Bottle Digging in New England

59 researched sites, each with an access tier, evidence tier and site history.

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Augusta ME · river · Permission required
Bangor: Penobscot lumber-port flats · mudflat · Gray area
Bar Harbor ME · mudflat · Permission required
Bath ME: Kennebec shipbuilding town · foreshore · Permission required
Belfast ME harborfront · mudflat · Permission required
Bennington VT: stoneware capital · dump · Permission required
Biddeford ME: Saco mill town · river · Permission required
Block Island RI: Crescent Beach sea glass · foreshore · Open / legal
Brattleboro VT · river · Permission required
Calais ME · mudflat · Permission required
Chicopee MA: mill town on the Connecticut · river · Permission required
Coventry CT glassworks · dump · Restricted
Dover NH: Cocheco tidal mud · mudflat · Gray area
Eastport/Lubec: sardine-cannery flats · mudflat · Permission required
Exeter NH: Squamscott flats · mudflat · Gray area
Fall River MA: Quequechan mill city · foreshore · Permission required
Great Diamond Island ME: Diamond Cove sea glass beach · foreshore · Permission required
Hallowell-Gardiner: Kennebec head-of-tide · mudflat · Gray area
Holyoke MA: Connecticut River mill city · river · Permission required
Ipswich/Essex MA: shipyard riverbank · mudflat · Permission required
Jamestown RI: Conanicut Island shores · foreshore · Open / legal
Keene NH glasshouse · dump · Permission required
Lake Champlain VT (closed to recovery) · foreshore · Prohibited / view only
Lyndeborough NH glass · dump · Permission required
Machias ME · mudflat · Permission required
Manchester NH: Amoskeag mill city · river · Permission required
Mystic/Stonington CT shore · mudflat · Permission required
Nantucket · dump · Permission required
New Bedford MA: whaling waterfront · foreshore · Permission required
New England ice-pond belt (concept) · lake · Permission required
New Haven CT: Lighthouse Point Park · foreshore · Open / legal
New London CT · mudflat · Gray area
Newburyport: Joppa Flats · mudflat · Permission required
North Adams MA · dump · Permission required
Norwich CT: Thames head-of-tide · mudflat · Gray area
Peaks Island ME: back shore sea glass · foreshore · Open / legal
Pittsfield MA · dump · Permission required
Portland ME: Back Cove ring · dump · Permission required
Portsmouth NH: Piscataqua flats · mudflat · Permission required
Providence RI: India Point · mudflat · Gray area
Provincetown MA: harbor flats & west end shore · foreshore · Open / legal
RI East Bay muck: Bristol/Warren + Pawtuxet · mudflat · Clean
Rockport MA: Old Garden & Pebble Beach sea glass · foreshore · Open / legal
Rocky Point RI: amusement-park shore · foreshore · Restricted
Rye NH: Sawyers & Jenness beaches · foreshore · Open / legal
Salem MA: East India wharves · mudflat · Restricted
Sandwich MA glassworks (permission-only) · dump · Restricted
South Portland ME: Spring Point shoreway · foreshore · Open / legal
Spectacle Island MA: Boston Harbor dump beaches · foreshore · Prohibited / view only
Springfield MA · dump · Permission required
Stoddard NH glasshouse-area dumps · dump · Permission required
Taunton MA: Weir Village head-of-tide · mudflat · Permission required
Waterbury CT: Naugatuck brass city · river · Permission required
West Haven CT: Bradley Point, Savin Rock shore · foreshore · Open / legal
Willimantic CT: thread-mill town · river · Permission required
Willington CT glassworks · dump · Restricted
Woodsville/Bath NH connecticut river · river · Permission required
Woonsocket RI: Blackstone mill town · river · Permission required
Worcester MA · dump · Permission required