Tom_in_CA
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Metal addict is right: You can hunt state of CA beaches till you're blue in the face. And probably never going to hear "boo" from anyone.
Where are you reading that state of CA land parks are a no-no ? Technically you are ok, as long as you only find stuff 50 yr. old or newer. Ie.: Cultural heritage laws. Because, think about it: It the EXACT same parks dept. that administers the state park beaches, as administers the inland parks. Hence technically, the same rules apply to both land and beach.
It's just that the beaches have, I guess, been "grandfathered in". They've just always ever been md'd. But I'll bet you dollars to donuts that you could find some desk-bound archie in state park offices, to tell you that the salt-water beaches are a no-go (because, heaven forbid you found a 51 yr. old coin). Moral of the story ? We don't bug desk-bound pencil pushing archies with silly questions
But seriously now: if you read the state park rules (barring something specific to an INDIVIDUAL state park ?), you will only find cultural heritage verbiage. So ... presto ... you're only looking for modern stuff. This , of course, will not work when you're at an obvious historic sensitive monument. But other than that, I've worked state parks frequently and not had problems . Eg.: run of mill campgrounds, inland lake beaches, grass, etc... However: Other things might apply (like "alter" and "deface" if you're working nicely manicured turf). So it's not a carte-blanche to wear neon yellow and traipse through ball games, over beach blankets, etc....
Let us know what you've read that made you think otherwise.
BTW: There's a club in Santa Rosa still, if I'm not mistaken.
Oh, and the rules here are quite simple for fellow CA hunters: You send me 30% of all your finds (I accept paypal)
.... I was kinda bummed about the no detecting in state owned land/parks - that makes up 90% of the spots I was planning to take a detector ....
Where are you reading that state of CA land parks are a no-no ? Technically you are ok, as long as you only find stuff 50 yr. old or newer. Ie.: Cultural heritage laws. Because, think about it: It the EXACT same parks dept. that administers the state park beaches, as administers the inland parks. Hence technically, the same rules apply to both land and beach.
It's just that the beaches have, I guess, been "grandfathered in". They've just always ever been md'd. But I'll bet you dollars to donuts that you could find some desk-bound archie in state park offices, to tell you that the salt-water beaches are a no-go (because, heaven forbid you found a 51 yr. old coin). Moral of the story ? We don't bug desk-bound pencil pushing archies with silly questions
But seriously now: if you read the state park rules (barring something specific to an INDIVIDUAL state park ?), you will only find cultural heritage verbiage. So ... presto ... you're only looking for modern stuff. This , of course, will not work when you're at an obvious historic sensitive monument. But other than that, I've worked state parks frequently and not had problems . Eg.: run of mill campgrounds, inland lake beaches, grass, etc... However: Other things might apply (like "alter" and "deface" if you're working nicely manicured turf). So it's not a carte-blanche to wear neon yellow and traipse through ball games, over beach blankets, etc....
Let us know what you've read that made you think otherwise.
BTW: There's a club in Santa Rosa still, if I'm not mistaken.
Oh, and the rules here are quite simple for fellow CA hunters: You send me 30% of all your finds (I accept paypal)