Hello All, a Florida question

[Keely in Ks]

I hope everyone is doing well, and I do miss ya all so very much! I been keeping busy, I am teaching my 3 year old grandaughter how to dance in buckskin, and currently making her buckskin dress.. if you wondering what the heck I am talking about, here is a link to a video, note the girl who carries a shawl that has pink in it, and her eagle feather fluff has pink, is a friend of mines grandaughter, and who my grandaughter wants to be like

http://tv.powwows.com/video/1131/Teen-Buckskin--2008-Red-Earth

OK now that I have you fully bored, my husband and I are taking vacation this year in September to Florida, my sister has a house rented there for all of us to take some time off... I plan to dust off my metal detector and take it along but I do not know what kind of laws there are about metal detecting? Not sure what part of Florida we are going to be in, I know it is a exclusive area.. or so my sister says LOL

Thanks in advance for any detecting dos or donts in Florida!

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

It would help if you knew what area of Florida you will be visiting. On the east coast most beaches ( dry sand) are ok to hunt. If you are north of Kennedy Space Center at Playalinda Beach, it is National Seashore and you can not hunt, even the dry sand.

Sebastian Inlet south to Ft. Pierce it is called the treasure coast. No water hunting is permitted.
http://www.treasuresites.com/Members/sef.htm You have to have a lease from the State of Florida to search in the water there. You can hunt the water line to the foot of the dune with no problem.

South of Ft. Pierce you should be ok to hunt in or out of the water. Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Miami Beach etc....

State Parks, you should check with the ranger to find out if it is OK and where you can hunt.

Enjoy your visit to Florida.

Ray S ECenFL

 

[therick]

The laws are different in different parts of the state. Most all state parks will allow you to hunt the beaches as long as it's from the toe of the dunes to deep water. Some will require permits that can be free or with a nominal fee. The treasure Coast (Sebastian Inlet south to Ft. Pierce) may be restricted in some areas due to salvage leases that belong to the Mel Fisher family. In these areas you can hunt from the toe of the dunes to the water line but NOT in the water at all and they can be very strict with it at times. Post where you'll be and I'm sure we can give you more info.

therick

 

[Keely in Ks]

I dont know, guess when the time comes I will just put the address into the GPS and let it direct us LOL.. I dont know if is it east, west, or south... I am going to have to do some map searching!

 

[dlm32]

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[MNCoinhunter]

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[Craig in Alabama]

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[Butch in Colorado]

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[Ed SW Fla]

... the median high tide line (most times considered to be where the vegetation begins) to out in the water. Here in SW Florida that means any beach you can get to via public access or by boat.

If you wear headphones so you don't bother others and kick sand back into the holes you dig and take whatever trash or treasure you dig off the beach, you'll not be bothered.

Nice to have you back on the forum Keely.

 

[therick]

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[charlie (ky)]

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