This is a new forum on Finds Treasure Forums suggested and supported by Harold Reese (LabradorBob). Hes therefore the moderator of this new forum. From what I understand talking to Larry (Il) hes quite knowlegable on this subject and can help everyone quite a bit. Here it is...http://www.findmall.com/list.php?69Tue, 21 May 2013 12:25:34 -0500 Phorum 5.2.18 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1909477,1909477#msg-1909477 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1909477,1909477#msg-1909477 pointer80 Maps & Mapping ForumMon, 13 May 2013 19:15:54 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1892219,1892219#msg-1892219 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1892219,1892219#msg-1892219THIS IS FOR DETECTORISTS IN THE USA :usaflag:

I don't want to step on any toes by posting a link on this forum (got warned in the past), but I will tell you that there is an EXCELLENT search tool if you google:

"Steve's Old, Vacant Property Metal Detecting Tool" :super:


The page should come up #1 or #2 on a google search. If someone else wants to post that link here, then fine. I just didn't want to get in trouble with this sites admin.]]> MoMetalDetect Maps & Mapping ForumTue, 23 Apr 2013 13:39:51 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1886792,1886792#msg-1886792 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1886792,1886792#msg-1886792 nomad Maps & Mapping ForumFri, 10 May 2013 21:16:52 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1877750,1877750#msg-1877750 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1877750,1877750#msg-1877750 Deusdigger Maps & Mapping ForumWed, 17 Apr 2013 17:43:19 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1875508,1875508#msg-1875508 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1875508,1875508#msg-1875508 GregD475 Maps & Mapping ForumFri, 15 Mar 2013 16:20:51 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1874375,1874375#msg-1874375 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1874375,1874375#msg-1874375
http://gis.co.douglas.ga.us/douglas_adf/

type 0158015 in the parcel search box.

There are 4 houses it shows with their own little lots but the rest of the vast amount of land it doesn't show any owners. Does that mean the county owns the land and if so do I need permission and who would I ask?

Thanks.]]> jeff30135 Maps & Mapping ForumTue, 12 Mar 2013 06:11:09 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1874246,1874246#msg-1874246 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1874246,1874246#msg-1874246http://www.treasureillustrated.com/resources-downloads/maps/]]> kayden Maps & Mapping ForumTue, 12 Mar 2013 06:11:43 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1871347,1871347#msg-1871347 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1871347,1871347#msg-1871347I'm working in a geographic library with hugh collections of maps from the 16th century till today of places all over the world.
We want to upload the collection to the web, but due to funding problems, we can't buy a large scanner so we use a high res' camera.
My question is, What is the best way to take the pictures?
Currantly I use small plastic clips, but this way the maps don't get streched and you can see the folds in the picture.

Does anyone have an idea what to do?

Thanx!
Ido.]]> idoah Maps & Mapping ForumWed, 17 Apr 2013 16:09:23 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1869657,1869657#msg-1869657 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1869657,1869657#msg-1869657 Deusdigger Maps & Mapping ForumTue, 05 Mar 2013 19:03:32 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1869120,1869120#msg-1869120 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1869120,1869120#msg-1869120NWS kml products

HH,
WxDirt]]> WXDirt Maps & Mapping ForumSun, 03 Mar 2013 21:50:18 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1868246,1868246#msg-1868246 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1868246,1868246#msg-1868246I'm a metal detectorist from England, and a long term member of Detectorist.co.uk. I have recently developed a metal detectorists Android gps tracks and finds recording app. This is the app I couldn't find.. So I made it myself! I''ve called it Tect O Trak. I thought you might like to try it. This application allows the user to track their movements within a pre defined area. You can save and resume searches, add / revisit findspots and make detailed records. This is made by a detectorist for detectorists. There are no ads or any other nonsense.Please give it a try.:thumbup:

Get it here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trib.app.tectotraklite

Cheers and good luck,
Wormslayer.]]> Wormslayer Maps & Mapping ForumWed, 17 Apr 2013 16:13:31 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1868236,1868236#msg-1868236 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1868236,1868236#msg-1868236 LabradorBob Maps & Mapping ForumSat, 02 Mar 2013 15:21:25 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1868230,1868230#msg-1868230 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1868230,1868230#msg-1868230
A number of people from the New England areas mention doing research to find old beaches for metal detecting. What type of research specifically are they talking about? What type of maps would be helpful? What other research tools would we look for? I am more interested in finding old areas along South Carolina and Georgia. Thank you for any help in getting me started.

Norm
Appling, GA]]> Root Doc Maps & Mapping ForumSat, 02 Mar 2013 15:54:29 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1868227,1868227#msg-1868227 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1868227,1868227#msg-1868227I do not know if it is on private property or not.]]> LabradorBob Maps & Mapping ForumSat, 02 Mar 2013 15:06:50 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1868177,1868177#msg-1868177 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1868177,1868177#msg-1868177do you know what these can do?
You must have google earth installed on your computer,click open on the file,then click open in the box that pops up.
Then double click the little file that opens,then click open.
try it out on this one!]]> LabradorBob Maps & Mapping ForumMon, 04 Mar 2013 16:10:13 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1867877,1867877#msg-1867877 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1867877,1867877#msg-1867877 ~ACE~ Maps & Mapping ForumSat, 09 Mar 2013 00:28:21 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1866116,1866116#msg-1866116 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1866116,1866116#msg-1866116
It all starts with research. I am not going to touch on use of the internet, topo maps, etc. You get your information as you choose. What I am talking about however is the layout I use on Google Earth, to what I believe is an optimum methodology. I have developed this method and hopefully, it will make sense to some of you, and perhaps be useful in how you approach using Google Earth to plan metal detecting trips.
Google Earth uses those push pins to mark locations..what a great tool. As you can see in the images below, I use those push pins with different icon/colors, to represent sites on Google Earth and Google Maps.
Following are my combinations (Shown in images 1 and 2):

Red G is for Ghost Towns ( I always list the date of the towns settling if known)

Green C is for Churches and Tablernacles ( I will denote a tabernacle)

Red S is for Schools

White Baloon with Black Diamond is a Cemetery, and if there is a tabernacle, I will denote that.

Purple X is for River Crossings

The Blue Wave is for a water Springs. I have been thinking of a Blue Teardrop with a W for Water

The Brown Military Looking character is for Fort or Camp

A Yellow Diamond is an individual homesite taken from a Topo Map usually, and I dont list any info on the title.

The Wrench I use for a site that I am narrowing down information and I am showing myself it is not complete, is sparse, needs further research, etc.

OK those are my symbols. You can use whatever ones you choose. I like to have order on my map. And this is the method of seeing visually where things are.

Location Location Location!

Next, I will Describe how I keep the information..

Lets say I find a Ghost town on a Topo Map, and determine its location on Google Earth. I have my preferences on Google Earth set to Decimal format on the GPS. I place a Push pin from the Google Earth menu on the map, and Voila!, a Placemark box pops up, as shown below in the 3rd image.

As long as that Placemark box is showing, you can move the push pin around, and edit information related to the pushpin. As you move it around, the Lat/Lon will change, relative to the very tip of the teardrop pushpin. I select the appropriate pushpin based upon my Criteria cited above (Ghost town, spring, church, etc). In this case, a Red Tear Drop with the Letter G inside, standard issue. And I move it to the location I have determined is the correct one for the site I am wanting.

Next, in the Name box, I type the name of the ghost town, and the date if known of its founding. This information will display on Google Earth.

Directly below the Name Box, the Latitude and Longitude show. This will change as you move the Push pin around. In this case, I am using Trickham Texas, with the coordinates of 31.587765°
-99.230986° I copy each of these and place them in the lowest block shown under Description Tab.

Next, after hitting return on the keyboard, I place researched information from a source in the box. Along with a Citation of the source, in case I ever need to find out more about it. You can also link to photos, but for now, I am not going to address that.


You see on the tabs the following:
Description Style, Color View Altitude

I want to address Style, Color Tab.

Lets say you place a church pushpin on the screen. The teardrop with a C in it is Red. If you go to Style, Color Tab, you will note there are choices marked:
Label
Icon

If you choose one of them, say label, you can click the box next to color and choose whatever color you want for your labels. I use Yellow, because it contrasts nicely with the Google Earth Display.
You can also adjust the size of your lable text here.

Below the label you will see "Color" and a box. I select that, in this instance and select green to replace the Red color in the teardrop. You can change the color at will. Opacity on both, I leave to 100%.

I click OK, and there you have it. The push pin with a C is on the screen. IF I need to change it or move it, I right click on the icon and the Edit Placemark Box reappears. Simple.

I would advise that as you create your own icons, that you create a corresponding folder under places (Using Right Click and New Folder). I have mine divided by Counties in Texas. Doing so, allows me to switch on or off each countys worth of icons and will allow me to keep my screen uncluttered, if I need to.

Beyond that, I also send my places to a private version of my places in Google Maps. Doing so, will place the icons, without the labels. This allows for a whole state view of icons with Gs Cs.Ss, etc. That way if I know where I am headed, I can determine nearby places.

I also send my Google Earth as an email with my icons, labels, and information boxes, to my IPhone, where I can examine them at will, or see nearby places wherever I am.
My methodology works for me, and I know from experience that being armed with information in a timely manner will assist me (and YOU) in finding places that most never get to see.
I hope this information is of use to some of you . If not, then disregard. It is meant to show my method of being organized with Google Earth. I have several hundred push pins representing Ghost Towns, Old Schools, Old Tabernacles and Churches, etc. That I can keep for my use, and determine to visit at need. If I may be of assistance in clarifying any part of what I am sharing, just ask.

HH,

Dennis Wynne, Gitterdug]]> gitterdug Maps & Mapping ForumSun, 03 Mar 2013 13:15:06 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1865859,1865859#msg-1865859 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1865859,1865859#msg-1865859
Thank You]]> missletoe Maps & Mapping ForumTue, 26 Feb 2013 15:36:59 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1863940,1863940#msg-1863940 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1863940,1863940#msg-1863940
BTW, what accuracy of lat. and long. can be expected on USGS maps before satellites?? I have no idea how they did what they did! God Bless them! .]]> togamac Maps & Mapping ForumTue, 26 Feb 2013 17:04:30 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1863806,1863806#msg-1863806 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1863806,1863806#msg-1863806Connect your GPS to PC via usb.
On Google Maps zoom in to a place you want to go to.
Right click on your destination and choose whats here,once you do that it puts a little marker there.
Now,left click on the little marker and drag the little scroll bar down till you see some words.
On the right it will say more,click on more.
A box will pop up,and on the left side it will say send to:
Choose GPS.
If everything is good, it will be on your gps, i had to download a communicator plug in for mine ,but works perfectly now.
very simple.]]> LabradorBob Maps & Mapping ForumSat, 23 Feb 2013 19:29:16 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1860742,1860742#msg-1860742 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1860742,1860742#msg-1860742Thanx and HH, Mac]]> togamac Maps & Mapping ForumWed, 20 Feb 2013 02:10:01 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1857593,1857593#msg-1857593 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1857593,1857593#msg-1857593Mike]]> mcb613 Maps & Mapping ForumTue, 12 Feb 2013 18:57:14 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1853008,1853008#msg-1853008 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1853008,1853008#msg-1853008I take my GPS unit with me and record the coordinates of potential sites. Great work-out too. By the way, I'm 72 so if I can do it, you can too.]]> togamac Maps & Mapping ForumMon, 04 Feb 2013 18:03:18 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1852662,1852662#msg-1852662 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1852662,1852662#msg-1852662 CWnut Maps & Mapping ForumMon, 04 Feb 2013 12:30:52 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1852657,1852657#msg-1852657 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1852657,1852657#msg-1852657 CWnut Maps & Mapping ForumSun, 24 Mar 2013 07:49:11 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1849409,1849409#msg-1849409 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1849409,1849409#msg-1849409There was once an old park there shown on the old overlay map.
using the transparency slider to see through the map can better help position the map.
also using it to see where the park once was.
Just drag the slider to change the transparency!

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]]> squarenail_cache Maps & Mapping ForumMon, 28 Jan 2013 14:50:46 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1847965,1847965#msg-1847965 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1847965,1847965#msg-1847965 Mat in MA Maps & Mapping ForumSat, 16 Feb 2013 19:07:52 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1839913,1839913#msg-1839913 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1839913,1839913#msg-1839913area. I researched the internet, libraries, county offices, and surveyor's. Nobody had any for the 1800's. I
then gave my local Historical Society a call. Guess what? They have the Sanborn maps from 1874 for the entire
county. Every township! I'm meeting the Historian there tomorrow so that I can take pictures of the maps, download
them into my PC, and then overlay them on Google maps.

I thought this might be a great help to those who are having a hard time finding them.

HH
GateKeeper]]> GateKeeper Maps & Mapping ForumFri, 11 Jan 2013 06:51:13 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1828635,1828635#msg-1828635 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?69,1828635,1828635#msg-1828635Will need the state,and county you are interested in!
you can PM me if you need or want.

LabradorBob]]> LabradorBob Maps & Mapping ForumTue, 08 Jan 2013 19:47:59 -0600