Sep 01, 2017· I've been designing and building metal detectors since 1975, mostly other people's kits (ETI 1500, Heathkit Groundtrack 1290, White's Surfmaster, and so on), but a couple of my own VLF and PI designs as well, just to try ideas out. Like others here, I'm focusing on using PI (pulse induction) in this project, for the simple reasons that