Hi Renee..unless you belong to a local metal detecting club that has access to private property, no there isn't. All the land surrounding the Battlefield is privately owned and they guard their properties fiercily because of the blackmarket scums that has come in in the past and dug up their land for the relics without their knowledge or permission. Unless you know a property owner who will allow you to detect their yard, fields, etc, there's no where..sorry. Trying to stop at places to ask permission to hunt will get you a huge NO!!! because of what they have been through by the unlawfuls.
One couple I know has a large plot adject to the Battlefields, it's been in their family since the Colonial days when it was first purchased. It was a working farm up until more recent times, some of the land was sold off over the years but they still owned a sizable plot that was virgin ground, never detected and they kept it that way because they consider it hallowed ground. Over the years they were approched hundreds of times by folks seeking to find the relics believed to be in the ground. Many times they discovered holes dug on the property where illegals would come during the night and dig stuff up even though their property was fenced in. The landowners all over the area near the Battlefield faces this kind of stuff all the time..even the scared Battlefield itself still gets hit by rouge, despicable detectorists.
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Hi Renee..unless you belong to a local metal detecting club that has access to private property, no there isn't. All the land surrounding the Battlefield is privately owned and they guard their properties fiercily because of the blackmarket scums that has come in in the past and dug up their land for the relics without their knowledge or permission. Unless you know a property owner who will allow you to detect their yard, fields, etc, there's no where..sorry. Trying to stop at places to ask permission to hunt will get you a huge NO!!! because of what they have been through by the unlawfuls.
One couple I know has a large plot adject to the Battlefields, it's been in their family since the Colonial days when it was first purchased. It was a working farm up until more recent times, some of the land was sold off over the years but they still owned a sizable plot that was virgin ground, never detected and they kept it that way because they consider it hallowed ground. Over the years they were approched hundreds of times by folks seeking to find the relics believed to be in the ground. Many times they discovered holes dug on the property where illegals would come during the night and dig stuff up even though their property was fenced in. The landowners all over the area near the Battlefield faces this kind of stuff all the time..even the scared Battlefield itself still gets hit by rouge, despicable detectorists.
ck with dave @ this grouphe might be able to help you http://www.goldprospectorsspace.com/group/pennsylvania-gold-seekers