A cooking article detection system (10) for an induction cooktop (12) having a first power-delivery induction coil (14) includes a first detector coil (16) overlying the first power-delivery induction coil (14) and including a first conductive element (18) revolving continuously around a centroid (19) in a first tangential direction (20) to define a shape of the first coil (16) that extends in a first linear direction (22) and a second linear direction (24) along a plane (26) and a second detector coil (28) overlying the first power-delivery coil (14) and including a second conductive element (30) connected with the first detector coils (16) and revolving continuously around a second centroid (19A) in a second tangential direction (32), opposite the first tangential direction (20). The second detector coil (28) is linearly arranged with the first detector coil (16) and is spaced apart therefrom in the second linear direction (24). A controller (34) drives the first and second detection coils (16, 28), simultaneously, with a low-voltage, high frequency detection signal, and measures a voltage (V) across the first and second detection coils (16, 28) to identify a cooking article (A) on the induction cooktop (12).