Mudlark

Mudlarks were people who scavenged for goods of value in river mud. This was common in England during the Victorian era.
Jenny Flint assumed that she was descended from generations of mudlarks. (AUDIO: Rulers of Earth)
Thomas Brewster was a mudlark for Creek in 1867. (AUDIO: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster) 
Patsy was a mudlark in the 1880s and the 1890s. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang; AUDIO: Jago & Litefoot & Patsy)
Category:Occupations from the real world