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Tasman, West Coast
Murchison Buller junction gold town
Riverbank Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: crockery, horse gear.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
1860s-70s gold settlement at the Buller-Matakitaki junction, later a farming town shaken by the 1929 earthquake; camp terraces line the river flats.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.