In 18th- and 19th-Century London, mudlarks were impoverished citizens (often children) who scraped a meagre living by scavenging for sellable items in the stinking mud of the Thames at low tide.

Mudlarking, or the scavenging and studying of historical ... objects out of the mud – nearly 37 million people have watched mudlark videos on TikTok. Nicola began mudlarking after discovering ...