Citrus County, Florida
Metal Detecting at Crystal River Archaeological State Park in Crystal River, Florida
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 metal detecting is classified as prohibited.
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Can you metal detect at Crystal River Archaeological State Park?
Prohibited. 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 metal detecting is classified as prohibited.
Permit/authorization: No — No general recreational metal-detecting permit pathway is identified. Florida State Parks allows coordination with park staff for recovery of a specific personally lost item; that does not create general detecting permission.
Evidence freshness: verified , Grade A, confidence 99/100. Recheck the official source before travel.
Current verified decision
What the current evidence actually allows
Evidence: Grade A · 99/100 · verified 2026-08-14 · freshness Current · revalidation due 2026-12-12 · source conflict none identified.
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Sensitive-site protection: navigation deliberately uses a broader managing-agency/locality reference rather than publishing an archaeological, artifact, historic-resource, or detecting-target locator.
Legal status and controlling rule
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 metal detecting is classified as prohibited.
Restricted or prohibited areas
Entire park unit for ordinary recreational metal detecting. No manager-designated coastal detecting-beach exception is established for this record.
Permit and digging rules
Permit: No
No general recreational metal-detecting permit pathway is identified. Florida State Parks allows coordination with park staff for recovery of a specific personally lost item; that does not create general detecting permission.
Digging: No recreational detector digging, excavation or resource disturbance is authorized. Historic, archaeological, natural and constructed park resources remain protected.
Water and artifact rules
Water detecting: No. Florida State Parks states that submerged metal detecting is not permitted; inland spring, river and lake shorelines do not create the coastal-beach exception.
Historic/artifact rule: Objects with historic association, including objects more than 50 years old, may not be kept. Archaeological, historic and cultural resources are not recreational recovery targets.
Verification record
This page is published only after its legal and access evidence passes the project verification checks. Its current legal/access record is Grade A with a confidence score of 99/100 and was last checked on .
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Crystal River Archaeological State Park metal detecting FAQ
Can you metal detect at Crystal River Archaeological State Park?
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 metal detecting is classified as prohibited.
Is a permit or authorization required at Crystal River Archaeological State Park?
No No general recreational metal-detecting permit pathway is identified. Florida State Parks allows coordination with park staff for recovery of a specific personally lost item; that does not create general detecting permission.
Does the map show where detecting is legally allowed?
Yes. The page provides map context and a deliberately broader agency/locality navigation target while withholding an exact sensitive-site locator. This does not change the written legal status.
How current is this Crystal River Archaeological State Park record?
The legal/access record was last verified on 2026-08-14 with verification grade A and confidence score 99/100. Recheck the cited official source before travel because rules and closures can change.
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