Minelab Gold Monster 1000 | Which Coil Is Better?

It’s time to answer this one because I get asked a few times a week, which coil is better on the Minelab Gold Monster 1000? While this is all just personal opinion, watch along for some interesting situations that may make you wonder which coil finds more gold. Best luck out there, whichever you go with. Thanks for tuning in!

[@waywardwoodward]

Which coil do you find the most gold with?

[@jamesmichaelmarich1309]

Thank you I just bought a gold monster 1000 with a 5 inch coil. Took me two years to save up for it. This video was awesome. Thank you.

[@waywardwoodward]

Best luck out there! Coil to the soil! It’s a heck of a machine. 💪🕵🏻‍♂️

[@Cat-Branchman]

This is the video I was looking for. Thank you for doing it!

[@waywardwoodward]

My pleasure! Hope it helps ya get on the gold. Best luck! 💪🕵🏻‍♂️

[@jeremiahwise668]

Valuable information, thank you for sharing. I have no metal detector currently but this video will definitely help me make a purchasing decision

[@waywardwoodward]

Awesome! I’m a huge fan of Minelab. The Gold Monster 1000 is great at sniffing out the tiny gold and it won’t miss the bigger stuff along the way. 💪🕵🏻‍♂️

[@MrKeenaz]

That was a great video. I’ve heard rumours of the bigger being better and I tested both and like you found the smaller wins hands down. Now I’ll give you something about the gold monster that will shock you. I dug a piece of 1.5g of lead into the ground to see how deep the monster will eventually lose the signal, what I found shocked me, the signal jumped from non ferrous to ferrous. I tested three different mineralised grounds and each time at a certain depth the signal will jump from gold to metal. I now dig absolutely everything but most of the time it’s just mineralised ground. Try it for yourself. I’d be mighty interested to see your outcome.

[@waywardwoodward]

Glad you enjoyed and you’re spot on about digging everything! I never look at the bar that tells is it’s ferrous or non ferrous. That thing will lie to ya half the time, and more so if the target is at any depth. Far too many folks trust that and they walk away from gold. I had one person swing a target they swore was another steel core ww2 .50 cal bullet. I later swung it and landed myself a 14 gram nugget. 😎 Dig EVERYTHING! Here is the other reason, if you are on a gold area, why leave any target in the ground and assume you know what it is? That’s how nuggets get missed. I may do a video on that topic soon. Best luck out there! 💪

[@freelancerider100]

Yeah, it will signal iron, and flip to non ferrous.... best idea is to know a good sound and check it both ways

[@waywardwoodward]

@@freelancerider100 best idea is to just dig everything. My 2.5 ounce nugget makes the gauge thing bounce all over the place. Never trust that thing, I recommend putting tape over it.

[@josephfelix1916]

Great demonstration!!

[@waywardwoodward]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@jacobworkman5168]

Enjoyed this! Thanks!

[@waywardwoodward]

Awesome! Thanks for tuning in! Best luck out there! 💪

[@brianbeckstead9212]

Thank you very much for the time you took to make the video

[@waywardwoodward]

My pleasure!

[@edwardfraser6860]

Thank you, great video, you make the Monster sing.

[@waywardwoodward]

Thanks for tuning in! Best luck!

[@jerrywest4783]

Well I mean both coils have their advantages. You pointed out the small coil advantages, thats what its made for

[@waywardwoodward]

🤔

[@pkgoldopalhunting]

great work man

[@waywardwoodward]

Thank you, and thanks for tuning in!

[@gymsim]

Thanks for the info Don't think I've ever used the 10 in coil very much as I've had the same issue with getting into smaller spaces. Never found a 'nugget' but keep trying. Don't want to find a massive one.... just one to be happy with no more 'sad' days.

[@waywardwoodward]

Best luck to you out there! There has gotta be one for you 💪🕵🏻‍♂️

[@3800TURBO]

Makes me think the actual coil inside the 10in is the same size as the 5in but it's just a bigger plastic case around it.

[@waywardwoodward]

@@3800TURBO that’s kinda how I feel about it too. The larger coil seems to be best for large, flat, thin ground kinda areas with bigger targets. Much else and it seems to get in its own way. Personally, I call it the beach/ring finder coil. Which, if a person wants to go play on a beach and have a little fun without buying a dedicated machine, the 10” coil gets the job done pretty decent. Thanks for tuning in! Best luck out there!

[@travismccoy2282]

Awesome video

[@waywardwoodward]

Thanks Travis!

[@j.p.4541]

Thank you for posting. I’m new to gold prospecting. Will the monster coil pick up gold through rock or is it only for soil?

[@waywardwoodward]

My pleasure! It depends on the rock. Smaller rocks that aren’t hot, it will usually hear something under them. As for gold in host stone, it should hear anything good. If you think the rock is making a noise, kick it out of the way and double check. I’ve had lots of faint targets come to life that were hiding under what I thought was a hot rock. Best luck!

[@AndrewCollett-r2b]

Gday from Australia, I've just purchased amonster 1000 after some research. I live near Tamworth NSW australia, I haven't seen any videos on the use of this metal detector like your video. You seem to run it straight on the ground not off it. do you wear out pads, where I live there is alot of crystal,lots of grass tussocks, I heard that electrical insulation tape around the outside edge helps to conrol remval of magenetic material adhering to the side and causing false readings...any thoughts?

[@waywardwoodward]

Howdy! It’s a great machine! Mine had found me ounces and ounces of gold. You are correct, run the machine on the ground or you’re not running it right, simply as that. Every bit you’re off the ground, is depth you’re losing. If it can hear a small bit an inch in the ground and you’re an inch off the ground… you’re just gonna walk right over all the gold. There ain’t nothing in the air, I’ve already looked. They made the coil cover replaceable and coil they only cost a few dollars. I go through one a month when I’m really using it. As for the tape, absolutely! If ya don’t, it’ll get all kinds of magnetics and stuff in there, and yes, it can mess up the signal pretty good. Best luck out there! Coil to the soil! Thanks for tuning in!

[@victorrodriguez5590]

Thank you DUDE

[@waywardwoodward]

You bet! Best luck! 🕵🏻‍♂️

[@CandSMINING]

Great video brother, I think everyone wants to go bigger to go deeper for maybe bigger gold.😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥

[@waywardwoodward]

The bigger coil doesn’t get you any more depth though, misses the larger targets as I showed in this video, and there is far more small gold out there than big stuff. Plus, I don’t even think they are selling the machine with the big coil now. Just the small one.

[@yahshuasaves7478]

Where do you buy that detector from? and how much does it cost?

[@waywardwoodward]

Any authorized Minelab Metal Detector dealer, which can be found on the Minelab webpage. They are around $1000 USD.

[@user-ou8nx6vo7z]

Open ground, hunting for patches or over a gram 10x5 cleanup or minus a gram 5 inch. They both have their place.

[@waywardwoodward]

I found that hunting for a patch with the bigger coil in some areas hoping for a nugget over a gram left me empty handed at the end of the day, while the smaller coil picks up all the smaller bits and any plus gram stuff along the way, often totaling in multiple grams for the day. My best day with the monster for piece count was 47 bits for 7.5 grams total, nothing was over half gram. Big coil wouldn’t even have found half of that stuff that day. In this video you can see how the bigger coil couldn’t hear a 1.6 gram nugget, granted it was tucked in. Even then, the smaller coil had no issue hearing it. But yes, in an ultra flat area on larger targets, the bigger coil can’t really miss em. Then again, neither will just about any other machine out there. Best luck out there! Thanks for tuning in!

[@ronpeterson7773]

So my question is what is the larger coil good for..?🤔

[@waywardwoodward]

Ultimately, I feel like it’s for really flat ground with larger targets. I don’t think they even offer the larger coil anymore. They don’t show it in a few recent ads. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Ful-OGold]

I wonder if the bigger coil would go well for non ferrous hunting because of the discrimination.

[@waywardwoodward]

🤔

[@JohnWilson-cs7iq]

I was going to say the 5" coil from my experience before even watching your footage. Why was the 10x6 so much more noisy, falsing, when the 5" was only nutting off on the gold? That was weird. That is what the 1000 excels at, scrape & detect & bedrock scrubbing.

[@waywardwoodward]

@@JohnWilson-cs7iq in all honesty, I was kind of in shock as I was making the video at just how bad the bigger coil was doing. I knew it lacked in areas but this test really highlighted its issues. Maybe it hasn’t been beaten and scraped around enough to learn. 🤣 Best luck out there and thanks for tuning in!

[@peterlowther1178]

small 1

[@reklikir5055]

another question, at what maximum depth was your smallest piece

[@waywardwoodward]

On the really tiny stuff, generally an inch or two is about all you get. Coil to the soil!

[@reklikir5055]

@@waywardwoodward thx

[@peterlowther1178]

yes he right

[@waywardwoodward]

💪🕵🏻‍♂️ thanks for tuning in!

[@petermcandrew9974]

You could not have timed it better just bought one 🇦🇺⛏️👍

[@waywardwoodward]

@@petermcandrew9974 awesome! Best luck to you out there on your new adventures! Coil to the soil!

[@wilsonrodriguez9827]

Por favor pon subtítulos en ESPAÑOL… Gracias

[@samiware1704]

I have a mine detector. I wonder if i could and how to transform it into a gold detector?

[@waywardwoodward]

Nothing is impossible! Best luck!

[@samiware1704]

@@waywardwoodward Thank you for the advice

[@samiware1704]

@@waywardwoodward I need information sir.

[@waywardwoodward]

@@samiware1704 that’s not my realm of knowledge lol! In my honest opinion, you’re better off buying a detector that is made to do what you are looking for.

[@IBRAKEFORBEDROCK]

I`m going to wear a button down dress shirt with relaxed fit jeans and cowboy boots on my next video Like the advertisment @ 1:58 🤣🤣

[@waywardwoodward]

Haha! Make sure you’re swingin that coil off the ground a few inches too! 🫣

[@mariodibenedetto4160]

Back to the drawing board mine lab

[@waywardwoodward]

Lol if you say so! Minelab detectors have put me on over a troy pound of gold in 3 winter seasons and my dream piece, a 2.52 troy ounce nugget. Minelab for the win.

[@user-so1ce3ev3m]

Я не понимаю на голд монстре чувствительность авто и авто + он глубину теряет .

[@henniebouwmans7879]

10 is the magic number lots gold found ,not auto 1 ,small coil is tops, 🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@waywardwoodward]

I didn’t get into settings on this video because I was just trying to show the coil difference. Most new users will start in auto and work their way into the manual settings. But yes, 10 clicks for the win!

[@Darronsanderson]

I'm seeing a lot of folks going with the GPX6000.

[@waywardwoodward]

@@Darronsanderson it’s an amazing machine if you have to money to buy one. I run the 6000 now. This video wasn’t about the 6000 though lol. It was about the Monster 1000, and I used my 1000 to find enough gold to buy a 6000. Point being, both are great machines. Thanks for watching!

[@Darronsanderson]

My point? My point was I am thinking about buying a detector and several KZbin channels suggest the 6000. I just want as much info as I can find before spending six grand, or mistakenly twelve grand buying multiple detectors. I don't mind buying one VLF and one Pi, however.

[@waywardwoodward]

@@Darronsanderson my apologies, it really depends on the ground more than anything. The 6000 is a pulse induction and the 1000 is VLF so they are very much different. I will say this though, the 6000 finds most of what the 1000 would find in a lot of areas that I play, which is arizona ground. The 6000 is a lot more quiet on hot rocks though, that’s for sure. The monster can be pretty noisy at times but finds the tiniest of gold. The 6000 finds the tiny stuff to but not as small as the monster and it can be a little tricky to hear. If someone was to ask me which on to get, I’d say get the 6000 if funds can afford. It’s a Cadillac! I haven’t used any other brands so I can’t compare anything to it though. Best luck out there whatever you do choose.

[@Darronsanderson]

@@waywardwoodward thanks brother. As a follow-up, the 7000 is just more whistles and bells for another four grand?

[@waywardwoodward]

@@Darronsanderson basically. The 7000 is the tool for big nuggets down deep, multiple feet. It will do everything the 6000 does but the main problem is weight and setup. Lots of options and configuration compared to the 6000z You also have to wear a harness with it, or most folks do. Most general prospectors that I know with a 7000 have traded it in for a 6000, or they really want to. The 7000 has its place for sure, but for general prospectors everyone called on minelab for an easy to use lightweight setup and they made the 6000. Lot less gadgets and trinkets, super fast setup and go, lightweight, Bluetooth headphones… it’s a really nice machine. I can say that I would like to buy a 7000 at some point for a few areas, but that’s purely just to have one and only to hear a little deeper on big stuff that might be around.

[@kn-qz7by]

Ok, you made your argument for the 5” coil finding SURFACE nuggets. However, wouldn’t the 10” coil be preferred for finding DEEP LARGE nuggets?

[@waywardwoodward]

@@kn-qz7by not really, overall the depth is pretty much the same on these VLF style coils. There are lots of videos on that topic out there. Best luck!

[@kn-qz7by]

@@waywardwoodward Thanks for your reply! Wow, if that’s the case I find it very surprising! I assumed that a much larger coil would definitely provide significantly greater depth.

[@waywardwoodward]

@@kn-qz7by in the pulse induction world and with some VLF relic hunting machines, yes, you can get some depth out of larger coils. For whatever reason the Gold Monster doesn’t have those same luxuries. If it were so, every coil company would have a dozen coils available for it, but there are zero aftermarket coils available for the monster. In this video it kind of shows the point as well. When I dropped that larger nugget behind the rock, it couldn’t even hear it. So while it was a “surface” target, that rock held me at least a few inches away from it, which makes it really no different than if it was in the ground. If anything, being in the ground would just add more rocks and dirt for the coil to try and hear through, and in this video it couldn’t even hear it through airspace. Yet, the smaller coil surely gave a “hey! There’s something here!” kinda sound. Minelab designed the monster to work best with the smaller coil. In fact, I don’t believe they even sell it with the larger coil now, so that also kinda confirms that there is zero gain.

[@kn-qz7by]

@@waywardwoodward Good points made! You’re right about the stock coil, the larger coil has to be ordered separately, it’s not possible to order the GM with it included in the box.

[@waywardwoodward]

@@kn-qz7by the smaller coil may take more time to cover area, but it misses nothing when used properly and it finds the tiniest of gold.

[@billcharlie2602]

It does hear it because the big coil goes deeper and misses closer targets. Raise the big coil up and it sound the same as the 5

[@waywardwoodward]

@@billcharlie2602 lmao that’s not at all how it works. lol how is it going to hear something further away if it can’t hear it when it’s already close to it? Best luck out there. Coil to the soil! There is nothing in the airspace that we are looking for. If you’re off the ground at all, you’re not running the machine right. Getting further away from a target isn’t going to ever help. 🤣 Also, this video is about a year old now, and they don’t even sell the big coil with the monster anymore. You do not get more depth with the larger coil on this VLF machine. If that was the case, every coil company in the world would have aftermarket coils available for it, and everyone would be using the larger coil. Those who know, know. Some of y’all are just making things up though.

[@billcharlie2602]

The focus point is farther away on a 10" coil. I've metal detected for 40 years. What do I know

[@waywardwoodward]

@@billcharlie2602 if you say so! Any way you add it up, it clearly misses gold, and that’s why 90% of people use the smaller coil. The biggest nugget in this video is 1.6 gram and it shouldn’t have had any problem hearing that, but I had to get closer to it by moving a rock out of the way so it could hear it, not further away, that’s just silly talk. But the smaller coil had ZERO issue. It’s a far more sensitive coil and it’s the coil the designed the machine to work best with. Even their ads say it plain and simple. Again, they don’t even offer the large coil any longer unless you ask for it and pay extra. Ain’t hardly anyone using that coil, and with good reason. I’m not here to argue the point, I literally showed it on video in multiple ways. If I take a video holding the nugget on the coil, it makes all the sound it should, and less sound the further you get from the coil… that’s literally how they work. Getting further away from it isn’t gonna do anything but make you miss more gold. Best luck!

[@mariodibenedetto4160]

What a noisy machine, no boing sound on hot rocks like White's gold master's, they need to resign the machine and also come out with a 6x4 coil

[@waywardwoodward]

I’ll take a Gold Monster over an ole White’s, any day! I had a GMT and that thing was a joke 🤣 who is really trying to find black sand with a metal detector? Gold monster for the win! Best luck out there!

[@waywardwoodward]

The only people who think the Monster needs a different coil, are the folks who aren’t using the machine right. Sorry to say it like that but I’ve trained dozens of folks who sounded like you do, and now they are out finding gold. User error is the biggest problem the Gold Monster has. Best luck to you!