Portland

[Baggins]

Does anyone know if you need a permit to hunt the parks in Portland? If so, where does one obtain one from? Will be in town for work the next couple of days and would like to hunt tomorrow.
Baggins

[Jeffro]

Maybe too late for your hunt yesterday, but if Portland is anything like Eugene, you would need to go to the parks department and ask for a permit. They're free here but I dunno about up there. Good luck-

[greydigger]

I was told by a dealer that all parks in Portland are open to hunt.
I have hunted many of them and no problem.
Downtown park blocks have lots of coins !
State and county parks are different though. Have to check each seperate one.

Greydigger

[BurnsideSlim]

Greydigger - Portland parks are open to detecting, no permit is required. There are a few State Parks in the area, that are not open to detecting. Most have been hammered, based on what i hear from our Portland Club, but there is still plenty to find. Still a lot of people bringing in good finds from local parks. I do not hit them often myself. A few parks are large, so you can spend all day in a small area without bothering anyone, and most are pretty old.

Jim

[BurnsideSlim]

woops, meant to advise Baggins, sorry Greydigger!

[greydigger]

Gosh Burnside Slim, I could be offended ! LOL

Thanks for the upgrade.

I found my first gold in a park in Portland.

I thank the Whites ads and Geico ads for showing the general public that we are not the "Bomb Squad" but just folks.

Grey