Are Falcon gold probes worth it?

For gold prospecting, yes — the MD20 genuinely finds flakes that standard pinpointers miss. For general detecting, no: it isn't waterproof and it's far too sensitive for trashy ground.

Is a Falcon probe a metal detector?

It's a handheld probe rather than a full detector — range is an inch or two, so it's used for examining material and crevices by hand, not for searching ground.

Falcon Metal Detectors

One product, one job: hearing gold nobody else can.

Falcon makes high-frequency gold probes and essentially nothing else. The MD20 is the product the company is known for, and it occupies a genuinely useful niche: finding gold flakes in quartz and crevices that standard pinpointers are simply deaf to.

This is a specialist tool from a specialist maker. Judged as a general pinpointer it's poor — not waterproof, no discrimination — but that's not what it's for.

01What Falcon is known for

Very high operating frequencies, which is what makes small gold audible.
Scraping tips designed to work into rock crevices and quartz seams.
A strong reputation among prospectors specifically, rather than general detectorists.
No waterproofing, and no pretence of being a general-purpose probe.

02Falcon reviews

Falcon

Falcon MD20 Gold Probe

4.0Mid-range

Gold prospectors working quartz, crevices, and tailings, where the pieces are small enough that a normal probe is deaf to them.

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The verdict

Buy Falcon if you prospect for gold and work material by hand. For anything else, buy a waterproof general pinpointer instead.

Falcon FAQ

Are Falcon gold probes worth it?: For gold prospecting, yes — the MD20 genuinely finds flakes that standard pinpointers miss. For general detecting, no: it isn't waterproof and it's far too sensitive for trashy ground.
Is a Falcon probe a metal detector?: It's a handheld probe rather than a full detector — range is an inch or two, so it's used for examining material and crevices by hand, not for searching ground.