Mudlarking 15
Jun. 9th, 2025 07:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
squirmeliaMudlarking - 15A
It was lunchtime and not much beach could be seen. I’d gone down an alleyway that didn’t smell pleasant, and then down steps, and past flies. I walked back and forth on the small patch of shore anyway, while the tide went out and the beach gradually grew.
I found a small piece of glass, a blue and white sherd, and a mysterious brown metal object. It is not the telescope I imagined it was when I picked it up.
A man sat on the steps, but the tiny patch of foreshore was entirely mine that day.
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Mudlarking 15B
An after work trip to the foreshore, low tide was a few hours before.
A religious looking poster floated in the water, but later appeared on the shore.
An Egyptian goose walked by.
I found a tiny green plastic bottle with a swirl on it and I wondered what it once contained.
I found another square small black tile that looks modern, but I have about 4 now. Maybe I’ll find enough to make a space invader mosaic eventually.
There were a few broken pipe bowls, and what I thought was a piece of green pipe, but now looks like something else.
I found a stone with delightful stripes, or is it a fossil?
It was lunchtime and not much beach could be seen. I’d gone down an alleyway that didn’t smell pleasant, and then down steps, and past flies. I walked back and forth on the small patch of shore anyway, while the tide went out and the beach gradually grew.
I found a small piece of glass, a blue and white sherd, and a mysterious brown metal object. It is not the telescope I imagined it was when I picked it up.
A man sat on the steps, but the tiny patch of foreshore was entirely mine that day.
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Mudlarking 15B
An after work trip to the foreshore, low tide was a few hours before.
A religious looking poster floated in the water, but later appeared on the shore.
An Egyptian goose walked by.
I found a tiny green plastic bottle with a swirl on it and I wondered what it once contained.
I found another square small black tile that looks modern, but I have about 4 now. Maybe I’ll find enough to make a space invader mosaic eventually.
There were a few broken pipe bowls, and what I thought was a piece of green pipe, but now looks like something else.
I found a stone with delightful stripes, or is it a fossil?
Wow!
Date: 2025-06-09 07:54 pm (UTC)Re: Wow!
Date: 2025-06-09 08:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-09 07:57 pm (UTC)15B Stripey rock appears to be banded chert/flint and in that area probablyoriginally a fossil. I think the spiral arrow bottle held an elixir to temporarily transform the drinker into a snail. Pipe bowls look small? If so then also older. Well done. Although I personally still think the Staffordshire slipware combware is the best find (I might have quite a lot from around here, lol). :-)
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Date: 2025-06-10 07:48 pm (UTC)An elixir to transform the drinker into a snail, oh no! Luckily it was empty so I shan't be tempted to drink it, but that means someone already transformed into a snail, eek!
Staffordshire Slipware is so great. Was very glad when I finally found some!