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Snelling: 1851 county seat

BOTTLE DIGGING PERMISSION REQUIRED INFERRED

Where: California · North America · approx. 37.52, -120.46 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Merced's first county seat (to 1872); 1907+ gold dredges chewed the flats but never the town core

What turns up: 1850s-60s county-seat glass: black glass, pontiled meds, early western sodas.

Access: Permission required.

Private ranchland; courthouse block is county.

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