Metal Detecting in St. Petersburg, Florida

Metal detecting in St. Petersburg, Florida

Quick answer: public access does not automatically authorize detecting or recovery. Each listed place has its own verified agency/status record, source evidence and map-safety note for St. Petersburg, Florida.

5 verified records in this scope.

Egmont Key National Wildlife RefugeSt. Petersburg · Hillsborough County · FloridaSensitive-site safe public reference map search

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Pinellas National Wildlife RefugeSt. Petersburg · Pinellas County · FloridaSensitive-site safe public reference map search

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Sawgrass Lake ParkSt. Petersburg · Pinellas County · FloridaVerified access/reference pin

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War Veterans' Memorial ParkSt. Petersburg · Pinellas County · FloridaVerified access/reference pin

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Skyway Fishing Pier State ParkSt. Petersburg · Pinellas / Manatee County · FloridaNamed public place map search

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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.

Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge

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

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Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge

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

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Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Sawgrass Lake Park

St. Petersburg · Pinellas County · Pinellas County Parks & Conservation Resources

Pinellas County's current park rules prohibit metal detection on county-owned or managed land except beaches. The current official county property page identifies Sawgrass Lake Park as county-operated land, and no qualifying beach exception is…

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Permit: No Verified: 2026-08-14

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Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

War Veterans' Memorial Park

St. Petersburg · Pinellas County · Pinellas County Parks & Conservation Resources

Pinellas County's current park rules prohibit metal detection on county-owned or managed land except beaches. The current official county property page identifies War Veterans' Memorial Park as county-operated land, and no qualifying beach exception…

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

Permit: No Verified: 2026-08-14

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Prohibited Grade A · 99/100

Skyway Fishing Pier State Park

St. Petersburg · Pinellas / Manatee 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

Permit: No Verified: 2026-08-19

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