The following are patents on Pulse Induction type detectors.

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PDF 388K US3707672 Weapon Detector Utilyzing the Pulsed Field Technique to Detect Weapons on the Basis of Weapons Thickness
PDF 1050K US4868504 Apparatus and Method for Locating Metal Objects and Minerals in the Ground with Return of Energy from Transmitter Coil to Power Supply Fisher Impulse PI, recycles power from the coil.
PDF 495K US4894619 Impulse Induced Eddy Current Type Detector Using Plural Measuring Sequences in Detecting Metal Objects
PDF 481K US5047718 Improving the Discrimination of an Impulse Technique Metal Detector by Correlating Responses Inside and Outside of a Cut-Off Peak Area
PDF 678K US5414411 Pulse Induction Metal Detector White's, block level.
PDF 2032K US5576624 Pulse Induction Time Domain Metal Detector Minelab, compare with US5506506
PDF 271K US6326790 Ground Piercing Metal Detector Having Range, Bearing, and Metal-Type Discrimination A PI probe
PDF 1491K US6326791 Discrimination of Metallic Targets in Magnetically Susceptible Soil
PDF 1408K US6452396 Method for Detecting the Metal Type of a Buried Metal Target Periscope
PDF 1378K US6452397 Ground Piercing Metal Detector Method for Detecting the Location of a Buried Metal Object Periscope
PDF 1430K US6456079 Circuit for Detecting the Metal Type of a Metal Target Object Periscope
PDF 1830K US6529007 Temperature Compensation for Ground Piercing Metal Detector Periscope
PDF 730K US6586938 Metal Detector Method and Apparatus
PDF 258K US6636044 Ground Mineralization Rejecting Metal Detector (Receive Signal Weighting) Minelab, multi-width pulse
PDF 706K US6653838 Ground Mineralization Rejecting Metal Detector (Transmit Signal) Minelab, multi-width pulse
PDF 284K US6686742 Ground Mineralization Rejecting Metal Detector (Power Saving) Minelab, multi-width pulse
PDF 1022K US6724305 Pulse Induction Silverware Detector
PDF 466K US6853194 Electromagnetic Target Discriminator Sensor System and Method for Detecting and Identifying Metal Targets
PDF 115K US6927577 Digital Nulling Pulse Inductive Metal Detector
PDF 287K US6967574 Multi-Mode Electromagnetic Target Discriminator Sensor System and Method of Operation Thereof
PDF 105K US7078906 Simultaneous Time-Domain and Frequency-Domain Metal Detector Combo PI & phase sampling
PDF 156K US7148691 Step Current Inductive Antenna for Pulse Inductive Metal Detector
PDF 89K US7474102 Rectangular-Wave Transmitting Metal Detector Minelab PI, see 7791345
PDF 128K US7652477 Multi-Frequency Metal Detector Having Constant Reactive Transmit Voltage Applied to a Transmit Coil Minelab
PDF 117K US7710118 Resonant Pulse Induction Metal Detector that Transmits Energy from High Voltage Flyback Pulses Discriminating PI
PDF 118K US7791345 Rectangular-Wave Transmitting Metal Detector Minelab PI, see 7474102
PDF 167K US7924012 Metal Detector Having Constant Reactive Transmit Voltage Applied to a Transmit Coil Minelab, GPZ TX
PDF 97K US8106770 Metal Detector with Improved Magnetic Soil Response Cancellation Minelab, PI multisampling
PDF 188K US8614576 Metal Detector Having Constant Reactive Transmit Voltage Applied to a Transmit Coil Minelab, GPZ TX
PDF 1439K US9250348 Transmit Signal of a Metal Detector Controlled by Feedback Loops Minelab, CCPI-ish
PDF 3827K US9348053 Metal Detector with at Least One Transmit/Receive Switch Minelab, PI TX methods
PDF 164K US9366779 Signal Processing Technique for a Metal Detector Minelab, PI multisampling
PDF 437K US9429674 Discrimination Method of a Metal Detector Based on a Time Constant Spectrum Minelab, PI
PDF 664K US9547065 Method for Detecting Fast Time Constant Targets using a Metal Detector Minelab, PI TX cap canceling
PDF 202K US9829598 Metal Detector Minelab, PI
PDF 605K EP0654685 Arrangement and Method for Detecting Metal Objects PI with DD coil
PDF 109K EP0732600 Active Impulse Magnetometer Looks more like a PI method
PDF 516K GB2153077 Metal Detecting Apparatus Twin-coil PI, Crone & Crone (ETI project)
PDF 1380K WO04008406 Pulse Induction Silverware Detector PCB-etched differential coils