Metal Detecting in San Diego

[1poll1]

Hello All: I will be wintering in the San Diego area (actually in Chula Vista) this year from the middle of November unitl the middle of January 2014 and I am trying to find someone to go detecting with that knows the laws and areas to hunt. Anyone interested in helping me out or going detecting in the area let me know.

Thanks

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[Tom_in_CA]

1poll1, I'm not in San Diego part of the state, but will take a stab at the "laws" part of your question.

It's too broad. You haven't said whereabouts in San Diego you want to hunt. You know, land can be owned by multiple different entities: Federal, state, county, city, and private. And even within each of those categories is different types of sub-categories of land. Eg.: not all federal land is federal PARK land. Not all state land is "park" land, and so forth. (so you can't uniformly say, for example, that "all federal land is a no-no" or "all state land is a no-no", and so forth.). So your question needs to be refined.

I'll tell you this in the meantime though: All the beaches down there (which are primarily state-managed) are open game. No one's ever been hassled at any of the state beaches in all of CA. Even though they are *technically* a part of the CA parks dept. (same dept. that over sees the land parks, is the same dept. that manages their beaches too, afterall). But for whatever reason, it's never been an issue, and you can detect till your arms fall off at state of CA beaches.

 

[cudamark]

When you get to town, give me a yell. As Tom mentioned, a lot will depend on where you want to hunt and what you're looking to find. We have a local detecting club and you're welcome to attend as a guest.

 

[1poll1]

Thanks Cudamark. Just let me know how to get ahold of you when I get in town.

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[cudamark]

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