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Midwest, Wisconsin

Madison WI

Monona and Mendota bottoms

Lake shore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: beers.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Resort piers and winter ice roads dropped a century of glass

Diver with 2,000+ sonar waypoints pulls hotel-era bottles and furniture (Madison Magazine). Ancient canoes found here are protected - report, never touch.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Dive site

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