Passing Thru
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I will be attending a wedding in August in St Ives. Beaches in the UK open to detecting or is it a good idea to find out the laws on this when I arrive in St Ives...
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Question For Nauti Neil
- Thread starter Passing Thru
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Most beaches come under the Crown laws regarding detecting and 'they' require you to have a permit,this is down loaded from the Crown website as mentioned in the link above,its totally free and can be down loaded in just a few minutes on your printer,then you are basically covered to go on the beaches that are highlighted on the website.
Some beaches are owned by local authorities,not as many as the Crown of course,but its worth checking out,some do allow detecting and some dont,i would think if it is allowed then a permit from the local authority would need to be applied for,also of course some beaches can be either private but these are few and far between and most of these being private are no go areas for detecting.
Some beaches and land like marshes and sand dunes can be also owned by the 'National Trust' and are generally sites of beauty and bird sanctuaries,these will also out of bounds,also area's that are used by the Miltary will also be out of bound either because they are currently being used or possibly ammunition still in the area.
For the most part beaches are Crown owned but all that is required is just a downloadable free permit,of course a detector and sand scoop,popular beaches can and do attract alot of detectorists during the summer months,because that is when folks are likely to drop jewellery and loose change,but during the winter months the heavy tides can make some glory holes very nice hunting areas and produce the real old decent finds.Also you do get some extra folks detecting because the crops can be in full growth and then farmers wont allow us on incase the crops get damaged.
I live too far inland,so beach detecting for me is not the norm for me as travelling would take up most of the days detecting.
Some beaches are owned by local authorities,not as many as the Crown of course,but its worth checking out,some do allow detecting and some dont,i would think if it is allowed then a permit from the local authority would need to be applied for,also of course some beaches can be either private but these are few and far between and most of these being private are no go areas for detecting.
Some beaches and land like marshes and sand dunes can be also owned by the 'National Trust' and are generally sites of beauty and bird sanctuaries,these will also out of bounds,also area's that are used by the Miltary will also be out of bound either because they are currently being used or possibly ammunition still in the area.
For the most part beaches are Crown owned but all that is required is just a downloadable free permit,of course a detector and sand scoop,popular beaches can and do attract alot of detectorists during the summer months,because that is when folks are likely to drop jewellery and loose change,but during the winter months the heavy tides can make some glory holes very nice hunting areas and produce the real old decent finds.Also you do get some extra folks detecting because the crops can be in full growth and then farmers wont allow us on incase the crops get damaged.
I live too far inland,so beach detecting for me is not the norm for me as travelling would take up most of the days detecting.
