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Treasure Coast water detecting
- Thread starter John316
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JOHNMARKHAM
New member
you can hunt in water at vero beach...
ive hunted there several times and had no problems
hh
john
ive hunted there several times and had no problems
hh
john
gobble-gobble
Member
I was there a year & a half ago . No water detecting on the Treasure coast .Maybe just gettin your feet in might be ok
Finderskeeper
Active member
Up to the ankle is OK.....otherwise water detecting is illegal. And by the way......the whole treasure coast beaches have video cameras covering every square inch. There are Florida state aircraft flying over every once in a while to check up on people who might be water detecting.
The Treasure Coast is ideal for wet sand and dry sand detecting with an Excalibur II and a WOT coil or a PI machine.
The Treasure Coast is ideal for wet sand and dry sand detecting with an Excalibur II and a WOT coil or a PI machine.
firstbiggestmost
New member
It really depends on where you are at. Most of the public beaches in Vero Beach are within the protected area's of the 1715 lease sites. Also the State claims all finds older than 50 years in all navigable waters except those exempted by salvage leases. High tide sand to low tide sand is free and clear, you could find the Queens jewels there and not have a single problem. There are some decent modern jewelry beaches that you can water hunt, close to the Vero area that won't put you on the wrong side of the sport. HH.
I think the someone in here posted a new law and it was like 15,000 feet from shore line. I asked then for a site to get info and as yet have not seen it. You may want to check on new legislature pasted recently removing the ankle deep theory. By the way I live in area and as long as not near an active working wreck. never been questioned or approached. My motto ask first has allowed me pretty much were I want to go. If lifeguards are in place go ask them. They have never advsied I could not get in ( except once when there was a shark swimming in area).
Good luck and hope you find bunches of the queens lost treasures.
Good luck and hope you find bunches of the queens lost treasures.
Thank you all for your responses, but it is still not clear to me. That's why I want to read the official ordinance or law concerning water detecting. Is it ok to hunt at ankle, knee or chest high? I called Parks and Recreation and they gave me Fish and Wild Life number. I called them and they transfered me to someone "who would know". I left two messages. I'm still waiting for a phone call. Do I need to call the Chief of Police, Charlie Crist or President Obama to get a straight answer?
I guess I'll play it safe and just go ankle deep. Maybe ask the locals when I get there. The folks at the McLarty Treasure Museum should know!
I guess I'll play it safe and just go ankle deep. Maybe ask the locals when I get there. The folks at the McLarty Treasure Museum should know!
firstbiggestmost
New member
John316 said:
There are no laws that I know of that prohibit metal detecting in Florida. Some state parks and such have rules against disturbing the ground or digging. The treasure fleet beaches have laws protecting their(salvors) claim to salvage their wrecks. These claims usually extend in a 1500 yard radius from some feature like a ballast pile. Most of the ballast piles are closer to shore than the 1500 yard mark and the salvors legal claim ends at the mean low tide mark (public property on navigable or tidally influenced waters is mean high line to mean low tide line).
I don
