The invention relates to the technical field of hydrogen detection, in particular to a hydrogen detector based on precious metal coupling, which comprises a substrate, an elastic layer and a sensing unit, the elastic layer is arranged on the substrate, the sensing unit is periodically arranged on the elastic layer, the sensing unit comprises a palladium block, a first precious metal part and a second precious metal part, the palladium block is arranged on the elastic layer, and the first precious metal part is arranged on the first precious metal part. The first precious metal part and the second precious metal part are arranged on the palladium block, and a gap is formed between the first precious metal part and the second precious metal part. During application, in a to-be-detected hydrogen environment, the continuous spectrum light source irradiates the first noble metal part and the second noble metal part, the palladium block adsorbs hydrogen to generate expansion, and hydrogen or hydrogen concentration detection is realized through movement of resonant wavelength. In the invention, the size of the palladium block for adsorbing hydrogen is large, and the sizes of the first noble metal part and the second noble metal part which cause the resonance wavelength to move are small, so that the adjustment force of the hydrogen on the resonance wavelength is large, and the hydrogen detection with higher sensitivity is realized.