Portable Cable Route Tracer performs functions such as route tracing of any metallic cable, depth measurement, live loaded cable tracing and ground survey of underground utilities. The Cable Route Tracer accurately identifies the wanted cable from the bunch of cables in communication network. The Cable Route Tracer is used for route tracing of any underground metallic cable in communication, power transmission, distribution and signal cable networks or cable fault location service provider. The Cable Route Tracer can be used to trace route of loaded live cable with the help of receiver unit and search coil in passive mode. The Cable Route Tracer is also used to carry out ground survey and metallic pipe route tracing in inductive mode effectively. Portable Cable Route Tracer is used to trace route of underground cable in a maximum range of 10km and find out the depth up to 5 meter, by triangulation method.