IMO - the Brunton can stay on the collection shelves....I remember numerous survey trips with Pete using his favorite Brunton....one trip he called a string of alien sounding numbers and quadrants.....after scratching my head for a few minutes....I asked him to translate it into “English”. I think he converted every shot afterwards.....after the trip I politely suggested that a suntos compass might be easier....I don’t think Pete ever agreed and just kept using The Brunton.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 22, 2019, at 6:18 PM, JamesJasek <caver...@hot.rr.com> wrote: > > Sure would be good to go back to those days > > Sent from my iPhoneX > > On Jul 22, 2019, at 5:53 PM, Charles Loving <lovingi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Tape and Brunton survey by...... I recall those in early days before Bockbeer > and his telenovela. > >> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 12:12 AM Pete Lindsley <caverp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Logan, I bought a Brass Brunton several years ago off eBay, and the seller >> claimed it was an authentic antique. NOT! It is a lower precision “look >> alike”, made in India along with similar artsy transits and the like. As I >> recall, comparing it to the other 3-4 “real” Bruntons I have, I noted around >> 30 differences with an authentic Brunton. Nice to look at, but not a >> precision instrument. It took about a month to get my money back (~$30-40). >> >> - Pete >> >> On Jul 21, 2019, at 11:00 PM, Logan <lmcn...@austin.rr.com> wrote: >> >> I'm interrupting the TexasLockLearList to discuss something that actually >> has relevance to caving, and to Lee Jay Graves RIP. >> >> The caving connection is the Brunton Pocket Transit, aka the Brunton >> Compass. >> Except for the old-timers, most of you probably have never used one, so here >> is some background from Wikipedia. >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunton_compass >> It was commonly used by cavers when I started in Fall 1968. >> >> But over the next several years it had been largely replaced (at least among >> the American cavers I knew) by the Suunto compass made in Finland, which are >> still popular today. >> https://www.suunto.com/en-us/About-Suunto/History-Timeline/ >> In fact for quite a few years a set of the compass and clinometer has been >> donated by TSS to the winner of the TCR Survey Contest. >> >> Now the Lee Jay connection: His storage shed needs to be empty by July 31, >> so Justin Shaw assembled a team with Galen Falgot, Drew Thompson, Eric Flint >> & Meg, and Logan McNatt to go over there Friday July 19th evening. Gil >> Ediger loaned his wonderful Isuzu dump truck and we spent several hours >> loading over half the contents of the shed. Early the next morning we >> unloaded everything onto tables in Gil's front yard for an "Everything Must >> Go Fire Sale". >> >> As we emptied the tubs and bags, I noticed something I had never seen >> before: a Brass Brunton Pocket Transit, in pristine never-used condition! So >> I removed it from the sale items thinking it can go in the Texas >> Speleological Center Museum whenever that is transferred from the old TSS >> office at the Pickle Research Campus. A Google search showed the image below >> which is identical except Lee Jay's is stamped with INDIA rather than >> STANLEY LONDON. It appears to be functional and probably modern. At least >> it doesn't say "Made in China"! >> >> Comments and more information on this item are most welcome. Please forward >> to other cavers who might have insight. >> Thanks, >> Logan McNatt >> >> >> >> >> >> >> END OF INTERRUPTION; RESUME "USUAL" PROGRAMING ON TEXASLOCKLEARLIST >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > > -- > Charlie Loving > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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