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East, Virginia

Richmond VA

James River fall-line flats

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: medicines, inks.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Industrial river city where low summer water on the fall-line rocks and flats exposes two centuries of bottles and river-dumped debris

Named YouTube mudlarking and bottle-hunting accounts work the Richmond James at low water with finds on camera

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Class III-IV rapids and sudden dam releasesSlick rock, strong current: check river level before entering

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