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Doug Stone, John Tully et al Maps - The Good, the Bad & the Alternatives
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 651631" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>No map will put an X on the spot, at best it is a guide to narrow down where to go. How much information do we need? </p><p>I just realised I had already purchased one of Signals maps and whilst it is OK, it is a bit busy with information for my liking. I bought it because I did not already a paper map for the area that I was interested in. (I find paper maps rather than GPS based maps are more satisfying, especially after an unsuccessful mornings detecting, to chew your sangas over. Much better to work out a route to an eldorado gully some distance away from the valley of death I am in.) </p><p>If you have a basic understanding of how gold deposits form and in particular how nuggets are shed, should you really care whether every reef, shaft, or puddler etc is shown as long as the alluvial gullies are shown? Can too much information be a distraction to using your noggin? Would you be successful ignoring the places where gold <strong>HAS</strong> been found rather than to work out where it <strong>COULD</strong> be found.</p><p>Just show me the alluvial gullies, I'll go there and let my eyes help me work the rest out.</p><p>Not for one minute do I think the Signal maps are the result of a large body of new field work but rather the summation of generations of work by field geologists, surveyers, and perhaps the likes of John Tully and maybe the original and quirkier works of Steve Barnham.</p><p>Don't get me wrong, I am not saying the Signal maps are not good, the're OK and they should be in this modern age where information can be assembled and reprocessed so easily, but if you need a map for an area, I wouldn't be throwing away my Tully or Barnham books to buy them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 651631, member: 4728"] No map will put an X on the spot, at best it is a guide to narrow down where to go. How much information do we need? I just realised I had already purchased one of Signals maps and whilst it is OK, it is a bit busy with information for my liking. I bought it because I did not already a paper map for the area that I was interested in. (I find paper maps rather than GPS based maps are more satisfying, especially after an unsuccessful mornings detecting, to chew your sangas over. Much better to work out a route to an eldorado gully some distance away from the valley of death I am in.) If you have a basic understanding of how gold deposits form and in particular how nuggets are shed, should you really care whether every reef, shaft, or puddler etc is shown as long as the alluvial gullies are shown? Can too much information be a distraction to using your noggin? Would you be successful ignoring the places where gold [B]HAS[/B] been found rather than to work out where it [B]COULD[/B] be found. Just show me the alluvial gullies, I'll go there and let my eyes help me work the rest out. Not for one minute do I think the Signal maps are the result of a large body of new field work but rather the summation of generations of work by field geologists, surveyers, and perhaps the likes of John Tully and maybe the original and quirkier works of Steve Barnham. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying the Signal maps are not good, the're OK and they should be in this modern age where information can be assembled and reprocessed so easily, but if you need a map for an area, I wouldn't be throwing away my Tully or Barnham books to buy them. [/QUOTE]
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