Some helpful information on the web. Probably can even find a good youtube video to help in learning how to use it.

I carry 2 everytime I go in the woods.

The new silvas are junk. Mine had a huge bubble after 1 season, not the quality of the old swedish made ones. The 2 that I like are the suunto mc2g and cammenga lensatic. The suunto is a great map/sighting compass. It can also be had with a non global needle that is a little less expensive. The cammenga is a nice heavy duty sighting compass with no liquid to worry about bubbles and locks the needle when closed. I believe they are still the current military compass supplier.

Brunton makes some nice compasses but their declination adjustment is a pain. If that's not an issue they are a good option.

just bought this one last Fall...

https://www.suunto.com/en-us/Products/Compasses/Suunto-KB-14/Suunto-KB-14360R1/

Be expert with map and compass book by Bjorn kelstrom is worth reading or you tube like someone else mentioned. Imo Using a compass is an essential skill if you spend much time in the field.

Your compass looks a lot like a cammenga. If it is there is no better lensatic out there imo.

I use one, along with a paper map, when backpacking. I meet a lot of people on trail to hat are using some sort of app on their phone. I wonder what they do when their battery dies or they drop it in water.

Some essentials when heading out to hunt or scout in some unfamiliar ground or trekking into big woods or bottom areas. A compass, bottle of water, lighter and some folded heavy duty blue paper shop towels folded into a pint zip lock baggie. The towels serve two purposes.

I just looked and I have two first year Remington 721’s that have compasses in the wood stock. They both read pretty tru standing in the gun room. Not very scientific I know but that’s all I can say?

Osky

No, your not the last. Trick is finding a compass that actually works.

The Suunto I linked to earlier works great! It's the one I used throughout my outdoors career.

a little spendy, but they make a cheaper plastic version, too...

https://www.suunto.com/en-us/Products/Compasses/Suunto-KB-20/Suunto-KB-20360RG/

Check out marble compass. Cute little guy for a quick pocket check. I believe it’s the brand Teddy Roosevelt used when he was on his expeditions. Kinda cool

160user has one on his pajamas that he uses to find his way to the potty in the middle of the night.

I use a brass pin on compass from Tru-Nord
out of Minnesota.Its real brass,like the old Marbles pin on before Marbles got bought out and went chinese

Absolutely not! I will not go into the woods without one. I realize cellphones have a compass but a lot of the places I go do not get reception. There is no way I would walk into a spot without a real compass.
Daylight is one thing but nighttime is a whole new ballgame!

I pin my compass inside my jacket pocket, you lose a lot less that way.

Silva compass here

WS

Nope also a Silva compass here also

I always carry one in my boats. In the event the fog rolls in and your electrical navigation systems fail, it very well could be the difference between life and death.

I learned orienteering in public school.then I became proficient using those skills when I worked as a timber cruiser for a couple summers in High school.
If you want to go several miles into the bush to a place and come back out where you went in you better know how to use a map and compass.

Here's a link on using a lensmatic ( military, engineer's) compass:

https://www.google.com/search?clien...pr=3#kpvalbx=_UpacZdWXLMOaptQP_-G64Ao_32

I used one and a topo map every day for years cruising timber and flagging property lines for logging, wouldn’t attempt to do a job without it. About the on time I use one now is for triangulating smoke to get a location on a fire. Never had to use one hunting and I hunt new ground almost every year. My sense of direction is pretty good.