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Tasmania Fossicking Areas
Tasmania fossicking areas, where metal detectors are banned and only hand tools allowed.
What it shows
The fossicking areas of Tasmania, mapped by Mineral Resources Tasmania, each shown with its name and type. Tasmania works the opposite way to every other state. Metal detectors are banned inside a fossicking area, so these are hand-tools-only grounds, not detect-friendly zones. Detecting with a coil needs a prospecting licence on ground outside them. Treat this layer as a no-detector caution: it shows where you can fossick by hand, not where you can swing a detector. No licence is needed to fossick by hand inside one of these areas. To swing a coil you need a prospecting licence and ground outside them. Rules change over time, so check the current conditions before you go.
Before you rely on it
Metal detectors are banned inside a Tasmanian fossicking area. Hand tools only, and no licence is needed to fossick by hand here. To swing a coil you need a prospecting licence and ground outside these areas. Rules change over time, so check the current conditions before you dig.
Putting this on your map
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