re-tek
Sr. Member
the non "mickey mouse" look. non nerdy headphone solution
living in a big city (read as CRIME), i never used headphones with my detectors. its unsafe and in my opinion makes you look like an even bigger nerd. having read all about the benefits of using headphones i decided to come up with a compromise that i figured i'd share with you guys.
i'm a ham radio operator. sometimes we want to hear the audio on our portable radios without bothering the rest of the world and without compromising our safety by completely shutting out the outside world.
my solution was something like this..
http://www.icomuk.co.uk/categoryRender.asp?categoryID=3509&cCID=5135&tID=461
and a 1/4" radioshack headphone adapter.
now i can hear even the slightest little bip, i dont look like a fat mickey mouse with a metal detector and dont have to worry about someone sneaking up on me because i can hear squat.
dont want to spend the bucks on a commercially made earpeice? use a cheapo stereo earbud headphone set, find which of the two earbuds works when its plugged into your detector, and hack off the non working one.
all really think this is the way to go. even you guys that hunt in "safe" places. running around with both your ears covered is not a great idea.
living in a big city (read as CRIME), i never used headphones with my detectors. its unsafe and in my opinion makes you look like an even bigger nerd. having read all about the benefits of using headphones i decided to come up with a compromise that i figured i'd share with you guys.
i'm a ham radio operator. sometimes we want to hear the audio on our portable radios without bothering the rest of the world and without compromising our safety by completely shutting out the outside world.
my solution was something like this..
http://www.icomuk.co.uk/categoryRender.asp?categoryID=3509&cCID=5135&tID=461
and a 1/4" radioshack headphone adapter.
now i can hear even the slightest little bip, i dont look like a fat mickey mouse with a metal detector and dont have to worry about someone sneaking up on me because i can hear squat.
dont want to spend the bucks on a commercially made earpeice? use a cheapo stereo earbud headphone set, find which of the two earbuds works when its plugged into your detector, and hack off the non working one.
all really think this is the way to go. even you guys that hunt in "safe" places. running around with both your ears covered is not a great idea.
