Gps for the beach

[nutsdad]

I'm looking to find some kind of software or app to track me at the beach. Does anyone know what I can use

 

[DewGuru]

SPOT SATELLITE MESSENGER :: HOME PAGE

Works well.

 

[ron lord]

nutsdad, why would you want to track your self at the beachin the first place

 

[Sandman]

Most any good Garmin GPS has a scale that will show you where you've been as a track so you can keep your grid better. However if you can't see your foot prints or scoop drag marks, a GPS won't help much.

 

[hunter_46356]

In my opinion these smart phones are smarter than most owners but most if not all included a GPS. I've even been able to master (maybe not the right word) this feature but don't think it would do any good as far as tracking progress on the beach. It wont tell you where you've been but rather where you are. Hopefully you know where you've been. I've owned an inexpensive Garmin hand held GPS for years and it will maintain a track but without features such as satellite background would be pretty much useless in the case of recording finds and where you have actually hunted. Besides most public GPS signals are not truly accurate. The government introduces a signal error factor which will affect the accuracy for reasons of national security. A simple gps together with a rocket scientist and an explosive expert could put together a garage built guided missile with relative decent accuracy. Your information could be off as much as 30 meters and satellite reception will be a factor as well. Get yourself a good topo map along with a GPS or use your phone, both of which should give you coordinates for you location. I've found using UTM coordinates are much simpler than Lat/Lon. Once you learn how to read, compute, and transfer your gps results to a map you may be able track your progress with some success. Or you could just look around take a mental note of where you are or make a sand castle to mark you start or drag your foot or scoop in the sand or whatever to keep track. Do you want to spend your time orienteering or MDing?

 

[nutsdad]

Ron lord I would like to track my position and spots on finds. From the back side of some beach areas I hunt you can not tell what your location is. And I would like to track my finds by location to get a better idea on reading each beach to maximize finds in my short hunts. Thx everyone

 

[nutsdad]

Most any good Garmin GPS has a scale that will show you where you've been as a track so you can keep your grid better. However if you can't see your foot prints or scoop drag marks, a GPS won't help much.

Sandman the GPS is more for me to keep track at home of my better finds and locations of them. Thanks for the help

 

[nutsdad]

nutsdad, why would you want to track your self at the beachin the first place

Ron I would like to know my location to keep a running track of my best finds

 

[SorryDangDog]

I think Backcountry Navigator would work well. It's an App I have on my Android. You can set, save and name tracks, waypoints, etc.. I dunno about an iPhone.

BackCountry Navigator

*edit - I might have to stand corrected on this. I just looked at a beach near me and that particular stretch of geography just wasn't clear when zoomed all the way in. I look at a nature preserve 10 miles away and it is clear, when zoomed all the way in. I assume it has to do with the topographical maps utilized by the App, so YMMV. But it might still be worth taking a look at the beaches you frequent most, it's a free or cheap App, I cannot remember which.

 

[Sir Gala Clad]

Sell your house or car, which ever gives you the most grief and get your self a Minelab CTX3030 (the GPS is included in the design).
As the house is woth less than my mortgage and my car is a piece of junk, I tried to throw in the X to sweeten the deal.

Unfortunately, it turned out that it would even cost more trading the X mate in. If I remember correctly, the X mate had to be returned to original condition before they would do any repair(s), which had to be pressure tested. The repair cost(s) were too high and there was too little value left. Turn around time was not an issue!

 

[ron lord]

Ron I would like to know my location to keep a running track of my best finds

nutedad you must be new at this ! I have been hunting for over 35 years, I know what part of the beach to hunt that's why I don't hunt the beach much. I leave that to you land lovers. A smart hunter doesn't tell where he or she hunts.

 

[hunter_46356]

I'm confused, I don't think he said anything about tracking his find in order to show everyone where he hunts. Now I'm not a beach hunter but I do spend a lot of time in the backwoods in other hobbies that I'm into and one thing for sure Mother nature rules. I know the beach is the same way and conditions change with tides and surf. It only stands to reason that watching for these condition is more important than hunting old hot spots. I'm certain the beach is ever changing and a good spot today may not be good spot tomorrow or the next. My thoughts are learn the conditions and hunt those that have been productive.

 

[nutsdad]

Buy yourself a Minelab CTX3030, as the GPS comes with it.
Only problem is that you may hav to sell the house and car to afford it.
Tryed to trade in the X, but they would not let me know how much more it would cost!

I would love to have a minelab but to keep my marriage. I better think twice.

 

[lookindown]

Nothing wrong with using a GPS to track your finds...just another tool in metal detecting.

 

[nutsdad]

Nothing wrong with using a GPS to track your finds...just another tool in metal detecting.

Thanks for helping clarify to some

 

[nutsdad]

nutedad you must be new at this ! I have been hunting for over 35 years, I know what part of the beach to hunt that's why I don't hunt the beach much. I leave that to you land lovers. A smart hunter doesn't tell where he or she hunts.

I never said I would share my sites just that I wanted to keep track of my finds.