#mudlarks

[mishalogic]

Sh8iver me timbers

and blow me down

The rain is falling

on my county town.

It's wet out there

a puddle or two

for kids to jump in

and adults too

little "mudlarks" fun they do, have do! ... Misha

[alfredsmanor]

Here’s another short fic I posted on AO3.

The basic premise of this AU is that Emily’s second attempt to escape the Golden Cat, after she found out about the VIP exit and before Prudence locked it, completely succeeded instead of being foiled at the last minute. She traded her princess outfit to Griff for some old clothes and coin, and after the coin ran out Griff introduced Emily to Slackjaw and a 16 year old Bottle Street Gang member named Giles. Slackjaw offered Emily a job working as a mudlark for the Bottle Street Gang. Slackjaw is the Bottle Street Gang’s CEO, but Giles is the person who’s in charge of the mudlarks from day to day. Emily has co-workers who are more or less her age, their names are Gill, Caleb, Tom, Anne, and Tracey. Emily goes by Alice, Al for short. She deliberately chose to use a girls name as her full alias, but then a boy's nickname.

I am working on a long multichapter fic in this AU but this conversation was in my head fully formed and I needed to get it out. I hope by posting it I can generate some enthusiasm for the bigger project and find a beta for the long fic. I will probably take this fic down if I ever reach the point where the two scenes in this fic are incorporated into the longer work.

[dirty-pretty-jackal-s]

‘Mudlarks’ directed by Dominic Gilday

[snailmailclub]

[catilinas]

does anyone know what this is. i just found it in the thames

[shadyufo]

...need a hand?

[gloriousgwendolinechristie]

Gwendoline Christie joins mudlarks of the Thames as a detectorist

When Gwendoline Christie played Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones, she wielded an elaborate steel sword. As Captain Phasma in the Star Wars franchise, she was armed with an enormous gun. In real life, however, she prefers to wield a metal detector.

The West Sussex-born actress has revealed that she enjoys mudlarking, a pastime dating back centuries in which people scavenge for treasures on a riverbank when the tide is out. Modern mudlarkers use metal detectors to try to find hidden artefacts.

“There’s something secretly thrilling about unearthing slivers of artefacts, tokens of another age, further reaching through time to touch a connection with our ancestors,” Christie said.

[ancientorigins]

The British Museum has unveiled astonishing discoveries in its 2022 Portable Antiquities Scheme Annual Report, proving once again that the UK is a treasure trove of archaeological wonders!

From the muddy banks of the Thames to the rolling fields of Staffordshire, remarkable artifacts continue to emerge, thanks to the dedication of mud larkers and metal detectorists alike.

[redwinterroses]

Today I started working on a novel (?) project tentatively called Mudlark that's a Star-Wars-flavored futuristic fantasy. Magic, experimental corporate cults, found tribe, ethically grey motivations, "we make each other better" tropes, and ace romance.

I kinda want to post about it on here but also I don't want to spam anyone so if you don't want to see that: please block #mudlark and/or #redwinternovels (different than my usual #redwinterwrites that I use for fic stuff).

[sallymudlark]

Drawing a scene from a mudlarked sherd

[fightingchancestudio]

The game of many names; Fivestones, Knucklebones, Otadama, Tally, Jackstones, Chuckstones, Dibs, or Dabs.

These ceramic reproduction pieces are modeled after Victorian examples. The game has many rules based on region and culture, but basic rules can be found online.

I prefer to play by throwing one in the air and catching it on the back of the hand, then adding another for each subsequent toss to increase difficulty.

Want to get your hands on a set? They will be available Nov 7th at 6pm ET.

[mishalogic]

AH!

Remember those days?

Those fun days!

Those muddy days!

"mudlarks" fun in the sun! ... muddy kids world

[jt1674]

[benjhawkins]

I went for a walk this morning and found this little shard of a children’s plate from about 1880!

[snailmailclub]

My cute windowsill 🏠💌 What should I add?

[catilinas]

top finds from mudlarking this morning with @ed-teach and @catboyrightsdefender

roman decorated black-burnished ware (found by quin!), 2nd-4th century

decorative medallion from a bartmann jug, 16-17th century

some sort of hook/eye fastening, could be anywhere from late mediaeval to 18th century?

top half of a lion face from the spout of a roman mortarium, 2nd-4th century