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My clipboard and hammer used to have strips of reflective tape of the type used on lifeboats and life-jackets. That sticks VERY well and is good in day and night. My compass and hand lens go on string around my neck, which makes for a nice jangling noise when climbing over rocks. I follow John in painting my garden tools bright colours. It saves them turning up in the compost heap three years later. ________________________________ From: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Janos Urai RWTH <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 04 January 2019 10:18:21 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Loss- proofing your Bruntons? Hi Christie, when I got fed up losing my compass because I was thinking too deep during mapping in the Alps, I put everything on a three feet cord and tied my field book, pencil, compass to my belt. Now I am using an iPhone with Rick Allmendinger’s fantastic Stereonet app, which also offers easier ways to locate a phone if you lost it. kind regards, Janos Prof. Dr. Janos L. Urai Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics RWTH Aachen University, Lochnerstrasse 4-20 D-52056 Aachen, Germany T: +49 241 809 5723 e-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.ged.rwth-aachen.de<http://www.ged.rwth-aachen.de> On 4. Jan 2019, at 1014:, Taylor Schildgen <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hi Christie, After I had to recruit half a dozen people to help track down a small beige pouch I had dropped containing my passport and loads of money (somewhere in the last mile or so, somewhere over this alluvial fan surface), all my gear is marked with fluorescent orange duct tape. The tape has stood up quite well over the years since, and I haven't lost anything else so far. Gaffer tape might also work well, though it's more likely to get dirty and lose brightness over time... fantastic for labeling samples though. Best, Taylor On 1/3/2019 6:35 PM, John Dewey wrote: Dear Christie, I roughen up, with corundum paper, as large an area as possible of compass/clinometers, altimeters, phones, hand lenses, tablets, hammers, chisels, etc, then apply a bright yellow paint. I do the same with garden tools. I find yellow easier to spot than orange. Since I started doing this, many moons ago, I have lost nothing in the field, except my lunch! All best wishes, John Dewey ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. John F. Dewey FRS, M.R.I.A., FAA, Mem. Acad. Eur., Mem. US Nat. Acad. Sci., Distinguished Emeritus Professor University of California, Emeritus Professor and Supernumerary Fellow, University College Oxford. Sherwood Lodge, 93 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, Oxford OX1 5NA, England, UK University College, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BH Telephone Nos: 011 44 (0)1865 735525 (home Oxford) 011 44 (0)1865 276792 (University College Oxford) On 3 Jan 2019, at 16:53, Christie Rowe, Prof. <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hey everyone, Happy New Year! I'm starting to think about field camp already and want to do something to our department Bruntons so they don't camouflage so effectively in the desert. We have a mixture of very old to very new Brunton compasses, both aluminum/enamel and composite. Has anyone tried bright orange paint, or reflector tape, or anything else? I don't want paint rubbing off on people or flaking off etc. Any tips / warnings much appreciated. Cheers Christie ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the GEO-TECTONICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=GEO-TECTONICS&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the GEO-TECTONICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=GEO-TECTONICS&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the GEO-TECTONICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=GEO-TECTONICS&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the GEO-TECTONICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=GEO-TECTONICS&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the GEO-TECTONICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=GEO-TECTONICS&A=1