Mudlarking on the Thames with CUT/HALF and HAMMERRHOID

[CUT/HALF]

57 The cheese grater

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58 The gerkin

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59 The shard

[Val Beechey]

A great day was had by all. It's not about the finds, it's about the adventure of looking. You've got some good photos to remind you as well.

Pici no 45 looks like a mini plane blade.

Val

[CUT/HALF]

A great day was had by all. It's not about the finds, it's about the adventure of looking. You've got some good photos to remind you as well.

Pici no 45 looks like a mini plane blade.

Val

Many thanks, Yeah we had a great day, went a bit wild with the old camera though  .

[galoshers]

what occasional visitors don't know about is the hardcore and ballast dumped on the foreshore in many areas from rebuilding by the riverside .this raises the level and makes the early layers deep.
concrete jetties that were in use say in the 50s were just demolished onto the foreshore to fill in muddy areas .
over the last 35 years its changed a lot.
the Victorians were also adding to the level to build barge beds with chalk and rubble and those layers can be 3-4 feet thick .
it all blends in over the years until it looks natural.
the foreshore behind HMS Belfast has been built up with 6 feet of hardcore .but looks natural now.
on the north side near London bridge the foreshore has eroded away greatly leaving huge craters allegedly caused by diggers in the past and definitely wash from  the fast passenger boats .digging is banned there now but you can do eyes only searching for small hammered coins.
along near Wandsworth where there are now expensive condos the foreshore has been beautified with tons of ballast to make it less of an eyesore ,one of my best productive areas was trashed by developers ballast being dumped

[HAMMERRHOID]

what occasional visitors don't know about is the hardcore and ballast dumped on the foreshore in many areas from rebuilding by the riverside .this raises the level and makes the early layers deep.
concrete jetties that were in use say in the 50s were just demolished onto the foreshore to fill in muddy areas .
over the last 35 years its changed a lot.
the Victorians were also adding to the level to build barge beds with chalk and rubble and those layers can be 3-4 feet thick .
it all blends in over the years until it looks natural.
the foreshore behind HMS Belfast has been built up with 6 feet of hardcore .but looks natural now.
on the north side near London bridge the foreshore has eroded away greatly leaving huge craters allegedly caused by diggers in the past and definitely wash from  the fast passenger boats .digging is banned there now but you can do eyes only searching for small hammered coins.
along near Wandsworth where there are now expensive condos the foreshore has been beautified with tons of ballast to make it less of an eyesore ,one of my best productive areas was trashed by developers ballast being dumped

We were at  bermondsey not far from Tower Bridge there were some proper Mudlarks there as well and this area is still very good for finds one of the mudlarks showed me a James 1st coin weight that he had just found and some complete clay pipes and a lovely Georgian buckle   

[galoshers]

some idea what it used to be like can be seen here

http://www.hsomerville.com/meccano/Articles/JacobsIsland.htm

if you want to find early stuff you need to stick with the area between LONDON BRIDGE and Blackfriars bridge as that was where the action was back in Shakespeares time .
in front of the Globe Theatre is about right .
Londoners used to take a ferry across the river to enjoy the nightlife .
outside that area on the southside finds are sparse .

[StumbledUpon]

Great fun, but don't have much luck, eye sight not to good, visit most years, 

[congerman]

cracking report and pics thanks for sharing 

[CUT/HALF]

Thanks congerman  , glad you enjoyed the report. We had a great time and would love to do it again.

[jcb (THE THIMBLE) jones]

pic 10 he has got my hat on lol
looks like a good day all round 

[CUT/HALF]

Thanks for reading jcb  . brilliant day was definitely had.

[legio11augustus]

enjoyed reading about your adventure in the big smoke,well done

[CUT/HALF]

Thanks legio. We had a great time  .