Twice a day, the River Thames flows out towards the North Sea exposing miles of briny clay banks. During these windows of low tide, one of Britain’s largest archaeological site emerges and Londoners ...

While exploring the River Thames at low tide, a surprising mystery object emerges from the mud. This video follows the discovery, the clues hidden in its details, and the attempt to uncover its ...

Modern day treasure hunters are participating in “mudlarking,” digging into the dirt to find pieces of history. NBC’s Matt Bradley gets down and dirty in the Thames River and other historic London ...

Exploring the riverbanks while mudlarking with friends, discovering a Roman coin and a 17th-century farthing.A mudlarking permit from the Port of London Authority is required in order to mudlark on th ...

A new exhibition at the London Museum Docklands spotlights hundreds of mudlarking finds, from Bronze Age tools to Viking daggers to medieval spectacles Cool Finds Sean Kingsley - History Correspondent ...

THE SLUDGE is everywhere. A Roman coin is disguised as a bottle-top; a Tudor shoe is dressed like a wedge of wet-wipes. For Jason Sandy, sorting the trash from treasure is easy work. Scouring the ...

Mudlarking, once a trade of the Victorian poor, has evolved into a modern-day hobby that captivates everyday Londoners and history enthusiasts. What began as a desperate means of survival, scouring ...

England’s River Thames holds secrets, and some people are trying to uncover them. Mudlarking is a kind of scavenger hunt through the muck of the river. At low tide, mudlarks sift through the detritus ...

England’s River Thames holds secrets, and some people are trying to uncover them. Mudlarking is a kind of scavenger hunt through the muck of the river. At low tide, mudlarks sift through the detritus ...

The author of 'The Amalfi Curse,' 'The Lost Apothecary' and other immersive historical fiction goes deep — real deep — to find her stories Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has ...