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Salisbury

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also 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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