Metal Detecting Law/Rules listed by States
Homefire:
Trying to compile a list by State of any and all Metal Detecting Regulations, Law when found.
If you find any, just post on this thread and I will Try to migrate them to this single Post.
U.S. Forest Service Lands. All States.
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All states Municipal codes
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Look in here first. Good info on all States.
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•Alabama
•Alaska
•American Samoa
•Arizona
•Arkansas
•California
•Colorado
•Connecticut
•Delaware
•District of Columbia
•Florida
•Georgia
•Guam
•Hawaii
•Idaho
•Illinois
•Indiana
•Iowa
•Kansas
•Kentucky
•Louisiana
•Maine
•Maryland
•Massachusetts
•Michigan
•Minnesota
•Mississippi
•Missouri
•Montana
•Nebraska
•Nevada
•New Hampshire
•New Jersey
•New Mexico
•New York
•North Carolina
•North Dakota
•Northern Marianas Islands
•Ohio
•Oklahoma
•Oregon
•Pennsylvania
•Puerto Rico
•Rhode Island
•South Carolina
•South Dakota
•Tennessee
•Texas
NATURAL RESOURCES CODE
TITLE 9. HERITAGE
CHAPTER 191. ANTIQUITIES CODE
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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NATURAL RESOURCES CODE
TITLE 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN
SUBTITLE D. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
CHAPTER 53. MINERALS
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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The following are for Texas public lands links. Not just for parks. This is public lands which would include parks. So you probably need both park info and general info.
For the search page for Texas codes.
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For Texas Parks Remember even road side parks are considered here.
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City and County Codes
Municipal City codes in Texas listed by City You can find most cities in Texas here. You can check here first. I listed below only the cities which have a seperate page on their own website.
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Austin Texas park rules. xerox of state rules. No md's unless permited obtained.
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New Braunfels Texas No metal detectors with out a permit. Also digging and removing of materials see link for more info.
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San Antonio Texas park rules High lights , Only in designated parks, a 6 month permit is required, no digging tools allowed. See site for more info and permit request.
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Texas City, Texas
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County Park Rules
Several Counties showed just a reference to Texas State Laws.
Chester county
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Galveston County Park
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Harris County Texas has pretty much the same as the state rules on metal detectors. One thing to note is cutting a plug is forbidden with out express permission.
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Montgomery County
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Travis County Texas
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Willianson County
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Wise County Texas
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•Utah
•Vermont
•Virginia
•Virgin Islands
•Washington
•West Virginia
•Wisconsin
•Wyoming
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BitburgAggie_7377:
We probably should copy them to the individual state also and sticky them there for quick reference. That way they'll be easy to find whether the member thinks "legal" or thinks "state"
BA
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ghola:
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is a pretty good link for city codes with in the different states. Since some of the metal detecting may be in city parks.
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Homefire:
Quote:Posted by BitburgAggie_7377We probably should copy them to the individual state also and sticky them there for quick reference. That way they'll be easy to find whether the member thinks "legal" or thinks "state"
BA
Maybe I can do that after this gets populated some.
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ghola:
This could affect any old items found.
NATURAL RESOURCES CODE
TITLE 9. HERITAGE
CHAPTER 191. ANTIQUITIES CODE
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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pappydanny:
hello, i live in western md. i asked city hall by phone if i can hunt at an old hotel site that was tore down in 1909 ( on city property) three times to make sure.the anser was yes. is this considered a designated historic site? can i remove anything like civil war bullets if found?...thanks
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FlowerOfTheSea:
Hey homefire, decided to go to Lake Lavon near Garland, Tx and metal detect around swimming holes and looked up rules. US army corp of engineers have rules at park for metal detecting. The gist of it is:
1. Need permit ( i think free, it didn't say in the article, but, that's no guarantee)
2. allowed at designated swim beaches that do not contain or would not reasonably be expected to contain archeological, historical, or paleonotological resources.
3. 1 one-handed scoop
4. Must surrender (for them to find owners or sell usually after 90 days and put money in US Treasury as miscellaneous cash) any thing worth more than $25 including rings and watches, and any archeological, historical, or paleonotological items. Here link to the whole thing. The fourth item is for metal detecting in general the first is detail on how they steal, I mean take care of the "lost, found, and abandoned" items.
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Seems to take most of the fun out of it.
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Homefire:
Well that just about sucks Burrito of the Worst Kind.
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GoldDigger1950:
You guys need to read the CFR and the policy document more carefully. Nothing new there and no surprises. Please refrain from starting a war over nothing.
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FlowerOfTheSea:
Hmmm, GoldDigger1950, whatever do you mean? I read it again and it seems pretty much as I presented. They will take efforts to find the owner, but, how are they going to find the owner of watches and rings and if they do we can't have them. In no event, that I could ascertain, do we get anything over $25 value. But, I am getting old and senile, so, I could have missed something. :)
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