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GPS Help

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John D.

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I have learned so much from you all in the past year about our great hobby of MDing. Now I have a real problem. I am beginning to explore some out of the way places and wander far from my car. Do any of you use a GPS on your hunts and if you do what make and model. It would be a terrible thing to find a gold cache and not be able to find your way back to the car, especially in the winter.
Thank You in advance for your help.
Your Friend,
 
alot of us use gps to aid in our searches. you can pick one up from around $100.00 up to several hundred dollars. they can be useful to mark that new site in the boonies or find your way back to the truck. i use a garmin e-trex venture that i paid 130.00 for a couple of years ago. i wish i had done more research first. mine works great until you get under thick tree canopy. there are better ones out there for around the same price. i'm not bashing garmin, i am just relaying my experiences with mine.
 
And I still have a couple, not counting my antique real oldies from the 20's and 30's. I started writing magazine articles on a portable 25 years or so ago.

Bill
 
I have had five gps.FOR ME the best is a Magellan Explorest 200. It really is good at picking up the satellites. I can even lay it in the front seat of my car and it still gets the astellites good.There are several good internet sites that give ghost towns and other good old sites such as old parks and pcnic grounds and gives the gps coordinates.
 
I have a handheld Magellan Sport Track. Easy to use. Goes for about $179 on Amazon. You can get a Magellan Explorist for $107. They have a better antenna and pick up good in cloud cover, trees etc.
 
Yes, and my Grandfather had a 1936 Chevrolet, however I would rather have a 2006 model if I had a choice.
Your Friend,
 
I like the Garmins, but just about any of them will do the job and they are accurate to +/- 3 meters. That should get you back to the car with that pot o' gold!!
 
Half was between the hour hand and 12 is south. Hour hand has to be pointing at the sun. If it dark I use the stars. Everybody know that Protococcus grows on the north side of the tree. Just make sure the tree is growing in the open area or the algae will grow on all sides.
 
Having worked outdoors for most of my career, I will tell you that Garmins work better than the others in heavy tree canopy. Many of my colleagues have noticed the same thing. Also go ahead and spend $15 to $30 on a good plastic compass. Suunto and Sylva make fine ones. Then learn how to use it. I carry that or my Brunton pocket transit depending on what I'm doing. The batteries have never died on either of them.
 
I wouldn't. The 36 is built better and worth more money. :) Many of the cars I had when I was younger are now worth a fortune. I had a 30 Model-A sport roadster when I was a kid. Later I had a 39 LaSalle Opera Coupe. Can't even find them at the classic car shows.

Bill
 
The difference is in the Antenna. You want one that has a helix antenna. It will work better under the trees.
 
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