Big Five Now The Big Four - First Texas No Longer A Player?

[geof_junk]

The coil supply for the earlier ML detectors is mainly due to Nuggetfinder, Coiltec, and others. I wanted to get a third ML detector as a spare and alternative setup for Carol and myself. ML missed out on the sale because I did not want their compulsory standard coil as we already had 2 of them that were never used.     I guess if they had a chip in them I could of sold them for it. 😉 

[phrunt]

I just hope this chips thing comes back to bite them when the competition heats up, Garrett going chip free on the Axiom, Nokta hinting at comjng to market with a PI and Fisher and their slow Impulse Gold release we will have to wait and see.

I think it's rather obvious X-coils forced their hand on the 6000 by showijng their coils running on it not very long at all after its release.  When have they let the aftermarket make coils for a chipped detector so soon after release?  I think they forced their hand with the GPZ too finally allowing NF to make coils for it although heavily delayed.

[rled2005]

On 7/11/2023 at 2:53 PM, Digalicious said:

I didn't see Micronta in that first list! 😁

I'm only half serious about that emoji, because I wonder if the Micronta detectors actually outsold some, or even all the companies in that first list. More specifically, the exposure of those Micronta detectors was massive, considering they were in every Radio Shack store and catalogue. Add to that the very low cost, and they probably sold a s--t ton of them. Most of which were probably returned, or found a new home in the back of a closet lol.

Ya' never know. Micronta might make a comeback and be on Steve's next list 🤣



 

I bought a Micronta in the mid '80's, I took it back the next day! It couldn't detect a dime at 1.5 inches. Then I bought a Tesoro and was happy for many years. ☺️ 

First Texas should drop the Teknetics and Bounty hunter lines altogether, Teknetics is just a redundancy to Fisher. They should vamp up the research on some new Fisher model types and capabilities, plus drop the "First Texas" name in favor of Fisher Research. Just MHO.