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New Zealand, West Coast

Hokitika NZ

Riverbank, tidal Inferred from historyPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

GoldGold
Wreck timberWreck timber

Also reported: 1860s port glass.

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

Why this spot

West Coast gold port (100+ wrecks on the bar)

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

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