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Wanting to get a pair of wireless headphones....tired of trees snatching the ones I have off my head when I walk because the wire gets hung up... Looking for insight on the pros and con's and do they pull interference around power lines...

Has anyone gone blue tooth with their SDC? If so, is it as easy as getting any of the readily available blue tooth transmitters plugging it in and off you go (with the proper head phones/ear buds,etc.)? Thanks! Dean

What is the difference between a head phone amp and a signal booster like the B&Z or the Gold Screamer? Will one of these make a difference on the SDC? Thanks. Dean

here are my little nuggies from the Dale-ironstone-district... smallest is 1.4 grains and the biggie(haha) is 43.8 grains==2.84 grams.... Total of 4.03 grams for the trip. Two or three were barely whispers and found where someone else had dug a bit and probably decided it was ground noise. The biggest was a very firm signal and I expected a bullet. However, it was 6 or 8 inches deep. I was thrilled to find something deep-ish and multi-gram... My settings and audio input was varied. Lunk, Russ, Doc and especially Jonathan's settings gave me a firm foundation to build on. There is no doubt this detector will find the goodies-but-you already know that. My first trip to Gold Basin I felt there were some intermittant problems with the audio, especially when using headphones or trying to use Jp's enhancer and speakers ( system that I love)...so I did some intensive testing. On this trip I used three sets of phones, Jonathan Porter's Enhancer and just the module. All of the jacks in the Module gave broken-up signals. Headphones directly in the detector worked fine. Fortunely the Module worked pretty well...I donot understand why this GPZ module has to be in constant visual contact to work well-the ctx is not so handicapped. I wonder if anyone else has experienced these problems...or am I cursed? This will be the second part i have a problem with-not including the first gpz Minelab so kindly replaced...The first was the 12v charger that came apart the third time I used it...

For nuggetshooting. What are your favorite headphones? Features,price,sound quality,durability.....???? I'm thinking about some Black Widow's or Grey Ghost....

Does anyone know how to correlate the tone numbers adjustment on detector to the actual tones I can hear? My audiologist knows what tones I can and can't hear. I think that having that number value would help us hearing impaired detectorists. Adjusting the machine from that number lower, but never higher. Norm McQ

Was reading an old thread about using wireless headphones with metal detectors. People were buying a kit from kellyco which enabled you to use wireless headphones. Kellyco has discontinued the kit which tells me either it did not work very well or there were more inexpensive versions available as the technology became more readily accessible. Anybody got any thoughts on this? Good, bad, indifferent?

Hi all, A new detector is only as good as the new owners ability to set it up properly, and understand what he/she is seeing/hearing... I agree on some detectors sounds being acceptable, where others may be very irritating to the ear. I don't mind the Minelab pulse detectors sounds, as well as Gold Bugs, and Whites Goldmasters, BUT while I would like to like the sounds of a Minelab Explorer and the CTX 3030, they just annoy me, for some reason...maybe there is a way to internally make their sounds more acceptable??? I am all ears... Gary/Largo

Hi Guys Any advice on what kind of Headphones to get for a F19, and basic digging equipment. I have a sandscoop coming for the beach. What would i need for parks?

Hi Chris, This is all very interesting from all your travels and swing time on the SDC 2300! I have followed most of you and Steve's adventure's through out. As far as the supplied headphones, do you use them, or do you use the on board speaker? I found my cable could be long enough, but so tightly wound that it made target recovery difficult, or near impossible, without disconnecting the cable from the detector, and using the on board speaker to check out what the target might be. Kind of a goat rope, doing it that way, unless you have a second person on, as in a video I saw, showing one person detecting, and communicating verbally to another person, who would recover the target, a convenience most of us do not have. I have read that heating the coiled headphone wire with a hair dryer somewhat, and stretching it to help make the cable relax and extend, thus countering the memory effect, may help deal with the "headphone cable too short" complaint. I have not tried that yet, just curious if you have tried it. I found my headphone's ball bearing locking mechanism was not locking in properly, would fall off after a time, so I visited the local dealer, who checked the connector, and verified there was an issue, and was able to provide a replacement. Great service! Keep up the great work, your finds are growing, and I and others are enjoying vicariously going along with you on your adventures! Take care, as always, Gary/Largo

Hello All, I was curious about how much power an external speaker draws, versus the use of headphones, most specifically, in the case of the SDC 2300. I am told that normally, headphones do draw less power than external speakers. There has been some talk with regard to the headphones, length of cord, and the new connector that is used and the SDC 2300, but I'll leave that to those who want to dig a little in some other forums... Where I go gold detecting in Nevada, the wind blows constantly, loose fitting headphones can contribute to failure to hear faint targets while the wind blows. That being said, I visited Costco in the past few days, walked by a display of Walker Digital 360 Muffs (headphones), that are supposed to deal with wind noise, all the while amplifying surrounding sounds by up to 9 times. The cordless headphones cost $40 bucks or so, so I thought I might give them a try as there is no cord to hang up on anything and perhaps if they seal out sounds of wind well enough, it could be money well spent. I bought a set, installed supplied AAA battery in each earpiece, tried them on in the house, turned on my SDC 2300, adjusted the threshold to the very minimum, and found that the headphones DO seal well, in fact as good as my high dollar headphones. Add to that the fairly quiet threshold could be magnified to a much higher level than I could ever need. BEST of all, I am not connected in any way to the machine. In addition, they do have a Noise Reduction rating of 24 db, so loud unexpected sounds are dealt with, so as not to damage a persons hearing. Each earpiece has an volume control, which is a real PLUS, when looking at headphones. I will try to get out today, and see how well they work. I have thrown a whole lot more than $40 on a lot of things and got less... So far, I am a happy camper.We'll see. Have a great day! Gary/Largo

I'm in the process of purchasing a GB Pro and was overwhelmed with the choice of headphones. I want something that is comfortable and will work proficiently. Recommendations? I'm a middle of the road kinda guy but don't have a clue which phones those are. Thanks.

Most of the chat and subject matter is about detectors, as it should be. The time has come for a new set of headphones and it is time for us to get a new set. Is there any difference in requirements for headphones on different detector brands, VLF vs PI, hard of hearing, etc? I am in the market and want to hear from others that have much more knowledge than I.