About
The permission
is the product.
Almost every good site in America sits on private land, and almost every detectorist is standing on public ground asking nobody.
FieldFinders started in the United Kingdom because the same problem exists there: people with detectors and nowhere lawful to use them, and people with land who had never been asked properly. The fix was not another map. It was a way to agree access in writing, pay for it, and have a record of what was agreed.
The United States needs it more, not less. Federal land is closed to detecting under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act and National Park Service rules. State rules change at every border and change again for county and municipal ground. The one route that has always been lawful, and always been clear, is the landowner’s written permission.
So that is the whole product. A landowner lists their ground, sets their own day rate and approves each request by name. A detectorist books a day, arrives with a signed search agreement they can show anybody who asks, and logs what they found against the booking. Payment is held until the visit is done.
We are not an archaeology project and we do not pretend to be. We are also not going to help anybody strip a battlefield. The Finds and Ethics Code sets out where the line is, and it is a condition of using the platform rather than a suggestion.
- What we do
- Verify identity, hold payment, put the permission in writing, keep the record.
- What we do not do
- Own land, inspect land, supervise visits, or grant access to public ground.
- Who decides the terms
- The landowner. Rate, days, who comes, and what happens to finds.
- Where we are
- The East Coast first, state by state, because the rules are set state by state.