Mudlarking

[HAMMERRHOID]

hope its gone down by then bud or you will need scuba gear

I will have to re-name myself jaq=costo

[deepersweeper]

You might need more than wellies if the Thames water doesn't go down,even at low tide.he he

[CUT/HALF]

Thanks for the advice everyone  . Looking forward to it.

[liner]

Looking forward to you update ... have a good un mate

[dsinfinite]

On the 2nd March me HAMMERRHOID and my son CUT/HALF are going mudlarking on the Thames we have our permits , but would welcome any advice and tips we can use a metal detector but is eyes only better 

I have heard advice from archaeologists  which is to look for pins as the old coins are nearby, idk if this is true or not but its worth a shot I geuss

[galoshers]

you can download the tide tables and then choose a good day when tides go out a long way and stay out enabling a long days search .but even so they can still be a bit inaccurate due to wind and rain.
generally early tides are muddy ,late tides very clean .
7am tons of mud on surface, 4pm very clean surface .
and with all the rain we have had there will be a lot of mud floating around in the water
tide tables here .

http://www.pla.co.uk/Safety/Tide-Tables

and theres a parking problem in the city nowadays .even sundays on the south bank have wardens dishing out tickets due to the attractions that attract lots of tourists ,Tate modern and Shakespeare theatre

and 40 years of digging in the city area down to 6 feet have ripped the ass out of the foreshore in may places ,1000s of holes all detected sieved and the spoil put back in the hole after extracting the finds

[CUT/HALF]

you can download the tide tables and then choose a good day when tides go out a long way and stay out enabling a long days search .but even so they can still be a bit inaccurate due to wind and rain.
generally early tides are muddy ,late tides very clean .
7am tons of mud on surface, 4pm very clean surface .
and with all the rain we have had there will be a lot of mud floating around in the water
tide tables here .

http://www.pla.co.uk/Safety/Tide-Tables

and theres a parking problem in the city nowadays .even sundays on the south bank have wardens dishing out tickets due to the attractions that attract lots of tourists ,Tate modern and Shakespeare theatre

and 40 years of digging in the city area down to 6 feet have ripped the ass out of the foreshore in may places ,1000s of holes all detected sieved and the spoil put back in the hole after extracting the finds

Thanks for the advice galoshers. Great help. Thanks again    .

[galoshers]

heres a top find from the Thames found by MadMike of the ML society and he sold it to dave morgan for 500 and then he sold it to another dealer and he sold it to the BM for 15,000. Madmike was chucked out of the ML society for not declaring it to the Museum of London.
(and banned from digging again)

MadMike used to dig a hole 6x6x6ft over several weeks extract the finds using his 77B and then fill it in .then move along 4 feet and do another hole and so on all year round.after a few years he had run out of foreshore to dig in his chosen  area so went back and dug the areas between his holes until he had done the entire area !
i recall chatting to him in his hole which sometimes was 7 feet deep ,him peering up at me .

this was repeated all along the foreshore by others guys doing the same all year round, year after year !


http://www.artfund.org/what-we-do/art-weve-helped-buy/artwork/7199/purse-frame

[CUT/HALF]

Thanks everyone for all the advice  . Will keep you updated.

[Napoleon]

Check my YouTube channel (Mudlark .☆☆☆☆)Thanks. Napoleon.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T5yXQrTzUeg

[CUT/HALF]

Thanks Napoleon, will check it out. Cheers.

[HAMMERRHOID]

Heading out mudlarking tomorrow will take my camera to take some pics very low tide on the Thames tomorrow could get an extra 15 foot lets hope the finds come up

[Dale]

Heading out mudlarking tomorrow will take my camera to take some pics very low tide on the Thames tomorrow could get an extra 15 foot lets hope the finds come up

Happy hunting HAMMERRHOID....CUT/HALF

[matthewbullingham123]

Goodluck and dont forget to post the finds!

[Dryland]

Good luck fellas,  have a great day