a 3 pound Etrac. At least that's what I was expecting. Maybe with a brighter back lite or so? . Now we're assuming with the new features it's going to be priced out of our range? Maybe, maybe not? I mean I read a lot of posts in the past mentioning a clock, GPS etc...... I also remember reading negative posts about the Explorer's and Etrac when they first came out. Now the CTX3030 comes along. Well it looks a lot different than I expected. It also has features that on the surface seems trivial. So some seem to fight change. But change a lot of times is a good thing. Let's face it when you dig a 10 inch Walker from an area that's been pounded with other machines the Etrac doesn't feel so heavy. I have to admit I read all about the Etrac's ability to pluck deep targets. I really felt until 5 months ago most of the claims we exaggerations at most. But I became a believer when deep targets were found by Bill S and both of my machines running at max couldn't see them. I watched as he dug silver at depths I had been reading about. So within 2 weeks I had me an Etrac and never looked back. So it has been hinted by Gordon Heritage saying "what if you had the ability to dig deep silver that the Etrac said was deep iron?" That's just one of the features being hinted on. PS: I thought the Etrac was over priced before I bought one. But it's worth every penny. Even though I'll have to sell it to buy a CTX3030!