New York State Parks

[bob_e99]

I was considering detecting in some New York state parks and was reading the application for the permit. I was curious if anyone on this site has ever detected on any of those site locations and have had to give up their finds. It sounds a little extreme to me unless you really came up a with a real historic item (i.e. Paul Revere silverware).

Thanks

 

[chief5709]

Which park permit do you have? most of the parks in my area only allow the beach area to be hunted.

 

[bob_e99]

Sorry but I should have been more specific. My son lives near Rochester and there were some state parks in that part of the state that I would like to hunt. Last year I learned that you needed a permit so this year I was looking into it but after reading the application, I'm not sure it's worth it if I have to give them everything but the clad.

Thank you.

 

[chief5709]

I would assume most of the permits are the same, they just change the heading for a specific park. Yes, the stipulations are crazy. I have only been to one park beach (my daughter and I have an annual before school starts beach hunt) and have been asked by park management to see my permit, but never asked about our finds.

 

[bob_e99]

Thanks again for your reply.

The beach hunt with your daughter sounds like a lot of fun. Doing things with your kids is just a big thrill. Something you'll both remember for a long time.

The permit pretty much makes it clear that you can only keep the clad and everything else gets turned over to them. I just can't imagine finding a seated coin or a large copper and just handing it over. Interesting that you never ran into that. It probably varies with the different park managers. It would be a real bummer to lose some nice finds even if your name is associate with it in a display.

Thanks again.