bottle digging
Midwest
112 researched sites5 legal to collect
Abilene KS: trailheadOld dump ground · Permission required
›Alton ILRiverbank · Permission required
›Atchison KS: freighting riverfrontRiverbank · Gray area
›Bardstown KYOld dump ground · Permission required
›Bayfield WI: Apostle Islands portTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Bismarck-Mandan: steamboat riverfrontRiverbank · Restricted
›Boonville MORiverbank · Permission required
›Brownville NERiverbank · Permission required
›Brownville NE: territorial steamboat portRiverbank · Gray area
›Burlington IARiverbank · Permission required
›Cairo IL: dead Gilded-Age cityOld dump ground · Permission required
›Caldwell KSOld dump ground · Permission required
›Calumet MI: Copper Country dumpsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Cape Girardeau MORiverbank · Permission required
›Chicago lakefill construction watchOld dump ground · Permission required
›Chicago: park lagoon dredge watchLake shore · Prohibited, look only
›Chillicothe OHOld dump ground · Permission required
›Cleveland FlatsRiverbank · Gray area
›Cleveland: Edgewater/Perkins glass beachTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Columbus OHOld dump ground · Permission required
›Council Bluffs IARiverbank · Permission required
›Dayton OHOld dump ground · Permission required
›Deadwood SD: gulch camp dumpsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Detroit River winter bottle divesRiverbank · Gray area
›Detroit priviesOld dump ground · Permission required
›Dodge CityOld dump ground · Permission required
›Dubuque/Davenport IA lead-boom townsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Duluth MN: harbor & Rice's Point fillLake shore · Gray area
›Elberta MI: Frankfort Iron Works slag beachLake shore · Legal to collect
›Eureka Springs AR: Victorian resort hollowsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Evansville INRiverbank · Permission required
›Fayette MI: iron-furnace ghost town - AVOIDOld dump ground · Prohibited, look only
›Fort Madison IARiverbank · Permission required
›Frankfort KYRiverbank · Permission required
›French Lick INOld dump ground · Permission required
›Galena IL: Fever River lead portRiverbank · Gray area
›Galena IL: lead-boom river townRiverbank · Permission required
›Gallipolis OHRiverbank · Permission required
›Grand Forks: Red River dump reachRiverbank · Gray area
›Grand Rapids MIOld dump ground · Permission required
›Green Bay WIRiverbank · Permission required
›Guthrie OK: territorial capital priviesOld dump ground · Permission required
›Hannibal MO / Quincy ILOld dump ground · Permission required
›Hays KSOld dump ground · Permission required
›Henderson KYRiverbank · Permission required
›Hot Springs AR: bathhouse-era ravine dumpsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Houghton MI: Copper Country portRiverbank · Gray area
›Kalamazoo MIOld dump ground · Permission required
›Kansas City MO: West Bottoms stockyards districtOld dump ground · Permission required
›Kaskaskia IL: drowned first capitalRiverbank · Gray area
›Keokuk IARiverbank · Permission required
›La Crosse WIRiverbank · Permission required
›Lake Geneva WI: resort-pier bottomsLake shore · Gray area
›Lake Minnetonka MN: steamboat resortsLake shore · Gray area
›Lansing MI: Grand River at Michigan AveRiverbank · Gray area
›Lawrence KSOld dump ground · Permission required
›Leavenworth KSOld dump ground · Permission required
›Leland MI: Van's Beach Leland Blue slagLake shore · Legal to collect
›Lexington MORiverbank · Permission required
›Madison IN: preserved Ohio River townRiverbank · Permission required
›Madison WI: Monona and Mendota bottomsLake shore · Gray area
›Manitowoc WIRiverbank · Permission required
›Marietta OHRiverbank · Permission required
›Marquette MI: Lake Superior iron portTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Marshall MIOld dump ground · Permission required
›Maysville KYRiverbank · Permission required
›Michigan City INOld dump ground · Permission required
›Milwaukee river/harbor reachesRiverbank · Gray area
›Mineral Point WIOld dump ground · Permission required
›Minneapolis: Bohemian Flats (drawdown watch)Riverbank · Restricted
›Muscatine IARiverbank · Permission required
›ND: Missouri-Yellowstone confluence (flagged)Riverbank · Prohibited, look only
›Nauvoo ILOld dump ground · Permission required
›Nebraska City: freighting-era riverfrontRiverbank · Permission required
›New Albany IN: Falls of the Ohio glass townRiverbank · Gray area
›New Orleans LA: Mississippi River battureRiverbank · Gray area
›Northport MI: Christmas Cove BeachLake shore · Legal to collect
›Ogallala NEOld dump ground · Permission required
›Old Shawneetown IL: drowned bank townRiverbank · Gray area
›Omaha NE: old city privies and hill dumpsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Oshkosh WIRiverbank · Permission required
›Owensboro KYRiverbank · Permission required
›Paducah KYRiverbank · Permission required
›Parkersburg WV: Little Kanawha-Ohio townRiverbank · Permission required
›Peoria IL: whiskey capitalRiverbank · Permission required
›Portage WIRiverbank · Permission required
›Portsmouth OHRiverbank · Permission required
›Prairie du Chien WIRiverbank · Permission required
›Ravenna/Mantua OH glassworksOld dump ground · Permission required
›Red Wing MN: stoneware capitalOld dump ground · Permission required
›Sawyer MI: Warren Dunes glass lineLake shore · Legal to collect
›Sioux City IARiverbank · Permission required
›Springfield ILOld dump ground · Permission required
›St. Joseph MO: Missouri outfitting cityRiverbank · Permission required
›St. Louis: North Riverfront banksRiverbank · Gray area
›St. Paul MNRiverbank · Permission required
›Ste. Genevieve MO (watch)Old dump ground · Permission required
›Ste. Genevieve MO: French-colonial river townRiverbank · Permission required
›Steubenville OH: upper-Ohio mill townRiverbank · Permission required
›Stillwater MNRiverbank · Permission required
›Stillwater MN: St. Croix lumber townRiverbank · Gray area
›Superior WI: Wisconsin PointLake shore · Legal to collect
›Terre Haute INOld dump ground · Permission required
›Toledo OH: Maumee riverfront and MiddlegroundsRiverbank · Gray area
›Vincennes INRiverbank · Permission required
›Weston MORiverbank · Permission required
›Whitefish Point MI: shipwreck coast beachcombingLake shore · Gray area
›Winona MNRiverbank · Permission required
›Yankton SDRiverbank · Permission required
›Ypsilanti MIOld dump ground · Permission required
›Zanesville OH glasshouse townOld dump ground · Permission required
›Zanesville OH: glasshouse river townRiverbank · Permission required
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