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Damariscotta, Maine (Damariscotta estuary)

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: brick.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Damariscotta River tidal estuary

LOC Sanborn from 1884; shipbuilding village beside famous oyster-shell middens.

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