bottle digging
West
103 researched sites3 legal to collect
Animas Forks CO (restricted)Old dump ground · Restricted
›Aspen 1880sOld dump ground · Permission required
›Aspen CO: Roaring Fork silver campOld dump ground · Permission required
›Astoria OR: Columbia-mouth portTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Austin NVOld dump ground · Permission required
›Baker City OROld dump ground · Permission required
›Bannack MT - AVOIDOld dump ground · Prohibited, look only
›Belmont NV: silver ghost townOld dump ground · Restricted
›Big Island: Hamakua plantation-era dumpsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Bottle Beach WA: Ocosta townsite (look only)Tidal mudflat · Prohibited, look only
›BozemanOld dump ground · Permission required
›BreckenridgeOld dump ground · Permission required
›Buffalo WYOld dump ground · Permission required
›Butte MT uptown priviesOld dump ground · Permission required
›Butte MT: richest hill on earthOld dump ground · Restricted
›Carson CityOld dump ground · Permission required
›Central City / Black HawkOld dump ground · Permission required
›Central City CO: Gregory Gulch goldOld dump ground · Restricted
›CheyenneOld dump ground · Permission required
›Comet MT: High Ore mining campOld dump ground · Permission required
›Coolidge MT: Elkhorn Mine rail ghostOld dump ground · Restricted
›Corinne UT: gentile rail townOld dump ground · Permission required
›CoupevilleTidal mudflat · Permission required
›CreedeOld dump ground · Permission required
›Cripple CreekOld dump ground · Permission required
›Cripple Creek CO: late gold districtOld dump ground · Restricted
›Custer SDOld dump ground · Permission required
›Deadwood SD: Black Hills gold townOld dump ground · Restricted
›Delamar NV: Widowmaker gold campOld dump ground · Gray area
›Denver priviesOld dump ground · Permission required
›DurangoOld dump ground · Permission required
›Elkhorn MT: silver ghost townOld dump ground · Restricted
›Eureka NVOld dump ground · Permission required
›Eureka UT (Tintic)Old dump ground · Permission required
›FairplayOld dump ground · Permission required
›Frisco UT: Horn Silver kiln campOld dump ground · Permission required
›Garnet MT (restricted)Old dump ground · Restricted
›Genoa: oldest NevadaOld dump ground · Permission required
›Georgetown COOld dump ground · Permission required
›Gilmore ID: Lemhi Valley lead-silver ghostOld dump ground · Permission required
›Goldfield NV: greatest camp dumpsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Granite MT ghost (caution)Old dump ground · Permission required
›Hamilton NV: White Pine boom ghostOld dump ground · Restricted
›Helena MT: Last Chance GulchOld dump ground · Permission required
›Hot Springs SDOld dump ground · Permission required
›Idaho City: Boise Basin campsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Idaho SpringsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Ilwaco/Columbia mouthTidal mudflat · Permission required
›Jacksonville OR: southern-Oregon gold townOld dump ground · Permission required
›Jerome AZ: hillside copper townOld dump ground · Restricted
›Juneau AK: Treadwell / Sandy BeachTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Kauai: Glass Beach, Port AllenTidal foreshore · Gray area
›La ConnerTidal mudflat · Permission required
›Lead SDOld dump ground · Permission required
›Leadville CO: Cloud City silver lotsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Lewiston IDRiverbank · Permission required
›Lewiston ID: head of Snake navigationRiverbank · Gray area
›Miner's Delight WY: South Pass gold ghostOld dump ground · Restricted
›MissoulaOld dump ground · Permission required
›Monte Cristo WA: Cascade mining ghostOld dump ground · Restricted
›Nome: gold-rush public beachTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Oahu: Ke Iki Beach sea glassTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Ogden UTOld dump ground · Permission required
›Olympia WA: Puget Sound capitalTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Oregon City OR: Willamette Falls townRiverbank · Permission required
›OurayOld dump ground · Permission required
›Ouray CO: box-canyon silver townOld dump ground · Restricted
›OystervilleTidal mudflat · Permission required
›Park City UTOld dump ground · Permission required
›Park City UT: Wasatch silver campOld dump ground · Restricted
›Philipsburg MTOld dump ground · Permission required
›Pioche NVOld dump ground · Permission required
›Pioche NV: rough silver campOld dump ground · Restricted
›Port GambleTidal mudflat · Permission required
›Port Townsend WA: 1893 frozen boomtownOld dump ground · Permission required
›Port Townsend WA: North Beach glass stretchTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Port Townsend WA: Victorian seaportTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Rawlins WYOld dump ground · Permission required
›Rhyolite NV: Bullfrog boom ruinOld dump ground · Restricted
›SalidaOld dump ground · Permission required
›Salt Lake City priviesOld dump ground · Permission required
›Seattle: Alki Beach glass driftTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Seattle: Pioneer Square/regradeOld dump ground · Permission required
›Shaniko OR: wool-capital rail terminusOld dump ground · Permission required
›Sheridan WYOld dump ground · Permission required
›Silver City IDOld dump ground · Permission required
›SilvertonOld dump ground · Permission required
›Sitka AK: Russian America capitalTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Skagway/Dyea flats (look only)Tidal mudflat · Prohibited, look only
›SnohomishRiverbank · Permission required
›South Pass City WY (restricted)Old dump ground · Restricted
›SpokaneOld dump ground · Permission required
›St. Elmo CO: preserved ghost townOld dump ground · Restricted
›Tacoma priviesOld dump ground · Permission required
›TellurideOld dump ground · Permission required
›The Dalles OR: Columbia Gorge portRiverbank · Gray area
›The Dalles OR: portage riverfrontRiverbank · Gray area
›Victor COOld dump ground · Permission required
›Virginia City MT & Alder GulchOld dump ground · Restricted
›Walla WallaOld dump ground · Permission required
›Walla Walla WA: inland trade townRiverbank · Permission required
›Wallace IDOld dump ground · Permission required
›Wrangell AK: three-flag fur portTidal foreshore · Gray area
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