North Carolina
Wilmington, New Hanover County
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottles
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: Pontiled antebellum medicines.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Cape Fear River
Deepwater cotton and naval-stores port; blockade-running hub in the 1860s means unusually rich mid-century refuse in the river margin and behind the riverfront blocks.
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