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Aptos, CA

Monterey Bay mill and resort landing

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Aptos Creek and beach-bluff refuse.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Pacific coast (Monterey Bay)

An 1888 Sanborn marks a real bayfront mill-and-resort settlement, the sort of place whose creek-mouth and hotel dumps are loaded with bottle-era glass.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Santa Cruz12 km away · Old dump ground
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Wrights railroad station ghost town19 km away · Ghost town
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