Description
Most factory detector speakers throw the faintest signals away to the open air. The Original Gray Ghost is the headphone that built DetectorPro's name: a wired, full-cup metal detector headphone designed for the demanding coin, relic, and jewelry hunter, made by detector people for detector people. DetectorPro's own pitch for it is worth repeating because it is exactly right: start hearing the "ghost signals" others are missing.
At a glance
The Original Gray Ghost is a wired metal detector headphone with a single click-position rotary volume control, a detector-compatibility selector switch, a heavy-duty 48 in (122 cm) coiled cable with a 1/4 in (6.35 mm) 90 degree stereo angle plug, 150 ohm nominal impedance, and up to 24 dB of ambient noise blocking. Built in the USA.
Why the Original is still the one to beat
The Gray Ghost line has grown around this headphone, and picking inside the family is straightforward. If you want the tuned-cavity speakers and a defeatable volume limiter, step up to the Gray Ghost Ultimate. If your sites are thick brush, the Deep Woods Platinum hides every control inside the cup. If you want a spare cord in the pouch, the NDT ships with two. The Original is the value pick: the same rugged platform, the same 24 dB sound blocking, one knob, one switch, no extras to pay for. One knob matters more than it sounds: a single rotary control with click positions ends the frustrating two-knob balancing act every hunt used to start with, and the click detents mean your setting survives the truck ride.
Technical specifications
| Volume | Single rotary control with stay-put segmented click positioning |
| Compatibility | Selector switch for all single-output metal detectors, no adapters |
| Cord | Heavy-duty 48 in (122 cm) coiled cable, 1/4 in (6.35 mm) 90 degree stereo angle plug |
| Impedance | 150 ohms nominal |
| Noise blocking | Sound-blocking muff design, up to 24 dB ambient reduction |
| Build | Heavy-duty polymer muffs, full-ear surround cushions; adjustable padded headband, no screws, no wire frame, no rust; folds for storage; Built in the USA |
| Warranty | 2-year limited warranty against defects in materials and workmanship |
Built for outdoor abuse, not the listening room
Hi-fi headphones die in the field: thin plastic yokes, straight cords that snag, headbands with rusting wire frames. The Original Gray Ghost was engineered against that exact failure list. The muff-to-muff connection cable is heavy duty, the coiled cord ends in a 90 degree angle plug that sheds strain instead of levering on the jack, and the headband adjusts without a single screw or wire frame part to corrode. It folds flat into a finds pouch when the hunt is done. This is why, decades on, the search phrase "gray ghost headphones" is practically its own category of metal detector headphones.
What is included
- DetectorPro Original Gray Ghost wired headphones with attached 48 in (122 cm) coiled cable and 1/4 in (6.35 mm) angle plug
Who you are buying from
History Seekers is a working detecting channel: over 1.1 million people follow our hunts on Facebook and YouTube. Call 256-284-2247 and you get a detectorist, not a call center. Every purchase keeps everyday Americans working.
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