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Metal Detectors
Minelab
Constant Current Metal Detector Patent, but what does it all mean?
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<blockquote data-quote="Goldpick" data-source="post: 98788" data-attributes="member: 1695"><p>There's probably more money to be made on mass marketed, affordable detectors under $1000 in the US vs expensive specialised gold detectors.</p><p></p><p>Going by the above info, it is clear that Minelab are very aggressive re protecting patents, and preventing any competition to their technologies. So to be one up over minelab would be a very hard and expensive ask. Afterall, manufacturers like Whites have paid for the privilege for using certain Minelab patents and technologies for a several years now, so it makes good business sense.</p><p></p><p>From looking at the Codan agm document, there was no mention of the "entry level" detector being a PI unit, probably more so a detector to compete with the Fisher/Teknetics/Garrett/Whites VLF detectors. Don't think Minelab have had a unit in this range since the Musketeer detectors, as resources at the time were probably spent more dedicated to developing their range of multi-frequency detectors, which price wise are hardly entry level machines for the masses. Will be interesting to see with what they come up with. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goldpick, post: 98788, member: 1695"] There's probably more money to be made on mass marketed, affordable detectors under $1000 in the US vs expensive specialised gold detectors. Going by the above info, it is clear that Minelab are very aggressive re protecting patents, and preventing any competition to their technologies. So to be one up over minelab would be a very hard and expensive ask. Afterall, manufacturers like Whites have paid for the privilege for using certain Minelab patents and technologies for a several years now, so it makes good business sense. From looking at the Codan agm document, there was no mention of the "entry level" detector being a PI unit, probably more so a detector to compete with the Fisher/Teknetics/Garrett/Whites VLF detectors. Don't think Minelab have had a unit in this range since the Musketeer detectors, as resources at the time were probably spent more dedicated to developing their range of multi-frequency detectors, which price wise are hardly entry level machines for the masses. Will be interesting to see with what they come up with. :) [/QUOTE]
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Metal Detectors
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Constant Current Metal Detector Patent, but what does it all mean?
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