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Originally Posted by Qiaozhi
The legitimate metal detecting industry is in no way threatened by LRLs, with the exception that money wasted on these non-working fantasy toys is money that could have been spent on something that actually works. Apart from that they are of no interest.
The reason for running this "Trash LRL forum" (as you put it) is much more mundane than you choose to believe. The whole purpose of its existence is to counter the many false claims made by the sellers and distributors of dowsing and LRL devices, and to provide a skeptical view of the subject.
On the other hand, this forum is also a place where experimenters can exchange ideas, and possibly learn something new. The only way to discover the facts is do your own experiments, and not let selective memory get in the way (which is something you clearly have a problem doing yourself).
If you want to wallow in self-ignorance, and refuse to learn the hard facts, then these forums are not the place for you. Somewhere like TNET would probably better suit your agenda.
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Unfortunately, for you & Carl, I am not wallowing in ignorance, or suffering from loss of memory. It's understandable that you would want me to leave this forum.
Since I have done more experiments and tests of LRLs and of Dowsing than any one else on this forum, according to your own criteria, I am the most uniquely qualified person to provide factual first hand information to members of this forum, and since it is a dual purpose forum, I will attempt to keep the Skeptics honest and factual as well.
So, I will try again to inform you of the facts. First, I have never seen any articles, essays, or support of Qiaozhi Beliefs, any where beyond the pages of this forum. More and more People continue to purchase expensive, over priced LRL's as more EE's and tech's get into the LRL business throughout the world. Why is that? Apparently, you are doing a poor job of educating people to conform to your erroneous beliefs.
To set the facts straight, YES, the metal detector industry has been very concerned about the growth and sale of LRL's, and the public Con jobs, and rightly so. The metal detector industry caters to the same people that you degrade as being ignorant and gullible. I know I am certainly concerned in light of the facts;
Thomas Afalini, and ELectroscope, the inventors of the term, Long Range Locating (LRL), along with the help of a popular Treasure magazine pulled off one of the biggest advertising ploys in THing history. It is reported that over a period of 6 years Electroscope took $17 million dollars in sales away from the metal detector industry. The industry was helpless to openly retaliate because of prohibitive US Anti trust laws. The major detector companies supported Compass Metal detectors in a behind the scenes bid to stop Electroscope, from advertising, which they eventually succeeded with a stop and desist order against Electroscope.
Then, along came Quadro, first sold as a Golf ball finder, then as a Treasure locator, then as a drug locator. Through their advertising ploy, they are reported to have taken another $5 million dollars in revenue in a period of two years from the Treasure Hunting industry.
Add to that, Bob Fitzgerald, has taken several Million dollars from the Metal detecting Industry, with Kellyco remaining the biggest seller of LRL's, in the world, but that is not a problem because they compensate by selling many times the amount of Metal detectors. What worker in the Metal detector industry would want to jeopardize their livelihood by putting Kellyco, out of business for selling LRL's? How about you, Qiaozhi?
So, when and where is the next gadget, or gizmo con game with a big advertising budget going to spring up and take another big bite out of Metal detector sales? Since it has already been done, it can be done again.
Now you know the truth Qiaozhi. You won't have to mis-inform your viewers any more.You can probably Google the supporting facts. Dell