Dover (Kent County)

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottles

Codd and soda bottles

Sea pottery

Also reported: clay pipes, coins, buttons, and household hardware around the old St. Jones landing, tavern and hotel lots, and privy sites near the colonial green..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on State capital on the tidal St. Jones River, which carried sloop and shallop traffic down to Delaware Bay; a landing served the town below the falls.