??? about thunkers........?

[oneguy]

Been running into quite a few "thunkers" lately on my last few hunts. When I run into one I'll stop dead in my tracks if the audio gives me the slightest hint of a high tone then I'll glance at the #'s and try and work a better audio out and/or try a pinpoint. Usually on the plain thunkers without any real high tone I may glance at the #'s but they never seem to confirm or deny and I walk on.

I guess my question would be if there might be a better way to work some of these thunkers to try and squeak out that deepie silver I may be passing over? Only thing I can think of is to play with manual sense and try for better audio as you circle? Have you ever just chased a thunker with no real audio or #'s and got lucky?????

Was hoping maybe someone had a tip or trick to dealing with the thunkers...... For the most part I haven't messed with them unless I get a hint of a high tone.......

PS...been using the Ultimate exclusively since I put it on a few weeks ago....(like it too)

 

[DiggerODirt]

I dig ANY thunker that repeats or gets better...Never pass em up...You never know...???

HH,

 

[ironsight]

I dig ANY thunker that repeats or gets better...Never pass em up...You never know...???
HH,

DiggerODirt is right IMO. 'Repeats' is the key word.

Can't prove it but i think some possibly most of those 'elusive' thunkers are also caused by the coil bumping just right into something when using a hi man. sens. setting.
I get a lot of thunkers without an audio ID searching corn fields, woods, weedy grass, etc. that are not repeatable yet alone pin-pointable. Are thunks a random indication a target is down there well beyond the detector's stable depth capability? I'll never know because i don't dig unless i can pin-point.

The only thunkers i dig had an iffy sometimes there and sometimes not audio 'and' can be pin-pointed. If its not repeatable and nothing can be pin-pointed using all available methods, i move on and consider it another type of false. Maybe the next generation of detectors will find it, that is if something really is down there.

I ain't gonna dig a two foot deep hole without some kind of reasonable confirmation a target is down there.

 

[kevmar]

Thunker ?

 

[Goes4ever]

I will put it into manual try to make signal a little more clear, if it repeats dig it!

 

[oneguy]

Thunker ?

sound it makes when at end of detection range....

Thanks for your insight guys....!!!!!!

 

[Goes4ever]

to me it sounds kinda like KER-thunk!

 

[Jason in Enid]

The "thunk" is like all other signals. It needs to be repeatable. It's more significant if it's a high-tone with a final "thunk" at the end. The main thing to look at on the VDI is the depth readout, not the FE-CO numbers. Tone and depth, tone and depth.

 

[bwstephen]

When I get a signal in question and may be good or a bad signal I go to all metal and accept all. It will usually show you have iron and get a solid reading, but it may still show a good target and then I would dig.

 

[Goes4ever]

When I get a signal in question and may be good or a bad signal I go to all metal and accept all. It will usually show you have iron and get a solid reading, but it may still show a good target and then I would dig.

I USED to do this but found out it is really not a good idea at all......you ask why? The etrac locks on to the closest strongest signal, with no disc it will pick up anything right? If a nail is laying beside a coin the etrac is gonna pick it up and give you a high FE number.

Much better to walk around the signal from different angles and wiggle over the target, with iron disc'd out the etrac will detect the coin if you wiggle over it.

 

[Bell-Two]

I have found the kerthunk is quite often a coin on edge.