Oak Island N. Carolina

[ccs]

Does anyone if you can detect there beaches? I no you can't hunt stare parks. Thanks

 

[Tom_in_CA]

That's a city property, not a state property, right? So any thing you're reading that says N. Carolina state parks are a no-go, wouldn't apply to the city. But I guess you're wondering if the city though, might have some rule or code that said "no detectors"? Have you tried going to their city website, to see if they have a listing of municipal codes, beach/park rules, etc.... ? I mean, *certainly* there must be posted rules *somewhere*. You know, like "dogs on leash" or "no alcahol" and "closes at sunset" and so forth. If you saw nothing there saying "no metal detecting", then presto, it's not prohibited

And as for the state parks thing you allude to: just be aware that sometimes this is deemed to apply to the land parks only, not beaches. At least that's how it is here in CA . We too have "dire-sounding" verbage in our state parks wording, that has been deemed to mean "no detecting" (at least not to detect for old things, haha, cultural heritage stuff). HOWEVER, you can detect state beaches here till you're blue in the face, and no one ever cares. There's no technical reason why the same verbage that seems to apply to the land parks, wouldn't also apply to their beaches they administer. But it's simply that way. And no one questions that, and it's simply left "good enough left alone".

Heck, didn't you loose your wedding ring on that beach last week ? Better go look for it.

 

[homebre]

Also, cannot hunt Federal seashore lands.

Andy from Hillsborough

 

[Flintstone]

Hi CCS, I just went there about a mo. ago. Hunted day and night, seen cops on beach and they just went by and waved. I don,t think you will have trouble. Flintstone

 

[Goldstrike]

For a second, I thought you were referring to Oak Island, Nova Scotia!! AKA The Money Pit or the pirate's bank. Now I would love to detect there but I don't think they make a metal detector to reach down to 100 plus feet or so where they reckon many millions of dollars worth of pirate gold/coins/bar are buried! Even though there have been many that have tried, surely there's got to be a way to get to all that gold?.....Ah well, dreams don't cost anything!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Hi CCS, I just went there about a mo. ago. Hunted day and night, seen cops on beach and they just went by and waved. I don,t think you will have trouble. Flintstone

ha You detected and no one cared. Got nothing but a friendly wave from passerby cops, lifeguard, etc... eh ? And on the surface, this would seem, to the "reasonable person", to mean that it .... therefore "must be ok", right?

But neeeooohhhh. It merely means you didn't ask enough persons in that city or state "can I ?" What you need to do, is go to city hall there (or state capitol, if that was a state-beach), and ask " can I metal detect?". Be sure to pepper your request with generous usage of words like "treasure" and "dig" and "remove" and "cultural heritage" and "indian bone", etc.... And have a search & salvage legal agreement for them to sign (afterall, you can't be too safe). Then sit back and see if they say "yes".

Ok, now hurry: go do the right thing and ask!

 

[Flintstone]

I didn,t ask anyone, if they don,t want me there they can come tell me. I am like Tom, if you ask they will come up with something. I had Cops and alot of people say hi, no one got mad but me for not finding any gold. Good Luck, and go for it. Flintstone

 

[ccs]

Thanks for all the comments.

 

[tarajudy]

Don't ask they won't know anyway and just say NO NO NO

 

[NC_Horn]

I haven't been to Oak Island but hunt Ocean Isle just down the coast. I would stop by:
Ken's Detectors
96 North Lake Drive
Southport, N.C. 28461

(910) 228-4439
e-mail: kensdetectors@yahoo.com

Wanted to swing by there last time I was at Ocean Isle but didn't have the time.

Duane