Minelab Excalibur 1000
Price: $1000
Avg. Score: 
3.86
Based on 64 reviews
3.86Based on 64 reviews
Avg. Durability:
1.00
Avg. Ease of use:
1.80
Never worked right.
February 11, 2019
Since day one my Minelab 1000 has never worked right. Adjusting the ground
balance at all cuts out all the tones $1200 and is was a gift from my wife.
Using it very little 6 times maybe and the knobs cracked and broke off. She
felt so bad over this hole ordeal I felt bad for her. The only positive
reviews being written about this machine was probably written by someone
who works for the company.
Max Depth: 6 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
Outdoors Man from
Flordia
00
Bad coil cable
February 11, 2018
I have had two of these and both cables to the coil have totally fallen
apart in pieces. The sheathing crumbles away after a few years. I talked to
Kelly CO where I bought it and they said it must have been a bad batch of
rubber on the first one so I ended up paying to have it replaced. My second
Excalibur detector from Mine Lab now has the same issue. I never take these
in the water (salt or fresh) and only use these on land in the Bahamas and
store the units in a dry place. My friend has one too and all three of ours
have the same issue.
I have two Pulse 8 now for 10+ years and they never have issues and are used and stored in the same manner and same place. Mine Lab Detectors are not CHEAP! And they have a manufacturing quality issue that they do not seem capable of resolving. I did reach out to Mine Lab for help but they never responded. I will not buy one of their products again as I can't afford to replace the cable every few years let alone have to deal with it and have the detector out of service.
Max Depth: 7 inches on US quarter
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Durability
Ease of Use
Would you recommend this to a new user?
No, not really.
Patrick from
Bahamas
20
Excalibur 1000
November 15, 2016
As a professional scuba diver instructor I know very well how to take care
of underwater equipment, I purchased the excalibur 1000, after just a
couple months I had battery I pod problem, new I pod was sent to me,
however failed to operate, the company made mistake with the wiring and
inside they were inverted. Again after 2 months first serious problem start
to emerge, It was sent in Las Vegas for repair, it came back after a month
repaired, but after a day me using it again broke down.
He was sent back again, and this rime they apologise for making mistake with the seals. When I got it back was as a new machine. Then he went in storage for a few years, and when I used again after a few days the machine broke down again. It's just a piece of junk. The machine was sent to repair and Minelab they refused to repair, they preference to sell me a new one. I HAVE PHOTOS OF MY DETECTOR THAT I SENT TO THEM FOR REPAIR the photos that they showed me are not of my machine. Terrible service from Minelab. Be warned. Keep away from Excalibur, they are junk overpriced.
Max Depth: 2 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
Fausto from
Uk
22
Excalibur 1000
June 16, 2014
Bought mine 7yrs ago and finally pulled it out. Within 10 min. All the
rubber starting falling off the wires. Called Minelab and they coudn't give
me a price for material or labor till they send it. Definitely a defect in
parts.. Want me pay for shipping then give me a high price once its there.
Company sucks.
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
No, not really.
Wayne Scott from
Merritt island FL
79
Minelab costumer service
June 13, 2014
Minelab insulted me twice, think twice about your costumers service from
Minelab before you buy. Metal Detector Reviews may have good costumer
service but you have to also deal with Minelab itself and I assure you
Minelab is loosing it edge. There is a big problem with the CTX-3030, I
have never had one but I read it is a big one! BUYER BE WEAR YOU BEEN
WARNED!!! I do own a Minelab and I have no plains to own a Minelab!!!
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
Ivan from
France
58
Best water machine
August 14, 2012
I have owned a number of different water machines and have found Minelab
Excalibur to be the very best out there. Easy to use, tones will let you
know what your digging and it's turn on and go. If your going to do
either salt or fresh water hunting you can't beat this machine.
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Robin from
.south Florida
113
Beware
February 05, 2012
If your thinking of buying one second hand make sure of its history, there
can be issues with these detectors that can only be rectified by sending it
off to Minelab and that can be expensive and time consuming, this is
important if you are going to dive the machine, as Minelab will pressure
test them when they get them for repair or service.New is the best way if you can afford it, they are the best machine for beach detecting and what the they are made for diving .
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Peter from
Brighton
241
Minelab excalibur 2
December 20, 2011
I had a big problem with the knobs so I replaced them with generics with a
set screw, a short while later the machine started giving me problems, I
sent it back and very expensive to fix!!!!!!!! Wish they would fix the knob
problem. Check before using replacement parts!!!
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Cacdean from
New york
132
Minelab excal 800
June 01, 2011
I have been detecting now for roughly about 5 years and the only detector I
have used and will ever use is a Minelab Excaliber. I have both the 800 and
the 1000. I find that the 800 is fantastic at finding smaller items. With
my 800 I have found from ear ring backs to Spanish 1/2 & 1 reales and loads
of modern jewelry. My 1000 I find mostly rings and larger items but at much
greater depths. I think to master this amazing machine you have to learn
the different tones. Once you have accomplished this your finds will
increase significantly!
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Anonymous from
Caribbean
551
The machine for the beach
May 20, 2011
I have had a couple of water detectors in the past and they were very noisy
in the salt water which makes it harder to tell when you have a good
target. While overseas I hit a local beach with the detector that I brought
with me and it was pretty much unusable. There were sparkler wires everywhere and lots of beach junk so I was digging holes everywhere.
I went to see a friend who had another machine for sale and I used it on the beach and it was noisy also. I told him I did not want it and he said well.. I guess I could sell you my excal since I have an etrac. To make a long story short ,as a favor to me he sold me his well used excal 1000 and gave me a quick class on it and off I went.
On my first hunt while learning my machine I found a nice heavy 14k ring, a knock off watch that still worked, a silver thimble and about 25 dollars in coins. I was amazed.
I hunted on the weekends during low tide for two months then I had orders home. In that time I found 28 gold rings, two working watches, an 18K brooch and several silver rings and items. This was overseas and not as many people hunt there so the pickings were good.
I only found one gold chain and that was a surface find. I had a blast, paid for the used excal bought an new etrac and paid for Christmas for the family with the gold that I sold (4700.00 worth)when I returned home.
The only negative about the excal is that it will not pick up small chains. No telling how many I walked over.. All these finds were posted on one of the treasure sites on the net. The excal is a fantastic beach hunter that I am going to keep forever.
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Trent Nunley from
Seymour Johnson AFB
490