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Palatka, Putnam County

BOTTLE DIGGING GRAY AREA CONFIRMED

Where: Florida · approx. 29.65, -81.64 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: 1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on St. Johns River, a major steamboat stop upriver from Jacksonville

What turns up: St. Johns steamboat and cypress-lumber town and winter-tourist stop. Expect wharf dumps, Hutchinson sodas, cypress-mill refuse, and coins near the old riverfront landing and warehouse row.

Access: Gray area.

Florida framing: the St. Johns River bed and the tidelands below the ordinary high-water line are state-owned sovereignty submerged land with restricted artifact removal, and Florida law strongly protects archaeological and historical resources on state land. Riverfront uplands are usually private and need the landowner's permission. State law protects unmarked burials.

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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.

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