is far better than any other Minelab ,detected on the beach's of Cornwall England, this past week, for up to 5 hours every day with no fatigue, found about the same as my friend with the SE pro, no noticeable depth difference between both machines ,used it mostly with manual sens around 28 , gain 29 ,one of the main things was the stable and smooth running of the Etrac over the wet sand .Yes it is a better machine than the Explorer range which went before it came along ,thanks Minelab