Many experienced hikers and mushroom pickers take a simple sewing needle into the forest. In addition to its direct purpose, it can also become a necessary, important tool capable of saving a person lost in the forest thicket from inevitable death. As it turned out, everything is very simple.
The needle, if approached correctly to the question, can act as a compass. In fact, the procedure is very simple. The needle must be put on a stone (flat), and with the second stone, hit its ear a couple of times. After that, water is poured into ordinary plastic dishes, a piece of bark or a leaf from a tree, a piece of paper, a cork (whichever is more accessible) is taken, and lowered into the water. A needle is placed on top so that it does not come into contact with water.
For a couple of minutes, the substrate with the needle will rotate, and then it will stop in a certain position. As a result, the eye of the needle will always point to the North, and the nose, respectively, to the South.
The impact of the stone is necessary to magnetize the steel. Thus, the needle is transformed into a compass needle. Since the eyelet has a large mass, it will be the North that will show it.
When only a plastic bottle (transparent) remains, and there is no water, you can do another way. At the center of gravity, the needle must be tied with a thread and lowered into the bottle (so the wind will not interfere). Inside this container, the needle will take the appropriate position and show the direction of North and South.
Someone will say that it is easier to carry a compass with you and will be right. But the compass can be lost or it will be demagnetized at the wrong time, and they did not check it at home. Therefore, reinsurance with a needle will definitely not be superfluous. Moreover, the information is always reliable.
Continuing the topic, read without any 3 things you can't go into the forest, even for a short time.