I'm really considering an E-Trac. I'm use to my X-Terra, and a little worried how I will adjust to one. I plan to read all of your experiences with it before I take the plunge. I must admit the safari is tempting as well. I just really need a detector that excells in trashy areas. I'm hunting a bed and breakfast that was built in 1849, and have only foind one Merc with the X-Terra. I know there is more, but it is littered with trash.