bottle digging
New Jersey
44 researched sites1 legal to collect
Absecon (mainland gateway to Absecon Island)Tidal mudflat · Gray area
›Allaire (Howell Works) bog-iron villageGhost town · Prohibited, look only
›Atlantic City (Atlantic resort city)Tidal mudflat · Gray area
›Batsto iron and glass villageOld dump ground · Prohibited, look only
›Bordentown / Crosswicks Creek mouth, NJTidal mudflat · Gray area
›Bridgeton (Cohansey River glass and canning town)Tidal mudflat · Gray area
›Burlington (early Delaware River port)Riverbank · Gray area
›Camden (Delaware River industrial city)Riverbank · Gray area
›Cape May (Atlantic resort at the peninsula tip)Tidal mudflat · Gray area
›Clayton (Moore Bros. glassworks town)Riverbank · Gray area
›Crossley clay-mining townGhost town · Restricted
›Dennisville shipbuilding and cedar-mining hamletTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Egg Harbor City German colony backlotsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Estellville glassworks ruins areaOld dump ground · Restricted
›Feltville deserted mill villageGhost town · Restricted
›Frenchtown (upper Delaware River town)Riverbank · Gray area
›Glassboro (Whitney Glass Works town)Riverbank · Gray area
›Gloucester City (Delaware River mill town)Riverbank · Gray area
›Hackensack (Hackensack River county seat)Riverbank · Gray area
›Harrisville paper mill company townGhost town · Gray area
›Keyport (Raritan Bay steamboat and oyster town)Tidal mudflat · Gray area
›Lambertville (upper Delaware River mill town)Riverbank · Gray area
›Liberty State Park old rail-yard shoreTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Malaga glassworks crossroadsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Mauricetown shipmaster village bendRiverbank · Permission required
›Mays Landing shipbuilding and cotton mill villageRiverbank · Gray area
›Old harbor waterfrontTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Pahaquarry copper mine and Millbrook villageGhost town · Prohibited, look only
›Passaic (Passaic River mill city)Riverbank · Gray area
›Phillipsburg (Delaware River and canal town)Riverbank · Gray area
›Port Elizabeth early glass landingRiverbank · Permission required
›Port Norris oyster capital and Bivalve wharvesTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Raritan Bay / Laurence Harbor, NJTidal foreshore · Prohibited, look only
›Raritan Landing colonial river portGhost town · Restricted
›Salem (Salem River glass and port town)Tidal mudflat · Gray area
›Sandy Hook Bay old fishing shoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Sea Bright NJ: Sea Bright beach, post-Sandy sea glassTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Toms River (Barnegat Bay port and county seat)Tidal mudflat · Gray area
›Tuckahoe river landing villageRiverbank · Permission required
›Tuckerton (Little Egg Harbor bayside port)Tidal mudflat · Gray area
›Vineland (planned glass and industrial town)Riverbank · Gray area
›Waterloo Morris Canal villageGhost town · Prohibited, look only
›Winslow glassworks pine belt hamletOld dump ground · Permission required
›Woodbury (Woodbury Creek bottle town)Riverbank · Gray area
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