Steve brooker, 6 ft. 5 in. Former professional skateboarder, sub-3-hr.-marathon runner, survivor of multiple strokes and the self-appointed tutelary spirit of the Thames, thinks he has found something. To me it looks like mud, but I'm not in a position to argue. Brooker, 48, is a member of the Mudlarks, a society of amateur archaeologists who are licensed by the Port of London Authority to scavenge the banks of the Thames for historical artifacts. Because of Brook-er's oversize frame, his talent for major discoveries and his overall awesomeness, he is known by admirers as the Mud God.rnBrooker rubs a big blackened thumb over the clod of dirt in his hand, and a coin appears-minted, it turns out, sometime from 1625 to 1649.
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