Description

Metal Detector uses your watch's built-in magnetometer (compass sensor) to spot nearby metal — handy for finding dropped keys, coins or small metal parts. HOW IT WORKS • Hold the watch away from metal and press START (or tap the screen) to calibrate. The app asks you to, and reacts to nothing until you do • Sweep your wrist over the ground or a surface — a colour bar shows how far the field has moved from your calibration: green is quiet, yellow is getting close, red is metal • Gentle, sparse vibration near the threshold; strong, fast clicks only at a real peak, so it doesn't buzz on every tiny fluctuation • The screen stays on while you scan FREE AND PRO Free is a working detector: the coarsest sensitivity setting and three calibrations a day. Your last calibration keeps working when they run out. Pro unlocks adjustable sensitivity (1–10, down to 10 mG, for small objects) and unlimited calibrations. Tap Get Pro on the watch to show a QR code, and scan it with your phone to open the checkout. You then get a licence key: paste it into the app settings in Garmin Connect (License Key), and Pro turns on straight away. GOOD TO KNOW A smartwatch sensor reaches centimetres to a few tens of centimetres, depending on the object — a practical helper, not an industrial detector. The watch's own metal parts and strap magnets add noise, so calibrate while wearing it normally. A screen that stays on uses more battery than usual — this is for short scanning sessions.

What is new

Turn your watch's compass into a simple metal detector.

Screenshots

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Supported language (1)

English

Compatible devices (98)

Approach® S70 (42mm) Approach® S70 (47mm) D2™ Air X15 D2™ Mach 1 D2™ Mach 1 Pro D2™ Mach 2 D2™ Mach 2 Pro Enduro™ Enduro™ Enduro™ 2 Enduro™ 3 epix™ (Gen 2) epix™ (Gen 2) epix™ Pro (42mm) epix™ Pro (47mm) epix™ Pro (51mm) fēnix® 5 fēnix® 5 fēnix® 5 Plus fēnix® 5 Plus fēnix® 5S fēnix® 5S fēnix® 5S Plus fēnix® 5S Plus fēnix® 5X fēnix® 5X fēnix® 5X Plus fēnix® 5X Plus fēnix® 6 fēnix® 6 fēnix® 6 Dual Power fēnix® 6 Pro fēnix® 6 Pro fēnix® 6 Pro Dual Power fēnix® 6 Pro Solar fēnix® 6 Solar fēnix® 6S fēnix® 6S fēnix® 6S Dual Power fēnix® 6S Pro fēnix® 6S Pro fēnix® 6S Pro Dual Power fēnix® 6S Pro Solar fēnix® 6S Solar fēnix® 6X Pro fēnix® 6X Pro fēnix® 7 fēnix® 7 fēnix® 7 Pro fēnix® 7 Pro – Solar Edition (No Wi-Fi®) fēnix® 7S fēnix® 7S fēnix® 7S Pro fēnix® 7X fēnix® 7X fēnix® 7X Pro fēnix® 7X Pro No Wi-Fi fēnix® 8 AMOLED (43mm) fēnix® 8 AMOLED (47mm/51mm) fēnix® 8 Pro fēnix® 8 Solar (47mm) fēnix® 8 Solar (51mm) fenix® 9 - 43 mm fenix® 9 – 47 mm fenix® 9 Pro - 43 mm fenix® 9 Pro - 47 mm fenix® 9 Pro - 51 mm fenix® 9 Pro - Solar 47 mm fenix® 9 Pro - Solar 51 mm Forerunner® 255 Forerunner® 255S Forerunner® 265 Forerunner® 265S Forerunner® 945 Forerunner® 945 Forerunner® 955 Dual Power Forerunner® 965 Forerunner® 970 Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2 Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2 Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2S Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2S quatix® 6 quatix® 6X tactix® 7 tactix® 7 – AMOLED Edition tactix® 8 – 47 mm, AMOLED tactix® 8 – 51 mm, Solar Venu® 2 Venu® 2 Venu® 2 Plus Venu® 2 Plus Venu® 2S Venu® 2S Venu® 3 Venu® 3S Venu® 4 – 41 mm Venu® 4 – 45 mm