Stirling
Well-Known Member
A few years ago I was hunting with a friend that had a GPS that was similar to mine. He had never used a GPS before and I was trying to show him how to use it. Once while we were out, I told him to pick our path back to the truck. He pulled out is GPS, selected the waypoint and it pointed in a very wrong direction. He handed it to me to check it out and it pointed the right direction. I handed it back and said lead the way and it started pointing in the wrong direction again. We spent a few minutes trying to figure out what was going on and then I pulled my GPS out and led the way. (The GPS wasn't really necessary but it did kept us on a straighter path in thick timber.)
A few days later he told me he figured out the problem. He was wearing a pair of mittens that were made for hunting and shooting . The part that covered the fingers folded back to expose the fingers. The folded back part was held in place by a magnet. That was throwing off the internal compass in the GPS which caused it to point in the wrong direction.
When I read 26Reload's story it reminded me of this.
