So what if someone wanted to start producing a discontinued model?????

[Mike Hillis]

You know as I think about it I don't have any evidence that the patent pending on the CoinStrike ever actually ended with a patent being issued.

What would stop a guy from producing some of the discontinued detectors, especially if not patent protected?

Considering the machines that work well but got dropped from a mfg's line up, I would think there would still be a good market for those.

What stops other mfg from producing another mfg's discontinued models? I'm thinking about a CS with a modern user interface. A CZ-70 in a Xterra style housing. A Golden Sabre II in a Uniprobe design.

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[detectorbill]

Now that's some food for thought there Mike! My only complaint about the C$ is the interface, change that along with the housing style and I believe you would have a true winner there.By the way who designed the C$?

 

[Bill Ladd]

In a smaller housing, with a trigger & custom notching & a DD-coil. Now that would be cool!
The only man to do it is the guy who designed it, & I think he did hold some kind of patents on parts of it....

Didn't K. Willis in Texas do something like what you describe with the older Technetics line after they were disbanded?

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Lighter is a must too, if you could replace the crappy touch pads with knobs like the F5, you'd have a winner !!

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Oh and move the headphone jack to the back left like the newer Fishers, I'm always getting tangled up in the cord cursing it like a crazy person

 

[jabbo]

A utility patent is good for 20 years, then any one can Mfr. the thing. After that, if an improvement is made, a new patent can be applied for, but only for the improvement . A design patent (how it looks) is good forever. Google USPTO for more info.