We welcome the challenge of ‘difficult’ terrain. Magnetic minerals, iron-rich soil and deep water are no match for our innovation. You will see deeper with a Minelab detector than any other on the market.

Miners in Africa make life-changing gold discoveries with our detectors. And treasure hunters worldwide use our detectors to unearth history, from rare relics to ancient coin hoards. We know your quest and our detectors are precisely engineered to find the fortune you seek.

With Minelab, you’ll find performance is everything.

Minelab is a division of Codan Limited, an international leader in innovative technology solutions with customers in over 150 countries.

History 2015-Present Towards A Promising Future

Minelab Relocate Headquarters to Technology Park
Minelab MEA office opened in Dubai (2015)
GPZ 7000 launched - the best gold detector available (2015)
GO-FIND Series launched - entry level detector with smartphone interface (2015)

2010-2014 The Global Gold Rush

anufacturing expansion with selected production contracted to Plexus, Inc. (2010)
Hugh Graham (General Manager, Countermine) awarded "Gold Medal for National Construction Grand Cross" (2010)
Record GPX Series detector sales in Africa
CTX 3030 launched - the ultimate treasure detector (2012)
PRO-FIND 25 pinpointer launched (2012)
SDC 2300 launched - compact waterproof gold detector (2014)

2005-2009 Big Changes

Acquisition of Parketronics (2005)
AusIndustry Award in recognition of commitment to business excellence and in particular for innovation in the development of metal sensing technology (2005)
X-TERRA Series launched (2005)
AusIndustry Award in recognition of commitment to business excellence and in particular the company`s ongoing commitment to business and technical excellence in the invention, development, manufacture, marketing and distribution of innovative metal detection technology (2006)
GPX Series launched (2006)
Recognised Supplier of Strategic Capabilities for Australian Department of Defence (2007)
L-3 Communications CyTerra Corp and United States Army in recognition of 5000th AN/PSS14 Mine Detecting Set (2007)
Codan acquires Minelab (2008)
Winner - Engineering Excellence Award for SETA technology used in GPX-4500 (2008)
Finalist - Engineering Excellence Award for Array metal detector development (2009)

2000-2004 Onwards And Upwards

Electronics Industry Association "Gold Cup for Excellence in Innovation & Commercialisation" (2000)
City of West Torrens Business Award for outstanding contribution towards the Economic Development of the City of West Torrens (2000)
Design Institute of Australia - Design Citation for Explorer Metal Detector (2000)
GP Series launched (2000)
Finalist - SA CIMB Innovation Award category - innovator of the year (2002)
Recognised Supplier for Australian Department of Defence (2002)
F3 mine detectors launched (2002)
Array mine detectors developed (2002)
Torrensville site extensions completed (2003)

1995-1999 Going Global

SD Series detectors launched (1995)
Australia Post, Australia Day Council Business Award (1996)
Headquarters moved to Torrensville, South Australia (1997)
Countermine division created (1997)
F1A4 mine detectors launched (1997)
Certificate ISO 9001 (1997)
Minelab International established in Ireland (1998)
Minelab USA established in the U.S. (1998)
AusIndustry Innovation Prize (1998)
National Winner IBM Business Owner Award (1998)
Telstra and Australian Governments` Australian Small Business of the Year Award (1998)
Explorer Series launched (1999)

1990-1994 A Growing Business

Sovereign Series launched (1991)
Excalibur Series launched - Minelab`s first underwater metal detector (1993)
Headquarters moved to Rose Park, South Australia (1994)

1985-1989 Early Beginnings

Goldseekers 15000 launched - Minelab`s first metal detector (1985)
GT 16000 launched - world’s first truly automatic ground-tracking metal detector (1987)
Eureka Dual Ace launched – world’s first two frequency detector (1989)

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