The truth about Deteknix Quest series detectors (facts and proofs+, why not to buy Chinese fakes)
Everything today is made in China. Almost every item, but at least it’s designed by a leading designer and manufacturing companies all around the world, but what does Chinese manufacturers give to the world? It’s difficult to find any original item which has been designed and made in China, and an example with the Deteknix company proves it once again.
Here is something that Deteknix wrote on their web-page some time ago:
“Deteknix manufacturers metal detectors for the professional and hobbyist markets. . . . [which]
reflects not only cutting edge technology but value as well.” According to its Twitter
account @Deteknix, “Deteknix Inc focus on hobby and security metal detectors
design and manufacturing in Southern California.”
In 2015, Deteknix released it’s first metal detector called Deteknix Quest. Then they’ve updated it to the Deteknix Quest Pro and so on, but overall the idea is: do you believe that a new manufacturer of metal detectors can design a new model of metal detector in about a year or two without copying any other manufacturer’s detectors? I don’t believe in miracles, guys and I’ve found the answer.
Deteknix Quest series detectors is just a 1:1 copy of…. Teknetics T2 metal detector!
For instance, the Deteknix Quest offers a virtually identical set of options as the T2, the sounds the Quest makes are the same as the sounds of the T2, and as the following screenshots demonstrate that the Quest display outputs the same information as the T2 display with only minor cosmetic changes:
First Texas engineers investigated the Deteknix Quest and the software contained thereon. Based on their investigation, and on the information and belief, the Deteknix Quest contains software that is substantially similar to, and copies copyrightable aspects of the T2 Software both in general and partly. On information and belief, Deteknix accessed First Texas’s T2 Software and copied it off a commercial T2 product. Deteknix used nitric acid and/or certain other techniques to defeat First Texas’s access protection and copy the T2 Software off a commercial T2 product.
So Mr. Mao Quang Deng (owner of Deteknix and head of US office of Deteknix in California) and First Texas Products (owner of Teknetics, Fisher and Bounty Hunter brands) will find the truth in court. Such a nice story!
Proof of document can be found here. As I said guys – all of your news, documents, proofs, digging stories will be posted in my blog, just send me an e-mail: hobby.detecting@gmail.com
In my opinion and hopes many detectorists will agree with me – it’s better to make your own and unique metal detectors, because selling a famous T2 in a new “dresses” is a bad idea, it’s disrespect to all detectorists and it doesn’t support our hobby at all. In reality fake makers just wants to get your money from your pockets. Do you want to pay more for fake product or you prefer to get an original detector (and sometimes cheaper) and support Firts Texas Products in designing new and unique systems which will bring to us more finds?
Not me.
Happy hunting to you guys and be careful with the new “manufacturers” especially if they are from China.
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Where are the ‘Guts’ of First Texas Products made ? I bet in China !
But at least they do not copy Minelab or any other manufacturers detectors 😉
hello, unfortunately i purchased a quest x10 metal dtector and just recently found out that not only is it made in China but they are frauds.
I am pretty new to metal detecting and was drawn in by the cheaper price.
I did purchase it from amazon and failed to realize that the seller does not give free returns and only excepts returns if unopend. .
I feel so cheated and embarrassed. Any ideas on what I can do about the situation in returning and purchasing a new detector.?
Just sell it as used detector.
This article is from 2016. Deteknix is now Quest and they seem to have a quality product. Sorry, but I don’t see the similarities the author does in the displays of the two machines. Hatchet job.
This is somewhat misleading. The court case against Deteknix was dismissed “with prejudice” which means that First Texas could not bring the same action again. There was no copyright infringement found, although Deteknix agreed to not infringe on First Texas copyright in the future, which any reasonable company would agree to. Both parties were ordered to pay their own costs. Hardly the “win” that First Texas keep telling everyone that it was.
ORDER ON STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL by Judge Manuel L. Real: Pursuant to the Stipulation of Dismissal 62, it is HEREBY ORDERED that: (i) Plaintiffs’ causes of action against Mao Quan Deng are hereby dismissed with prejudice; (ii) Defendants’ causes of action against Plaintiffs are hereby dismissed with prejudice; and (iii) The Parties to bear their own costs and expenses. ( Case Terminated. Made JS-6. ) (gk) (Entered: 06/29/2017)
The full court docket entries are here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4492657/first-texas-products-llc-v-deteknix-inc/
I also don’t see the similarity in the images of the machines displays shown on this site. You could just as easily have put up an image of a Minelab Equinox or Nokta Makro Simplex and draw the same conclusions.
The truth is that First Texas has simply not invested in the development of technology to keep their machines current. It is easier for them to litigate and tarnish the reputation of their competitors. They even lied by saying that they had won the court case!
That is not to say that FIrst Texas has not been the target of some serious counterfeiting of their products. But Deteknix/Quest are not one of the offending manufacturers.
Many of the worlds leading products are made in China. So the country of origin has nothing to do with it. There are plenty of very poor quality products made in the USA, same as anywhere else. Quest makes excellent detectors. The customer service is not great though and that is what lets them down, at least in the USA. In Europe, they are well supported.
I now only use Chinese made detectors, and for these reasons. 1. There is continuous development of both circuits and display. 2. Any real difference in build quality is very slight if any, most are the equivalent of Western manufacture. 3. Tested against Western products they work just as efficiently. 4. They are considerably cheaper and therefore more accessible to more people. 5. At the end of the day, I want a detector which does the job in the field, and I am not affected by manufacturer snobbery or false patriotism. After years of metal detecting I know that the vast majority of finds are found within the first six inches from the surface, and that even the best junior or kids detectors will locate stuff at this depth. So what is the point of buying a metal detector costing very many times the value of what one is likely to find with it, when a cheaper version does the job just as well?