mudlarking

It's called mudlarking, and it once offered a subsistence living to Victorian urchins, who scrounged the muddy banks for scraps of iron and coal to sell.

SFGate: Top News Stories Susan Lendroth 2009

What are bug-seekers, magical freaks, mudlarking, and turkey men?

Boing Boing: March 2, 2003 - March 8, 2003 Archives 2003

Wodheiha, sensible beast, had refused to enter the morass: but she stood at a loss on the hard margin, and looked soberly at my mudlarking.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

Skif had the feeling that Bazie had taken them more out of pity than anything else; Lyle had brought them in after finding them scouring the riverbanks-mudlarking-for anything they could salvage.

Take A Thief Lackey, Mercedes 2001

Skif had the feeling that Bazie had taken them more out of pity than anything else; Lyle had brought them in after finding them scouring the riverbanks-mudlarking-for anything they could salvage.

Take A Thief Lackey, Mercedes 2001

So I hurried on waterproofs, knowing that we were in for some mudlarking.

Life of John Coleridge Patteson Yonge, Charlotte M 1873

"This is your first lesson in mudlarking, Coley," was the remark of the Bishop as we laughed over our respective appearance.

Life of John Coleridge Patteson Yonge, Charlotte M 1873

As a new exhibition celebrates the Thames, Londoner Nick Curtis goes mudlarking for

Evening Standard - Home 2010

As a new exhibition celebrates the Thames, Londoner Nick Curtis goes mudlarking for

Evening Standard - Home 2010

As a new exhibition celebrates the Thames, Londoner Nick Curtis goes mudlarking for

Evening Standard - Home 2010