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Killarney, VIC

Mahogany Ship beach, Levys Point to Tower Hill

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: possibly ship timber.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Legendary 16th-century Mahogany Ship reportedly seen in the dunes 1836 to 1880; colonial picnic coins and a possible Dutch brass sconce found by detectorists.

Warrnambool Standard Nov 2020: Ross Poulter found a 17th to 18th century style brass sconce and dozens of 19th-century coins within 40 m on a beach south of Tower Hill between Warrnambool and Port FairyView source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Soft dunes, isolated, big surf

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