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Rutherfordton Bechtler-mint town lots
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: crockery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
1908 historic-map era
Rutherford County seat and foothills gold-region town where Christopher Bechtler ran a private mint in the 1830s. Old town lots hold privy pits from the gold and trade years.
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