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Pensacola, Escambia County

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: Spanish and US territorial-era coins, and ship-chandler and saloon dumps in the old Palafox and Seville waterfront blocks..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Pensacola Bay and the Gulf of Mexico; deepwater harbor at the mouth of the Escambia River system

One of the oldest continuously settled harbor cities in Florida; multiple flags and long naval presence make the waterfront fill layered and productive.

Keep exploring nearby

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