Where can I metal detect?

For every country below we read the law at the official source and equipped every fact with its article and verification date. Nothing is copied from forums — summaries of laws that no longer apply circulate there too.

🇸🇮 Slovenia

Zakon o varstvu kulturne dediščine (ZVKD-1)

Verified at the source: 2026-09-11

🇭🇷 Croatia

Zakon o zaštiti i očuvanju kulturnih dobara (NN 145/24, 151/25)

Verified at the source: 2026-07-14

🇦🇹 Austria

Denkmalschutzgesetz (DMSG), BGBl. Nr. 533/1923 idF BGBl. I Nr. 41/2024

Verified at the source: 2026-08-31

There are 3 verified guides. In 39 European countries the app knows which country you are in even without signal and shows you a general warning with principles that hold almost everywhere — that is not a legal guide, and we do not declare it coverage. Where we have not read the law at the source, we say so outright.

This is not legal advice and the app is not a permit; what counts is the official text of the law and the competent authority. Which sources power each country and how fresh they are: data status.

Where can I metal detect? Legal guides by country | DetectMap