Maryland
Salisbury
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: Milling, lumber, and embossed local druggist, and bottling-works bottles near the old town dock and backlots; note the town burned in 1886, so pre-fire layers are prized..
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 Wicomico River, a Chesapeake Bay tributary; Eastern Shore trade and milling center.
Eastern Shore hub at the head of navigation; a great-fire horizon in 1886 makes early strata distinct.
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