Do you use headphones when you metal detect???

[treasurefiend]

I'm just wondering, I don't, only because my machine didn't come with any. Does it make a deference??? One time I was MD by an expressway, I wish I had a pair, it was too noisy. And if you do, are they top-end, middle of the road, or lower-end headphones. I figure I should get some eventually, and I'm not sure if the expensive ones are necessarily the best. Thanks for your input...

 

[tabdog]

I run single tone, non-TID metal detectors.

I use the tone to ID targets.

I use Killer B's and I got a set of Gray Ghost for back-up.

These are high quality phones with a life time warranty.

Before I got those I wasted a lot of money on cheep headphones.

The quality ones are actually cheaper in the long run.

The quality ones actually produce a better ratio of good finds.

It's a no- brainer.

Resist all you want, but if it don't make sense, it ain't right.

If you got one of those metal detectors that does not have

a good audio response , maybe it don't make no difference.

HH,

 

[jim tn]

n/t

 

[BarberBill]

Absolutely! Never detect without them, and I agree, buy good ones.
HH
BB

 

[UFOsAreReal]

I use headphones every time.
Otherwise, if people think you can hear them there will be no end to the silly questions.
Also the sweet chirpings of a Whites DFX is not always music to anothers ears.
OH yeah... and you can hear better too.

 

[Beale]

Yes always! I tried it once without them and could not concentrate? I have a set of the Sun Ray Pro Golds. I really like them, Beale.

 

[GRAY GHOST]

hey treasurefiend, i would not even consider going on a hunt without headphones. and you shouldn't either. your're missing a lot just by not having them. lord knows we have enough distractions to contend with - barking dawgs, loud kids, high winds, dry leaves,etc. i bought a pair of phillips with dual volume/stereo/mono buttons years ago, and they still serve me well. i like to take the excess cord, wrap it around the mast to the right laydown length, and blacktape it on. that way, i'm surely not gonna forget them. hh,

 

[Cherokeefan68]

I also use phillips headphones, they are nice and comfortable with a long cord, never thought to tape the excess cord though, I'll have to try that.

 

[TonyTX(MXT)]

Yes... Rebel... Middle of the road! HH TonyTX

 

[Bozack]

Absolutely. A $19.99 pair of Vanco's. But hey, they work!

 

[jdstawker]

Nope I don't use them. I like to hear the kids playing at the other end of the playground. The ducks at the lake, and all the other sounds of being in the outdoors. I listen to saws, drills, nailguns, jackhammers, etc. all day. I like the peacefulness of being out with my detector in the outdoors.

 

[Canewrap]

I use a single cup set of Killer B headphones. It allows me to stay quiet and still keep one ear open for anything like two legged varmints, an animal nearby, or if I need to carry on a conversation with a hunting buddy without removing my headphones. Headphones will help your batteries to last longer as it takes more juice to drive the built-in speaker on most detectors, and with headphones you can hear a slight rise in threshold a lot easier than you can with environmental noise in your ears.

 

[coinnut]

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