Ten Minute Treasures No. 1: Veronica Pilgrim Badge

During this lockdown period I am sharing a new series with you all – Ten Minute Treasures with Old Father … More

18th Century finds! Coin haul! Potsherd treasures! Mudlarking with Old Father Thames.

Hello Mudlarking Friends! Join me on my latest adventure to the tidal River Thames in London. It’s my first trip … More

Hello Mudlarking Friends! A quick, five minute (04:14 to be exact) Q&A for you this week. We’ll be back down … More

A little brass plaque, most likely a cable tie label, from a recent trip out east. Research turned up niet, … More

Metal detecting in South East England with Old Father Thames, Si Finds, Tideline Art and Terry. Join us on a … More

Time Out says…“Back in the Victorian era, scavengers known as ‘mudlarkers’ would traipse around the banks of the River Thames searching … More

Whilst reading Deborah Cadbury’s ‘The Lost King Of France’ (Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII), I finally worked … More

Ready for info overload? I cleaned up my favourite lead tokens (used as an alternative currency to overcome a … More

There’s always a symmetry in finds, somehow.

There are many items in the ‘mudlarking starter kit’ (for example, pins, hand forged nails, garnets), most of which I’ve … More