Permit Required
Jones Beach State Park
New York, Nassau·Metal detecting
Metal detecting is permit-required at Jones Beach State Park. A $40 annual New York State Parks Long Island Region permit confines detecting to specific mapped areas, bans digging tools over 1½" x 6", and requires any archaeological object — permit or not — to be surrendered to Park Police rather than kept.
- A $40 annual New York State Parks Long Island Region metal detecting permit is required — it is not free and does not come with the price of park admission
- Detecting is confined to specific mapped areas designated in the permit guide, not the whole 6.5-mile beach — some sections are open year-round, others only Memorial Day through Labor Day