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New Cumberland (Hancock County)

BOTTLE DIGGING GRAY AREA CONFIRMED

Where: West Virginia · approx. 40.5, -80.6 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: 1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Ohio River

What turns up: Fire-brick and pottery-clay port, expect yellowware and Rockingham pottery sherds, brick-marked whimsies, early sodas and stoneware along the Ohio.

Access: Gray area.

The Ohio bed below ordinary high-water mark is state-owned public land where removing artifacts is restricted, so stay on the dry bank. Bank and upland parcels are private and require the landowner's permission, and state law protects archaeological sites and unmarked graves.

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Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.