wireless headphones
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GroundSweeper
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Man, they are wonderful. PITA at times to pair and charge etc., but no wire is priceless.
markinmichigan
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Besides keeping your ears warm in the winter, you gotta have them. You pick up faint tones that are missed in the urban hum, wind or background noise.
Mark in Michigan
Mark in Michigan
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I put them in the category with a pinpointer. Yes, you can get by without them, but once you've used them, you'll never be happy without them. All three of my detectors use wireless headphones.
hoser
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I have the hard wired phones but wouldn't be without them. All the things Mark said are true plus blanking out the speaker on your detector won't draw more attention when you get a good signal. That speaker is an onlooker magnet. 
PAdogman
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As a newb myself I figured I did not need wireless. I didn't want the minor inconvenience of keeping them charged. Same reason I went with a detector that is battery powered.
So there I am, picking up a signal I want to dig. And I laid the detector down and the headphones were promptly ripped from my head. I just *assumed* that there was enough coiled wire to compensate the length needed to set the detector down and use a 36" shovel to dig. Not the case.
So I stopped wearing them right then. Put them around my neck and secured the wire. I don't operate around people anyway.
Then I tried them again on a windier/noisier day and found that if I knelt down at the same time I was putting the detector on the ground everything was hunk dory. But this time I had forgotten my shovel and was using the hand digger to make my hole. Kneeling was actually pretty comfortable, in spite of a bad knee.
I have since ordered an 18" shovel so I can try digging while kneeling.
If I had it all to do again I would have gotten wireless headphones. But I don't see me needing them to mask my detector. I think the convenience of no wire outweighs the inconvenience of charging them. And I can easily do without them anyway.
So there I am, picking up a signal I want to dig. And I laid the detector down and the headphones were promptly ripped from my head. I just *assumed* that there was enough coiled wire to compensate the length needed to set the detector down and use a 36" shovel to dig. Not the case.
So I stopped wearing them right then. Put them around my neck and secured the wire. I don't operate around people anyway.
Then I tried them again on a windier/noisier day and found that if I knelt down at the same time I was putting the detector on the ground everything was hunk dory. But this time I had forgotten my shovel and was using the hand digger to make my hole. Kneeling was actually pretty comfortable, in spite of a bad knee.
I have since ordered an 18" shovel so I can try digging while kneeling.
If I had it all to do again I would have gotten wireless headphones. But I don't see me needing them to mask my detector. I think the convenience of no wire outweighs the inconvenience of charging them. And I can easily do without them anyway.
Ken Clad
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Being new at this, adjusting to likes/dislikes is ever evolving. I have spent my short time at this 99% at the beach... cuz that's near where I live. I have a set of wireless, low latency, waterproof headphones. It's totally a love/hate relationship.
The likes:
warm in the cooler weather
weak signal work
privacy
The dislikes:
hot in the summer
poor fit with my hat
feel cut off from my surroundings
The last two points in dislikes: they are probably gonna be the deal breakers. I don't like the fit with my hat... and that's a must for sun exposure summer and winter here. I've burnt the top of my head & ears, even using sunscreen. We won't be revisiting that any time soon (read: ever again). The feeling of isolation and oblivious to my surroundings is a tad unnerving. Thirty years of FD/EMS training has my head on a swivel. Cutting off my hearing is really a no-go. I am even considering just (1) one ear bud in low latency, waterproof.
I totally get the rest of the world doesn't wanna hear a screeching metal detector, so compromise is important.
The likes:
warm in the cooler weather
weak signal work
privacy
The dislikes:
hot in the summer
poor fit with my hat
feel cut off from my surroundings
The last two points in dislikes: they are probably gonna be the deal breakers. I don't like the fit with my hat... and that's a must for sun exposure summer and winter here. I've burnt the top of my head & ears, even using sunscreen. We won't be revisiting that any time soon (read: ever again). The feeling of isolation and oblivious to my surroundings is a tad unnerving. Thirty years of FD/EMS training has my head on a swivel. Cutting off my hearing is really a no-go. I am even considering just (1) one ear bud in low latency, waterproof.
I totally get the rest of the world doesn't wanna hear a screeching metal detector, so compromise is important.
too_pointer
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I have both wired & wireless, no doubt, the wireless is preferred. Good luck and in the future also,
too_
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To me, the headphones themselves are more important than whether or not they're wired.
My favorites are a pair of Black Widows that have a long HEAVY coiled wire that moves easily and is never in the way. The coiled wire weight makes a difference.
I also own and use wireless Minelab and Nokta phones. I like both of them very much too, just not quite as much as the Widows.
The Widows sound better.
My favorites are a pair of Black Widows that have a long HEAVY coiled wire that moves easily and is never in the way. The coiled wire weight makes a difference.
I also own and use wireless Minelab and Nokta phones. I like both of them very much too, just not quite as much as the Widows.
The Widows sound better.
