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South Carolina Cooperative WMA Metal Detecting

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South Carolina Cooperative WMA 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.

27 verified records in this scope.

Universal map & navigation coverage0 independently verified coordinate pins · 27 records with safe map navigation
McCallaAbbeville County · South CarolinaNamed public place map search
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Western Piedmont Hunt UnitAbbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Saluda County · South CarolinaNamed public place map search
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CrackerneckAiken County · South CarolinaNamed public place map search
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Fants GroveAnderson, Oconee, Pickens County · South CarolinaNamed public place map search
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CanalBerkeley County · South CarolinaNamed public place map search
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HatcheryBerkeley County · South CarolinaNamed public place map search
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MoultrieBerkeley County · South CarolinaNamed public place map search
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Botany Bay PlantationCharleston County · South CarolinaNamed public place map search
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Central Piedmont Hunt UnitCherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg, Union, York County · South CarolinaNamed public place map search
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Hickory TopClarendon County · South CarolinaNamed public place map search
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Oak LeaClarendon County · South CarolinaNamed public place map search
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Santee DamClarendon County · South CarolinaNamed public place map search
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Showing 12 quick navigation targets above. All 27 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.

Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

McCalla

Abbeville County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Western Piedmont Hunt Unit

Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Saluda County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Crackerneck

Aiken County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Fants Grove

Anderson, Oconee, Pickens County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Canal

Berkeley County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Hatchery

Berkeley County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Moultrie

Berkeley County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Botany Bay Plantation

Charleston County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Central Piedmont Hunt Unit

Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg, Union, York County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Hickory Top

Clarendon County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Oak Lea

Clarendon County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Santee Dam

Clarendon County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

South Fenwick

Colleton County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Broad River Waterfowl Area

Fairfield County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Parr Hydroelectric Project

Fairfield, Newberry County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Pee Dee Station Site

Florence County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Santee Island

Georgetown County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Mountain Hunt Unit

Greenville, Oconee, Pickens County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Liberty Hill

Kershaw, Lancaster County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Bobwhite Hills

Lee, Sumter County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Santee Cooper

Orangeburg County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Mill Shoals

Pickens County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

South Saluda

Pickens County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Keowee

Pickens, Oconee County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Wateree River Heritage Preserve

Richland County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Delta South

Union County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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Manager/site confirmation required — WMA access does not establish detector or recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Worth Mountain

York County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / cooperating landowner or manager

This current WMA identity is not marked as SCDNR-owned in the statewide roster. WMA hunting/public access does not establish metal-detector, digging or recovery permission; resolve the exact landowner/manager and current site rule first.

DecisionConfirmation RequiredTrip readyNoPlanObtain Manager Site Confirmation Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeManager Or Site Confirmation RequiredPrecisionAuthoritative scope reviewed; exact recreational detector/recovery permission remains manager/site-specific
Permit: Confirm exact owner/manager and written/site-specific detector and recovery rules. Verified: 2026-08-29
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