MERCURY & THE SUN
Jr. Member
- Nov 27, 2016
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- Detector(s) used
- Garrett Master Hunter Deep Seeking VLF Metal Detector, L-rod, Pendulum
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Ok so I bought a used Magellan Explorist 200 and have to input the coordinates manually and have run into some issues in doing so. First off I use GPS Geoplaner online for my map program to get the coordinates to which I then input into the Explorist but it's not working out like I had expected:
Lets say for example that I have gotten the coordinates 33.62001°N - 112.16051°E from Geoplaner and then go to input them into the Explorist.
The Explorist format is constructed differently for example 33° 23.99 N 112° 29.630 W
If you compare the above format with the below they are not the same and this has left me bewildered and I have no clue on how to interpret that difference.
ALSO on the Explorist I noticed that lets say I need to input a 6 where the bold numbers are it will NOT go past 5 and then it just returns to 0: 33° 23.99 N 112° 29.630 W
If I mark a spot that I did not input it accepts a number larger than 5 but if I go to manually input the coordinates like I explained it will go up to 5 and then just restarts again at zero.
I appreciate any help I can get on this one and hope I have explained it well enough for someone with more experience to understand.
Lets say for example that I have gotten the coordinates 33.62001°N - 112.16051°E from Geoplaner and then go to input them into the Explorist.
The Explorist format is constructed differently for example 33° 23.99 N 112° 29.630 W
If you compare the above format with the below they are not the same and this has left me bewildered and I have no clue on how to interpret that difference.
ALSO on the Explorist I noticed that lets say I need to input a 6 where the bold numbers are it will NOT go past 5 and then it just returns to 0: 33° 23.99 N 112° 29.630 W
If I mark a spot that I did not input it accepts a number larger than 5 but if I go to manually input the coordinates like I explained it will go up to 5 and then just restarts again at zero.
I appreciate any help I can get on this one and hope I have explained it well enough for someone with more experience to understand.