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BOTTLE DIGGING GRAY AREA CONFIRMED

Where: Virginia · approx. 36.98, -76.63 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: 1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Pagan River, tidal tributary of the James

What turns up: Old ham-and-port town: packinghouse and waterfront refuse with hutchinson sodas, local druggist and patent-medicine bottles, stoneware, clay pipes, and buttons along the Pagan River wharves and historic Main Street lots.

Access: Gray area.

The tidal Pagan River bed below mean-low-water is public-trust bottom owned by the Commonwealth where relic removal is restricted; the private waterfront and historic-district lots on the Sanborn footprint need the owner's permission. State law protects archaeological sites.

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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.