metal detecting laws

Metal Detecting Federal Land Restrictions: NPS Rules, Reclamation Lands, and ARPA

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Metal Detecting Federal Land Restrictions

Metal detecting federal land restrictions depend first on who manages the exact parcel and then on what resource you intend to search for, disturb, or remove. National Park Service areas and Bureau of Reclamation lands have rules that can prohibit even possessing a usable detector, while ARPA protects qualifying archaeological resources on federal public lands … Read more

Metal Detecting on BLM and National Forest Land: Separate Prospecting From Artifact Hunting

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Metal Detecting Blm And National Forest

BLM land and National Forest land are not automatically open to every kind of metal detecting. The answer changes with the surface manager, the exact unit, the target you intend to search for, what you plan to keep, how much ground you will disturb, and whether protected resources or existing mineral rights are involved. Mineral … Read more