The Golden Years of Mudlarking the Thames in the 70s. A Veteran Mudlark Shows Me His Found Treasures

Little did I know that as a child while digging for treasures in the sand I was actually "mudlarking".

mudlarking is a word for scavenging for artifacts from the past and sometimes the present. Archeology for the common man.

Mudlarking is international and in America, there is a lot of it. See the article below.

Daniel Wallace Explores the Art of Mudlarking

"Greetings, fellow mudlarks! You of the boots or old tennis shoes (the ones you bought two summers ago, worn out already, sacrificial footwear) sinking deeper than you may have expected or hoped for into the ever-soft foreshore. But it’s a bargain you make with the elements. Like everything else in this life, it’s about how far you’re willing to go—how dirty are you willing to get? The farther and dirtier the better: We mudlarks know this. Beachcombers are in our family tree, friendly relations, but they are not us. Those of you with no dirt beneath your fingernails, we pity you.

And yet, this is interesting: Though you’ve been one off and on for most of your life, you may not even know it. You may not know what mudlarks really are. You may never have known that digging around in the mud looking for cool stuff had a name, that it was called something other than digging around in the mud looking for cool stuff. But everything has a name, and this thing we do is called mudlarking, a beautiful word for something that is essentially a muckfest, a deep dive into our silty past..." from the article: Daniel Wallace Explores the Art of Mudlarking

What to Know About Mudlarking

"If looking for treasures along the River Thames in London sounds like fun, you may be a mudlark.

Mudlarking is the romantic name for scavenging on the riverbank (also called the foreshore) when the tide is out. At a show-and-tell in London, I saw some mudlarks’ finds: Roman relics, Tudor treasures, and Georgian junk. I really wanted to try it..." from the article: What to Know About Mudlarking

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The Golden Years of Mudlarking the Thames in the 70s. A Veteran Mudlark Shows Me His Found Treasures

"Mudlarking the River Thames in the 1970s was a totally different experience to mudlarking nowadays. I speak to Veteran Mudlark Graham duHeaume who started to mudlark in the 70s and 80s. But How different was it really? And what did he find?

Thank you to Graham duHeaume for telling me about his mudlarking adventures.

Don't forget you need a permit to mudlark on the River Thames. You can find details on the website of the Port of London Authority pla.co.uk

Thank you.

Nicola White

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