gravityrules

Since no one else has mentioned this and thinking about the manufacturing of the machine, what about re-packaging the GMT 24K electronics into the Apex+ form factor? Of course pickup up Z-lynk, field upgrade capability, battery system, maybe even the display. Garrett GMT 24K inspired by Whites. Could do the same thing with the MX7, but not sure where that would fit in the product portfolio. Plastic color could be that of the original Whites designs. Use Garrett coil designs? I expect Garrett could sell profitably at a lower price point than the original Whites designs if they so desired.

I see this as good news but I do not expect we will see many, if any, of the existing Whites products continued. If Whites has a large stock of existing parts I suppose it's possible Garrett could make 'commemorative editions' or something like that if it made financial sense to do so. I have no idea if Whites had anything in the development pipeline or archive that may be of interest to Garrett. There is a lot of product overlap and I expect Whites viable products are more expensive to produce than Garrett's. MXSport/GMXSport/TRX PP have direct competitors in Garrett's lineup. I don't know where MX7 would fit in. Perhaps TDI and GoldMaster 24K have their own niche in a combined lineup? V3 lineup is completely unsustainable and without a feasible upgrade path. As I understand, it is based on out of production processor, display, firmware platform, battery system etc and the effort required to port than to modern 'similar to' would be cost prohibitive) So I don't think this is about 'products' for Garrett ... more about keeping all things 'Whites' out of the hands of someone who could destroy the Whites 'legacy' in the process of leveraging whatever current value is there. It's telling that 'legacy' was the word used in both press releases.