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Waikato, Waikato Region

Waihi and Waikino, Martha Mine township, Ohinemuri River

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Stoneware ginger beersStoneware ginger beers

Also reported: Codd and Hamilton sodas, colonial bitters, stoneware and crockery from hotel and battery-town dumps, some early 1900s material.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

colonial bottle era, historically mapped

Township grew from 1878; mix of pre- and post-1900 deposits. Retrolens covers the area (1936-2005); specific map year unverified, set null.

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