mudlarking, metal detecting, & more!

𖥔 ݁ ˖ ☾ a treasure hunter’s reading list! 𖤓 .𖥔 ݁ ˖

(looking for) books about mudlarking, metal detecting, beachcombing, scavenging, dumpster-diving, magnet-fishing, bone/rock/shell/seaglass collecting, rockhounding, digging for treasure, exploring, etc.

please leave some recommendations!! ♡

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created by fairyskull

last updated August, 2026

7 books

Sea Glass Guide: The Ultimate Sea Glass Hunting Companion

Lucy Tapper

London in Fragments: A Mudlark's Treasures

Ted Sandling

Things We Found in the Ground: A Metal Detecting Journey Through Britain, new for 2026

Eleanor Bruce

A Mudlarking Year: Finding Treasure in Every Season

Lara Maiklem

Empire of Scrounge: Inside the Urban Underground of Dumpster Diving, Trash Picking, and Street Scavenging (Alternative Criminology)

Jeff Ferrell

Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames

Lara Maiklem

The Accidental Detectorist: The Adventures of a Reluctant Metal Detectorist

Nigel Richardson

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