The areas I detect are known gold and silver districts, my main detection is for gold nuggets so you have to go where the gold is and unfortunately the areas I detect for nuggets there are things out there that bite and so you have to stay aware of where you are at and what is around you, one bite from a rattle snake can mess you up pretty good and ruin a good hunt, there are bears here where I detect also as well as mountain Lions. javelina, and a few other critters that you need to stay on the look out for, plus also two legged critters that would not think twice about ruining your day, over the ear headphone, earbuds and things like that do not allow you to stay aware of your surroundings unfortunately so I use what works for me.
I received my replacement set of Lingo's and am very happy with them they are plenty loud enough for me to hear the tones from the Legend and my other detectors I use them with, all be it I have to use a wireless transmitter to use the Lingo's which also work great, yes I wish they were just a little louder but the volume is dependant on how high you can set the device you have the Lingo's connected to and unfortunately the Legend only has 6 levels of volume control which is why the Lingo's do not seem to be very loud to you, when I connect them to my cell phone the volume level is very loud but still not ear piercing and booming, I have no issues with being able to hear any sound coming through the Lingo's even when the wind is blowing.