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<blockquote data-quote="gcause" data-source="post: 32434" data-attributes="member: 1497"><p>I just purchased a Garmin Etrex10 on a recommendation from a very successful prospector friend who uses his all the time. I just uploaded the boundaries of the three new designated fossicking areas in Qld and also uploaded all the old mine sites in that area. The unit only has 8mb of storage so I couldn't load the whole of qld just the area I was interested in.</p><p>It cost $99 from JB hi-fi. I will be testing it out in the field in the next week or so. My main reasons for the purchase was to:</p><p>1. find my way back to my car in the bush; and </p><p>2. to ensure I stay within the bounds of the designated fossicking areas; and </p><p>3. to plot any finds I may make so I can see if there is a pattern forming. i.e. A reef.</p><p>This unit looks like it should handle all of that.</p><p>The Garmin Basecamp software is very easy to use and to import data into I recommend this software highly. I also loaded the same data into the Memory Map application on my iPad as I use this to navigate in the car.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcause, post: 32434, member: 1497"] I just purchased a Garmin Etrex10 on a recommendation from a very successful prospector friend who uses his all the time. I just uploaded the boundaries of the three new designated fossicking areas in Qld and also uploaded all the old mine sites in that area. The unit only has 8mb of storage so I couldn't load the whole of qld just the area I was interested in. It cost $99 from JB hi-fi. I will be testing it out in the field in the next week or so. My main reasons for the purchase was to: 1. find my way back to my car in the bush; and 2. to ensure I stay within the bounds of the designated fossicking areas; and 3. to plot any finds I may make so I can see if there is a pattern forming. i.e. A reef. This unit looks like it should handle all of that. The Garmin Basecamp software is very easy to use and to import data into I recommend this software highly. I also loaded the same data into the Memory Map application on my iPad as I use this to navigate in the car. [/QUOTE]
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