Headphones - Yes or No

[alabamadan]

Do you where headphones when your MD? What's the benefit? I can see when you're someplace busy or loud, but in a quite spot like I was yesterday down by the river I didn't use them. Am I starting a bad habit?

 

[Vrent]

Use em....besides longer battery life...you can here fainter signals, some good signals are no more that a solid faint click that repeats..
man I gotta get home and post pics on de road till mid june, maybe longer

have a good holiday weekend all
Vrent

 

[Xraywolf]

Personally I don't.
Battery life isn't a factor with me, as I use Duracell rechargeables and they go strong for a week or more between recharges.
The reason I don't wear them is the obvious one - I don't care for the extra clutter,tangles and uncomfort headphones entail.
As I start hitting open fields with little trash I'm sure I'll wear them from time to time to try to increase the odds of finding deeper targets, but generally no the reasons stated here by everyone aren't enough to get me to wear them all the time no way.

 

[alabamadan]

I used them on the beach this past week and they're great for masking the sounds of the beach. Now, that I've gotten used to wearing them, they're no big deal.

 

[Floater]

Hmmm , I must of got one of those wierd detectors cause my don't come off and I dont have a speaker.

DONT LEAVE HOME WITHOUT THEM.

 

[Wild Boulder Bill]

I use them out in the field. I don't use them on the rare occassion when I am in town around people. I love it when people ask me about detecting. And if your nice to them you'll be amazed at how much free coffee they'll buy for you. And coffee is second only toor metal detecting. I never do really serious detecting in town, but I live in Colorado and I am extremly spoiled. I use them in the field for battery life.