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Metal Detecting at Mary Jane Thurston State Park in Ohio
OAC 1501:46-7-08 creates an express detector pathway on sand beaches and qualifying mowed areas, with manager permission required elsewhere.
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Can you metal detect at Mary Jane Thurston State Park?
Conditional — allowed zones / written permission elsewhere. OAC 1501:46-7-08 creates an express detector pathway on sand beaches and qualifying mowed areas, with manager permission required elsewhere.
Permit/authorization: Only outside the expressly allowed zones — Prior written permission from the area manager is required outside the rule-defined sand-beach and qualifying mowed areas.
Evidence freshness: verified , Grade A, confidence 97/100. Recheck the official source before travel.
Current verified decision
What the current evidence actually allows
Evidence: Grade A · 97/100 · verified 2026-08-30 · freshness Current · revalidation due 2026-12-28 · source conflict none identified.
Map and public access reference
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Legal status and controlling rule
OAC 1501:46-7-08 creates an express detector pathway on sand beaches and qualifying mowed areas, with manager permission required elsewhere.
Where detecting is allowed
Sand beach areas and mowed areas except mowed golf-course, rental-facility and campground areas; restore disturbed ground immediately.
Restricted or prohibited areas
Other Division lands/waters without prior written area-manager permission; protected archaeological/historical resources.
Permit and digging rules
Permit: Only outside the expressly allowed zones
Prior written permission from the area manager is required outside the rule-defined sand-beach and qualifying mowed areas.
Digging: Target recovery must stay within the governing Ohio land-manager rule. Restore permitted disturbance immediately; do not excavate, remove, injure or possess protected archaeological, historical, natural, geological or other resources.
Water and artifact rules
Water detecting: Shoreline, submerged-land and adjacent upland ownership can differ. Swimming, boating, fishing, hunting or beach access never creates metal-detecting or target-recovery permission.
Historic/artifact rule: Historic, archaeological and protected natural resources remain protected even where ordinary recent-object metal detecting is conditionally allowed. Stop and leave protected material in place and follow the controlling reporting/permit pathway.
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 97/100 and was last checked on .
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Mary Jane Thurston State Park metal detecting FAQ
Can you metal detect at Mary Jane Thurston State Park?
OAC 1501:46-7-08 creates an express detector pathway on sand beaches and qualifying mowed areas, with manager permission required elsewhere.
Is a permit or authorization required at Mary Jane Thurston State Park?
Only outside the expressly allowed zones Prior written permission from the area manager is required outside the rule-defined sand-beach and qualifying mowed areas.
Does the map show where detecting is legally allowed?
Yes. The page provides map context and address/name-based navigation even when an independently verified coordinate pin has not yet been published. Query navigation does not establish detecting permission.
How current is this Mary Jane Thurston State Park record?
The legal/access record was last verified on 2026-08-30 with verification grade A and confidence score 97/100. Recheck the cited official source before travel because rules and closures can change.
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