san diego

jimzz977 · Jul 8, 2012

Planning a vac to san diego in aug wondering if anyone knows if can hunt on the beaches there. Im taking my detector and looking forward to hunt a beach, coming from new mexico im excited

U.K. Brian · Jul 9, 2012

No problems last time I was there except for EMI in some areas and black contaminated sand that's not normal black sand but still causes problems.

jimzz977 · Jul 9, 2012

Thanks im going to misson beach,got a rental right on beach

Tom_in_CA · Jul 9, 2012

The only beaches, in the entire state of CA, that I've ever heard of any problems on, are a single federal beach, in the SF area. Very few beaches, in the entire state of CA, are federal parks. The vast majority (perhaps all in So. CA?) are city, county, and state run. Most are state beaches, with a smattering of city and county beaches. And the actual "in practice" answer to all those is, that no one cares.

Oddly though, I bet if you were to ask enough questions, far enough up the chains of command in various cities, or counites, or the state, you probably *would* find some verbage, that given enough morphing, could be applied to say "no". Thus no one asks, and good enough is left alone. The in-practice-reality is, all the beaches of So. CA are hunted, with no problems.

jimzz977 said:
Planning a vac to san diego in aug wondering if anyone knows if can hunt on the beaches there. Im taking my detector and looking forward to hunt a beach, coming from new mexico im excited

Thought_Process · Jul 9, 2012

I think Mission Beach itself should keep you occupied. If not, jump up to La Jolla into Del Mar - Encinitas

cudamark · Jul 10, 2012

No problems hunting the beaches that I'm aware of.....been doing it for decades. Depending on which machine you're using, you might not be able to hunt the wet sand or in the surf due to the black sand mineralization. Don't worry if you can't, there are miles of dry sand to hunt along Mission and Pacific Beach. If you hunted them 8 hours a day for a week, you might cover a tenth of it....if you hurry....