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Paterson River at Hinton, bottle diving

Dive site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Stoneware ginger beersStoneware ginger beers

Also reported: 1880s marble and stick-stopper sodas.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1820s-1880s river port

ABC News profiled divers recovering 1800s bottles from the river bed at Hinton, including 1820s-1830s hand-blown black glass and embossed 1880s sodas.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

zero visibilitySnags and timber, mud crabs, river current

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