diggummup said:All public beaches in the state of FL. are legal to detect,including state parks.You can detect from the toe of the dunes to the low tide waterline.There are certain areas that you can't detect in the water.As for the Bahamas,I was supposed to go last month but the job was postponed.I asked a few months back about laws in the Bahamas and was told it's okay.But be wary of the locals,if you know what I mean.A lot of them think of us as "rich Americans"so BOLO.(BE ON THE LOOKOUT)and watch your back.Good Luck and H.H.