Description
Your Equinox is waterproof. Your wireless headphones are not, and no wireless signal follows a submerged detector anyway. When the hunt goes into the surf line, a creek, or a lake shallow, audio has to travel by wire, and these are Minelab's own waterproof headphones built to do it: part 3011-0372, the wired 3.5 mm set for the Equinox series, Manticore, X-Terra Pro, and X-Terra Elite.
At a glance: Minelab part 3011-0372 is a wired waterproof over-ear headphone with a 3.5 mm connector for the Minelab Equinox series, Manticore, X-Terra Pro, and X-Terra Elite. It threads onto the detector's sealed headphone socket in place of the dust cap, needs no battery or pairing, and keeps target audio clear during underwater and wet-ground detecting.
Why this wired design is the only honest answer underwater
Bluetooth and low latency wireless both die at the waterline; radio does not propagate usefully through water, which is why Minelab builds this as a wired product. One large dealer currently describes this exact part as a Bluetooth headphone with an aux option. It is not, and buying it expecting wireless leads to a bad day at the beach. It is a sealed, wired headphone that screws onto the connector under the Equinox-family dust cap, and that simplicity is the point: no battery to die in the surf, no pairing to drop, nothing to flood.
Specs that matter in the water
| Spec | What it means for your hunt |
|---|---|
| Waterproof wired design | Made for detecting in and under water, where wireless audio cannot go |
| 3.5 mm / 1/8 inch sealed connector | Threads onto the Equinox-family headphone socket in place of the dust cap |
| No battery, no pairing | Audio for as long as you hunt; one less thing to charge or flood |
| Over-ear fit | Holds position in moving water and damps wave noise |
Compatibility, stated plainly
Works with: the Minelab Equinox series including the Equinox 700 and Equinox 900, the Manticore, X-Terra Pro, and X-Terra Elite.
| Your detector | Waterproof headphones compatible? |
|---|---|
| Equinox 600 | Yes |
| Equinox 700 | Yes |
| Equinox 800 | Yes |
| Equinox 900 | Yes |
| Minelab Manticore | Yes |
| X-Terra Pro | Yes |
| X-Terra Elite | Yes |
| SDC 2300 | No, use the waterproof SDC 2300 headphones (part 3011-0258) |
| Vanquish 540 | No, Minelab does not list it and the Vanquish control pod is not built for submersion |
| Vanquish 460 / 560 | No, not listed by Minelab for these headphones; the 460 and 560 include their own wired 3.5 mm headphones |
| GPX 6000 | No, not listed by Minelab for these headphones |
Not for: the SDC 2300 (it uses its own connector; Minelab part 3011-0258 is the SDC waterproof headphone) or detectors without the sealed 3.5 mm socket. Remember the machine's own rating governs the dive: check your detector's documented depth limit before submerging, and replace the socket's dust cap (cap kit, Minelab part 3011-0485) whenever headphones are off.
What's included
- Minelab waterproof headphones, wired 3.5 mm (part 3011-0372)
Honest limits
Minelab does not publish a standalone depth rating for these headphones, so we will not invent one; they are built for use with a submerged waterproof Minelab detector, and your detector's rated depth is the working limit. Wired means a cable in the water column; experienced water hunters route it under a wetsuit collar or arm strap. 3-year Minelab warranty as a current-series accessory.
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