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yea, I'm not a patent expert, I don't know if something like a gold probability meter is something they could patent.  Nokta changed it too not a direct meter copy. 

Hopefully it all turns into nothing, we don't want less competition in the marketplace that's for sure.  I just can't see Minelab doing the court case for nothing though, they must have a legitimate belief something breached a patent.

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The Legend is turning out to be a great detector. My Equinox is gone now. I need more coils, like a 9" round and a 5.5x9 coils. I hope Nokta is doing ok. I'm a little worried about getting more coils.

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On 12/13/2022 at 12:49 PM, phrunt said:

I doubt you could patent a single LED light on the back of a control box either, it has to be multi frequency technology or it could be something to do with the Gold Finder 2000 being so similar to the Gold Monster 1000.

I love Nokta!  I really do.  So, I hate saying this but the GF2000 and Legend appear to be Minelab "knockoffs".

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1 hour ago, Bohemia Miner said:

I love Nokta!  I really do.  So, I hate saying this but the GF2000 and Legend appear to be Minelab "knockoffs".

A dealer saying this..........

I can accept that the Legend takes its cue from the Equinox 600/800....so does a lot about Deus 2

The 45 kHz with no manual ground balance and no threshold.........Goldmonster 1000 was released in 2017.

The 56 kHz Makro Gold Racer with all sorts of great features like manual ground balance and an optional threshold tone came out in 2016 followed by the waterproof 61 kHz version called the Gold Kruzer followed by the simplified user interface 61 kHz turn on and go Gold Finder 2000 that lives in virtually the same housing as the Gold Kruzer......

The only similarities between the Gold Monster 1000 and the GoldFinder 2000 are their names, their simplicity and they are for gold prospecting. Whites GMT, Whites/Garrett GM24K and GMX, XP Deus and XP ORX to name a few, all have ferrous/non-ferrous probability meters of one kind or another that are similar to the GM 1000. At least all of those have manual ground balance options and a threshold tone option.....

Give me a break......

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6 hours ago, OhioHunter said:

That's the other thing about patents: they only give you the right to sue someone. 

Yep you can invent something very useful  patent it and someone with deeper pockets can come along and steal the idea..then say go ahead and sue us...happened to an acquaintance of mine...big company stole his idea and now makes them. 

strick 

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