best phone for detecting?

[tigersrule]

hi all, just wondering what phone you would recommend for mapping while detecting.

 

[Maldon Gold Centre]

I prefer a dedicated GPS.

I use a Garmin GPSMAP 64st

 

[Dignit]

Depends on what mapping you want to do.
I use an iPhone and run HandyGPS app which costs under $5 and is brilliant. I print off maps in Geovic from which I determine spots I want to go to and then put the coordinates in to HandyGPS. Very easy and low cost.
However I recently bought Oziexplorer but cant run it on the iPhone. New this before I got it. Run Ozie on a separate tablet. Ozie will however run on Android.
Cheers

 

[DrDuck]

I've got an I-Phone, courtesy of work, and have installed Memory Map on it, with the NSW topographic maps. Works very well.

 

[BigWave]

I also have an iPhone like Dig'n-it Good to find a GPS coordinate, like where you left your car.
I also run Avenza PDF Maps, which is a moving map application. I georeference a GeoVic map of an area of interest.
The tracks are surprisingly accurate, and are generally shown in way better detail than Hema.

 

[tigersrule]

thanks for the responses guys/girls, so 1 vote for garmin gps & 3 votes for iphone, no one likes android phones??

 

[Guest]

I run Samsung tab a geovic ,wa geo nsw maps ,google maps take a screen shot, looking at happy prospecting app , got hema vms nav units ,gps in car 1 on 4 wheeler, carry 1, but all i do take sceen shoot with the info( lon and lat) tracks etc ,Diggings etc, and way u go with gps, im getting a wireless printer hope fri so i print 4 a library 4 history

 

[Wishfull]

Can we have that in english ?

 

[BigWave]

I got the: "I run the Samsung tab" bit, but I was messed up after that.

 

[7.62marksman]

i must be old school
i run a VMS in the turtle to get me there
step out and get my old paper map pencil compass and protractor
havent had flat batteries yet or dropped it and broke the screen
so i will stay old school its more fun

 

[HarryHoudini]

i must be old school
i run a VMS in the turtle to get me there
step out and get my old paper map pencil compass and protractor
havent had flat batteries yet or dropped it and broke the screen
so i will stay old school its more fun

And the best thing is you dont need to run an update before it starts. Or loss of gps signal.

 

[7.62marksman]

The biggest problem is when the pencil breaks :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Anolphart]

The biggest problem is when the pencil brakes :lol: :lol: :lol:

Into the naughty corner for bad spelling!

 

[7.62marksman]

:lol: :lol: was waiting to see who picked that up :lol: :lol: had to be you :lol: :lol:

 

[Anolphart]

 

[RM Outback]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...20238132_0000d18767c977cdfd1d42122b1bfad6.jpg

Ya gotta love Muttly :Y: :lol: brings back childhood memories :Y:

 

[Jaros]

All fuxed :Y:

 

[7.62marksman]

Mmmmm fixed mate :lol: :lol: thanks

 

[Goldchaser1]

hi all, just wondering what phone you would recommend for mapping while detecting.

Not sure what detector your using but if ya have a 7000 best to have mobile ph turned off,they dont like them.....

 

[Moneybox]

I've not used a GPS app on the iphone but if you're out of telephone range it fails to find itself on google maps so I don't know if that's because it can't find Google or the phone's GPS isn't up to scratch? We use Garmin etrax 20 and Garmin Oregon hand held GPSs and a Hema HN7 in the vehicle.