Where: Delaware · approx. 39.3, -75.6 (vicinity only)
Why this spot: 1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Head-of-navigation grain and produce port on the tidal Smyrna River (via Duck Creek landing) leading to Delaware Bay.
What turns up: Druggist and Hutchinson soda bottles, blob-top beers, canning jars, stoneware crocks, clay pipes, harness and wagon hardware, cut nails, and coins around the old landing, warehouse rows, and back yards of the 19th-century business district.
Access: Gray area.
Delaware framing: the bed of the navigable tidal Smyrna River below the mean high-water line is state-owned public-trust tideland where removing historic artifacts is restricted; the landing and townsite uplands are usually private and need the landowner's permission; state law protects archaeological sites and unmarked burials. Verify current rules first.
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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.