St. Johns County, Florida
Metal Detecting at Lighthouse Park & J. Edward "Red" Cox Recreation Facility in St. Augustine, Florida
The City of St. Augustine does not issue permits or allow metal detecting or excavation for artifacts on City-owned property. This record is limited to a location whose City ownership/control has been independently supported.
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Can you metal detect at Lighthouse Park & J. Edward "Red" Cox Recreation Facility?
Prohibited. The City of St. Augustine does not issue permits or allow metal detecting or excavation for artifacts on City-owned property. This record is limited to a location whose City ownership/control has been independently supported.
Permit/authorization: No — The City states that it does not issue permits or allow metal detecting or excavation for artifacts on City-owned property.
Evidence freshness: verified , Grade A, confidence 100/100. Recheck the official source before travel.
Current verified decision
What the current evidence actually allows
Evidence: Grade A · 100/100 · verified 2026-08-11 · freshness Current · revalidation due 2026-12-09 · source conflict none identified.
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Sensitive-site protection: navigation deliberately uses a broader managing-agency/locality reference rather than publishing an archaeological, artifact, historic-resource, or detecting-target locator.
Legal status and controlling rule
The City of St. Augustine does not issue permits or allow metal detecting or excavation for artifacts on City-owned property. This record is limited to a location whose City ownership/control has been independently supported.
Restricted or prohibited areas
Entire City-owned property; no recreational metal-detecting area is established by the City rule.
Permit and digging rules
Permit: No
The City states that it does not issue permits or allow metal detecting or excavation for artifacts on City-owned property.
Digging: No metal-detecting excavation or artifact recovery on City-owned property.
Water and artifact rules
Water detecting: No water-detecting permission is inferred. Water or submerged areas outside the City-owned parcel require separate jurisdiction verification.
Historic/artifact rule: Except for recent loss, artifacts and items on the surface or buried on City property are in public ownership; archaeological and historic resources must not be disturbed.
Verification record
This page is published only after its legal and access evidence passes the project verification checks. Its current legal/access record is Grade A with a confidence score of 100/100 and was last checked on .
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Lighthouse Park & J. Edward "Red" Cox Recreation Facility metal detecting FAQ
Can you metal detect at Lighthouse Park & J. Edward "Red" Cox Recreation Facility?
The City of St. Augustine does not issue permits or allow metal detecting or excavation for artifacts on City-owned property. This record is limited to a location whose City ownership/control has been independently supported.
Is a permit or authorization required at Lighthouse Park & J. Edward "Red" Cox Recreation Facility?
No The City states that it does not issue permits or allow metal detecting or excavation for artifacts on City-owned property.
Does the map show where detecting is legally allowed?
Yes. The page provides map context and a deliberately broader agency/locality navigation target while withholding an exact sensitive-site locator. This does not change the written legal status.
How current is this Lighthouse Park & J. Edward "Red" Cox Recreation Facility record?
The legal/access record was last verified on 2026-08-11 with verification grade A and confidence score 100/100. Recheck the cited official source before travel because rules and closures can change.
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