Treasure hunting on the Thames, with Jo Ellison
Life and Art from FT Weekend
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What I Love About Hagstones
Hagstone is a piece of flint that we created millions of years ago. Theyre called hagstones because people kept them at their doors to keep witches away. Just before christmas i found what is thought to be a sixteenth century sword, a on the foot. It's got a wooden handle inlaid with a copper alloy wire. And it's still ot about half the blade. So if you find something like that, it's really, really precious. The fact that it's wooden, something like tht wouldn't survive anywhere else er. You must just become more and more obsese the more time you spent about here,. Because you're always learning you do
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