North Carolina
Cape Fear River, Wilmington NC
Riverbank, tidal Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Codd and soda bottlesAlso 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.
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