The best sites are not secret. They are legal.
BLM, Forest Service, state trust, and private land are four rulebooks. RockhoundTrails starts with who manages the ground, then the rock.
Land status decides where you can dig.
Name the surface manager
If you cannot, you are not legal yet.
Check claims
Active claims are not a hobby site.
Casual use has limits
Confirm current pounds and tools on blm.gov.
Built like the paperwork it teaches.
A social pin is not land status.
National Parks generally prohibit collecting.
Casual use is not a sales license.
This is a new publisher. We do not show customer reviews. The cards above describe how the site is built.
Four ways people arrive.
Beginners
The legal map comes before the shovel.
Club trip planners
Permission is the scarce resource.
Parents
A wash that is actually public.
Travelers
State survey guides beat apps.
Direct answers.
Can I collect in a national park?
Generally no. Confirm on nps.gov.
Are BLM limits the same everywhere?
No. Confirm the current casual-collection rule for that field office.
Can I sell what I pick up?
Casual-use collecting on federal land is generally not for sale.