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Cape Fear River, Wilmington NC

Riverbank, tidal Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: blockade-runner cargo types (cased gin, Ricketts-mold cylinders).

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

Why this spot

Colonial port + blockade-runner capital 1861-65

Active local club (Wilmington Antique Bottle & Artifact Club) and press coverage of Cape Fear bottle collecting.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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