#mudlarking — Public Fediverse posts

London Museum on Instagram: "A rare and precious find – a medieval book cover buried in the Thames mud for 500 years…

But how to care for such a delicate object? Head behind the scenes as our conservation team explain all.
#SecretsoftheThames #Mudlarking" https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSZpJy2gP83/

London Museum on Instagram: "A rare and precious find – a medieval book cover buried in the Thames mud for 500 years…

But how to care for such a delicate object? Head behind the scenes as our conservation team explain all.
#SecretsoftheThames #Mudlarking" https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSZpJy2gP83/

London Museum on Instagram: "A rare and precious find – a medieval book cover buried in the Thames mud for 500 years…

But how to care for such a delicate object? Head behind the scenes as our conservation team explain all.
#SecretsoftheThames #Mudlarking" https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSZpJy2gP83/

London Museum on Instagram: "A rare and precious find – a medieval book cover buried in the Thames mud for 500 years…

But how to care for such a delicate object? Head behind the scenes as our conservation team explain all.
#SecretsoftheThames #Mudlarking" https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSZpJy2gP83/

London Museum on Instagram: "A rare and precious find – a medieval book cover buried in the Thames mud for 500 years…

But how to care for such a delicate object? Head behind the scenes as our conservation team explain all.
#SecretsoftheThames #Mudlarking" https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSZpJy2gP83/

Mystery surrounds the appearance of hundreds of Victorian hobnailed shoes which have washed ashore on a beach.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy84ezd4421o

#victorianhistory #shipwreck #mudlarking #beach #shoes #bbc

Went treasure hunting this past Sunday at Bottle Beach. Once home to the city's first landfill and a former dumping ground for horse remains during the horse-and-carriage era, this unique spot is steeped in raw, urban history. It is a gritty, fascinating adventure like no other.

One persons trash is another persons treasure.😉

#bottlebeach #beachcombing #mudlarking #deadhorsebay #beachcomb #beachtreasures #beachtreasure

So after masterfully avoiding the glorious Spanish mud yesterday, today I didn't. This snap is from just before it got worse. At least I didn't drop and there was long wet grass to run through to "wash" our legs afterwards.

I only thought of you @Wen after I had washed down the mutt ;)

Today's RAAAD was the brilliant Danish band Gasolin there was some bad singing and a lot of air guitar ;)

#RunningWithDogs #TrailRunning #MudLarking #Running #RAAAD #RunningWithMusic #Gasolin

Lovely article on mudlarking on the banks of the Thames and speculating on the origin of the garnet gemstones that wash up there.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/thames-garnets-mudlark

#mudlarking

#Thames #mudlarking permits to be issued again but capped to protect site - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/02/thames-mudlarking-permits-to-be-issued-again-but-capped-to-protect-site "everything found by mudlarkers remains the property either of the PLA or the crown estate as landowners, and legally must be reported" #london

I love finding fossils on the Thames. here’s a chunk of Stigmaria, a plant root belonging to one of the colossal Carboniferous club mosses (which are not mosses at all: they are closer to true trees, but their leaves are attached directly to the stem, with no branches in between). this fossil would have been brought into the Thames with a shipment of coal from the north of England.
#mudlarking #fossil #fossilhunting #stigmaria #riverthames #london

I love finding fossils on the Thames. here’s a chunk of Stigmaria, a plant root belonging to one of the colossal Carboniferous club mosses (which are not mosses at all: they are closer to true trees, but their leaves are attached directly to the stem, with no branches in between). this fossil would have been brought into the Thames with a shipment of coal from the north of England.
#mudlarking #fossil #fossilhunting #stigmaria #riverthames #london

I love finding fossils on the Thames. here’s a chunk of Stigmaria, a plant root belonging to one of the colossal Carboniferous club mosses (which are not mosses at all: they are closer to true trees, but their leaves are attached directly to the stem, with no branches in between). this fossil would have been brought into the Thames with a shipment of coal from the north of England.
#mudlarking #fossil #fossilhunting #stigmaria #riverthames #london

I love finding fossils on the Thames. here’s a chunk of Stigmaria, a plant root belonging to one of the colossal Carboniferous club mosses (which are not mosses at all: they are closer to true trees, but their leaves are attached directly to the stem, with no branches in between). this fossil would have been brought into the Thames with a shipment of coal from the north of England.
#mudlarking #fossil #fossilhunting #stigmaria #riverthames #london

I love finding fossils on the Thames. here’s a chunk of Stigmaria, a plant root belonging to one of the colossal Carboniferous club mosses (which are not mosses at all: they are closer to true trees, but their leaves are attached directly to the stem, with no branches in between). this fossil would have been brought into the Thames with a shipment of coal from the north of England.
#mudlarking #fossil #fossilhunting #stigmaria #riverthames #london

lovely bit of medieval floor tile up from the thames foreshore. a bit too battered to identify the pattern. the second image shows a Penn tile, made in Birmingham – the must-have floor covering of the 14th century. #mudlarking

Here's my daughter & son-in-law modelling my newest product - my #OldFatherThames #teaTowels.

My #painting of the #RiverThames depicts BIRDS not TURDS. FISH not FILTH.

Fancy one? Go here: https://janetomlinson.com/products/old-father-thames-tea-towel

#thames #rivers #river #healthyrivers #actionforrivers #wildSwimming #sewagescandal #mudlarking #thamespath #piperatthegatesofdawn #windinthewillows

Here's my daughter & son-in-law modelling my newest product - my #OldFatherThames #teaTowels.

My #painting of the #RiverThames depicts BIRDS not TURDS. FISH not FILTH.

Fancy one? Go here: https://janetomlinson.com/products/old-father-thames-tea-towel

#thames #rivers #river #healthyrivers #actionforrivers #wildSwimming #sewagescandal #mudlarking #thamespath #piperatthegatesofdawn #windinthewillows

Here's my daughter & son-in-law modelling my newest product - my #OldFatherThames #teaTowels.

My #painting of the #RiverThames depicts BIRDS not TURDS. FISH not FILTH.

Fancy one? Go here: https://janetomlinson.com/products/old-father-thames-tea-towel

#thames #rivers #river #healthyrivers #actionforrivers #wildSwimming #sewagescandal #mudlarking #thamespath #piperatthegatesofdawn #windinthewillows

Here's my daughter & son-in-law modelling my newest product - my #OldFatherThames #teaTowels.

My #painting of the #RiverThames depicts BIRDS not TURDS. FISH not FILTH.

Fancy one? Go here: https://janetomlinson.com/products/old-father-thames-tea-towel

#thames #rivers #river #healthyrivers #actionforrivers #wildSwimming #sewagescandal #mudlarking #thamespath #piperatthegatesofdawn #windinthewillows

Here's my daughter & son-in-law modelling my newest product - my #OldFatherThames #teaTowels.

My #painting of the #RiverThames depicts BIRDS not TURDS. FISH not FILTH.

Fancy one? Go here: https://janetomlinson.com/products/old-father-thames-tea-towel

#thames #rivers #river #healthyrivers #actionforrivers #wildSwimming #sewagescandal #mudlarking #thamespath #piperatthegatesofdawn #windinthewillows

Here's my finished #painting of "#OldFatherThames".

It's about the nature, history, culture, folklore, magic and bounty of the #riverThames; a reminder of what it could and should be... a place of life, joy and wonder.

BIRDS NOT TURDS, FISH NOT FILTH.

More info here: https://janetomlinson.com/products/old-father-thamestoo!

#thames #coarsefishing #rivers #actionforrivers #folkart #birding #wildswimming #narrowboat #sewagescandal #mudlarking #kelmscott #thamespath #piperatthegatesofdawn #windinthewillows

Here's my finished #painting of "#OldFatherThames".

It's about the nature, history, culture, folklore, magic and bounty of the #riverThames; a reminder of what it could and should be... a place of life, joy and wonder.

BIRDS NOT TURDS, FISH NOT FILTH.

More info here: https://janetomlinson.com/products/old-father-thamestoo!

#thames #coarsefishing #rivers #actionforrivers #folkart #birding #wildswimming #narrowboat #sewagescandal #mudlarking #kelmscott #thamespath #piperatthegatesofdawn #windinthewillows

Here's my finished #painting of "#OldFatherThames".

It's about the nature, history, culture, folklore, magic and bounty of the #riverThames; a reminder of what it could and should be... a place of life, joy and wonder.

BIRDS NOT TURDS, FISH NOT FILTH.

More info here: https://janetomlinson.com/products/old-father-thamestoo!

#thames #coarsefishing #rivers #actionforrivers #folkart #birding #wildswimming #narrowboat #sewagescandal #mudlarking #kelmscott #thamespath #piperatthegatesofdawn #windinthewillows

Here's my finished #painting of "#OldFatherThames".

It's about the nature, history, culture, folklore, magic and bounty of the #riverThames; a reminder of what it could and should be... a place of life, joy and wonder.

BIRDS NOT TURDS, FISH NOT FILTH.

More info here: https://janetomlinson.com/products/old-father-thamestoo!

#thames #coarsefishing #rivers #actionforrivers #folkart #birding #wildswimming #narrowboat #sewagescandal #mudlarking #kelmscott #thamespath #piperatthegatesofdawn #windinthewillows

Here's my finished #painting of "#OldFatherThames".

It's about the nature, history, culture, folklore, magic and bounty of the #riverThames; a reminder of what it could and should be... a place of life, joy and wonder.

BIRDS NOT TURDS, FISH NOT FILTH.

More info here: https://janetomlinson.com/products/old-father-thamestoo!

#thames #coarsefishing #rivers #actionforrivers #folkart #birding #wildswimming #narrowboat #sewagescandal #mudlarking #kelmscott #thamespath #piperatthegatesofdawn #windinthewillows

checking tide times for fossil hunting related reasons and there’s an add for bad knees, which is hilarious if you’ve ever put in long hours fossil hunting or #mudlarking

Remnants of a legendary typeface have been rescued from the Thames
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/doves-typeface-2454807
#ycombinator #doves_type #typography #typeface #mudlark #mudlarking #excavation #river #archeology #thames #london #hammersmith #arts_and_crafts #william_morris #artnet_news

Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Have Been Rescued from the River Thames
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/doves-typeface-2454807
#ycombinator #doves_type #typography #typeface #mudlark #mudlarking #excavation #river #archeology #thames #london #hammersmith #arts_and_crafts #william_morris #artnet_news

photos by my friend Tom Chivers, who crawled along the Thames foreshore with me a few days ago, interviewing me for his phd research. a deeply engaging and wide-ranging conversation. about looking slant, finding patterns, seeing systems, and imperialism.
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in the box: a 400 year old lead token. some of the pins may be older. no idea how old the garnets are. a fossil that’s around 89 million years old. so that’s how much time fits in one tiny polypropylene pill case from muji #mudlarking

I rarely pick up ceramic but this tiny asterisk on a tiny piece of porcelain so perfectly echoes the internal structure of this single crinoid ossicle fossilised in cretaceous chalk. also pictured: hematite, malachite, garnets, lead shot, pins, and beads. #mudlarking

fresh up from the foreshore this morning — a Rosie! aka a Charles I Rose Farthing, copper, 1636-1644. #mudlarking

Roman roof tile with a partial Roman dog paw print — one toe pad and one toenail. made when the clay was still drying. at least 1800 years ago. found on the Thames foreshore this morning. #mudlarking

New Trash Museum exhibit just dropped (beach finds from the archives). I know nothing about shoes. #mudlarking

top #mudlarking finds this year: Roman roof tile with cat paw print, Roman bone die, a myriad of echinoid-related fossils including this spine fragment in Cretaceous chalk, Mesolithic flint blade, mysterious shaped crystal with wear indicating it may have been set in jewellery (possibly medieval), Roman bone gaming counter, Henry VIII silver halfpenny first coinage, first scrap of Thames gold (possibly a Tudor spangle), Elizabethan money-pot finial, and a whole lot of fun.

teeny tiny four-hole mother of pearl button found on the foreshore this morning. just sitting there. in perfect condition. #mudlarking

SUSPENDER brand Victorian buttons for Gentlemen were used on the inside waist of trousers — the buttons to which suspenders or braces were attached. #mudlarking

@Piratito
Some favorite hyperfocuses:
#HistoricalFashion
#upcycling
#repurposing
#refashion
#victorian everything
#cemeteries
#bats
#mushrooms
#snails
#BeachCombing
#MudLarking
#ZeroWaste
#SecondHand
#oddities
#curiosities
#foraging
#Handmade

My personality traits:
#ADHD explains a lot
#GenX
#AntiRacist
#environmentalist
#VintageStyleNotVintageValues
#DeathPositive

New beach trash feat. A FACE (and some weird brick)

#flatlay #mudlarking #beachcombing

Are there any #mudlarkers here?
#mudlarking

a huge amount of cretaceous chalk was brought into the Thames to make barge beds. most barges are gone, the chalk eroded or covered over. but flint nodules that came in with the chalk remain. here’s one with a slightly squashed echinoid fossil, possibly micraster. now extinct. #mudlarking #fossilhunting

I found an old clay pipe in the garden a la mudlarking! I'm so thrilled!
These things were apparently so cheap they were more or less disposable. I'm not sure about dates. This is found in the west of Scotland, btw. Anybody know?

#history #mudlarking #archaeology #antiquarian

all this time I’ve been calling mould fossils cast fossils. such is my dyslexia. anyway, these are MOULDS (or imprints) of echinoid (sea urchin) spines in cretaceous flint nodules formed between 145.5 and 65.5 million years ago, found on the Thames foreshore recently #mudlarking #fossilhunting

one definition the OED offers for mudlark is urchin, a small or mischievous youngster. from Middle English urchun, hedgehog. I’ve found three sea urchin (echinoid) fossils on the Thames foreshore so far. they first appeared in the Ordovician. excellent fossil record. so, lots to learn. #mudlarking #fossilhunting

found this on the Thames foreshore last week. thought it might be a piece of fossilised echinoid (sea urchin) spine. ID now confirmed: it’s from a cidarid echinoid. temnocidaris. an extinct genus that lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene. #mudlarking #fossilhunting

Went for a walk in the woods.
Best moment: seeing a roe deer. Also fabulous fungus.
Worst moment: misjudging the stability of a gravel bank and landing sock-deep in river mud, lol.
Worst find: plastic barrel, with "corrosive" warning label, fly-tipped next to a stream where "corrosive" contents were probably dumped.
Best find: fossil rugose "horn" coral with encrusting epibiont.
Pick of the litter: 2016 "strike gold team GB" Strongbow cider can (no Olympic archery medal since Alison Williamson in 2004).

#rambling #hiking #fossils #WenlockWednesday #mudlarking #larking #litterpicking

Went for a walk in the woods.
Best moment: seeing a roe deer. Also fabulous fungus.
Worst moment: misjudging the stability of a gravel bank and landing sock-deep in river mud, lol.
Worst find: plastic barrel, with "corrosive" warning label, fly-tipped next to a stream where "corrosive" contents were probably dumped.
Best find: fossil rugose "horn" coral with encrusting sponge epibiont.
Pick of the litter: 2016 "strike gold team GB" Strongbow cider can (no Olympic archery medal since Alison Williamson in 2004).

#rambling #hiking #fossils #WenlockWednesday #mudlarking #larking #litterpicking

Went for a walk in the woods.
Best moment: seeing a roe deer. Also fabulous fungus.
Worst moment: misjudging the stability of a gravel bank and landing sock-deep in river mud, lol.
Worst find: plastic barrel, with "corrosive" warning label, fly-tipped next to a stream where "corrosive" contents were probably dumped.
Best find: fossil rugose "horn" coral with encrusting epibiont.
Pick of the litter: 2016 "strike gold team GB" Strongbow cider can (no Olympic archery medal since Alison Williamson in 2004).

#rambling #hiking #fossils #WenlockWednesday #mudlarking #larking #litterpicking

Went for a walk in the woods.
Best moment: seeing a roe deer. Also fabulous fungus.
Worst moment: misjudging the stability of a gravel bank and landing sock-deep in river mud, lol.
Worst find: plastic barrel, with "corrosive" warning label, fly-tipped next to a stream where "corrosive" contents were probably dumped.
Best find: fossil rugose "horn" coral with encrusting sponge epibiont.
Pick of the litter: 2016 "strike gold team GB" Strongbow cider can (no Olympic archery medal since Alison Williamson in 2004).

#rambling #hiking #fossils #WenlockWednesday #mudlarking #larking #litterpicking

So, @stylo_the_unicorn nudged me to post images of the glass bottle shard I found, which to my eyes appears opaque dark blue but when held to the light seems a transparent mid green. There's no direct sun through the thick altocumulus stratiformis opacus clouds (sorry, I collect clouds) so capturing an image was difficult and, interestingly, the camera's colour correction software is processing glass that looks green to my eyes as a redder-browner colour. Any explanation of the apparent colour change in the glass, please?

#glass #DichroicGlass #chemistry #physics #light #finds #mudlarking #larking #litterpicking #help #clouds #OpticalPhenomenon #OpticalPhenomena