Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Titusville · Brevard County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Titusville · Brevard County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Melbourne Beach · Brevard / Indian River County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Sanibel · Charlotte County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Crystal River · Citrus County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Crystal River · Citrus / Hernando County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Immokalee · Collier County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Immokalee · Collier County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Apalachicola · Franklin County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Sebring · Highlands / Polk County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Vero Beach · Highlands / Polk / Osceola / Okeechobee County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Prohibited
Grade A · 100/100
St. Petersburg · Hillsborough County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
FWS Tampa Bay refuge guidance expressly lists metal detectors among prohibited activities on Egmont Key.
DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No
Verified: 2026-08-14
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Vero Beach · Indian River County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Sanibel · Lee County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Sanibel · Lee County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Sanibel · Lee County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Sanibel · Lee County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Chiefland · Levy County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Chiefland · Levy County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Prohibited
Grade A · 100/100
Anna Maria · Manatee County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
FWS states Passage Key NWR is closed to all public use. Recreational metal detecting is therefore not an authorized public activity.
DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No
Verified: 2026-08-14
Prohibited
Grade A · 100/100
Hobe Sound · Martin County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current FWS facility rules expressly list metal detectors as prohibited on the refuge.
DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No
Verified: 2026-08-14
Search restricted — metal-detector searches for antiquities, artifacts or treasure prohibited; modern lost-item use requires refuge confirmation
Grade A · 100/100
Big Pine Key · Monroe County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current FWS Florida Keys refuge guidance expressly prohibits metal-detector searches for antiquities, artifacts or treasure. The status is publication-cleared as purpose-specific search restricted; ordinary modern lost-item detector use still requires refuge confirmation.
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Refuge-specific confirmation required for any modern lost-item detector question
Verified: 2026-08-19
Prohibited
Grade A · 100/100
Key Largo · Monroe County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
FWS states Crocodile Lake NWR is closed to general public use. The map point is the public office/kiosk reference only, not refuge access for detecting.
DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No
Verified: 2026-08-14
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Key West · Monroe County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
Key West · Monroe County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19
Prohibited
Grade A · 100/100
Boynton Beach · Palm Beach County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current FWS collecting rules expressly prohibit metal detectors and artifact/antiquity searching on the refuge.
DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No
Verified: 2026-08-14
Prohibited
Grade A · 100/100
St. Petersburg · Pinellas County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current FWS information states Pinellas NWR is closed to public use year-round. Recreational metal detecting is therefore not an authorized public activity.
DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No
Verified: 2026-08-14
Prohibited
Grade A · 100/100
De Leon Springs · Volusia County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current FWS visitor rules state that metal detecting and removal/disturbance of artifacts are prohibited.
DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No
Verified: 2026-08-14
Search/recovery restricted – antiquity/treasure searches prohibited; lost-item detector use unresolved
Grade A · 100/100
St. Marks · Wakulla County · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Current federal Refuge System rules prohibit searches for/removal of antiquities and prohibit searches for buried treasure, treasure trove and specified mineral objects unless authorized; they also prohibit unauthorized disturbance/removal of refuge property and natural…
DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: Required for regulated searches; modern lost-item detector use unresolved
Verified: 2026-08-19