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Placerville (Hangtown) 1850s landfill

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Original mid-19th-c town landfill, still producing 1870s-1900s

Known to local diggers; documented on forums.

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