Minelab Pro Find 25 vs Garret Pro Pointer FIELD TEST / Review

Pondguru
Nov 7, 2026

Major bummer - nobody wanted the Minelab probe to be great more than me so I'm on a real downer about the results of testing in the field.
Make up your own mind but I will be sending this back. I am loving my Etrac and assumed Minelab would do a similar quality job on their new probe, the Pro-find 25 so I bought one on first day.
Air tests were promising and whilst not fantastic, did suggest a small improvement over my existing Garrett probe.
The in-soil tests were much different however. The Garrett showed it detected deeper, more accurately and gave a clearer indication of where the target was every time.
This is a FIELD TEST showing the real DEPTH capabilities of the Pro-find 25, not the DISTANCE capabilities shown in AIR TEST videos. As I have discovered to my cost, air tests mean nothing at all with either detector or probe / pinpointer as how it performs in the field is the only important thing.
Unfortunately there were (and still are) no other field test videos on the Pro find 25 when I made my purchase.
Therefore it will be getting returned. I have tried it with different batteries (all new) and even swapped the battery from the Garrett to see if that made a difference. It did not.
At £125 (and considering the time Minelab have had to effectively copy the Garrett probe) I am not a happy chappy.