Mudlarking 90

[squirmelia]

There were a few other mudlarks on the foreshore at low tide, and I was late, so felt like I'd missed all the good things.

But! I did solve the mystery of my previous find, which people had guessed was grapeshot or milling balls or sheep poo! It's kind of concretey, and the concrete must have broken away, leaving just the balls.

There were crab legs on the shore which made me sad.

I found a few tiny pieces of Westerwald.



(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)

Comments

[spiralsheep]

I'd also like to heft the balls to feel the weight and see the texture under a hand lens before declaring it definitely blast furnace slag (other slags are available!) - I found a weird melted ceramic + glass rod in the estuary of the River Dee years ago and it's been examind by actual experts and they didn't know what it was either!