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Central & East Europe, Klaipėda County
Juodkrante
Amber Bay (Gintaro ilanka), Curonian Spit, Lithuania
Amber shore Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Amber
Flint and stone toolsAlso reported: worn brick from dredging-era port works.
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Why this spot
Site of the 1855-1890 Stantien & Becker industrial amber dredging that averaged ~75,000 kg per year and yielded famous Neolithic amber artifacts
Historic dredging quantities and Neolithic amber hoard documented by Visit Neringa and amber literature; small beach amber still washes up on the spit's sea side
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Cold Baltic swash in winter
lagoon-side soft mud near reed beds
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