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Pinos Altos (Bear Creek)

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Old bottlesOld bottles

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1900s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Bear Creek

Historic gold camp on the edge of the Gila National Forest; mixed private and Forest Service land.

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