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Jamestown Island VA: eroding 1607 shoreline (eyes-only)

BOTTLE DIGGING PROHIBITED / VIEW ONLY DOCUMENTED

Where: East · North America · approx. 37.21, -76.78 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: First permanent English settlement in America, where the James River actively erodes 17th-century deposits inside NPS and Preservation Virginia land

What turns up: eyes-only: 17th-century brick, pipe stems and ceramics in the wash zone, the 1607 fort site, active digs

Access: Prohibited / view only.

Colonial NHP and Preservation Virginia land, protected under ARPA and the Virginia Antiquities Act: picking up so much as a pipe stem is a crime; paid admission, eyes only

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