S1.02 - Secrets of the Thames: Alessio Checconi's Journey as a Mudlark

Alessio Checconi @london_madlark – Alessio is a micro-palaeontologist and mudlark. In this episode he discusses how the pandemic fuelled his passion for mudlarking, the rituals he undertakes to ensure successful searching, and his 16 th century home in Suffolk, where he and his partner have discovered several ancient items, secreted in the walls, to ward off witches and evil spirits.In this episode Alessio the mudlark talks aboutfinding treasures on the banks of the River Thameshow he got interested in mudlarking during the pandemicthe rituals he undertakes to ensure a successful larkhistoric items buried in his Elizabethan / Tudor home to ward off evil spirits and witches Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.