Metal Detecting in Belize

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

G'd evening, for some illogical, silly reason my mind keeps going back to a pillar base, although I can't explain the bar to the right, unless it was later cementd to the base by normal corrosion from some thing else under a tropical, humid, condition. I have seen corroded cast iron fused into one lump under those conditions.

Don Jose de La Mancha??

Fascinating,

 

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[hbriverol]

Ok, I think I have it. It's a pump for steam engine feed water. When you get it cleaned up a bit, look for any writing. It might say "Marsh" or "Goulds", or something like that. Here's a photo I found on the internet, but it has no markings. <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=973064"/>

I think you got it. Its exactly that. It would be great to see the entire unit setup. I will be posting my first silver find a bit later. How old is that pump. Any ideas

 

[Frankn]

You better hit those places fast. The land there is heavily advertised on TV here. Frank...

 

[hbriverol]

Well guys. Proof that there are many treasures to be found in Belize. I found this Mexican 8 Reales Silver Coin from 1879 at about 6 inches deep at the base of an old mahogany tree. Sad thing is that I found it abt 6 pm so it was pretty dark. I will be sure to search more thouroughly next weekend.

 

[hbriverol]

You got it..thats it right there... View attachment 976123 View attachment 976123

 

[mightymo]

Hello, We are planning on a trip to your country in November 2017. I have been detecting in the water for years and wondered what the regulations are in Belize. Reading the forums there are multiple views. Can you get a permit? Do you detect the water?

 

[Tom_in_CA]

.... what the regulations are in Belize....

Judging from the posts on this old thread, it sounds like others are detecting there. But I'm sure if you ask long enough and hard enough, you can always find a "no".

A humorous (and "telling") example happened with Fisher Co's newsletter periodical in the early 1980s: They used to have a Q&A (letter to the editor) column. And in one edition someone had written in asking "what are the laws re.: Mexico?" (apparently they were getting ready to vacation @ some beach resort down there). Fisher answered back "leave the detector at home, d/t not allowed". In the SUBSEQUENT issue, various other readers wrote in objecting. Saying things like "since when?" and "where did you get that info?" and "we go there all the time w/o issue".

So Fisher, in their defense of the earlier answer, gave more background for their info: They merely asked some border consulate lawyer bureaucrat. Sounds reasonable, eh ? Who better to ask, than Mexico themselves after all eh ? And this lawyer, no doubt, couched their question in terms of raiding the pyramids, or historic monuments, or shipwreck salvor, or exporting gold bars back across the border or ... WHO KNOWS ?

Yet detectors are a common site on Mexican tourist beaches. And all the major manufacturers (including Fisher, doh), have distributors/dealers in the bigger cities.

I know Mexico was not the focus of your question, but just saying .... if you get "dire sounding feedback", sometimes you have to dig deeper to see if it was merely the real-life answer, or someone's "safe" answer to a "pressing question".