Mudlarking | Tomas B. N. Brown

Early mudlarking finds by Tomas Brown from the Thames foreshore, London — My early finds.

While I lived in London I was an active mudlark. This was convenient when I worked in Soho and would walk back across Waterloo bridge, and could check the tide on a whim.

Some of my best finds have been garnets, a pattern shoe, a fourteenth century jug, many pins, and a piece of tracery from Lambeth palace. As a child I would often do long field-walks with my father to look for roman tesserae — mudlarking is a continuation of this habit.

The Thames foreshore at sunset, London — The thames at sunset.

Clay wig curler found mudlarking on the Thames foreshore by Tomas Brown — Wig curler.

Shoe blakies found mudlarking on the Thames foreshore by Tomas Brown — Shoe blakies.

Mudlarking finds from the Thames foreshore — Finds on a trip out with Fleur Elkerton and Zahra Coulthard.