Metal Detecting in Mississippi: Places, Rules & Permits

50-State Metal Detecting Map

Mississippi Metal Detecting Map

Filter, inspect and navigate the current Mississippi records with real map layers and permission-aware location details. Written rules always control permission.

14,825verified records

50states

298verified pins

14,825navigable

Map ≠ detecting permission. A marker or temporary search match is navigation context only. Written manager rules, posted restrictions, permits, protected-resource law, ownership and exact designated zones always control.

State County / equivalent Place type Permit Search

State bubbles, verified pins and clusters are clickable · drag, zoom or change map layers

● Allowed / conditional● Permit● Prohibited● Restricted● ReviewBasemaps: OpenStreetMap / USGS · overlays: BLM

Mississippi metal detecting status at a glance

Mississippi does not have one universal public-land answer. The controlling result depends on the exact managing agency, legal scope, recovery method and any designated-zone requirement.

309Total researched locations

309Actionable decision pages

100%Actionable coverage

0Research holds

Mississippi coverage complete: every record in the researched state inventory has a public actionable decision. This does not mean every site is allowed and it does not turn confirmation-required or zone-confirmation pages into trip-ready places.

136Manager/site confirmation required — no affirmative citywide detector/recovery permission stored

54Prohibited — metal detectors prohibited on Mississippi Wildlife Management Areas

36Manager/site confirmation required — no affirmative site-specific detector/recovery permission stored

24Prohibited — metal detectors prohibited by Mississippi State Park regulation

18Prohibited — metal detectors and magnet fishing prohibited on State Fishing Lake property

14Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge resource/search rules; site-specific modern lost-item use requires verification

10Prohibited — federal NPS detector/resource rule applies

8Search/recovery restricted — Mississippi Antiquities/Landmark protections and permit controls apply

4Authorization required — Corps metal-detector permit and qualifying disturbed/beach area required

4Manager/site confirmation required — current beach rules do not establish affirmative detector/recovery permission

1Manager/site confirmation required — statewide State Park detector prohibition is expressly inapplicable to Shepard

Mississippi metal detecting: quick answers

Is metal detecting legal in Mississippi?

There is no single statewide yes/no answer for every public place. This database currently contains 309 verified Mississippi records, and each result depends on the managing agency, exact legal scope, recovery method, protected-resource rules and any permit or designated-zone requirement.

Do you need a permit to metal detect in Mississippi?

4 current Mississippi records have a permit/authorization signal. Other records may be prohibited, confirmation-gated, zone-restricted or governed by a different rule, so public access alone is never treated as permission.

Does every record have map access?

Yes. Independently verified coordinates appear as pins; records without verified coordinates use safe on-demand address/name navigation, and sensitive records use a broader agency/locality reference. None of these map modes represents a permission boundary.

How current is the Mississippi metal detecting database?

The newest verification date represented in the current Mississippi verified inventory is 2026-08-20. Every location page also shows its own verification date, evidence grade and official source.

Mississippi structured dataset

Use the state-filtered JSON inventory for machine-readable legal status, managing authority, permit/recovery fields, verification evidence and safe map-reference metadata.

Open Mississippi JSON dataset

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