How do you detect in the water without waterproof headphones?

[mr helton]

I just got an AT Pro and am having trouble figuring out how people manage to detect chest deep water without waterproof headphones...any tips or should I just suck it up and get a pair of the $80 ones?

 

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[parkgt]

Waterproof ear buds are much cheaper and I prefer ear buds over headphones unless it is very noisy or cold.

 

[gleaner1]

Waterproof ear buds are much cheaper and I prefer ear buds over headphones unless it is very noisy or cold.

Waterproof ear buds dont address the fact that the connections need to be waterproof. For ear buds on an atpro, you would have to order the adapter which is twenty five bucks min and then you would have to get a reducer plug on top of all that and then you would have to slather TWO connection points with rtv to even think about it working in the water, especially salt. Or you could cut crap and solder the buds wires to the atpro adapter cord wires and rtv the joints that might work. But that would be just silly.

 

[thommo59]

I just ordered an AT Pro adaptor that screws into the original socket and has a hole for ear buds, 3.5mm. It was $34 bucks on ebay. He had both the 1/4 and 1/8 adaptor. Still won't be waterproof at the join.

http://vod.ebay.com/vod/FetchOrderD...&ssPageName=STRK:MESO:VPS&itemId=301136796836

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

You can always try to use NeverWet to create a hydrophobic seal. People do it with iPhones to make them submersible.

 

[Sandman]

The waterproof headphones are a must if you are going in chest deep water as if you step in a hole and get your head wet, the phones are gone. Those of us that search the water use real water proof detectors that have the headphones hardwired and I can dive well below 10 foot. If you intend to search salt water you'll find that the ATP will be unstable most of the time. For best results you need more than one frequency at a time to handle the salt and black sand and still find items over a foot deep. Or you could just not go chest deep with the land headphones and hope you don't trip.

 

[lookindown]

Get the water proof phones. Once I put mine on I never changed them. Ive been using them for land and water hunting for four years and like them. If your land hunting and it rains, no problem.

 

[Metal Detecting Stuff]

Yours are waterproof up to the bottom of the earmuffs. If you are hunting saltwater with waves, you will need either the Garrett Blue headphones or the Gray Ghost amphibians. I use the Amphibians both on land and water, they are a tighter fit than the standard Garrett's.

Wayne

www.metaldetectingstuff.com

 

[Silver Simon]

Yours are waterproof up to the bottom of the earmuffs. If you are hunting saltwater with waves, you will need either the Garrett Blue headphones or the Gray Ghost amphibians. I use the Amphibians both on land and water, they are a tighter fit than the standard Garrett's.

I'm thinking about getting the Amphibians soon. I had the Garrett blue pair, but with no volume control I found the level to be very uncomfortable.