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Atlantic City (Atlantic resort city)

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: beer, plus early boardwalk and back-bay fill along the meadows and inlet edges.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Atlantic Ocean and Absecon Inlet, on Absecon Island

LOC Sanborn coverage 1886 onward across many editions. Huge bottle-era resort with extensive marsh fill on the bay side. Confirmed earliest year from LOC record dates.

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