Well, I just got back from London and boy do I have some stories to tell!
I was lucky enoug to do some TOTALLY LEGAL, PERMITTED, treasure hunting on the Thames foreshore with a great guy named Steve, he's the head of the mudlarks (diehard thames hunting club) and also runs a website for his own club, thames and field treasure hunting. You can look him up at Thamesandfield.co.uk. Anyway, I had the time of my life down in the muck peering under rocks for traces of ancient treasure, it might not be everyones idea of a fun time, but me and my Dad had a blast! Included below are some of the highlights of the hunt, the first picture is a pot of unknown date that my Mom found at low tide, the next two are a token minted in Nuremberg from the 13-1500's. The next two pictures are of special interest to me, they show what may well be the largest human tooth/root known to exist, in fact, when I brought it to the British Museum, (I don't think they took me very seriously) they told me it was too big to be human! But when we brought it to my Mum's dentist, he said he was POSITIVE it was human, and suggested we send it to the American dental association. The next picture are some cannon balls that my Dad found, the two smaller ones are called rabinets, and the larger one is called a serpentine. The small one in front is a victorian marble. The next two pictures are of the best georgian coin we found, it's George III dated 1817. The next two pictures are of the other coins we found, totalling 2 George II, 4 George III, 1 Victorian, 1 Edwardian, 1 George VI, 2 Medieval tokens, and 6 Elizabeth II coins. The next picture is the two medieval tokens we found, I haven't had a chance to look them up yet, but Steve said they could be for pretty much anything. The next picture are the buttons we found, one from the lighthouse authority, probably late 1800's, another from the "Tower Ward School" and the rest just from assorted tailors or unidentifiable. The next picture is of a shipbuilding tool from the 16 or 1700's, called a "Caulker" it was used to jam tar in between the boards of large sailing ships to make them watertight. The next picture is of me and Steve, at our sight right near tower bridge, and the next picture is of me and my dad standing at the same location. The last picture is of me and Steve, showing off our finds at "The Town of Ramsgate" tavern.
I hope you all enjoyed my finds (I know I did)
Happy hunting to you all,
- Teddy
I was lucky enoug to do some TOTALLY LEGAL, PERMITTED, treasure hunting on the Thames foreshore with a great guy named Steve, he's the head of the mudlarks (diehard thames hunting club) and also runs a website for his own club, thames and field treasure hunting. You can look him up at Thamesandfield.co.uk. Anyway, I had the time of my life down in the muck peering under rocks for traces of ancient treasure, it might not be everyones idea of a fun time, but me and my Dad had a blast! Included below are some of the highlights of the hunt, the first picture is a pot of unknown date that my Mom found at low tide, the next two are a token minted in Nuremberg from the 13-1500's. The next two pictures are of special interest to me, they show what may well be the largest human tooth/root known to exist, in fact, when I brought it to the British Museum, (I don't think they took me very seriously) they told me it was too big to be human! But when we brought it to my Mum's dentist, he said he was POSITIVE it was human, and suggested we send it to the American dental association. The next picture are some cannon balls that my Dad found, the two smaller ones are called rabinets, and the larger one is called a serpentine. The small one in front is a victorian marble. The next two pictures are of the best georgian coin we found, it's George III dated 1817. The next two pictures are of the other coins we found, totalling 2 George II, 4 George III, 1 Victorian, 1 Edwardian, 1 George VI, 2 Medieval tokens, and 6 Elizabeth II coins. The next picture is the two medieval tokens we found, I haven't had a chance to look them up yet, but Steve said they could be for pretty much anything. The next picture are the buttons we found, one from the lighthouse authority, probably late 1800's, another from the "Tower Ward School" and the rest just from assorted tailors or unidentifiable. The next picture is of a shipbuilding tool from the 16 or 1700's, called a "Caulker" it was used to jam tar in between the boards of large sailing ships to make them watertight. The next picture is of me and Steve, at our sight right near tower bridge, and the next picture is of me and my dad standing at the same location. The last picture is of me and Steve, showing off our finds at "The Town of Ramsgate" tavern.
I hope you all enjoyed my finds (I know I did)
Happy hunting to you all,
- Teddy
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