How many FLO's does it take to record a find?

[handyman [Alan}]

then run off a few pics and mark an x on it for the find spot, note the eastern/nortern numbers and write this alongside. hand the info into the FLO along with the artefact ...

i keep a spreadsheet of finds , dates handed into FLo, date returned, NARC number, and a description of the artefact, plus local landowners name and contact details.

[rjm]

The more the merrier I say.

This is a really good oppurtunity to work hand in hand with the F.L.O's. We have nothing at all to lose by recording our finds and everything to gain. I cannot emphasise enough, if you think you have anything at all 300 yrs of age +  then register it with one of the F.L O's.

Taff.............you'd better sprinkle another bag of "goodies" on the fields to make it worth their while!

[nomad]

good advice handyman,all this talk about the two dayer is making my fingers itch

[handyman [Alan}]

..another very useful link is the 'where's the path' wesbite.

if you zoom into the fields, you will get a 10 fig grid reference in the rt hand picture

http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm

[nomad]

thats a cool link

[Pipster]

A super link Alan

[rjm]

..another very useful link is the 'where's the path' wesbite.

if you zoom into the fields, you will get a 10 fig grid reference in the rt hand picture

http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm

Al

You are spending too much time on the computer. You should be out campaigning for Gordon!!!

PS:  Loved the red coat on Sunday

[handyman [Alan}]

thanks  bob

good to meet you at last,  i enjoyed your light blue t shirt!!

i'm going campaigning for david --- well thats what i'm telling the local tories!!

[rjm]

thanks  bob

good to meet you at last,  i enjoyed your light blue t shirt!!

i'm going campaigning for david --- well thats what i'm telling the local tories!!

For a moment there I thought you'd seen the light and wanted to mend Brown's Broken Britian..

To save answering your door to election people, my advice is just stick a note on the door till 6th May saying "No campaigners or leaflets. Thanks!"

It keeps the Lib Dems, Tories, UKIP away but the Labour campaigners still knock. Found out later they can't read

[bymatt666 (byron)]

pipster....... further info on the FLO, they normally work in the museums, so if you need to contact one, try there..... ...and GPS ?...i have a GARMIN satnav,for the car and just walking,, which has a "where am i" function built in which gives the co-ordinates of exactly where i'm standing...if i'm lucky enough to find something worth recording...... .....hope this helps....byron

[Techony]

Hi Pipster,

I use a Holux handheld GPS that fits in the pocket and records your track for the day. Whenever I find something that I consider not scr@p, I can push a button to log the position. I then keep each find in a numbered bag so that I can match them up to the find spots later on. The Holux allows you to upload the tracks and findspots to a PC so that you can import them into Google Earth or other mapping software.

This is an image of my (somewhat eratic) journey across the fields on Sunday. I have blacked out the map to protect the location. If the admins give the OK, I'll show you the one with the Satellite view enabled.

Tony

[Pipster]

Hi Byron and tony,
Thank you both for the information, Tony is the Holux handheld GPS expensive ?
I have a Tomtom satnav for the car ( never thought of using that ..... DULL)  but I don't think it has this facility on it.
Phil

[Techony]

Fifty quid from Maplin, on special, Pipster. They always have something on offer so it's worth having a look.

Tony

[Pipster]

Thanks M8 will check that out on-line now
Phil

[nomad]

looks like i maybe heading to mapins