Andy Sabisch
Active member
A few points to ponder . . . .
First, the Bootcamps are one option for training and for those that have attended, each one is different enough based on questions and what type of hunting each group of attendees is interested in that one would need a set for each one. The group in Mississippi had a different focus than the one in New Jersey and based on questions that have come in for upcoming sessions, the same holds true there . . . beach hunting, coin hunting, relics, etc.
Second, I would love to say we had 40 hours in a day but to put out a quality video covering what it needs to would take a considerable amount of time. With field testing other detectors, working on three new books and other projects plus working 50 hours a week, not much time left to story board a video.
Third, Gary did a nice job on the videos . . . some of the points are geared for non-US hunters and in fact are not how you would set things here but overall, a quality project. It was supported by XP directly so there is a reason why they are on YouTube and while Gary is a great guy that shares his knowledge willingly, this was not done gratis.
Fourth, Jeremy was an instructor at one of the Bootcamp sessions and as we discuss on the site, there will be different instructors at each session to allow their local expertise to be used to help those attending when specific questions arise. Upcoming sessions have some highly recognized hunters assisting on both the XP and now the Minelab FBS sessions.
The topic of videotaping sessions and people voicing their feeling that all information should be freely shared is a noble one but as much as I freely take the time to help people set their detectors over the phone or by E-mail despite having purchased them from 100 different sources, we can't pickup and travel around the country hosting sessions with the associated costs for free. Again, we welcome your comments but how about stepping back and looking at it from a different perspective.
Andy & Charlene Sabisch
First, the Bootcamps are one option for training and for those that have attended, each one is different enough based on questions and what type of hunting each group of attendees is interested in that one would need a set for each one. The group in Mississippi had a different focus than the one in New Jersey and based on questions that have come in for upcoming sessions, the same holds true there . . . beach hunting, coin hunting, relics, etc.
Second, I would love to say we had 40 hours in a day but to put out a quality video covering what it needs to would take a considerable amount of time. With field testing other detectors, working on three new books and other projects plus working 50 hours a week, not much time left to story board a video.
Third, Gary did a nice job on the videos . . . some of the points are geared for non-US hunters and in fact are not how you would set things here but overall, a quality project. It was supported by XP directly so there is a reason why they are on YouTube and while Gary is a great guy that shares his knowledge willingly, this was not done gratis.
Fourth, Jeremy was an instructor at one of the Bootcamp sessions and as we discuss on the site, there will be different instructors at each session to allow their local expertise to be used to help those attending when specific questions arise. Upcoming sessions have some highly recognized hunters assisting on both the XP and now the Minelab FBS sessions.
The topic of videotaping sessions and people voicing their feeling that all information should be freely shared is a noble one but as much as I freely take the time to help people set their detectors over the phone or by E-mail despite having purchased them from 100 different sources, we can't pickup and travel around the country hosting sessions with the associated costs for free. Again, we welcome your comments but how about stepping back and looking at it from a different perspective.
Andy & Charlene Sabisch
Seems like things are the same. Seems we had this discussion once. 
