Absolutely, a group of us regularly get together for a bit of detecting but we have now reached a point where we just cant take any more guys onto the sites that we currently visit. This is either due to the physical size of the site or limitation set by the land owner.
But.. Myself and another member are currently in conversation about a possible local meetup sometime soon, maybe a BBQ followed by some detecting, we're just not sure of the venue at the moment. I'll keep you posted on that one.
Regardless of the above we do have quite a large following from the Hunter Valley, so organising a one on one or small group outing shouldn't be too difficult.
Cheers,
Nugget