Lara Maiklem FSA - The London Mudlark
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Found in the Thames by mudlark Lara Maiklem, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and bestselling author. NEW BOOK OUT IN JULY: https://t.co/fSqtC3Fkct
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Join me at my special launch event Southwark Cathedral on 11 July, where I’ll be in conversation about my new book ‘A Mudlarking Year’ with broadcaster and journalist Hannah MacInnes.
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Another nice find from yesterday, a Georgian Royal Navy officer’s button, late 1700s to very early 1800s. This button may have even seen service at the Battle of Trafalgar.
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This lace aglet has been languishing in the mud for c. 300 years. It looks gold, but it isn’t. Sometimes copper alloy comes out of the mud as bright as the day it went in, or covered in nature’s gilding (a chemical reaction that happens over time
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