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Midwest, Louisiana
New Orleans LA
Mississippi River batture
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: wrought hardware.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
The batture, the land between levee and river, has caught two centuries of port refuse, wharf trash and flood wrack from America's busiest river town
Louisiana press has profiled named Mississippi mudlarkers working the batture at low water, with bottles, pottery and pipes recovered
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Sudden ship wakesSoft mud, snakes, sharp metal, fast rising stages
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