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the swim season for me has actually got off to a very slow start this year despite all the hot weather , I delayed going in earlier now I've finally started to check out a few spots but yet to even make it in others

the first spot I checked was a park I've been to many times before so perhaps I've just about found everything there . also found a few things in the woods nearby some rusted soda cans and beer /juice bottles .

in the water found a hockey puck , fishing lure , couple broken bottles , coca cola 1951 hobbleskirt .

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poked around another busy dock area I've been to in the past , found a mix of stuff there

a tape measure , 2 golf balls , stubby beer bottle

small half pint milk jug , appears to be plain with no embossing but is actually an acl jug , the writing is faded but you can see it on the right angle

says " Georgian Bay Creamery ltd " pasteurised dairy products , they were a dairy located in Parry sound / north bay area

also found a bunch of Canadian coins - $ 1 ( 80's ) , 2 - quarters ( 70's > now ) 3 - nickels ( 70's > now ) , 9 pennies - oldest with date from 1943 , couple others from 80's , 2 are so damaged unable to id anything

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Near any rivers that may have had water mills on them?

there is a number of different rivers here , was a lot of saw mills here years ago . some rivers have small hydro electric stations on them , not safe to swim close to them though

I mostly focus on areas of high human activity , docks , parks , near old hotels
 

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more finds at same dock as I found milk jug /coins the other day except only found soda bottles yesterday and mostly the same bottle

3 Browns beverages clear 7 oz bottles , coca cola , pepsi ( 51 ) , mountain dew no deposit , broken muskoka dry bottle

a different variation I hadn't seen before , just says mountain dew on it , contents 10 oz

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if you can get next to an old mill along a river, you may have a goldmine on your hands, but definitely safety first!

there was an old mill at the river near where I live but nothing left of it now , did find a spot where there is still a lot of flat top nails , routinely walk by and find a dozen just lying in the sand

problem with old saw mills here is the area near them is still littered with old wood so its hard to swim in those spots and find anything
 

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