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New Hampshire
Alton
Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Amber
Old bottles
Codd and soda bottlesAlso reported: ironstone and stoneware sherds, clay pipes, and buttons and coins around the old railroad wharf, hotel sites, and dumps at the head of Alton Bay..
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Alton Bay, the southern arm of Lake Winnipesaukee
LOC Sanborn coverage begins 1887; a steamboat-and-rail terminus at the foot of Lake Winnipesaukee.
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