Waikato, Waikato Region
Kuaotunu beach goldfield village
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: crockery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
1890s gold town behind a Coromandel beach with batteries in the valley, home to Kathleen's famous store rivals; battery sites and camp refuse line the stream.
Keep exploring nearby
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