Back to the river today, my happy place. The bluest of blue January skies and a heron on the hunt for lunch #ThamesMudlark

Heart stopping moment when I spotted what I thought might be a fabulous jewel. Anglo-Saxon? Would I find the words ‘ALFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN’ (Alfred ordered me made) inscribed in gold, encasing a glorious large garnet? Would I heck. Only a chuffing, thickly encrusted bicycle lamp… #ThamesMudlark

Multi-coloured floral sherd, probably from a 1950s/1960s tea cup, providing a much needed pop of colour on a grey January day on the Thames Foreshore #ThamesMudlark

Some of my favourites
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Round things from the Thames foreshore. #londonmudlark #thamesmudlark #mudlarking

Pieces of Roman hypocaust tile found on the Thames foreshore.
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Thames foreshore finds. #mudlark #londonmudlark #thamesmudlark #thamesgarnets

Thames Foreshore at night. #londonmudlark #thamesmudlark #canarywharf #riverthames

Another Thames Spread. #londonmudlark #mudlark #thamesmudlark

Mudlarks and treasure hunters like to clean their finds and then dry them as a 'spread'. All these were found on the foreshore of the Thames. #thamesmudlark #londonmudlark #mudlark #treasure #mudlarking