Metal Detecting

Nothing to be confused over
You need permission from whoever owns the stretch or the bank of the river/stream you wish to detect...

most rivers now stretch into the fields it is difficult to say what is field and what is river

Blackadder43 wrote:Nothing to be confused over
You need permission from whoever owns the stretch or the bank of the river/stream you wish to detect...

Yep and be sure to gain permission from the owners on both sides of the river stream, otherwise disputes can arise if you go anywhere near the middle of the water course... believe me i know from first hand fishing exploits!!

Maximuswarks wrote:most rivers now stretch into the fields it is difficult to say what is field and what is river

as the poor folk down on the somerset levels will tell you

Read somewhere that the landowner has rights over the river bed, there's a legal term for it, but cant recall off hand what it is called. Anyway you need the landowner of the riverbank's permission to detect in the river

Owain 1405 wrote:Read somewhere that the landowner has rights over the river bed, there's a legal term for it, but cant recall off hand what it is called. Anyway you need the landowner of the riverbank's permission to detect in the river

The legal term is riparian rights ... and the primary right of the land owner is "ownership of the land up to the centre of the watercourse - unless it is known to be owned by someone else" If you look at wiki you'll see all the other stuff associated with this aspect of British law..