Gellidius

I have a Eagle Explorer which was bought new in 1999. Near my home there's a marker (sorry, english is not my first language) for which i got the exact position from my town's Technical Services Dept. I was told it was within 1 cm true. I put the coordinates in the Eagle, and about twice a year i test the gps accuracy against this marker to see if all's well. Not counting the times when SA was on, the test results tell me that "all of the time" i get to within 12 ft or so of the marker. But, about 60-70% of the time, when the gps tells me i've arrived, i look down and see the marker in the grass right under the gps, in front of my feet. I'm going to buy a new gps soon, and i don't expect the results to be appreciably better. But the new one will have lots of things to offer that the old one did not have; and for me, those "gadgets" will be appreciated.

I bought a Lowrance Eagle Explorer around 1998-99 and returned it after a few weeks as it would shut itself down quite often; it was replaced by a new one which still works very well. A couple of years ago i gave it to a friend who wanted to do some geocaching and he has now offered to give it back to me as he's bought a new Garmin. I intend to buy a new Garmin soon, so I'll take back the old Eagle and let the GF use it when hiking. At the time i bought it, it sold for about 325$ can. I suppose the internal lithium batt. is near the end of it's life as the manual says it should be good for about 10 years. Wondering if a new battery can be installed in there! Does anyone know?