Metal Detecting in Florida State Parks

Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park

Alachua · Alachua County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record has no current verified qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park

Cross Creek · Alachua County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record does not contain a qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park

Gainesville · Alachua County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park

Micanopy · Alachua County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except for a narrow manager-designated coastal beach exception. This is an inland park, so the coastal exception does not apply.

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Dudley Farm Historic State Park

Newberry · Alachua County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record does not contain a qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park

Olustee · Baker County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record has no current verified qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

St. Andrews State Park

Panama City · Bay County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

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Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Camp Helen State Park

Panama City Beach · Bay County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

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Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park

Brevard County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

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Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Sebastian Inlet State Park

Melbourne Beach · Brevard County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

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Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park

Dania Beach · Broward County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

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Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Hugh Taylor Birch State Park

Fort Lauderdale · Broward County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

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Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Stump Pass Beach State Park

Englewood · Charlotte County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Don Pedro Island State Park

Placida · Charlotte County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park

Punta Gorda · Charlotte / Lee County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

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Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Crystal River Archaeological State Park

Crystal River · Citrus County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record does not contain a qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Crystal River Preserve State Park

Crystal River · Citrus County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park

Homosassa · Citrus County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park

Homosassa · Citrus County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record has no current verified qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Fort Cooper State Park

Inverness · Citrus County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record does not contain a qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park

Keystone Heights · Clay County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record does not contain a qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Copeland · Collier County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Collier-Seminole State Park

Naples · Collier County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so…

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park

Naples · Collier County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Ichetucknee Springs State Park

Fort White · Columbia County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except for a narrow manager-designated coastal beach exception. This is an inland park, so the coastal exception does not apply.

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

O'Leno State Park

High Springs · Columbia County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except for a narrow manager-designated coastal beach exception. This is an inland park, so the coastal exception does not apply.

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

River Rise Preserve State Park

High Springs · Columbia County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so…

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Big Talbot Island State Park

Jacksonville · Duval County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Fort George Island Cultural State Park

Jacksonville · Duval County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Allowed with restrictions Grade A · 95/100

Little Talbot Island State Park

Jacksonville · Duval County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks explicitly states metal detecting is permitted east of dune vegetation on this park's beach; statewide rules prohibit submerged detecting.

DecisionAllowed With ConditionsTrip readyYesPlanGo Only With Verified ConditionsEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional detector permission

Permit: No Verified: 2026-08-10

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park

Jacksonville · Duval County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park

Jacksonville · Duval County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record has no current verified qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Big Lagoon State Park

Pensacola · Escambia County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Perdido Key State Park

Pensacola · Escambia County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park

Pensacola · Escambia County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Haw Creek Preserve State Park

Flagler County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record has no current verified qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park

Flagler Beach · Flagler County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record does not contain a qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach

Flagler Beach · Flagler County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Washington Oaks Gardens State Park

Palm Coast · Flagler County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Bald Point State Park

Alligator Point · Franklin County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

John Gorrie Museum State Park

Apalachicola · Franklin County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record does not contain a qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Orman House Historic State Park

Apalachicola · Franklin County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record does not contain a qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Park

St. George Island · Franklin County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Ruth B. Kirby Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park

High Springs · Gilchrist County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Constitution Convention Museum State Park

Port St. Joe · Gulf County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record does not contain a qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park

Port St. Joe · Gulf County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

William J. "Billy Joe" Rish Recreation Area

Port St. Joe · Gulf County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

DecisionZone Confirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanConfirm Exact Designated Zone Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionConditional legal exception with unresolved exact spatial designation

Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Big Shoals State Park

White Springs · Hamilton County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park

White Springs · Hamilton County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except for a narrow manager-designated coastal beach exception. This is an inland park, so the coastal exception does not apply.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Paynes Creek Historic State Park

Bowling Green · Hardee County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record has no current verified qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Weeki Wachee Springs State Park

Spring Hill · Hernando County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record has no current verified qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Lake June-in-Winter Scrub Preserve State Park

Lake Placid · Highlands County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Highlands Hammock State Park

Sebring · Highlands County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except for a narrow manager-designated coastal beach exception. This is an inland park, so the coastal exception does not apply.

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Zone confirmation required – manager-designated coastal beach area only Grade A · 100/100

Egmont Key State Park

Hillsborough County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except at coastal parks, where detecting may occur only in certain beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line as…

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Permit: No general permit identified; exact manager-designated beach zone must be confirmed Verified: 2026-08-19

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Alafia River State Park

Lithia · Hillsborough County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except for a narrow manager-designated coastal beach exception. This is an inland park, so the coastal exception does not apply.

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Ybor City Museum State Park

Tampa · Hillsborough County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record has no current verified qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Fort Foster State Historic Site

Thonotosassa · Hillsborough County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas designated by a park manager. This record has no current verified qualifying manager-designated coastal detecting beach, so ordinary recreational…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Hillsborough River State Park

Thonotosassa · Hillsborough County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except for a narrow manager-designated coastal beach exception. This is an inland park, so the coastal exception does not apply.

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Little Manatee River State Park

Wimauma · Hillsborough County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so…

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Ponce de Leon Springs State Park

Ponce de Leon · Holmes County · Florida State Parks

Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so…

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