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Rich_G
To be fair, it has been called mudlarking since the 17th century.
You are quite correct though, it is just fucking about next to the river.
I only got into it for a few months. Best finds? Some clay beads which aren't really dateable but are at least 500 years old. A bunch of clay pipes (some more interesting and older than others) and my absolute favourite...an ivory wax tablet stylus. Museum of London identified it for me and thought it would have been used by somebody stocktaking on a cargo boat in the days before paper and fumbled into the river. A whole lot of 17th and 18th century coins from countries in Europe and even Africa. Finding a leather shoe from the middle ages was pretty cool too.
Edit: And loads of musket balls!