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Southeast, Mississippi

Pass Christian MS

Old courthouse block

Old dump ground, tidal Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Pontiled meds, schnapps, Civil War militaria.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Union-occupied Gulf town 1863-64

Trash pit next to the old courthouse produced open pontils, an intact Udolpho Wolfe's, and a US rosette (antique-bottles.net).

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