Hi Gerry,
 
Just wanted to thank you again for the great training session. I've always wanted to detect for nuggets. I've tried a few places with other machine with no luck at all. After hearing about you and then reading the information on your website I decided to bite the bullet and buy the GPX 4500. Getting the three free days of training was icing on the cake for me.
 
The training part really helped me understand what to look for and how to setup my machine so I could be better prepared to find nuggets. I really didn't feel I would need much help in detecting technique because I've been detecting since 1999 and felt that I've always kept the coil to the soil, moved slowly, and wouldn't miss much if I could get my coil over it. I soon found out that my detecting technique wasn't as good as I thought (grins).
 
Having you hookup to my detector so you could listen to what I was hearing was an eye opener for me. At least three times I would have passed over a target that could have been a nugget. The first time you said "what was that" and when we rechecked the spot I was stunned to hear that ever so soft "wee-ooh" sound that I had missed. Having you hear two more targets that I missed showed me that I have a lot to learn about nugget hunting.
 
I really didn't think I would find a nugget while I was there and was more surprised than anyone when I got luckly and passed over a 2.6 gram nugget. Needless to say, I'm hooked on nugget hunting and I've been researching spots that I can get out and swing my new GPX 4500. 
 
Even though I had to drive a long way to Sumpter, Oregon it was well worth it. I had a great time, made some new friends, and learned a lot. Finding the nugget was fun too (grins).
 
HH Randy Garcia