Legal issues for Canadians in USA

Hello...
My wife and I (from Vancouver, BC, Canada ) will be vacationing in Atlanta, Georgia... driving to Augusta... then driving east to the Atlantic coast and up to Manhattan, New York and Boston, Massachusetts. I'll be metal detecting the whole damn way!  While my beautiful wife rolls her eyes wishing I would just hurry up and get the hell back in the car.
So... should I be a lucky, stupid Canuck and find something historically significant (please, Lord, some Civil War stuff!!) do I have to declare it to anyone... or can I squirrel it away in my luggage to later display it on my igloo's fireplace mantle?
Your opinions are welcome....  ignored maybe, but welcome none the less  !

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Homefire, the trouble with that is some of the items, once registered, can be sold without provenance or paperwork. It makes all finds impossible to differentiate between found or sold items.

Keith, your biggest concern will be local laws which, if broken, could lead to fines and/or loss of your equipment. Basically, all National Parks, National Monuments and most state parks are off limits. City parks are a mixed bag. Some places allow it and others don't. Your best bet is to arrange to meet with a local treasure hunter in each city where you plan to stop. When you get your itinerary finalized, come back and arrange to meet with some of the members here. I live half way between New York City and Boston. You practically have to pass my house on the way. Your wife can sit in a comfy easy chair, sip tea and chat with my Australian wife while we go out and poke holes in the ground. Something like that can almost always be arranged in every city. This forum has 23,000 members.

Anyway, give that some thought. Most of us are just looking for an excuse to go out. For me, it's easy. My wife has hobbies that keep her busy and she feels guilty pursuing them when I'm home or not otherwise occupied. So, we love our individual time.

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		Quote:			Posted by zul32
	That is GD.. provided another 'Sandy' doesn't show up on your front door and want to rip off your roof or something like that! How did you do out there for Sandy? Did you take pictures? Want to share them?

I was too busy to take pictures. We lost power for 4 days and lost one tree. As for the beaches, they all wound up a quarter of a mile inland stacked up 9 feet and destroyed many buildings.

Sandy did nothing in Connecticut to improve your odds of finding anything. It's still a mess down along the coast.

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	Hmmm.. you'd think that this newly turned-up sand might unearth some interesting treasures perhaps?

It did not. The south facing beaches were not eroded, they were moved. Most of the beaches are now up to a quarter mile shorter than before Sandy. Remember, most of the CT shoreline faces south - directly into the wind of Sandy. Two days of relentless pounding did the job.

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		Quote:			Posted by keithcris
	Thanks for the info, Golddigger. We'll be driving from Manhattan to Boston (about 4 hours I understand) on Saturday February 2nd, probably getting half way around noon-time. If you're available that would be great! Private message me your contact info.

You're welcome. We're quite a distance from the Interstate, if that's the path you are taking. If you go through Hartford, we are about 30 minutes off. Depends on what kind of scenery you want during your drive. I live in Mansfield, near Willimantic. About 30 minutes east of Hartford and 50 miles from I-95. Easy enough to meet somewhere for coffee or, if you wish, a visit to our 1850s home. If there's no snow, we can cover some virgin territory. I've never detected my own yard. Been waiting for the first TH visitor to come along. Who knows? You might be it.

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