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[YaxisX]

Hi.

I'm new, and entirely lost.

So far, I've been buying and reading books on Colorado Geology, Gold Panning, Metal Detecting, Gem Hunting and Meteorite Hunting.

I haven't any real experience with this, but I thought the best step would be to register here and join right in.

I live in SW Denver area and have lots of interests, but I'm entirely new at prospecting.
My name is Bruce and I'm 63 years old and have lived in Colorado since 1972. I'm retired, so I have some free time on weekdays to search.

It is a little problematic that my interests in prospecting are steering me in the aforemention areas all at the same time.
So at the risk of being driven entirely "cuckoo" I'm going to make a stab at getting acquainted with those of you with experience.

I have an interesting in looking into some Federal Lands, but I get conflicting reports as to what I can and cannot do in them.
Can I use a Metal Detector on Federal Lands to find Meteorites?

[CP]

Hi Bruce and welcome.

Swizz is right, once you figure out the search feature for the forums it's very easy to find threads on specific topics just remember there is a 4 letter minumum for any word searched. I agree, kudos to you for researching and asking the right questions too.

No worries on placement of this thread either, as Swizz said, if it needs moved we can easily do that from the admin/moderator controls if needed.

For your main question......can you metal detect on FS or BLM lands for meteorites?
Before answering I must also say that I am not a lawyer either, and in my opinion......FS and BLM are only management agencies and neither of those governmental departments "own the lands".....in fact quite the opposite.
We the citizens are the owners of those lands and they (gov dept's) are delegated the authority to "manage" those lands......that does not mean they own those lands.
Ownership of those lands is the crux of why we the citizens have the right to prospect, stake and file claims today.....the pioneers "owned/occupied the land" before it was part of the US territory and never was "owned" by the gov.

FS has been delegated authority to manage the surface use and occupancy (top 6 inches) concerning timber or agriculture only (timber/trees or grazing, etc. or otherwise called "forest products") Under that 6 inches BLM still has all authority for managing minerals even on FS lands. FS has no authority to regulate prospecting/mining at all other than actual "surface resource impacts" from mining operations. And that delegated authority doesn't carry much weight against the mining acitivies.

So the long and short of it is....Yes you can metal detect on FS or BLM lands as long as there are no exsisting mineral claims on that ground. Excluding national parks and monuments of course.....there one can not collect samples of any kind.

Hope this helps some and welcome once again, we all look forward to your future participation.
Good luck on the meteorite hunting too!

[YaxisX]

CP:

I am getting bounced around a lot.

I cannot "contact" the administrator, because it says my "default mail client" is not installed.

I've been trying to enter the Protected Forum, but my password does not work. Are the two passwords, one for the regular forum, and a second one for the Protected forum?

Thanks. Bruce

[swizz]

Are the two passwords, one for the regular forum, and a second one for the Protected forum?

Yes there are two passwords (actually three for paid club members).
1. Password that you set to sign into the general forums
2. Password that is emailed to you monthly via the CP Club Newsletter for access to the Protected Forum and Chat Room
3. Password that you set to access the CP Club researched areas for Annual Members

Hope this helps!

[YaxisX]

Yes there are two passwords (actually three for paid club members).
1. Password that you set to sign into the general forums
2. Password that is emailed to you monthly via the CP Club Newsletter for access to the Protected Forum and Chat Room
3. Password that you set to access the CP Club researched areas for Annual Members

Hope this helps!

Hey Swizz, thanks bunches. That explains my provlem. It's like having triple set triggers!

I think I can work this all out from here. I just need to go back and review my material.

This is a great help. Happy Hunting.

...........Update....some minutes later. I found it, and got it all sorted out. I had come in at the end of Nov, and forgot to look for the December update.

Now I got it. Thanks Swizz. .