Hi all well its been a couple of days (needed to recover from the walking lol) since we went out with Minelab Gold for a training day there were 7, of us on the day and we all got there early and I am not going to try and remember the names got a shocking memory for names lol, anyway we started at about ten and had a chat about the things MG does before going into the field with being in the right mind set and what he does once he gets to the spot he has decided to explore ,and when i say explore I MEAN explore lol, He showed us what he looks for when checking out a patch and when you read what he has posted and then see what he looks for when your with him in the field it all starts to make sense. Anyway back to the cars and have a bite to eat and then down to a test patch which was very interesting MG had set up some targets at different depths sinkers on fishing line ,and we all went over them, I think we all got all the targets, then he set up some hot rock some with gold some just rock again I think we could all see the targets ,Then he said "try that target by the base of that tree" Mardymouse (think thats his handle sorry if i stuffed it up lol) had a speaker on so he went over the target and we all said if we would dig it or not some said they would others including yours truly said they wouldn't ,so MG had a chuckle and with a smile dug up an 1oz of gold lol made me think how many times I have walked away from gold thinking it was rubbish have learned that lesson, (dig all the targets) I have read that a hundred times but too actually go through a test patch and see what you would have missed brings it right into you brain really quick . Anyway we all went for a swing for an hour and RCGOLD my stepson snagged a .6 gm which gave us all a boost and some one to stack it on lol well with a handle like RCGOLD we always say arsygold lol all in good fun.We then took off to a quarts mine this was bloody unbelievable the work they had done with a pick and shovel and we complain about digging a one foot hole anyway after that we all went our separate ways for a bit more swinging ,no more gold but I think every one on the day all came away with a huge amount of gold from the day its Call KNOWLEDGE ,I for one will be totally changing the way i detect and look at the places we go too INCLUDING those signals that i would have said that rubbish lol. So to finish had a great day with all the guys from the forum and many many thanks to Minelab Gold for the huge effort he put into the day we will have to do it again ,I would recommend a day like this to anyone but if you cant get out with him at least do yourself a favor and study his threads a couple of times . by the way he really likes walking so have some comfy boots lol ,and before anyone says how much did he charge the answer is NOTHING once again many thanks MG for a great day .AND REMEMBER LOW AND SLOW DIG EVERY TARGET .