Metal Detecting in Utah: Places, Rules & Map

50-State Metal Detecting Map

Utah Metal Detecting Map

Filter, inspect and navigate the current Utah records with real map layers and permission-aware location details. Written rules always control permission.

14,825verified records

50states

298verified pins

14,825navigable

Map ≠ detecting permission. A marker or temporary search match is navigation context only. Written manager rules, posted restrictions, permits, protected-resource law, ownership and exact designated zones always control.

State County / equivalent Place type Permit Search

State bubbles, verified pins and clusters are clickable · drag, zoom or change map layers

● Allowed / conditional● Permit● Prohibited● Restricted● ReviewBasemaps: OpenStreetMap / USGS · overlays: BLM

Utah metal detecting status at a glance

Utah does not have one universal public-land answer. The controlling result depends on the exact managing agency, legal scope, recovery method and any designated-zone requirement.

251Total researched locations

251Actionable decision pages

100%Actionable coverage

0Research holds

Utah coverage complete: every record in the researched state inventory has a public actionable decision. This does not mean every site is allowed and it does not turn confirmation-required or zone-confirmation pages into trip-ready places.

76Conditional — WSA restrictions and exact target control

47Exact WMA/current-activity confirmation required before detecting or recovery

46Permit-only — approved Special Use Permit required

35Conditional — wilderness restrictions and exact target control

13Metal detecting prohibited on NPS-administered land

7Conditional — exact forest/site/land-status confirmation required

6Conditional — exact unit/land-status confirmation required

5Conditional pathway — exact parcel/claim/designation required

4Exact parcel manager must be confirmed

3Conditional — exact BLM parcel/designation confirmation required

3Protected-resource search/recovery restricted

2Conditional — river-segment/special-designation confirmation required

1Exact WMA/current-activity confirmation required

1Underlying landowner/agreement controls

1Underlying private owner/program terms control

1Metal detecting prohibited

Utah metal detecting: quick answers

Is metal detecting legal in Utah?

There is no single statewide yes/no answer for every public place. This database currently contains 251 verified Utah records, and each result depends on the managing agency, exact legal scope, recovery method, protected-resource rules and any permit or designated-zone requirement.

Do you need a permit to metal detect in Utah?

0 current Utah records have a permit/authorization signal. Other records may be prohibited, confirmation-gated, zone-restricted or governed by a different rule, so public access alone is never treated as permission.

Does every record have map access?

Yes. Independently verified coordinates appear as pins; records without verified coordinates use safe on-demand address/name navigation, and sensitive records use a broader agency/locality reference. None of these map modes represents a permission boundary.

How current is the Utah metal detecting database?

The newest verification date represented in the current Utah verified inventory is 2026-08-30. Every location page also shows its own verification date, evidence grade and official source.

Utah structured dataset

Use the state-filtered JSON inventory for machine-readable legal status, managing authority, permit/recovery fields, verification evidence and safe map-reference metadata.

Open Utah JSON dataset

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Utah Metal Detecting Laws

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