Any California folks out there?...

[Big Fang Coin Biter]

I am headed to northern CA for a ten day visit with my son and his family. I will be staying near Willow Creek. It looks like tons of National Forest in that area. Can you detect in National Forest? Any tips or suggestions would be great. If you are close, maybe we could meet up for some detecting.

Thanks in advance - BF

 

[Tom_in_CA]

I'm south of San Jose, so not close to Willow Creek. You can try post on California's "kinzli" forum, and maybe someone from that far north will be there. To get to the main page, you have to sign up, but it's easy (pick a screen name, etc...). But probably Eureka or Redding would be the closest. Willowcreek is just too remote and unpopulated.

To answer your other question, I have detected up in the hills around there, at campsites, ruins, and such. Don't recall if it was state or fed. land. Naturally, if you ask enough bureaucrats, you'll probably get a no. But as long as you're not at an obvious historical landmark, or being a nuisance, you'll probably be ignored.

 

[CAgem]

I've been told that detecting in state and national parks is strictly forbidden. True also in some county and city parks. I agree with Tom about keeping a low profile if you do decide to detect and playing dumb if you get caught. However, if you get a real pr**k of a ranger, you might lose your detector. The other thing you have to worry about is the pot farmers. They get really twitchy about strangers during the growing season.

 

[Big Fang Coin Biter]

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