White’s Electronics Done After 70 Years

[Aureous]

I think it needs to be said.... INNOVATE OR PERISH. I would've thought that Tesoro going under was a perfect wake-up call to the whole industry (especially in the US). The 24K was the only Whites product Ive been excited about for over a decade. Lets face it, Minelab, Nokta/Makro and XP have the Lions share of the coin/treasure/beach/relic market sewn up worldwide with only a decent percentage of 'loyal' US users continuing with American made products. The rest of the world looks at US detectors and says....'meh'. 

 

Ask yourselves, when and what were the last US made detectors that actually got you excited? Even the Impulse AQ is a Euro design. Garrett and FTP need to inject some serious $$ into new innovation and design now, or head the same way as Tesoro and now Whites. 

[xlbsa]

The price of v3 in China is as high as $2300. And Chinese users just want the White’s company to provide Chinese software. White’s refused. You know that 3030 provided a Chinese interface as early as 2012. And they only sell for $2,000.

[locator]

The V3(i) including chinese language had unlocked a giant market I think.

[Geotech]

When the V3 was released the China hobby market was almost zero. I think it is still almost zero as metal detecting in China (as I recall) is illegal.