Tennessee
Chattanooga (Tennessee River)
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: and iron-industry and steamboat debris; 1880s to 1900s dump layers eroding from the bank.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Tennessee River, at Moccasin Bend and the old Ross's Landing wharf
River-port and iron town heavily fought over in 1863; keep well clear of national military park land, which is off-limits.
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