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Placerville backlots

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

GoldGold
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

1875 historic-map era

Boise Basin placer town with an intact plaza.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Quartzburg Boise Basin gold mill town4 km away · Ghost town
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Old placer-camp backlots16 km away · Tidal foreshore
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Idaho City: Boise Basin camps16 km away · Old dump ground
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Grimes Creek, Boise Basin17 km away · Gold ground
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