineLab at the GPAA Gold Show in Lynchburg, VA in 2006. I kept both detectors rather then selling one to allow a partner to search with me.
I give both detectors 5 stars.
Review by: Brad Riffey
User Experience: 2-4 years
Submitted on: Feb 10, 2010
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I just recently bought the Minelab Eureka Gold as a "nugget shooter" but then realized that the discrimination works good enough to search out coins and other larger goodies just as good. If you know how to setup a detector properly, then this is a perfect all-around detector. I also like the adjustable frequency toggle and the signal boost switches. These features put the detector in a league of its own. I mostly go out for coins so this worked excellent for me! It is lightweight, well balanced and EXTREMELY sensitive so you won’t miss anything. The coil makes pinpointing easy and the battery life is very long.
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