Any one can dive off a cliff, not all who do will survive.
The smart ones find out what they are getting into, and spend the time needed to insure they survive.
They do not just read they need a parachute, grab one and jump. They also spend the time needed to understand how to use that parachute. Then they spend time learning how and when to jump, studying wind conditions, dangers involved, and how to avoid them. Basically the ones who do survive spend time to learn every thing they can before they jump. They will normally also practice a few small jumps after they get the understanding. Practicing on less dangerous cliffs before they take the big plunge off the more deadly cliffs.
Spend time learning safety before you jump.
The safety section in the forum is helpful to begin that study, much of what we do produces deadly fumes, toxic waste and many other dangers, spend time learning as much as you can can help insure your safety and the safety of others.
Like any profession (electronics for example) you cannot expect to read a little bit about it and become good at it, there can be many things you need to learn (safety included) before you will understand enough to even get started. Just like learning electronics, gold recovery and refining can take years to gain an understanding. Learning the basic principles is a good place to begin (not by jumping off cliffs before hand), Hokes book is a good place to begin learning the basics.
The forum is a vast library of information for study, but being a forum it is not well organized (you really cannot organize conversations of thousands of people discussing a profession like this), or rearrange all of those discussions. There are some helpful tools on the forum for beginners: General reaction list, the Guide to the forum, Welcome members, the Library that can be helpful for readers to begin, the search is also helpful, as well as other internet searches.
Reading the older posts on the forum first can also be helpful, much of the information may be included in the earlier conversations, that in later years is not discussed as much, as most members already know or understand, or have read those topics. Some things have been discussed so many times it is just hard to repeat them again, or we may just not want to beat the dead horse any more.
Learning a profession like electronics takes time, it is harder in the beginning. This profession of recovery and refining precious metals is no different. It will take time, it will take a lot of study. It will be hard at first, but as you begin to learn the basics, and a little bit, you build on what your learning. Your skill in learning the profession and practicing that profession gets better as you gain more experience. Like electronics, the profession of precious metal recovery and refining is something you can spend your lifetime learning, and getting better at, and still never learn everything about it.
Getting impatient in learning when you begin does not make any sense. You are beginning to take a life long journey into learning a profession. It is best just to begin to learn the basics and not worry about repairing the space shuttle on your first trip out. Get a good grasp of the basics principles and concepts before you begin pulling wires out of the shuttle, having no clue of what they do or where they go. Spend time learning which wires may kill you if you grab them.
Relax, do not get exited and jump off any cliffs yet, learn the basics and build your skills over time.
The smart ones find out what they are getting into, and spend the time needed to insure they survive.
They do not just read they need a parachute, grab one and jump. They also spend the time needed to understand how to use that parachute. Then they spend time learning how and when to jump, studying wind conditions, dangers involved, and how to avoid them. Basically the ones who do survive spend time to learn every thing they can before they jump. They will normally also practice a few small jumps after they get the understanding. Practicing on less dangerous cliffs before they take the big plunge off the more deadly cliffs.
Spend time learning safety before you jump.
The safety section in the forum is helpful to begin that study, much of what we do produces deadly fumes, toxic waste and many other dangers, spend time learning as much as you can can help insure your safety and the safety of others.
Like any profession (electronics for example) you cannot expect to read a little bit about it and become good at it, there can be many things you need to learn (safety included) before you will understand enough to even get started. Just like learning electronics, gold recovery and refining can take years to gain an understanding. Learning the basic principles is a good place to begin (not by jumping off cliffs before hand), Hokes book is a good place to begin learning the basics.
The forum is a vast library of information for study, but being a forum it is not well organized (you really cannot organize conversations of thousands of people discussing a profession like this), or rearrange all of those discussions. There are some helpful tools on the forum for beginners: General reaction list, the Guide to the forum, Welcome members, the Library that can be helpful for readers to begin, the search is also helpful, as well as other internet searches.
Reading the older posts on the forum first can also be helpful, much of the information may be included in the earlier conversations, that in later years is not discussed as much, as most members already know or understand, or have read those topics. Some things have been discussed so many times it is just hard to repeat them again, or we may just not want to beat the dead horse any more.
Learning a profession like electronics takes time, it is harder in the beginning. This profession of recovery and refining precious metals is no different. It will take time, it will take a lot of study. It will be hard at first, but as you begin to learn the basics, and a little bit, you build on what your learning. Your skill in learning the profession and practicing that profession gets better as you gain more experience. Like electronics, the profession of precious metal recovery and refining is something you can spend your lifetime learning, and getting better at, and still never learn everything about it.
Getting impatient in learning when you begin does not make any sense. You are beginning to take a life long journey into learning a profession. It is best just to begin to learn the basics and not worry about repairing the space shuttle on your first trip out. Get a good grasp of the basics principles and concepts before you begin pulling wires out of the shuttle, having no clue of what they do or where they go. Spend time learning which wires may kill you if you grab them.
Relax, do not get exited and jump off any cliffs yet, learn the basics and build your skills over time.
