The E-TRAC is only the 2nd detector I’ve ever used (I also have a Cobra Beach Magnet from a BOGO offer, but I’ve never used it). The first was a cheap model I had in high school in 1981. Used it for a few weeks, but quickly gave up on it. Learning to detect with the E-TRAC in iron infested areas, and learning to discriminate “by ear” using multi-tone was difficult at first, but fortunately, I stuck with it. I purchased it back in Feb 2010. After a few months, my silver coin count began to increase. It took nearly 4 months to find my first gold ring. By the end of 2010, I had over 100 silver coins and jewelry, and 17 gold jewelry items (mostly saltwater beach/ shoreline finds).
By this time, I was already very pleased and impressed with the E-TRAC. But I was still just learning how to saltwater beach/shoreline detect with it.