Maryland
Crisfield
Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stems
Codd and soda bottlesAlso reported: Heavy seafood-industry debris on ground literally built up of oyster shell: packing-house dumps, tins, and embossed local druggist, and beer bottles along the harbor and old cannery docks..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Little Annemessex River and Tangier Sound on the lower Chesapeake Bay; the state's premier oyster port.
Built out fast as a railroad oyster boomtown; among the richest seafood-port dump prospects on the shore.
Keep exploring nearby
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