Minelab Go-Find 40 Metal Detector Product Review

One of the top metal detector manufacturing company is “Minelab”. Thus, metal hunter enthusiasts are surely very familiar of this brand. 

Minelab has actually gained their trust and popularity by producing efficient tools for metal hunters for many years (the company was founded back in 1985).

On this post, let’s discuss a product review of one of Minelab’s cheap metal detector called “Minelab Go-Find 40 Metal Detector”.

It is actually very cheap or somewhat at a very affordable price where I bought mine recently at the Amazon Store. 

I actually read some testimonials that this tool claims to work well for hunting relic and coin shooting purposes. And since it is cheap, why not buy one for myself and give it an actual tests.

Before I share my experience and test results, let’s first cover its amazing product features.

Product Features of Minelab Go-Find 40 Metal Detector

3 Discriminator Tones

One of the best feature about this metal detector that I really like is its three discriminator tones. These three tones can be easily distinguished through the level of their sounds which are “low, mid and high”. 

Assuming that a certain object has been detected and the equipment is generating a low tone, it means that on that particular spot has high iron contents. 

If the tone is at mid-level then it means that there is an identified metallic object but a type of metal with low value. 

The highest tone is what you really need to pay attention because it is a signal indicating that you just found high quality metals such as gold.

Visual Target Identification

Along with the audio discrimination feature is also a “Visual Target Identification” feature. It is actually a second confirmation feature of the tool which gives an enhanced and more accurate detection result.

The main unit has a cool “back light and a large LCD” all for the purpose of giving you a better and much clearer visual display of the signals from the screen. 

To explain how this feature works in the most basic sense, there are LED’s acting as signal indicators. If it happens that the metal detector runs over a non-ferrous metals (such as gold and silver), the green LED’s with give a signal. 

On the other hand, low value metals such as iron will trigger the red LED’s.

Impressive Automatic Ground Balance

All those discrimination feature will be rendered useless if a metal detector does not have a good ground balance settings. 

The main purpose of a ground balance is to “ignore ground interferences” particularly presence of high minerals and alkaline type of soils. 

This will lead into a much deeper penetration of the equipment resulting into more interesting finds.

Along with the ground balance is a “three level depth indication function”. This is a special feature of Minelab Go-Find 40 that gives you an estimate depth of the target object. 

Being aware about how deep is your target allows you to know when to stop digging. This actually gets rid of the hassle trying to re-scan the spot if the object is still there or it already got scooped out by your shovel.

10 inches Search Coil

Some says that a 10 inches search coil is a large size but for me, I consider it as a medium size only. I actually held bigger loops of search coils that are three times larger than this one. 

So what is special about Minelab Go-Find 40’s search coil? 

What makes it special is that it is a “submersible mono loop antenna”. This means that it can be used on both wet and dry areas.

Smartphone App

If you have a smartphone with Bluetooth functionality then you can connect it to Go-Find 40 and utilize its useful apps. 

There are currently several interesting apps that could really offer some good benefits such as the app that allows you to record the locations of your finds. 

If you are a complete beginner the Coin ID will also be a great help. You can even listen into your favorite music while detecting but I really do not recommend it. 

You can also post your finds on FaceBook and share it with your friends while on the field.

It’s Lightweight

If you are a women or simply a weakling type of guy then Go-Find 40 will be a perfect equipment for you because it “only weigh 2.31lbs”. 

As an average person who does not even regularly work out, I can hold this thing for an entire day. Thus, even smalls kids are able to use it.

Foldable Design

Go-Find 40 is the first “foldable metal detector” that I own. Making it foldable is actually a very ingenious design from the manufacturer which makes storage and transportation a hassle free. 

The folding and unfolding process is really very quick which takes only a few seconds of your time.


User-friendly is another word that best describe Go-Find 40. Setting it up does not require screwing or attaching some of its parts which takes some of your precious time. 

You just literally just unfold it, insert its batteries then turn the Power ON and you are good to go. When you are done for the day, simply fold it back for safe storage.

Conclusion

My own overall conclusion as a product review for Minelab Go-Find 40 is that “it is very user-friendly” making it one of my best recommended cheap metal detector for complete beginners or for the whole family to enjoy. 

A 10 years old kid or an old grandpa can actually handle it without any problem and surely, they will likely enjoy their time playing or metal detecting with it.

Based on the actual performance of my field test results, this equipment provides a very accurate detection for small size objects particularly coins. 

The maximum depth that it can detect such particular size of a metallic object is 12 inches.

Lastly, with its current market price, you surely won’t make any regrets purchasing one for yourself.