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Just wondering if anyone was using one, which kind you have and what you like about it or dont like about it.
Thanks, Mark
 
I have a navigation system in my vehicle. I can press a button and it will save the location and the latitude and the longitude so that I can go back and type it in mapquest to look at aerial views. It has helped a little. The only thing is I always forget to write it down and bring it upstairs to the computer.......Aaron
 
Hi Mark,
Myself and a friend have Garmin Rino's,walkie talkies with built in GPS. It's great,you can talk and track with the same unit. Whats neat with the Rinos is that you can Poll the location of the other Rino user and it shows his location on the screen with your location too. In the woods it's hard to give your location,with the Rino he just send a polling and there your are and you can talk to him.Also shows your track where you walked and shows HIS track to.Their great,down fall is they take 3 AAA batteries and last maybe 2 outings. just my opinion.
H/H JOE in MD
 
I have been using GPS for over 10 years to save the positions of hunting locations. All units work equally well for the basic function of recording and location of sites. Some have other functions that you may or may not want or need. The one that I find to be the best for carrying around while detecting is the little Garmin "Geko" price about $100.
For vehicle use the Garmin GPS-3Plus works great. I don't believe that particular model is still in production but there later models of the same series.
 
Good meeting you the other evening. Well, I guess I'm the only one responding that uses GPS to waypoint what I find and plot it on air photos/topomaps. It takes about 30 to 45 seconds to take a waypoint location of a relic.
I have used the Garmin Venture for about 2+ years. If you decide to buy one be sure that it has WAAS capability because the waypoint "FIX" will be more accurate and it will get you into a circle less that 10 feet in radius. Batteries are a problem which I have recently beaten by using 2500mAh NiMH batteries. I can charge them each time I go out and they will last on a single charge in excess of 11 Hrs. If you are doing research and are looking for a location you can get the LAT-LON of historic places from the government and put that into the unit as a waypoint and drive right there.
You can also let the GPS track you while you detect and can plot it on a map and see where you didn't detect. This optimizes your search.
HH
Dave
 
Here's An example of what I am talking about. It's a practice range near an encampment where green troops were taught to fire a weapon. You can see the shooting lines against a hillside and the overshot area on the other side of the hill where soldiers pulled their weapons on firing. The symbols on the map are GPS locations (waypoints) of bullets.
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So my partner and I use GPS is a little different than others
Hope this helps.
Dave Poche
 
Dave
Very cool stuff.
Mainly I just want to be able to return to were I found relic's. Down load that information onto a P.C. Then with any luck I will see a pattern and maybe it will lead to a better understanding of the battle progressed.
Thanks, Mark
 
Hey There,
Are you Mark Billings the kart racer ? If so, you and I have met once or twice at the race track.
Anyway....I really like my Magellan SportTrak Pro. I use the MapSend as well as the Terrain Navigator software in conjunction with the unit. I have found the GPS to be much improved over the first GPS I bought several years ago. I really like the fact that I can log coordinates of my relic finds as I keep track of every bit of that info.
Regards,
DR
Feel free to email me if you need more detail !
 
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