I once had a mod that i believe was a collection of quite high res models which included a compass but i dont know what it was called or where it it. dose anyone know of its existence?

Luthor's Compass by Nigedo & SirLuthor is at Elricm.com.

this isnt the one i was thinking of the one i once had was quite a complex model quite fancy and shiny it was in some sort odd model collection of random yet high quality meshes and textures but thank you the one im after isnt animated so if i ever find it i can use this to animate it thanks

Hmmmm ....
You might want to have a look through the resources and models section of the list of http://http://www.mwmythicmods.com/treasure.htm
Those collections by mjy and NelothsMouth might be a good place to start.

yer i have done, and no luck, the style of models im after are very similar to Phijama's work but i dont think thay were by him, i remember some of the other models in this pack were magical items if anything i just need a good compass model but thank you for your help anyhow