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Crisfield

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also 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

More spots in this area.

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