Headhunter Wader
Price: $600
Avg. Score: 
2.69
Based on 13 reviews
2.69Based on 13 reviews
Avg. Durability:
5.00
Avg. Ease of use:
5.00
Wader/pirate pro/1280x
July 20, 2014
I picked up a few waders over the eyars and sold them and it took me some
time to dabble into tweaking the pots a bit to get the best performance out
of my pirate pro'. I bought a cobra beach magnet with 10.5' coil same
concept as the Fisher 1280x internally. Grabbed another pirate pro. Same
again as the 1280x just a bit smaller board. Still 2.4khz quartz crystal
powered.
Swapped the coil and soldered spliced into the headphone pirate pro unit. Tweaked the sens pot and disc pots (RECALIBRATED) and did some air testing. 10" on a 14kt gold ring, 3" on a diamond stud earring. 11" on a quarter. How much more depth does one need? Factory settings are OK but a little tweaking goes a long way and honestly the detector is a lot of fun in freshwater lake hunting and Florida beach hunting. Any of the 3 units I just mentioned will find the goods with a few minor adjustments.
Max Depth: 11 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
Ray,sam,wagaman from
Pa/fl.
50
The worst
December 01, 2011
Never bought such a bad piece of kit as this in my life, from a company who
have a history of complaints about this product, broken wires, leaking
water, no real depth, unreliable, with a poor guarantee. Don't dare go into
the water with these suckers, well, only in a plastic bag!! But then you
will suffocate of course, total junk from a company that should be locked
up. As a rating, this machine would be lucky to get nowt.
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Les short from
Northumberland
51
Head Hunter Wader - A Great Water Detector
October 16, 2007
After reading some of these posts I don't know what these people were doing
with their detectors. How can you get the controls wet unless you dive
under water. It clearly states that this is NOT a diving detector and the
phones are only good for a 6 foot depth should you accidently drop them in
the water. They are not preassurized for diving. As far as detector search
depth goes, in finding things both on salt and fresh water beaches I've had
to dig as much as 12 to 15 inches for a penny. Rings sound off like a giant
bell as well as larger coins. For its price and size this detector packs a
great punch. It is my primary detector for the water and also does a great
job on land. It's the only detector that can truly be used for both.Overall Rating
Mat from
Mass.
2111
Never again!!
February 12, 2007
Never again will I buy a product from this company, the worst!! I was going
to Hawaii and purchased this unit, after 10 minutes in the water it died, I
looked and the electronics were full of water!! I let it dry over night it
was working again in the morning, but after using it for 5 minutes the
headphone wire fell out!! needless to say I headed to the detector shop on
the island and got $200 trade in value for my new detector, i did purchase
a whites unit that worked great, would not recomend the head hunter
detectors to anyone!
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Jose from
Texas
109
Different and definitely worth a try
February 12, 2006
If you hunt fresh water lakes very much you know that mineralization and
iron trash handling can be a big issue. After using a variety of
detectors I have narrowed it down to a few that compliment each other. No
one machine is best at everything or in all condtions and the Wader is one
worth having in your arsenal. The low frequency it uses while not hot on
the small stuff will work deep on medium size stuff and add older finds to
your pouch that the others missed. Rehunt your old swim areas with this
detector and you will be amazed at what was left, I was.Tom
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Tom MI from
Anytown, AT 55555
134
Not impressed
January 27, 2006
I have had this machine for about two years, seems to work ok, it is not
going to win any awards for depth, but it does have some serious quality
control problems I believe they manufactured the lowest cost water machine
possible, and it shows, I have sent mine in twice and paid $75 plus
shipping each time, I will not send it in again, i will buy one of the
other brands that has a quality product and stands behind it. Andy
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Andy from
IA
383
Headhunter Wader
December 08, 2005
This was the biggest waste of time and money i have ever experienced, The
Wader with it's impressive 3" depth on a nickel!, my toddlers $5.00 toy
detector works better, wish i had seen this site before i bought. live and
learn.
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Kent from
San Diego California
253
Headhunter Wader
November 05, 2005
Not going to get into a long story, just have to agree with the majority of
posts, poorly manufactured, and lacks in performance, for the money there
are many detectors that excell over the wader.
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Vince from
MN
282
Headhunte Wader
October 06, 2005
Have seen some badmouth on the wader, but my experience has been very good,
got no complaints, it works as advertised, does a fine job, most problems
are caused by the operators on most machines, regardless what brand, iv'e
had 27 different detectors, and the HH Wader is very good
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Bugar from
In.
1519
Headhunter Wader
August 14, 2005
Well after 30 years of water detecting I guess i can express my opinion of
the Detector Pro wader, The detector is based on a great idea, light weight
and simple, unfortunatly it is so poorly manufactured you may not get a
chance to try it, as i opened the box i noticed the cross threaded coil
cable attached to the coil, then the waterproofing??? can you say snap
tight? Thats right snap your battery in the headphone case it's water
proof-NOT!, oh ya, then the depth, 5 inches air test on a coin was the best
it would do, after speaking to others i thought maybe i had a faulty one,
so I contacted the factory, They were the rudest people i have ever spoke
too!, told me it was my problem! nice thing to say about a detector less
than one month old! needless to say I sold it and swore never again on
Detector pro, any other brand or I will sift sand with a minnow net at the
beach, before i buy another Detector pro product.
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Tony from
Arizona
493