bottle digging
Virginia
74 researched sites0 legal to collect
Abingdon Great Road town lotsOld dump ground · Permission required
›AlexandriaRiverbank · Gray area
›Alexandria VA (watch, don't dig)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Bedford Piedmont county town lotsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Big Stone Gap coalfield boom lotsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Blacksburg Montgomery County grid lotsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Buchanan James River canal head landingRiverbank · Permission required
›Buena Vista Maury River boom townOld dump ground · Permission required
›Ca Ira Willis River landing townGhost town · Gray area
›Cape CharlesTidal mudflat · Gray area
›Charlottesville downtown privy lotsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Chase City Mecklenburg mineral springs groundOld dump ground · Permission required
›Chincoteague oyster shore and causeway flatsTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Clifton ForgeRiverbank · Gray area
›Cobham colonial James River port townGhost town · Permission required
›Colonial Beach Potomac resort shoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Culpeper courthouse town priviesOld dump ground · Permission required
›Damascus lumber railroad townOld dump ground · Permission required
›DanvilleRiverbank · Gray area
›Dumfries silted colonial tobacco portRiverbank · Gray area
›Emporia Meherrin River falls townRiverbank · Gray area
›Farmville upper Appomattox tobacco landingRiverbank · Permission required
›Fries cotton mill town on the New RiverRiverbank · Gray area
›Front RoyalRiverbank · Gray area
›Gordonsville railroad junction dumpsOld dump ground · Permission required
›HamptonTidal mudflat · Gray area
›Hickory Ridge pyrite mining townGhost town · Prohibited, look only
›HopewellRiverbank · Gray area
›Howardsville canal landing at the RockfishRiverbank · Permission required
›Irvington steamboat wharf on Carters CreekTidal foreshore · Permission required
›James River shorelines below City Point (Hopewell VA)Riverbank · Permission required
›Kilmarnock Northern Neck market town lotsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Kopp farm village taken for QuanticoGhost town · Prohibited, look only
›Lawrenceville Brunswick plank-road townOld dump ground · Permission required
›Leesburg Carolina Road town priviesOld dump ground · Permission required
›Lignite iron company mining townGhost town · Restricted
›LynchburgRiverbank · Gray area
›Martinsville Henry County town wardsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Mathews County VA / Mobjack Bay erosion coastTidal mudflat · Permission required
›Matildaville Patowmack Canal headquarters townGhost town · Prohibited, look only
›Newport NewsTidal mudflat · Gray area
›NorfolkTidal mudflat · Gray area
›Norton coal-shipping rail city dumpsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Occoquan mill village at the tidal fallsTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Ocean View old resort foreshoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Old waterfront / beachRiverbank · Restricted
›OnancockTidal mudflat · Gray area
›PetersburgRiverbank · Gray area
›Port Republic Shenandoah boating headRiverbank · Permission required
›PortsmouthRiverbank · Gray area
›Pulaski New River iron and rail townOld dump ground · Permission required
›RadfordRiverbank · Gray area
›Reedville menhaden factory shorelineTidal foreshore · Permission required
›RichmondRiverbank · Gray area
›Richmond VA: Rocketts Landing reachRiverbank · Restricted
›Roanoke Big Lick railroad-city wardsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Salem Roanoke County old town lotsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Saltville salt works valley groundOld dump ground · Permission required
›ScottsvilleRiverbank · Gray area
›SmithfieldRiverbank · Gray area
›South BostonRiverbank · Gray area
›Staunton Shenandoah Valley old-city priviesOld dump ground · Permission required
›SuffolkRiverbank · Gray area
›Tappahannock Rappahannock wharf reachRiverbank · Gray area
›Tazewell Clinch Valley county lotsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Urbanna Creek tobacco and oyster portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Wachapreague seaside fishing resort frontTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Warm Springs Bath County spa ravinesOld dump ground · Permission required
›Warrenton Fauquier turnpike town lotsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Waterford mill village backlotsOld dump ground · Permission required
›WaynesboroRiverbank · Gray area
›West PointRiverbank · Gray area
›Williamsburg colonial capital lots (eyes-only)Old dump ground · Restricted
›Wytheville Wagon Road town priviesOld dump ground · Permission required
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