Dave is the S.H.1.T. explains, demontrates, educates. Keep up good work from Scotland..yip he gets all over.

Thank you so much for this series Dave. I have never been able to understand how to use a compass correctly and the whole azmeth thing. Hearing you explain it I now understand exactly how to use it. Thank you again and I can not wait for the rest of this series.

Thank you Dave. I'm finally understanding how to use a compass. I was seriously overcomplicating it.

If you understand, travel safe. Excellent explanation as always Dave.

Thank you Dave. This is the best video I've ever watched on the way to use a compass. I have been using one for fifty years. I knew way before going into the ARMY how to land navigate. Your presentation is absolutely the best and simplest and would be great for beginners and for more advanced people. I can't wait to see your next video.

I caught the reference to the 4th part of a circle, as a traveller :)

Time to practice land navigation Thanks for the videos my friend

❤❤ another awesome video!! Thanks brother Dave Canterbury! I’ll travel from whence I came! Beware of the ruffians if they come in threes! Keep facing the East! For the glory and beauty of the day!

I like these 10 minute segments. Pretty cool!!!

This is sort of a refresher course to me for my Army days (I retired 11 years ago) but I still prefer the Military Lensatic Compass I got in Germany from Clothing Sales . I used that Compass to go through PLDC in Germany and still have it. We were taught to refer to it as Back Azimuth not Reverse Azimuth but it's still the same concept just different verbage.. Good Classes.

Helpful info Dave & the ten minute segments are a great idea. Thanks for all you do.

Never seen anyone spin the bezel to put the white needle in doghouse. Lookin' forward to the next one Dave. (That anvil doesn't skew the needle... swingin' em like a world champion buddy. Awesome!)👍

Another great video, Thanks Much

An azimuth is a relative term, whereas a bearing is always from north. An azimuth could use north as the 'zero', or it could use a fence, road, or tree line. It's handy for giving directions based off of handrails or other obvious features; and in that case you wouldn't necessarily need to know where north is, just an understanding of degrees in a circle. It's similar to using "o'clock" directions where you assume what direction the direction-follower is standing: eg. 3 o'clock == 90 degrees.

Oh geez, you just made me understand the whole azmeth issue! Thank you!!!!

Best description of the basics of compass use I've seen

Thanks Dave.

Great instructional video for a beginner like me, thank you! Can’t wait to see your video on integrating the compass with a map!

Went to Amazon to replace my long lost Suunto MC-2. I discovered there are 5 or so different models with the differences being the scales engraved on the base plate. I would love to see a discussion of this topic by someone who understands the differences.

Thanks Dave

Thank you for another good video and for sharing your knowledge and time.

thanks this is making sense now

I learned about natural drug doing the land nav course for PLDC. It was a self correcting course so all the points had their grid location on them. I found the one i thought was mine and plotted it on the map i found out i had drifted left a bit.

Dave!! Great vids man!

Thank you!

My 154 acres has taken 2 years to learn by foot...leading to have me find trails along the ridge lines and I find following ridge and valley is a great way to learn. I haven't used a compass since the army. But now I need a compass for property line determination.

Question: How do we use a magnetic compass with the magnetic North Pole moving around as much as it is? To be clear I am not asking about the normal declination adjustment. Thank you for all you do

Good stuff!

I just bought a prosight sun compass from uour website a couple weeks ago. Im liking it so far. Was curious how you currently feel about them as compared to your standard Suuntos that you usually reccomend. Its been some time since your initial review so I was curious since im not seeing it featured (yet) in this series. Thanks

The big problrm with magnetic north is that magnetic north is over central Canada, not where it used to be, mid- atlantic ocean near the arctic

Ahha just what I need

what is the orienteering compass you are using for the speed travel?

I'm sure that you are going to address Mag. North variation and its relation to compass and maps. My newest and latest USGS topo maps Mag. North are several years old now and USGS does not reprint changes every year. How can I rely on a map? When you move east or west or north or south Mag North also changes, or am I wrong? So just how reliable can any compass be without GPS backup ?Dave, this is very interesting and educational, but I'm having trouble understanding the need for all of this, beyond basic direction finding, unless it is military in some fashion. Well, I'll learn more, very soon. ;-)

Great

7:35 🤣🤣🤣 is that a sticker or did the compass come like that? Love it!

A traveling man...

Hey Dave! Please help me understand this a little more, I am one of those guys that thought azimuth and bering are the same for the last 60 years but the way you just explained it, I think I finally see the difference. If I am understanding you correctly, an azimuth is a number 0 - 360 and a bering is a number that can be no larger than 90 but can have directional letters after the number. Such as N, NE, E, etc. Is this correct?

David is a Good SURVIVALIST 🚩

Do you teach survival classes for 3rd,4th,&5th graders?

To turn 180 degrees and go back, you do not need to turn the ring on the compass. Just turn your body 180 degrees. Instead of "Red in the shed" you have white in the shed.

So mote it be!

In math classes positive angles are ccw, but on a compass positive angles are cw. I wonder why the difference?

Dave is the King

#KeepLeading Your past Instructors are hating on your content, when making theirs 😂

I would highly encourage folks to practice these skills in the field. Go to a park or a small wooded area and practice in a known setting first. You can branch out from there and practice in a larger less known area. You want to practice this and be familiar with navigation prior to being lost! Also, remember to have backup navigation tools. 1 is none, two is one, three is better.

I had no idea you were a Mason. When are you going to tell all the secrets? ;)

First view lol

Mason

How many maps do you need to travel the trans Canada trail? If you were to do it old school with maps and compass 🧭