Maryland
Elkton
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: and embossed 1880s-1900s local druggist, and beer bottles near the old wharves, tannery, and Main Street backlots..
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 Head of the tidal Elk River on the upper Chesapeake Bay; historic landing and turnpike town.
Head-of-navigation county seat on the Elk; well built out in the bottle era at the top of the bay.
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