£3,750.00
Free UK delivery | 2 year warranty
Price: £3,750.00
Made in Germany | 2-Year Warranty | Free UK Shipping
The UIG Ground Scanner is a professional metal detector prospectors choose for advanced underground imaging and precision scanning.
This compact and powerful system integrates three professional search technologies into one device, allowing users to detect buried gold, precious metals, archaeological artefacts, tunnels, caves and underground voids with visual 3D analysis.
Designed and manufactured in Germany, the UIG Ground Scanner combines imaging accuracy with lightweight portability for serious field exploration.
The UIG Ground Scanner is built as a professional 3D imaging metal detector capable of delivering visual underground analysis rather than just sound alerts.
Using advanced live scanning and imaging systems, it allows users to:
For buyers searching for a gold metal detector with imaging functionality, this device provides professional-grade clarity.
Two things separate this from the cheaper scanners we sell. The first is reach, because 30 metres is a different class of survey from the few metres a budget unit manages. The second is the wall scan, which almost nothing else in this bracket offers and which is the only way to read a standing structure without opening it up.
The UIG Ground Scanner price is £3,750 with free UK delivery. It is bought as a 30m 3D ground scanner for work that goes well below detector depth, and as a 3 systems ground scanner covering live ground scanning, wall scanning and 3D imaging from one case.
The UIG Ground Scanner integrates three direct scanning systems:
This system provides real-time underground scanning to identify:
Ideal for structured and systematic scanning.
Designed for scanning walls and vertical structures, this feature helps detect:
This makes it suitable for historical site exploration.
The specialised 3D imaging detection system converts underground data into visual graphics.
It allows:
This transforms the device from a basic metal detector into a professional imaging research station.
| System | What it reads | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Live Ground Scan | Buried gold, precious metals, anomalies beneath you | Systematic survey of open ground, walked as a grid |
| Live Wall Scan | Metal and cavities behind vertical surfaces | Standing buildings, blocked openings, concealed chambers |
| 3D Imaging | Turns either scan into visual graphics with depth | Deciding where and how deep to excavate |
In practice the three work as one job. You scan, you look at the image, and you get a depth figure before anybody picks up a spade. The wall scan is the one people underestimate before they own it and talk about most afterwards, because reading a vertical surface is a genuinely different problem from reading the ground.
Depth figures need the same honesty on every page. Up to 30 metres describes a substantial target in cooperative ground, and soil type and object size both move that number a long way. A buried chamber and a buried coin are not in the same conversation, and nothing at any price finds the coin at depth.
What the reach buys you is the ability to survey ground that a shallower scanner would simply read as empty. On a site where the feature you are looking for is deeper than a few metres, a cheaper unit does not give you a weaker answer, it gives you no answer at all. That is the whole argument for this class.
The automatic calibration is what makes it usable across sites. It holds stable in wet soil, mineral rich ground, basalt and mineral salts, which is why the same unit works in very different countries without a long setup each time.
The UIG Ground Scanner can detect targets at depths of up to 30 metres underground, depending on soil type and object size.
It also enables:
For those comparing professional metal detector options, this depth capability positions it in the advanced category.
The device operates with an automatic system that remains stable across various terrains, including:
Its automatic calibration allows it to surpass mineralised rocks, making it suitable for use in different countries and soil conditions.
The UIG Ground Scanner is compact and lightweight, making it easy to transport and operate during extended exploration sessions.
Technical Specifications:
| Price | £3,750 |
|---|---|
| Search systems | Live Ground Scan, Live Wall Scan, 3D Imaging |
| Maximum depth | 30 metres, quoted, depending on soil and target size |
| Calibration | Automatic, stable in wet soil, mineral ground, basalt and mineral salts |
| Device weight | 1,100 g |
| Total package weight | 3,900 g |
| Package dimensions | 335 mm x 145 mm x 635 mm |
| Languages | English, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese |
| Certification | CE and ISO 9001 |
| Made in | Germany |
| Warranty | 2 years, handled in the UK |
| Stock | In stock |
The decision most buyers actually face is this one against the Groundtech GR-4 at £1,750. The GR-4 is the sensible buy if your sites are shallow and you are learning the technique. This unit earns the extra £2,000 on deep ground and on standing structures, and nowhere else. See the whole ground scanner range side by side, or the GER and UIG range this belongs to.
This professional device is ideal for:
It is not intended as an entry-level device but as a specialised imaging system.
Anyone whose detecting is coins, buttons and jewellery on UK permissions. This is not a detector in that sense and it will find you less than a £250 coil machine. Scanners find areas and structures. For objects, our most popular detectors start at £79.95.
Anyone buying their first piece of detection equipment. The page says plainly that this is not an entry level device, and we agree. Survey technique decides what a scan is worth, and technique comes from hours rather than from the manual.
And anyone whose sites are shallow. If what you are looking for sits in the top couple of metres, you are paying £2,000 for reach you will never use. Tell us about the ground and we will say so.
At £3,750 this is worth a conversation first. Get in touch and describe the site, the depth you need and whether walls are part of the job, and we will tell you honestly whether this or the GR-4 is the right spend.
£3,750 with free UK shipping and a two year warranty. If that is more than the project needs, the Groundtech GR-4 does 3D ground scanning for £1,750, with less depth and no wall scanning.
A live ground scan for real time underground scanning, a live wall scan for vertical surfaces, and a 3D imaging system that turns the readings into visual graphics with depth calculation.
It reads vertical structures rather than the ground, so it finds metal and cavities behind walls. On historical buildings that is how concealed chambers and blocked openings get located without taking anything apart.
Up to 30 metres depending on soil type and target size. The automatic calibration holds stable across wet soil, mineral rich ground, basalt and mineral salts, which is what lets it work across very different countries and conditions.
The device is 1,100 grams and the full package 3,900 grams, in a case measuring 335 by 145 by 635 millimetres. It is built to be carried round a site for a full day.
The Groundtech GR-4 at £1,750 is the budget route into 3D scanning. This unit reaches considerably deeper at 30 metres, adds wall scanning, and is built to a professional standard with CE and ISO 9001 certification. Whether that is worth £2,000 depends entirely on the work.
English, Arabic, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese. Made in Germany, CE and ISO 9001 certified, two year warranty.
Reading a vertical scan is a different skill from reading the ground, and most people get it wrong at first. Practise on a wall whose contents you already know before you rely on it. Ring us whenever you want a scan talked through.
It detects metal, but it is a ground scanner, which is a different instrument. It images an area and reports depth rather than beeping over a target. For sweeping ground looking for coins, a coil detector is the right tool.
Depth and wall scanning. The GR-4 at £1,750 does 3D ground scanning well and is the better buy for shallow sites and for learning. This reaches a quoted 30 metres and adds a live wall scan, which is what the extra £2,000 pays for.
It reads vertical structures for metal and cavities, which is how concealed chambers and blocked openings get found without dismantling anything. Reading a vertical scan is a separate skill from reading the ground and most people find it counter intuitive at first.
Yes, and that is often the more valuable output. The 3D imaging differentiates metal from void, so a chamber or tunnel holding no metal at all still shows up.
The device is 1,100 grams and the full package 3,900 grams, in a case of 335 by 145 by 635 millimetres. It is built to be carried for a full day.
That is what the automatic calibration is for. It stays stable in wet soil, mineral rich ground, basalt and mineral salts, which is why the same unit is used across very different soil conditions and countries.
Made in Germany, holding CE certification to European standards and ISO 9001 internationally, with a two year warranty handled here in Britain.
Yes, exactly as with a detector, on all land you do not own, and scheduled monuments are off limits entirely. Read how to get permission before you start.
This is a significant purchase and most buyers want to talk it through before ordering. If you have a question about depth, the ground you plan to search, what is included, delivery or payment, send us a message and we will come back to you.
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