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Southeast, Alabama

Birmingham AL

Village/Valley Creek cutbanks

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: meds, whiskeys.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Industrial boom city, pre-1915 layers in creek banks

Bham Now profiles local diggers: pre-1915 Birmingham bottles to WWI era, one hole worth ~$5,000; Adventure Archaeology films regional digs.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Urban creeks, flash flows after rain

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