One Day Mudlarking By The River Thames And Here's What We Found

'One Day Mudlarking By The River Thames And Here's What We Found'

Dan Snow joins author and expert mudlark Lara Maiklem for a spot of mudlarking by the River Thames in London.

They find charred roof tiles dating from the time of the Great Fire of London, a Tudor lead cloth seal, part of a 17th century German “bearded man” stoneware jug and a rare coin of George II.

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[MissBlueEyeliner]

And now I have a new topic to binge watch videos about!
Fascinating!

[joeyricefried]

This just shows how old that part of the world is. You find domestic waste older than a lot of Countries. Very cool!!

[jimmillward]

Thank you Dan. this was great and what a lovely lady Lara is, i was impressed by her knowledge and passion...

[martinbyrne]

I found the foundation of a house built with oak logs from the hunter gathered era or 3500 bc here in Wicklow Ireland in the bed of a revisor, the soil was eroded away by the artificial lake to reveal the foundations, the roof would have been made of mud and wattle, there was a natural river close by they used for fishing, stone axes and the shells of hazel nuts along with scraping flints were found by archeologists that dug the site, when they moved on to a different area they burned the house, hence the charcoaled oak logs that were found and carbon dated to this time in our islands history.

[kathyastrom]

I got sucked into watching mudlarking videos through Nicola White. My favorite of her finds was the mini-onion bottle that she found all together, but in pieces, so she put it back together and it’s nearly complete, and gorgeous!

[michelehood]

This is my absolute bucket list item: mudlarking on the Thames.

[tooyoungtobeold]

I could listen to this woman all day, nice voice and lots of interesting knowledge.

[OIcurawake]

I had a permit for a few years and really enjoyed Mudlarking on the Thames, sometimes alongside Archaelogists and Mudlarkers. I found many pins, pipes, coins, pottery including Bellamy faces, even a witch bottle. Along the way, I learned a lot about the Thames history Excellent holiday idea, permits are reasonable.

[MarkDibley]

I like the way Lara finds things and Dan pockets them :-P

[glorygloryholeallelujah]

Now I’m just imagining our distant relatives in a few hundred years—pawing through our *”Ancient Landfills”* and getting excited over finding an *”authentic 21st century plastic tampon applicator”* and speculating about the life of the woman who used it!

…and it’s kinda tripping me out!🤣💗

[bethbartlett]

Lara Maiklem, my first acquaintance and viewing of Lara, and she is fabulous, an abundance of knowledge and experience. A truly worthy follow-up for viewing of her work. ... and I shall.

Beth
Tennessee, USA

[NoAimGamer_]

Love these little snippets of history you can find in the most unassuming places.

[_Uh_Oh_]

I used to fossil hunt on the beach when I was young and when you do it for hours upon hours your eyes literally spot interesting things instantly and it becomes much easier. I look nowadays and I just see loads of stones so I have lost my touch (and my eyes are nowhere near as sharp)! You should do another video with Lara at some point, her knowledge is great and mudlarking is quite interesting to watch

[bryanparkhurst]

Over here on this side of the pond I do trash pit archaeology. In the years before they had public refuse removal people would just find a out-of-the-way place on their property and burn all of their trash. Throughout the years everything would fall on top of it and grow over it and it would just become lost to time. You would be absolutely amazed at the things that you find on Old Farms from the 17th 18th and 19th centuries and even the early 20th century. A nominal but my absolute favorite find was the Kit Carson cap pistol from the 1950s. I found that when I was about 12 or 13 years old and showed it to my father and his eyes lit up with joy because of all the memories it brought to him. I still have it to this day in a Footlocker in my basement.

[iainamurray]

What a find Lara is! Wonderful guest. Loved it and made me want to get a permit next time I'm in London!

[jeremypearson]

That coin was sweet. I’m so impressed Lara’s knowledge of history. I would love to be back in London doing this again after forty years. An expat in Florida.

[RZmedia]

Loved that, and the Georgian coin was a sensational find!

[HistorySkills]

Seems like a wonderful, historical day out!

[perceivedvelocity]

I never suspected that I would go on this adventure when I woke up this morning. Very interesting.

[derekstocker]

Great video, well done Folks, loved the finds, the roof tile that just maybe associated with the Great Fire of London is a wonderful artefact and the early clay pipe bowl was s great find as was the coin, have watched Nicola White mudlark shows and this was just brilliant, no wonder people get hooked on this hobby! Thanks for this, Dan does some great historic programmes and this is one.