Question about topo maps, compasses etc

[Azgunlover69]

I was visiting with my dad today and he showed me about 8 bins of random stuff from my late uncle. I already sold his guns and ammo years ago as many of you picked up them 1894s and various revolvers.
There's a bin of just topo maps. Would anyone have any use for something like that?
I need to get thru the rest of the stuff but there compasses knives binocs sharpening materials etc. Just tons of junk/some really expensive junk in my eyes. I'll probably lay it all out and post it up after the Christmas. But if anyone has interest in topo maps of AZ and probably other states including Colorado let me know.

 

[Suck My Glock]

I don't have as much use for them now as I did before getting crippled,...but I really value the older topo maps printed before the digitally-printed ones we encounter now. The lines were sharper and more clear, and the entire thing was just much easier to read than the crap you get today. Which as a practical matter also makes accurate use with a compass for wayfinding better and easier. I have kept all the topo maps I bought from Wide World Of Maps in the 80s and 90s for that very reason.

Depending on the sections they represent, some people like myself who appreciate the older maps might be very keen to get them. The ones I have were bought because they covered hunt areas Dad and I used to get drawn for, like 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B all along the Mogollon Rim. Also a few other hunt areas around the state.

If I were in need of a topo map for a certain area, and I had my choice between a new digitally printed one and an older lithographed traditional Forest Service topo like what you used to get before 1999,...I'll always take the older map, and would happily pay slightly more. I think I paid $15 for a digitally printed piece of crap about 10 years ago that I was very disappointed with. I'd definitely drop a $20 bill on the older version of that same map.

 

[Azgunlover69]

I don't have as much use for them now as I did before getting crippled,...but I really value the older topo maps printed before the digitally-printed ones we encounter now. The lines were sharper and more clear, and the entire thing was just much easier to read than the crap you get today. Which as a practical matter also makes accurate use with a compass for wayfinding better and easier. I have kept all the topo maps I bought from Wide World Of Maps in the 80s and 90s for that very reason.

Depending on the sections they represent, some people like myself who appreciate the older maps might be very keen to get them. The ones I have were bought because they covered hunt areas Dad and I used to get drawn for, like 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B all along the Mogollon Rim. Also a few other hunt areas around the state.

If I were in need of a topo map for a certain area, and I had my choice between a new digitally printed one and an older lithographed traditional Forest Service topo like what you used to get before 1999,...I'll always take the older map, and would happily pay slightly more. I think I paid $15 for a digitally printed piece of crap about 10 years ago that I was very disappointed with. I'd definitely drop a $20 bill on the older version of that same map.

I'm sure most of his stuff was from thr 70s-90s most likely. There's probably over a hundred maps here. I'll try to get thru them and maybe just have you go thru them and pick what ou want. Probably not til after Xmas tho. Thanks for thr insight

 

[h8pvmnt]

I definitely still use them and like to have for any hunt unit i am hunting in. would be interested to see what you have when you get to it. Compasses and knives always have interest to me as well. The use of maps and compasses is a lost art and eventually will be foreign as everyone i know uses GPS and or Phone aps now. I also use GPS but don't like the phone aps for various reasons.

 

[QuietM4]

Many of the topo maps printed today don't include all the older roads that still exisit...especially maps made by the USDA/Forest Service. They leave off certain roads in an attempt to keep motorized traffic off of them. Old topo maps of the right area can be very valuable to the right person.

 

[OMart]

There are map collectors. Some people even frame them for display.

 

[Longhair1957]

I’m an explorer, I use old maps all the time.

How much are you looking to get??

 

[Winmagbill]

Real maps are underrated by a generation raised on electronic media. It’s nice to have both. The best part of real maps is being able to see the larger area without losing the level of detail. On an elk hunt I met 2 young men in a tricked out polaris RZR rig with a dash mounted map display. We paused and discussed sightings and the miserable cold (for them) weather They were a “little” disoriented and asked if the turnoff to Chavez Pass was coming up. I explained they were on the trail and waved my map. They pointed to the display and were convinced they needed to turn right and poo pooed my paper map, my advice and told me in a forceful condescending matter I was wrong. I wished them luck. I figured they would find the monument marker I had passed 2 miles down the trail sooner or later, but figured it would likely be much later. Even my buddy Garmin agreed with that assessment.

 

[Vinnie B]

The old maps can be nice for some things ie: old roads, trails, water sources that aren't on the new ones. Some of the new digital mapping has it's advantages as in property lines, unit boundaries, who owns what land etc. I like to use both personally

 

[Azgunlover69]

Here is what I'm up against with these topo maps. There's probably hundreds. Some dated 1927, 1944, the 80s and 05. I'm not sure what the easiest way to do this is would be. Open to suggestions. Will to let those interested rummage thru, or sell the whole lot, or...?
There's a lot of AZ here and then some back east from Florida to Maine.

https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/9bs18PYFwe5J

 

[QuietM4]

Oddly enough you could get a table at the next gun show ($110-ish, I think) and sell them for $5-$20 each and actually sell quite a few. Gun show people love old shit…

 

[Azgunlover69]

Oddly enough you could get a table at the next gun show ($110-ish, I think) and sell them for $5-$20 each and actually sell quite a few. Gun show people love old s***…

I like the idea but hate taking time and spending money to sell off my uncles old shit lol. Hoping someone here will want to rummage thru or buy the lot. I have 8 crates full of knives, compasses, sharpeners, topos and binos. Easily a few grand of stuff at new prices.

 

[QuietM4]

If know it takes an entire weekend, but you could easily sell that at the next gun show. Just $5-$20 stuff, it would go fast. Or have a garage sale.

 

[pneuby]

Yes, fun-show would work out well, I suspect.

 

[Azgunlover69]

I’m an explorer, I use old maps all the time.

How much are you looking to get??

I have a huge tote out at my garage sale all alphabetically organized if you want to come check them out. Can look up a value and slash it half if you want? Lobo and I looked some up and found a grand canyon monument map from long ago that looked like it was close to $300 online. Most of the others are $20-50ish online from what I see.

 

[Lobo2087]

He has some real nice maps