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Virginia National Wildlife Refuges Metal Detecting

Official-source rules, permission pathways, map context and practical next steps—kept separate from the rockhounding atlas.

Virginia National Wildlife Refuges Metal Detecting

These records apply only to verified locations whose written rule and site-specific recreation footprint have been verified. A map pin is a public visitor/reference point, never a permission boundary.

15 verified records in this scope.

Universal map & navigation coverage0 independently verified coordinate pins · 15 records with safe map navigation
Back Bay National Wildlife RefugeVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Chincoteague National Wildlife RefugeVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife RefugeVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife RefugeVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Featherstone National Wildlife RefugeVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Fisherman Island National Wildlife RefugeVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife RefugeVirginiaNamed public place map search
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James River National Wildlife RefugeVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge — Virginia contextVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Nansemond National Wildlife RefugeVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Occoquan Bay National Wildlife RefugeVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Plum Tree Island National Wildlife RefugeVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Showing 12 quick navigation targets above. All 15 records in this scope include their own map-provider links below.

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Map meaning: verified coordinate pins identify independently grounded public visitor/access reference points. Query-only records can be resolved on demand as temporary provider search matches; sensitive records use a deliberately broader agency/locality query. Temporary search matches are not stored as verified coordinates. No map mode is a property boundary, detecting zone, archaeological target, or permission boundary.

Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use banOperationsRestricted public access
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

James River National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge — Virginia context

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use banOperationsRestricted public access
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Presquile National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use banOperationsRestricted public access
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Search/recovery restricted — federal refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules apply; no recreational permission inferred Grade A · 100/100

Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use banOperationsRestricted public access
Permit: No general recreational treasure-search/recovery permission established Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search