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Southeast, North Carolina

Charlotte NC

Old dump ground Inferred from historyPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Sea potterySea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

First US gold rush country (1799)

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

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