A high-frequency measurement device, in particular a hand-held measurement device for locating objects (20), having a transmitter unit (19) for generating and transmitting a measurement signal (16), having a receiver unit (23) for detecting a returning measurement signal (22), and having a control and evaluation unit that includes at least one analog/digital converter (28) for a measurement signal (22) detected by the receiver unit (23), which measurement signal is scanned for further signal processing, wherein the scan rate of the at least one analog/digital converter (28) is variably adjustable.