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Maine
York ME
Short Sands Beach, colonial wreck Defiance
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Wreck timber
Nails and fittings
Sea glassAlso reported: pottery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Pinky Defiance (built 1753 to 1754, wrecked 1769) lies under 5 to 6 ft of sand and surfaces after nor'easters.
Smithsonian, Mar 2020: wreck exposed in 1958, 1978, 2007, 2013 and the March 2018 nor'easter; tourists have taken pieces of the ribs; archaeologist Stefan Claesson plans netting and sandbagsView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Cold surf, timbers with iron fasteners
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