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West Virginia National Wildlife Refuges Metal Detecting

Official-source rules, permission pathways, map context and practical next steps—kept separate from the rockhounding atlas.

West Virginia National Wildlife Refuges 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.

2 verified records in this scope.

Universal map & navigation coverage0 independently verified coordinate pins · 2 records with safe map navigation
Canaan Valley National Wildlife RefugeWest VirginiaSensitive-site safe public reference map search
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Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge — West VirginiaWest VirginiaSensitive-site safe public reference map search
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Allowed/restrictedPermit requiredProhibitedRestricted / partialReview

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.

Search/recovery restricted — refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules do not establish recreational detector or target-recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No ordinary recreational recovery pathway established by this rule Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsSensitive-site safe public reference map search
Search/recovery restricted — refuge antiquity/treasure-search and protected-resource rules do not establish recreational detector or target-recovery permission Grade A · 100/100

Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge — West Virginia

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal refuge rules protect natural, cultural and archaeological resources and restrict antiquity/treasure searches. current data uses this as a baseline research layer only; it does not manufacture a blanket nationwide metal-detector prohibition where a…

DecisionSearch RestrictedTrip readyNoPlanResolve Search Purpose And Site Rule Before TravelEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionPurpose-specific search/resource restriction — not a blanket detector-use ban
Permit: No ordinary recreational recovery pathway established by this rule Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsSensitive-site safe public reference map search