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1851 county seat

Old dump ground Inferred from historyPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
GoldGold

Also reported: pontiled meds.

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

Why this spot

Merced's first county seat (to 1872); 1907+ gold dredges chewed the flats but never the town core

No documentation trail at all - core untouched by dredging.

Keep exploring nearby

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