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Malaysia, Sabah

Sandakan

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Wreck timberWreck timber
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: English and Chinese trade glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Capital of British North Borneo from 1884, a booming timber and trade port with a mapped bund.

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