A Mudlarking Year: Finding Treasure in Every Season
Over the course of one calendar year (2022) I recorded all the objects I brought home with me from my mudlarking and foraging trips. It was a fascinating exercise in quantity and diversity and shows how finds from different parts of the foreshore differ. I’ve dated and identified them where I can, but I make mistakes. I’m always learning, the research is on-going, and dates and theories will probably change, so you see before you a never-ending project . For the purposes of this website: Medieval is 1066 – 1500 and post medieval is 1500 – 1800.
I returned many of the objects to where I found them and kept relatively little. The stories of some of them can be found my book: A Mudlarking Year: Finding Treasure in Every Season (Bloomsbury, 2024).
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1 January
The furthest reaches of the Thames, Walpole Bay and the English Channel beyond
1 January Kent – Margate
Echinoid fossils
9 January, Central London – South Bank
- 11x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 4x pieces of scrap lead
- 3x knuckle bones
- Small iron buckle frame, possibly a shoe buckle (13th–14th century, or 17th century)
- Lead sack or bale seal (c. early 20th century)
- Clay pipes (17th and 18th century)
- Section of clay pipe stem with ‘barley twist’ decoration (c.17th–early 18th century)
- Roman tessera
- Green-glazed pottery (medieval)
- Salt-glazed stoneware pottery, eye from the face of a Bellarmine (c.17th century)
10 January, Rotherhithe
- 26x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x copper alloy ‘eyes’ (c.1400–1800)
- 2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
- 5x blue glass beads
- 2x stone balls
- 6x cut and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
- Bone working waste (postmedieval)
- Half a copper alloy button, or half a small bell (postmedieval)
- Single Georgian cufflink with a clear glass paste ‘jewel’
- Toy lead figure, probably a soldier (c.19th century)
- Toy pewter spoon bowl (c.18th century)
- George III halfpenny (1760–1811)
- Brown and white swirled glass marble (20th century)
- Wooden peg or treenail (postmedieval)
- Delft tile (c.18th century)
- Delft pottery (17th or 18th century)
- Hand painted soft-paste English porcelain (c.18th century)
12 January, Central London – South Bank
- Cast pewter loop (postmedieval)
- Clay pipe (18th century)
- Flint sea urchin fossil: Echinocorys Scutata
- Samian pottery (Roman)
- Delft pottery (17th – 18th century)
24 January, Central London – North and South Banks
- 4x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
- 7x pieces of scrap lead
- Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
- The shank from a broken button (postmedieval)
- Cufflink (18th century)
- A brass stud or tack (postmedieval)
- Roman bone hair pin.
- Pinner’s bone (c.1400–1800)
- Possible worked Mesolithic flint blade
- Clay pipe (17th century)
- Salt-glazed stoneware pottery, probably from a bellarmine (c.17th century)
- Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
25 January, Central London – North Bank
- 2x stone balls
- Ivory comb (postmedieval)
- Pig or boar tusk
- Bone working waste
- Glass working waste
- Plain lead disc
- Jetton (17th century)
- Clay pipe (17th century)
- Trouser button (c.19th century)
- Mother of pearl button (c.19th century)
- Pink glass bead
- Hand painted porcelain (c.18th–19th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- Transferware pottery (c.19th century)
27 January
Wapping foreshore looking east
27 January, Wapping
- 13x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x pieces of lead cloth seal (postmedieval)
- Metal grommet, possibly from a small sail or tarpaulin (c.19th century)
- Lead type: ‘a’ (c.20th century)
- Copper alloy button (c.19th century)
- Unidentified iron links
- Folding pocketknife with a horn handle (late 18th century)
- White glass paste ‘jewel’ (18th–20th century)
- Leather slip on shoe, right (postmedieval)
- Wooden peg or treenail (postmedieval)
- Quern stone made from black volcanic rock (Roman–c.17th century)
- Coral (c.18th – 19th century)
- Bulla or ‘bubble snail’ shell (c.18th – 19th century)
- Clay pipe (17th century)
- Decorated clay pipe stem (17th – 18th century)
- Wine bottle mouth (c.18th century)
- Triangular kiln support or stilt (postmedieval)
- Dutch delft tile with figure (c.18th century)
- Delft pottery (17th or 18th century)
- Green-glazed pottery (postmedieval)
- Combed Staffordshire slipware pottery (c.18th century)
- Black basaltware Wedgewood pottery coffee or teapot lid (c. late 18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- Hand painted soft-paste English porcelain (c.18th century)
- Transferware pottery (c.19th century)
- Blue flow pottery (19th century)
1 February, Central London – North Bank
- 13x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 5x copper alloy ‘hooks’ (c.1400–1800)
- 2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
- 2x broken pewter buttons (c.18th century)
- 2x lead bale or sack seals (c.19th – 20th century)
- 3x plain lead discs
- 2x lead musket or pistol balls
- Iron grape or cannister shot (18th – 19th century)
- Spiral of copper alloy wire, possible early Medieval mount
- Copper alloy pin, possible tie pin (c.19th – 20th century)
- Piece of rolled lead, possibly a net sinker (medieval to postmedieval)
- Stone ball
- Green glass seed bead
- Bone working waste (postmedieval)
- Green-glazed piece of stove tile (c.16th century)
- Yellow-glazed pottery (c. medieval)
- Green-glazed pottery (medieval)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- White ceramic knop, probably from a small lid (c.19th century)
2 Feburary
Bladed object, probably a short sword (c.16th century)
3 February
Isle of Dogs looking over to Greenwich
3 February, Isle of Dogs
- 8x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 3x copper alloy ‘hooks’ (c.1400–1800)
- 4x copper alloy ‘eyes’ (c.1400–1800)
- 3x stone balls
- 2x glass beads
- 3x waistcoat or gaiter buttons (c.19th century)
- 2x plain trouser buttons (19th – 20th century)
- Trouser button: ‘Alvarez, Hare St, Woolwich’ (19th – 20th century)
- Trouser button: ‘Best Ring Edge’ (19th–20th century)
- Trouser button: ‘Our Own Make’ 19th–20th century)
- Royal Artillery button (1802–1830)
- Pewter military button, too corroded to identify (c. 18th–19th century)
- Faceted black glass ‘ball’ button, possibly a Victorian mourning button (c.19th century)
- Broken cap or uniform badge (20th century)
- Small gold chain link
- Small piece of gold decoration from broken jewellery
- Sponge fossil with a hole through it
- Halfpenny, Edward VII (1901–1910)
- Halfpenny of George V (1910–1936)
- Nepalese 1 rupee coin (modern)
- Indian 1 rupee coin (modern)
- Lead token: elephant, probably a Hindu offering (modern)
- Lead token: scratched ‘4’ (c. 19th century)
- Lead token: cross (c.18th century)
- Neck and shoulders of a tin toothpaste tube: ‘Dr Matthews, London’ (c. early 20th century)
- Vulcanite bottle stopper: ‘R Whites’ (c. mid 20th century)
- GEC carbon arc lamp rod, dated 1918
- Ceramic shard (20th century)
4 February, Central London – North Bank
- 2x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x lead type: ‘y’ and ‘2’ (c.20th century)
- 2x stone balls
- Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
- Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
- Button shank (postmedieval)
- Earring with a large paste or synthetic stone set (modern)
- Top of a hatpin with glass paste jewels (early 20th century)
- Green glass seed bead
- Lead cloth seal: initials WP (c.16th century)
- Metal grommet, possibly from a small sail or tarpaulin (c.19th century)
- Small copper alloy ring (postmedieval)
- £1.50 in coins (modern)
- Decorated brass escutcheon (c.16th century)
- Broken clay pipe with the maker’s stamp for John Bower (1640–60)
- Clay pipe (17th century)
- Green-glazed pottery (medieval and postmedieval)
- Salt-glazed stoneware pottery, probably a bellarmine (c.17th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
22 February, Central London – North Bank
- 25x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 4x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- 2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
- 2x plain lead seals, possibly bag or sack seals (c.20th century)
- 4x pieces of lead type: ‘S’, ‘a’, ‘p’ and blank (c.20th century)
- 2x trouser buttons: ‘Ring Edge’ (19th–20th century)
- Plain trouser button (19th–20th century)
- Trouser button: 36 Ludgate (19th–20th century)
- Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
- Pewter button with weave pattern and maker’s initials, LL (18th–19th century)
- Plain copper alloy mount or stud (c. postmedieval)
- Cast copper alloy ring (c.medieval)
- Buckle pin (c.postmedieval)
- Shoulder of a knife blade (postmedieval)
- Bone knife handle (c.1450–1500)
- Writing lead (c.medieval)
- Slate pencil (c.19th century)
- Lead token: chevron (c.18th century)
- Rose farthing (1636–44).
- £2.20 in coins (modern)
- 5 Ukranian kopiyka (modern)
- Long clay pipe stem (c.18th century)
- Plain clay pipes (3x 18th century)
- Decorated cay pipe: man bowling (18th century)
- Decorated cay pipe: Bacchus (18th century)
- Decorated cay pipe: royal coat of arms (18th century)
- Decorated cay pipe: Prince of Wales feathers (18th century)
- A pig or boar tusk
- Flint sea urchin fossil: Micraster
- Raw carnelian
- Salt-glazed stoneware pottery with oak leaf decoration (c.late 16th century)
- Westerwald pottery (c.17th–18th century)
- Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Transferware pottery (c.19th century)
3 March
Bankside looking over to St Paul’s in the blue hour
3 March, Central London – South Bank
- 2x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 7x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
- Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
- Plain copper alloy mount or stud (c. postmedieval)
- Pewter button (c.17th century)
- Lead type: ‘e’ (c.20th century)
- Circular lead weight (postmedieval)
- Lead token: initials BB (c.17th century)
- Blue glass paste ‘jewel’ (c.18th–19th century)
- Green glass paste ‘jewel’
- Stone ball
- China doll’s leg (early 20th century)
- Clay pipes (3x 17th century)
- Large circular stone, possibly a drain cover
- Decorated floor tile (c.14th century)
- Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- English porcelain (c. early 19th century)
8 March, Central London – North Bank
- 15x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- 5x plain metal loops
- 3x Roman tesserae
- Copper alloy ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
- Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
- Silver earing back (modern)
- Green glass seed bead
- Striped, yellow glass trade bead (c.18th century)
- Uncut purple stone, possibly amethyst
- Stone ball
- Clay pip (17th century)
- Roman hypocaust
- Samian pottery, bowl rim (Roman)
- Colour-coated slipware pottery (Roman)
- Flat strap-like handle, probably from a large clay jug (medieval)
- Base of a clay jug or tankard with finger marks (medieval)
- Green-glazed pottery (medieval and postmedieval)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- English soft-paste porcelain (c.18th century)
- Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
14 March, Greenwich
- 3x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 3x shoe inner soles, all left (c.16th century)
- Outer shoe sole, right (c.16th century)
- Two-sided, boxwood comb (c.16th century)
- Flat strap-like handle, probably from a large clay jug (medieval)
18 March
My great grandmother’s bible with pressed leaf skeletons
24 March, Central London – North Bank
- 3x knuckle bones
- 3x dermal denticles, probably from a thornback ray, domestic waste
- 2x chunks of fool’s gold
- 3x small lead shot (postmedieval)
- Handmade copper alloy dress pin (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
- Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
- Pointed end of a bone Roman hair pin
- A small circular pewter buckle frame with traces of the iron pin (c.postmedieval)
- Trouser button: ‘W. PEARSON NEWCASTLE ON TYNE’ (19th–20th century)
- Plain trouser button (19th–20th century)
- Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
- George III halfpenny (1760-1811)
- Lead type: ‘t’ (c.20th century)
- Black pipe stem
- Codd bottle marble
- Half a Diner’s Card (c.1990)
- A small piece of carved masonry
- Clay pipes (4x 18th century)
- Green-glazed pottery (medieval and postmedieval)
- Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
25 March
Pewter pilgrim’s badge, St Osmund of Salisbury (c.1457–1534)
Casting a modern pilgrim badge of St Werburgh
Tues 29 March (low tide 1.15m @ London Bridge, 19.09) CENTRAL LONDON – North Bank
- 9x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- 2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
- Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
- Plain trouser button (19th–20th century)
- Rusty knife blade with copper alloy shoulder (c. 16th century)
- Large brass nail (postmedieval)
- French ‘Denier Tournois’ a la croisette of Henri II (c. 1549)
- Lead weight, possibly a fishing weight (postmedieval)
- Clay marble
- Clay pipes (1x 17th century, 2x 18th century)
- Possible worked Mesolithic flint blade
- Green-glazed pottery (postmedieval)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- The edge of a delft tile (c.18th century)
- Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
- English soft-paste porcelain (c.18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
2 April
A Cornish leather boot, covered with moss (20th century)
9 April
Cherry toothpaste pot lid, an ‘impossible trophy’
12 April, Central London – South Bank
- 16x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x stone balls
- 4x cut and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
- Knuckle bone
- Plain copper alloy mount or stud (c. postmedieval)
- Four-hole pewter button (c.18th–19th century)
- Copper alloy collar stiffener: ‘TYWHITT’ (modern)
- Green glass seed bead
- White glass paste ‘jewel’ (18th–20th century)
- Cut silver long cross penny from the reign of King John (1199-1216)
- Counterfeit George III farthing (c.1760–1820)
- Bone working waste from bead or button making (postmedieval)
- Half a clay wig curler (18th century)
- Moulded glass jar with ® H 3 on the bottom (19th to 20th century)
- Plain vulcanite bottle stopper (mid 20th century)
- Clear glass bottle stopper with original cork seal (late 19th to early 20th century)
- Clay pipe (18th century)
- Clay pipe stem with the words [?]WALK S.T., perhaps Southwark St. (19th century)
- Decorated floor tile (c.14th century)
- Roof tile with a dog’s paw print (postmedieval)
- Green-glazed pottery (postmedieval).
- Slipware pottery (postmedieval)
- Delft pottery (c.17th–18th century)
- White ceramic colander or strainer (18th–19th century)
18 April
Rotherhithe Peninsula looking over to Canary Wharf
18 April, Rotherhithe Peninsula
- 2x metal grommets, possibly from a small sail or tarpaulin (c.19th century)
- 2x plain vulcanite bottle stoppers (20th century)
- Plain trouser button (c.19th century)
- Coppering nail with broad arrow mark (18th–19th century)
- Piece of ship coppering (18th–19th century)
- Dutch lead customs seal (1815–early 20th century)
- Square Post Office bag seal (20th century)
- 4oz lead fishing weight (modern)
- Square piece of lead with fabric or rope impression
- Scrap lead
- Yellow glass seed bead
- Small green stone
- Iron pyrite nodule
- Plastic fishing lure (modern)
- Broken hand from a plastic Hindu statue (modern)
- Bottom half of an onion bottle (18th century)
- Clay pipe with maker’s mark: ‘Ford of Stepney’ (1820–40)
- Decorated clay pipe (early 19th century)
- Decorated clay pipe: quill and book design (18th century)
- Plain clay pipes (1x 17th century, 1x 18th century)
- Clay pipe mouthpiece, sealed with red wax (18th–19th century)
- Salt-glazed stoneware pottery, probably from a bellarmine (c.17th century)
- Delft pottery, Ming Wanli style (mid 18th century)
- Chinese Imari porcelain (c.18th century)
- Base of an LCC (London County Council) china cup, likely from the Smallpox Receiving Station (1930s–1950s)
Wed 26 April (low tide 1.69m @ London Bridge, 17.56) CENTRAL LONDON – South Bank
- 4x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Broken button (18th–19th century)
- Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
- White plastic button (modern)
- Iron pin, possibly from a large buckle (postmedieval)
5 May, Central London – South Bank
- 15x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x plain waistcoat or gaiter buttons (c.19th century)
- Cast pewter button (c.17th century)
- Plain button with maker’s initial ‘SB’ (c.18th century)
- Mother of pearl button with two holes (18th–20th century)
- Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
- Cast copper alloy ring (postmedieval)
- Copper alloy thimble made from sheet metal (c. mid-17th century)
- Silver posey ring, ‘ALWAYES’ engraved inside (16th century)
- Small lead shot (postmedieval)
- Rose farthing (1636-44)
- Charles II jetton made in Nuremberg by Cornelius Lauffer (1660–85)
- Tin penny, possibly William and Mary (c.1690-92)
- Clay marble
- Bone counter or game piece (c.16th century)
- Green plastic Monopoly house (modern)
- Clay pipes (4x 17th century., 3x 18th century)
- Glass working waste
- Ceramic knop from a money box or pot (c.16th century)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
- Slipware pottery (c.17th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- Gold and black painted porcelain, possibly Japanese (18th–19th century)
5 May
Sixteenth century silver posey ring in situ, as found
12 May, North and South Bank
- 125x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
- 2x knuckle bones
- 4x cut and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
- Copper alloy cufflink (c.18th century)
- Small iron buckle frame, possibly a shoe buckle (13th–14th century, or 17th century)
- Plain waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
- Large oval copper alloy mount or stud (postmedieval)
- Lead token: HI initials (18th century)
- A stone ball
- Natural wood knot
- Bone working waste from bead or button making (postmedieval)
- Roof tile with a dog paw print (postmedieval).
- Roman tegula roof a tile
- Kiln support, salt glazed with a thumbprint (postmedieval)
- Broken pipe stem with maker’s name: ‘W.BO…’/’…RTH’ (19th century)
- Decorated twisted pipe stem (c.19th century)
- Clay pipe (17th century)
- Chinese porcelain tea bowl base (1662–1722)
- Westerwald pottery (c.18th century)
- Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- Broken china doll’s saucer (19th–20th century)
13 May (am), Wapping
- 3x plain waistcoat or gaiter buttons (c.19th century)
- 2x green glass seed beads
- 2x marble mosaic pieces (c.19th century)
- Handmade copper alloy dress pin (c.1400–1800)
- Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
- Thin pierced copper disc
- Glass bottle stopper (late 19th–20th century)
- The neck of a blown wine bottle (19th century)
- Flint sea urchin fossil, Micraster
- Clay pipes (1x 17th century, 2x18th century)
- Decorated clay pipe: Royal coat of arms (18th century)
- Piece of pipe kiln wall or ‘muffle’ (c.18th–19th century)
- Delft pottery (17th to 18th century)
- Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
- Feather edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
13 May
Wapping, looking east
13 May (pm), Custom House
- 2x mussel shells
- 3x cockle shells
- 2x oyster shells
- 3x scallop shells
- 1x whelk shell
- 6x winkle shells
- 22x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
- Iron curtain hook (postmedieval).
- Trouser button: M Isaccs, 108 Hoxton (late 19th–early 20th century)
- Small lead shot (postmedieval)
- Lead token: with a cross and pellet design (c.18th century)
- Sixpence (1947)
- Wooden bead (postmedieval)
- Clay pipe with maker’s name: “Benson” (1795–1825)
- Clay pipe (18th century pipe)
17 May
The bellarmine that winked at me from the sofa (late 16th century)
24 May, Central London – North and South Banks
- 68x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x musket balls, one is untrimmed and still has a sprue (postmedieval)
- Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
- Broken earing, green stones and silver beads (modern)
- Lead soldier, Scottish Highlander (late 19th–early 20th century)
- Small hammer head (17th–18th century)
- Inner shoe sole, left (18th–19th century)
- Piece of cow jaw with teeth growing on top of each other
26 May, Central London – South Bank
- 7x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Iron clothes hook (postmedieval)
- Copper alloy hinge from a book cover (postmedieval)
- The flattened bowl of a ‘rat tail’ pewter spoon (c.18th century)
- An iron punch, possibly for leather working (postmedieval)
- American 25 cents (1996)
- Charles I silver penny, minted at the Tower (1625–1649)
- Jetton made in Nuremburg by Egidius Krauwinckel (1570-1613)
- Slate pencil (c.19th century)
- Raw quartz
- Glass waste
- Clay pipe mouthpiece, sealed with red wax (18th–19th century)
- Frozen Charlotte miniature porcelain doll (c.19th century)
- Triangular kiln support or stilt (postmedieval)
- Piece of green glazed Tudor stove tile (c.16th century)
- Delft pottery (c.17th to 18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
11 Jun, Central London – South Bank
- 16x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
- Buckle pin (postmedieval)
- Plain waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
- Lead token: initials IC and date 1726 / stylised flower on reverse (18th century)
- Piece of rolled lead, possibly a net weight (medieval–postmedieval)
- Clay pipe (18th century)
- Flat strap-like handle, probably from a large jug, charred black from a fire (medieval)
- Westerwald pottery (c.18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century).
- Stoneware pottery, neck of a flagon stamped Northen Vaux[hall] (c.1847–1849)
16 June, Central London – North and South Bank
- 43x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
- Tear-shaped piece of decorated pewter, possibly broken jewellery (postmedieval)
- Ornate pewter, possibly a large broken shoe buckle (c.18th century)
- A lead bag seal (19th–20th century)
- Lead type: ‘c’ (c.20th century)
- 50 cent Euro coin (1999)
- A George I ‘dump issue’ halfpenny (1717)
- Decorated knife handle (1450–1500)
- A knuckle bone.
- Pig or boar tusk
- Natural knot of wood
- Coral, possibly ship ballast (c.18th to 19th century)
- River snail shell (Viviparus viviparus)
- Asiatic clam shell (Corbicula fluminea)
- Swollen river mussel shell (Unio tumidus)
- Clay pipes (1x 18th century, 2x 17th century)
- Raspberry prunt from a rummer beaker or goblet (17th–18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- Hand painted earthenware pottery, rim of a cup or bowl (c.18th century)
21 June
Bankside over to St Paul’s at night
21 June, Central London – North and South Banks
- 8x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
- Pewter button with a rusted iron shank (c.17th century)
- Domed button (c.18th century)
- Jetton made in Nuremberg by Cornelius Lauder (1658–1711)
- Shilling (1968)
- Roman tessera
- Clay marble
- Clay pipe (18th century)
- Outer shoe sole, right (c. 19th century)
- Child’s inner shoe sole, left (c.16th century)
- Free-blown apothecary bottle (18th century)
21 June
Solstice dawn from London Bridge looking east
4 July
Sixteenth century gold spangle in situ, as found
4 July, Central London – South Bank
- 11x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x bone working waste (postmedieval)
- Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
- Gold spangle (c.16th century)
- Cast lead ring, possibly for reinforcing a lace hole (postmedieval)
- Dermal denticle, probably from a thornback ray, domestic waste
- Clay pipe (18th century)
- Long clay pipe stem (c.18th century)
- Neck and mouth of a wine bottle with cork (c.18th century)
- Salt-glazed stoneware pottery, eye and eyebrow from a bellarmine face (c.17th century)
- Unglazed delft pottery handle with a finger print in the clay (17th or 18th century)
5 July, Central London – North Bank
- Lead musket ball (postmedieval)
- Four-piece lead cloth seal with a seated lion and numerals 1 1/2 showing one and a half pence alnage tax had been paid on the cloth it was attached to (18th century)
- Half of a two piece lead cloth seal with initial ‘W’ and a star (c.late 16th century)
- Possible Roman glass
- Grey and black burnished ware pottery (Roman)
- Colour-coated slipware pottery (Roman)
- Samian pottery (Roman)
- Top of a clay flagon handle (Roman)
- Green-glazed pottery (medieval)
- Flint pebble
6 July, Central London – South Bank
- 31x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 3x sawn and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
- 2x bone working waste
- 2x triangular kiln supports or stilts (postmedieval)
- Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
- Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
- Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
- A circular, simply decorated lead mount or stud (postmedieval)
- Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
- A broken copper alloy buckle (17th or 18th century).
- Lead type: ‘e’ and ‘.’ (c.20th century)
- Metal grommet, possibly from a small sail or tarpaulin (c.19th century)
- Broken double crank style pocket watch key (late 18th–early 19th century)
- 10p token for ‘MAM INN PLAY’ (1971–1992)
- Wide leather strap from a latchet shoe (c.18th century)
- Decorated leather strap (postmedieval)
- Cat skull
- Pig or boar tusk
- Clay pipes (18th century)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Redware pottery, possibly part of a candlestick (postmedieval)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- Westerwald pottery (c.18th century)
- Handpainted porcelain (18th or 19th century)
- Earthenware pottery (c.19th century)
- Transferware pottery (c.19th century)
7 July, Westminster
- 17x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 3x slate pencils (c.19th century)
- Three-hole pewter button (18th–19th century)
- Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
- Small square of silver
- Copper alloy penny whistle (c.19th century)
- ‘I ❤️ UK Parliament’ badge (modern)
- Ox shoe (postmedieval)
- Thick circle of leather, pierced in the centre, possibly a leather washer (postmedieval)
- Mesolithic or early Neolithic flint blade
- Worked masonry stone, possibly from Westminster Palace (medieval)
- Clay pipe (18th century)
- Piece of ceramic crucible (postmedieval)
- Redware colander (postmedieval)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
- Green, white and red spongeware pottery (19th century)
- Willlow pattern transferware (19th–20th century)
- House of Commons ceramic side plate (modern)
10 July, Vauxhall
- Grindstone (prehistoric to 19th century)
- Zinc sacrificial anode from a boat to prevent corrosion (modern)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- Willow pattern transferware pottery (19th–20th century)
- Red white and blue patterned pottery (modern)
11 July
Sunrise at Greenwich, looking east
11 July, Greenwich
- 5x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Pewter mount or stud, or part of a larger pewter badge (postmedieval)
- Single gold chain link
- Piece of gold chain
- Cow scapula, bone working waste from button making (postmedieval)
12 July, Greenwich
- 66x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 3x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- 2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
- 4x knuckle bones.
- Pewter livery badge, crowned Tudor rose (15th century)
- Outer shoe sole, right (c.16th century)
- Inner shoe sole with imprint of woven cloth, probably from a fabric liner, left (16th century)
- Clay pipe (17th century)
- Base and foot of a redware colander (postmedieval)
13 July, Greenwich
- 8x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x knuckle bones
- Leg of a ceramic pipkin (c.15th-16th century)
- Upper part of a shoe (c.16th century)
19 July, Central London – South Bank
- 27x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x glass cullets (postmedieval)
- 2x sawn and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
- Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
- Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
- Large mount or stud, possibly from a harness (postmedieval)
- Trouser button (c.19th century)
- Collar or tie pin (20th century)
- Metal ring (modern)
- Metal hook from small catch (postmedieval)
- Handmade iron nail pushed through a leather ‘washer’ (postmedieval)
- Stone ball
- Raw quartz
- Dermal denticle, probably thornback ray, domestic waste
- Bone working waste (postmedieval)
- Bone knife handle (postmedieval)
- Pipe stem with the maker’s name: Thomas WOOTTEN, Park St, Borough (1820–1846)
- Clay pipes (2x 17th century, 1x 18th century)
- Triangular kiln support or stilt (postmedieval)
- Piece of sagger from a stoneware kiln
- The neck of a German stoneware Siegburg jug (14th century)
- Green-glazed pottery (medieval)
- Redware cup or bowl handle (postmedieval)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
- English soft-paste porcelain (18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
22 July, Central London – South Bank
- 35x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
- Decorated copper alloy ring (c.17th century)
- Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
- Broken cufflink (c.19th century)
- Old penny, completely smooth ( 1860–1970)
- Spoon handle (late 19th–early 20th century)
- Square of scrap lead.
- Unidentified turned and pierced bone object (postmedieval)
- Piece of hardwood, possibly part of a chair
- Piece of abalone mother of pearl
- Flint pebble
- Vulcanite bottle stopper: Whitbread and Co (20th century)
- Iron working slag
- Clay pipes (18th century)
- Slipware pottery (postmedieval)
- Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
6 August, Central London – North and South Banks
- 18x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Ivory working waste
- Trouser button: E. GROVE . LAMBETH (c.19th century)
- Large copper alloy button (postmedieval)
- Pewter button (c.17th century)
- Decorated button (18th century)
- Jetton made in Nuremburg by Hans Krauwinkel II (1586-1635)
- Handmade wrought iron hook (postmedieval)
- Tightly rolled piece of silver birch bark
- Coral, possibly ballast (c.18th–19th century)
- Dermal denticle, probably thornback ray, domestic waste
- Early Neolithic flint leaf arrowhead
- Raw carnelian
- Twisted blue glass cane
- Blue glass bead
- Clay pipes (2x 17th century)
- Triangular kiln support or stilt (postmedieval)
- Corner of delft tile (c.18th century)
- Delft pottery (17th or 18th century)
- Black basaltware pottery, possibly Wedgewood (c.18th century)
- Broken lid of a Staffordshire redware tea or coffee pot (c.18th century)
- English soft-paste porcelain (18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- English scratchware pottery (18th century)
- Stoneware pottery with the word ‘FOOT’ on it, flagon or bottle (c.19th century)
6 August
Early Neolithic flint arrowhead, so thin the light shone through it
9 August, Greenwich
- 51x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- Dermal denticle, probably thornback ray, domestic waste
- Small lead shot (postmedieval)
- Handle of a redware jug (postmedieval)
- Base of a stoneware pot (postmedieval).
- Salt-glazed stoneware pottery, eyebrow of a Bellarmine face (c.17th century)
12 August, Blackwall
- 21x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Iron ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
- Trouser button (c.19th century)
- Lead bag seal with initials AZH (19th–20th century)
- Trade token for the White Horse tavern in Greenwich (17th century)
- Plastic £1 toy coin.
- Blue plastic Smarties lid (1965–1988)
- Handmade bone domino (c.18th century)
- Outer shoe sole, right (late 19th–early 20th century)
- Quern stone made from black volcanic rock (Roman–c.17th century)
- Clay pipes (1x 17th century, 1x18th century)
- The flared lip of a clear glass apothecary bottle (c.18th century)
- Hand pulled dark green glass handle (c.18th–early 19th century)
- Pyramid of clear glass
- Delft tile (c.18th century)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Unglazed delft porringer handle (c.18th century)
- Unglazed delft pot/bowl bases (c.18th century)
- Delft ointment pot base (c.18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- Transferware pottery (c.19th century)
12 August
Blackwall, looking over to the O2 Arena
5 September, Central London – North Bank
- 76x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 3x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- 4x waistcoat or gaiter buttons (c.19th century)
- 2x small iron buckle frames, possibly a shoe buckles (13th–14th century or 17th century)
- 2x small plain lead seals (c.20th century)
- Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
- Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
- Trouser button (c.19th century)
- Button back with four holes (c.18th century)
- Small copper alloy buckle frame, possibly a shoe buckle (medieval)
- Rose farthing (1636-44).
- Four-piece lead cloth seal (18th century)
- Back ring of a lead cloth seal (c.17th century)
- Lead weight with notched end, probably a fishing weight (medieval or postmedieval)
- Stone ball
- Broken Mesolithic flint blade
- Antler working waste, with hole on each side where the lathe had been fixed (postmedieval)
- Small turned bone pot (postmedieval)
- Bone working waste (postmedieval)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- English soft-paste porcelain (c.18th century)
- Possible Anglo Saxon shelly ware
5 September
Incoming tide at Queenhithe
7 September, Rotherhithe
- 10x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x copper alloy ‘hooks’ (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy cufflink, engraved with flowers (c.18th century)
- Lead type: ‘r’ (c.20th century).
- Large handmade nail with leather washer (postmedieval)
- Iron grape or canister shot (18th–19th century)
- Coral. (c.18th or 19th century)
- Exotic shell, unknown species
- Knuckle bone
- Boar or pig tusk
- Bone working waste (postmedieval)
- Inner shoe sole, left (c.18th–19th century)
- Plain vulcanite bottle stopper (20th century)
- Clay pipes (18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
7 September
Engraved Georgian cuffling, in situ, as found
13 September, Kent
- Red campion seed heads (Silene dioica)
- Unidentified seed heads
- Hazelnut (Corylus avellana)
- Samian pottery (Roman)
- Black burnished ware pottery (Roman)
- Red earthenware pottery (Roman)
- Blue and white patterned china (c.19th century)
- Spongeware pottery (c.19th century)
15 September, Central London – South Bank
- 15x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x copper alloy ‘hooks’ (c.1400–1800)
- Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
- Oval copper alloy stud/mount (medieval or postmedieval)
- Copper alloy ‘nipple’ button (c.17th century)
- Broken decorated buckle, possibly a shoe buckle (18th century)
- Length of copper alloy chain, each link in a figure of 8 (postmedieval)
- Lead type: ‘e’ and ‘.’ (c.20th century)
- Copper alloy book clasp (postmedieval)
- Iron heel protector from a boot (c.19th century)
- Back of a pocket watch case
- Tiny yellow glass seed bead, 1.5mm
- Turquoise glass seed bead
- Bone working waste (postmedieval)
- 2x sawn and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
- Knuckle bone
- Fossil sponge in flint
- ‘Sea bead’, fossilised sponge with a natural hole
- Stone ball
- Decorated clay: Royal coat of arms (18th century)
- Colour-coated slipware pottery (Roman)
- Pipkin leg (medieval or postmedieval)
- Green-glazed pottery (postmedieval)
- Saltglazed stoneware pottery, bellarmine d (17th century)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
- Chinese porcelain (18th century)
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20 September, Bermondsey
- 46x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 4x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- 2x waistcoat or gaiter buttons (c.19th century)
- 2x Flemish clinker bricks
- Copper alloy ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
- Lead loop, possibly for reinforcing a lace hole in clothing
- Wooden-backed, copper alloy catgut button (c.18th century)
- One side of a cuff link (c.18th century)
- Enamelled horseshoe, possibly from a tie pin (19th–20th century)
- Metal grommet, possibly from a small sail or tarpaulin (c.19th century)
- A copper alloy fishhook (postmedieval)
- A rolled lead weight, possibly a net weight (medieval or postmedieval)
- Base of a lead toy, painted blue so maybe a policeman (20th century)
- Lead type: ‘s’ (c.20th century)
- Lead shot (postmedieval).
- Green glass seed bead
- Clear paste glass ‘jewel’ (18th or 19th century)
- 20p coin (2012)
- Lead Russian hemp bale seal (18th–19th century)
- Roman tessera
- Clay pipe (18th century)
- Delft pottery (c.17th century)
Wed 28 Sept (low tide 1.02 @ London Bridge, 10.46) CENTRAL LONDON – North and South Side
- 12x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- 2x copper alloy ‘hooks’ (c.1400–1800)
- 3x sawn and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
- Cufflink with a clear cut glass ‘jewel’ (18th century)
- Plastic toy baby bottle (modern)
- Lead type: ‘I’ (c.20th century)
- Small pierced lead disc (postmedieval)
- Lead token: pierced heart/H.I on reverse (c. 17th-century)
- Farthing trade token, issued by I (or J).P. at the Windmill in Temple Bar Without (17th century)
- George III penny, decorated it with stamped dots on both sides (18th century)
- Bone working waste (postmedieval)
- Fossil sponge
- Stone ball
- Half a large ceramic ball, probably a milling ball (c.19th century)
- Clay pipes (1x 17th century clay pipe, 3x 18th century clay pipes)
- Clay pipe stamped with the initials of the maker, William Tappin (18th century)
- Glass working waste (postmedieval)
- Corked neck and mouth of an apothecary bottle (c.18th century)
- Rim of a large, lead glazed, redware vessel (postmedieval)
- Chinese porcelain (18th century)
- Hand painted porcelain (c.18th century)
- Willow pattern transferware (c.19th century)
6 October
Sunset from Queenhithe, looking west
6 October, Central London – North and South Banks
- 25x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- 2x trouser buttons (c.19th century)
- Best silver Charles I sixpence love token (1625–49)
- Unidentified coin (modern)
- Lead cloth seal (c.16th)
- Part of a pilgrim badge or pewter toy (postmedieval)
- Copper alloy Lord’s prayer medallion with the head of George V on the reverse (20th century)
- Bone toothbrush head (19th century)
- Bone working waste (postmedieval)
- Leather nipple, possibly pig and probably cut from a sheet of leather (postmedieval)
- Dog’s tooth
- A native oyster shell with a square hole
- White glazed ceramic ‘Fivestone’ (c.late 19th to mid 20th century)
- Stone ball
- Possible polishing stone
- Clay pipes (2x 17th century, 2x 18th century)
- Glass pontil from the base of a large glass bottle, possibly an acid bottle (postmedieval)
- Broken white delft ointment pot (c.18th century)
- Broken basaltware pottery, probably Wedgewood, tea or coffee pot handle (c.18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (18th century)
- Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
- Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
- Delft pottery (c.17th–18th century)
6 October
Lord’s Prayer medallion, fresh from the mud
14 October, Central London – North and South Banks
- 48x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
- Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
- Copper alloy mount/stud. (medieval or postmedieval)
- The top of a pewter button (c.17th century)
- Heart-shaped brooch, missing pin (c.20th century)
- Lead token: fleur de lyss/initial H.I on the reverse
- Lead token: initial ‘P’
- Iron knife blade with London dagger cutler’s mark (c.1650)
- Window lead (c.16th century)
- Bone working waste (postmedieval)
- Wooden pocket sundial (postmedieval, possibly 17th century
- Half a clay wig curler (18th century)
- Clay pipes (2x 17th, 1x 18th century century)
- Green-glazed pottery (postmedieval)
- Clear lead-glazed pottery, possibly a colander (postmedieval)
- Pipkin leg (postmedieval)
- Slipware pottery (postmedieval)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (18th century)
- Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
17 October, Deptford
- 6x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 14x coppering nails with the ordnance mark (late 18th–early 19th century)
- 4x long clay pipe stems (c.18th century)
- 6x ceramic pipkin legs (medieval to postmedieval)
- 2x inner shoe soles, left and right (c. early 19th century)
- Studded outer shoe sole, right (c. early 19th century)
- Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy tie or stock pin with a stylised flower head (c.1860)
- A General Service button (c.1940)
- A gunflint from a musket or rifle (postmedieval)
- Broken two-sided boxwood comb (c.16th century)
- Handmade pipe clay ball
- Clay pipes (1x 17th century, 2x 18th century, 1x 19th century)
- Neck of a green-glazed costrel/drinking bottle (medieval)
- Green-glazed pottery (medieval and postmedieval)
- Staffordshire combed slipware (c.18th century)
- Broken willow pattern transferware saucer (late 18th to early 19th century)
19 October, Broadstairs
- 24x sea beads – fossil sponges (porosphaera) with natural holes
21 October, Central London – South Bank
- 4x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 4x hazelnut shells (c.postmedieval)
- Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy belt end in the shape of a shield (postmedieval)
- Trouser button: BINGHAM • CONDUIT ST. (c.19th)
- Lead type: ‘h’ (c.20th century)
- Lead musket ball
- Window lead (c.16th century)
- Shard of green window glass (medieval or postmedieval)
- Raspberry prunt from a rummer beaker or goblet (17th–18th century)
- Bone working waste (postmedieval)
- Black pebble with a white circle
- Swan feather
- Plane tree leaf
- Clay pipes (17th century)
- Chunk of mosaic floor (c.19th century)
- Malting tile (c.19th century)
- Roman hypocaust
- Chinese porcelain (18th century)
- Creamware pottery (c.18th century)
- Delft pottery (17th –8th century)
21 October
Bankside by the wall, looking east to the City
2 November, Central London – North and South Banks
- 14x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2 x small lead seals, possibly bag seals (c.20th century)
- Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
- White glass pin head (postmedieval)
- 2p and 1p coins (1971)
- Plain lead disc (postmedieval)
- Plain copper alloy disc (postmedieval)
- Green plastic Smarties (1988–2005)
- Plastic Asda supermarket token (modern)
- Laminated card for Shri Swaminarayan Mandir UK ‘a place of paramount peace’ (modern)
- Bone working waste (postmedieval)
- Sawn and drilled shinbone end (postmedieval)
- Wooden spacer or washer (postmedieval)
- Clay pipes (1x 18th century clay pipe, 3x 17th century)
- Glass working waste (postmedieval)
- Roman hypocaust
- Colour-coated slipware pottery (Roman)
- Burnished blackware pottery (Roman)
- Flat strap-like handle, probably from a large clay jug (medieval)
- Green-glazed pottery (medieval and postmedieval)
- Base of a jug or tankard with the potter’s fingerprints (medieval)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (18th century)
- Westerwald pottery (c.18th century)
2 November
Queenhithe, looking west to Southwark Bridge and the Shard
3 November, Central London – North Bank
- 5x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy scallop shell, possibly a mount (postmedieval)
- Corset loop (c.19th century)
- Lead cloth seal with the initials ‘PC’ in a heart with a cross running through it (c.16th century)
- Bachelor or solitaire button (c. late 19th century)
- Copper alloy thimble (c.15th century)
- Lead musket ball (postmedieval)
- Striped bead
- Rectangle of bone with T+I scratched into it, possibly a love token (postmedieval)
- Inner shoe sole, left (c.16th century)
- Raw agate
- Clay pipes (18th century)
- Foot of a red ware colander (postmedieval)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Hand painted porcelain (18th–19th century)
- Chinese porcelain (18th century)
- Staffordshire combed slipware (c.18th century)
3 November
Fifteenth century thimble in situ, as found
15 Nov, Central London – North and South Banks
- 16x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Pocket watch winder (19th century)
- Plain silver ring, no hall marks (postmedieval to modern)
- Broken,base metal signet ring (c.20th century)
- Lead type: ‘.’ (c.20th century)
- Large pewter mount, possibly from horse harness (postmedieval)
- Lead musket or pistol ball (postmedieval)
- Small iron cannon ball (postmedieval)
- Sawn and drilled shinbone end (postmedieval)
- Bone working waste
- Knife handle with blue viviante
- Money cowrie shell (Monetaria moneta)
- Fool’s gold (iron pyrite)
- Plastic Lego chain (modern)
- Clay pipes (18th century)
- Part of the base of a glass tumbler (postmedieval)
- Redware, possibly the rim of a jar or large jug (postmedieval)
- salt-glazed stoneware, bellarmine (17th century)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
- Feather -dged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
18 November, Central London – South Bank
- Rusty and encrusted padlock (c.19th century)
22 November, Lyme Regis
- 21x ammonite fossils
- 17x fossilised ‘bubbles’
- 2x coprolites (fossilsed poo, possibly from an Ichthyosaur)
- Ichthyosaur vertebra
- Mudstone filled with ammonites
- Fossilised Gryphaea ‘devil’s toenail’
- Fossilised bivalve shell
- Short section of fossilised Crinoid stalk.
- Fossilised Belemnite, the hard internal skeleton of an extinct squid
- Fool’s gold (iron pyrite)
- Raw quartz
- World War I Machine Gun Corps button (1915–1919)
- Sixpence (1949)
- Farthing (1925)
- Elizabeth II thruppence (1937-1967)
- 2x old halfpennies, too corroded to see the date or the monarch (c.20th century)
- Old penny, too corroded to see the date or the monarch (c.20th century)
- End of a spoon with crowned ‘EIIR’, possibly a Coronation souvenir (20th century)
- World War I Croix de Guerre medal (1915–1919)
- Trouser button (c.19th century)
- Green glass bead
- Codd bottle marble
- White ceramic fivestone
- Small, brass number ‘6’, possibly broken off a military badge
- Melted ‘bonfire’ glass
- Blob of frosted white glass
- Round lead weight with a wire loop, possibly a clock weight or a fishing weight
Wed 30 Nov (low tide 0.96m @ London Bridge, 12.37) CENTRAL LONDON – North and South Side
- 13x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
- 3x semi-precious stone and glass bracelets (modern)
- 2x lead shot (postmedieval)
- 2x sawn and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
- Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
- Copper alloy ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
- Decorated pewter buckle plate (c.14th century)
- Button from a pair of jeans or similar (modern)
- Plain button with STANDARD • COLOUR • TREBLE • GILT on the back (19th century)
- Plastic yellow toy plane (c.1960)
- Raw quartz
- Fool’s gold (iron pyrite)
- Flint geode
- Piece of abalone mother of pearl
- Large ceramic ball, probably a milling ball (c.19th century)
- Half a large glass marble
- Part of the base of a glass tumbler (postmedieval)
- Neck of a tiny glass bottle (modern)
- Glass bottle stopper (19th–early 20th century)
- Green-glazed pottery (medieval)
- Delft pottery (17th or 18th century)
- Decorated creamware pottery (c.18th century)
- Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
2 December, A Secret Location
- 14x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- 6x twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
- 2x plain mounts/studs and a mount shaped like a miniature horseshoe (postmedieval)
- Large copper alloy buckle (19th or 20th century)
- Lead shot still attached to a casting sprue (postmedieval)
- Lead Naga, Hindu offering (modern)
- Pinner’s bone (c.16th century)
- Flat strap-like handle, probably from a large clay jug (medieval)
- Thumbed base from a stoneware jug or tankard (medieval)
- The side and handle from a stoneware jug (c.17th century)
- Piece of redware colander (postmedieval)
- Delft pottery (17th–18th century)
11 December, Central London – South Bank
- 14x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- 3x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
- Pear-shaped pewter mount/stud (medieval)
- Round copper alloy mount/stud (medieval or postmedieval)
- Rectangular buckle (c. 17th century)
- Black glass button, missing its copper alloy shank (16th or 17th century)
- Glass working waste (postmedieval)
- Sawn and drilled shinbone end (postmedieval)
- Triangular kiln support or stilt (postmedieval)
- Base of a pot (Anglo Saxon or Roman)
- Midlands purple ware pottery (1400 to 1750)
- Delft pottery (17th or 18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
- Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
11 December
Fog on the Thames
15 December, Central London – South Bank
- 2x .380 Revolver calibre bullets (c. mid 20th century)
- 2x pieces of window lead (c.16th century)
- Trouser button (c.19th century)
- Handmade iron nail (postmedieval)
- Victorian half penny (1901)
- Silver short cross half penny from the reign of Edward III (1327–77)
- Iron crossbow bodkin (15th century)
- Grey pebble with white lines
- Blue plastic tiddlywink.
- A piece of bone working waste.
- Plain clay pipe (18th century)
- Decorated clay pipe: swan (19th century)
- Green-glazed pottery (medieval)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
27 December, Chelsea
- Clay pipe (19th century)
- A clay pipe stem with mouthpiece (c.19th century)
- Half a clay wig curler (18th century)
- Bottom half of a toothpaste pot (c.19th century)
- Piece of hunting jug featuring two dogs, possibly Doulton (19th century)
- Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
- Delft pottery (c.18th century)
- Transferware (19th century)
31 December, Greenwich and Deptford
- 4x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
- Metal grommet, possibly from a small sail or tarpaulin (c.19th century)
- Short length of hand forged iron chain, 7 links (postmedieval)
- Musket ball (postmedieval)
- Advertising token, WITH MILLIE EDWARDS LOVE on one side and WITH GENERAL MITES COMPLIMENTS (19th century)
- Half an inner shoe sole, left (medieval)
- Studded shoe heel, left (c. early 19th century)
- Well patched outer shoe sole, right (c.early 19th century)
- Piece of hardwood with signs of working
- Piece of worked and shaped bone
- Half a flint geode
- Green marble, possibly from a codd bottle (c.20th century)
- The neck and string lip from a wine bottle (c.18th century)
- The neck and blob lip from a mineral bottle (19th century)
- Clay pipes (1x 17th century clay pipe, 1x 19th century clay pipe)
- Green-glazed pottery (medieval).
- Redware pottery (postmedieval).
- Redware pottery frying pan or pipkin handle (postmedieval)
- Redware pottery handle, possibly from a platter, with finger impressions (postmedieval)
- Salt-glazed stoneware pottery: bellarmine (c.17th century)
- Purple and white delft pottery with painted peacock or crane (c.18th century)
- Delft pottery (c.17th–18th century)
- Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
31 December
Happy New Year from Deptford