Mudlark discovers giant mammoth tooth

[Still Waters]

When scouring the murky and mucky contents of rivers or creeks, it’s rare for a mudlark to stumble upon significant historical relics or artifacts.

Therefore, when it does happen, it is considered something of a spectacle. Such was the case when veteran mudlark Alan Murphy came across a woolly mammoth tooth in the River Thames in London, England earlier this year.

Historically, mudlarking was a desperate and dangerous means of making a living — scavenging in the foul-smelling mud of the tidal foreshore for whatever could be sold, be it rags, coal or old rope. Unlike their Victorian predecessors, today’s mudlarks scour the waterline as a pastime.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/05/01/mammoth-tooth/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6963489/Giant-prehistoric-MAMMOTH-tooth-discovered-banks-River-Thames-veteran-mudlark.html