Good, cheap phones

[greentreasurefish]

I have been reading about headphones for detecting. WOW! You can almost spend as much as on a detector. What would be a good inexpensive set to use as an extra?

 

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[TXPlugKutter]

I actually found a pair that have the small earpiece that fit snuggly in your ear. They came with a phone or some other electronic I bought. They have the volume control on them. I use them on my Ace 250 and they work great.
Hope this helps.

 

[diggummup]

Here are some cheapies you can look at-http://tinyurl.com/2qpe7j. Just make sure the plug fits, they have adapters you can get for less than 5 bucks if you need one. All my detectors take a 1/4 in plug.

 

[seas1to2]

I got a pair of Jensen from Big Lots $12.00 an they sound great, inline volume control, full size head set an VERY Loud, this helps a lots hunting at the beach, an they came with a very nice all metal 1/8-1/4 plug adapter.

 

[Ascholten]

It all depends on what you want, but one of the important things to look at is db/watt. in other words, how loud the thing is going to be with a set signal going to it.

The number might be in milliwatts instead of watts but generally the higher the number the better. This will help you hear the real deep / faint signals better because the headphones will be louder overall and just might make that mercury dime at 12" give a faint ...meeep.... out of the depth of background tone.

If you are on the beach, id recommend the circumaural? headphones, ie the ones that cover your ears. they will help to cut down on background noises, cars, kids, wave action, birds screeching etc etc. Many of them come with a tiny plug but radio shack sells adapter plugs for a few bucks each if you need to up it to king size for your detector.

Good luck.

aaron