Mudlarking the River Thames - A Mystery find emerges from the mud (& several military artefacts)
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- As the mud is washed away by the tide, a new layer of finds is revealed - and some of them are rather mysterious. On this outing I discovered several beautiful artefacts, many of them linked to naval and military history. One of the objects which surfaced is rather mysterious and large. I took it as I particularly love the copper nails and they have admiralty / broad arrows stamped on them. I would love to know what its purpose once was so if you know please comment below.
In this video I show one of Germander Speedwell's new pipe finds. You can find Germander on twitter @GermanderS and her website is germanderspeedwell.org.uk
I also show one of Jennifer Kelly's amazing creations and her website is here: www.creativetotheheart.com
You need a permit from the PLA to mudlark on the Thames and you can find the info at pla.co.uk
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For anyone interested, here's a video of WWII-era London with computer-generated improvements of the film. There are two views of the Thames, along with many street scenes. Very different from today.
ruclips.net/video/QLbPYQcUcgM/видео.html
Thank you. I'm going to enjoy watching this
Hi Nicola, I think you mystery object is a rudder bracket which would originally have had a pivot pin at the points end
The mystery object would be a gudgeon. Part of the hinging arrangement for a wooden rudder. The mate is the pintle. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pintle
Fantastic, Thank you! I shall study this link later this pm
Apparently, square copper nails are still used for making sailboats today since they don't corrode underwater like iron or brass would. The square shape is supposed to make the wood less likely to split than the conical tip of a wire nail. The thing that looks like a washer is something called a rove that makes it possible to mushroom the end of the nail to turn it into a rivet.
Great eye!
Thank you! For some years I have been wondering why "Gudgeon's Meadow" between Bedford and Cardington is so called. The river Great Ouse divides into the "Lower River" or "Navigation Channel" and a by-water linking the Lower River to the "New Cut" which is a flood relief channel into which the "Upper River" overflows. I should think it's where you might need your rudder or tiller to work, really quite urgently as I've seen the by-water reverse its direction of flow by 180 degrees when the river is full.
Gudgeon's Meadow was used as an athletics ground prior to the building of what is now known as the Paul Radcliffe Stadium, on the other side of the intricate river-engineering.
How gratifying to have that confirmed, it was what came to my mind too. I am no expert, but spent enough time sailing on the seas to have seen such things!
Hi Nicola, the mystery object is a ships rudder gudgeon, often made of galvanised iron or gunmetal, there are usually two, a top and bottom one to fit over pins (pintles) fixed to the transom of the boat. The width of the object is the thickness of the wooden rudder it would have housed so looking at it it was about 3 inches which is enormous and would have been on a very large vessel, such as a barge, The copper nails are used as rivets and are held in place with a rove on one end, a sort of washer which is pushed on and the nail peened over. The gudgeon and pintle make up a hinge joint for the rudder to turn.These near identical type of fittings are still used in boat building and are still familiar to a wooden boat builder today. Davey and Co who have been going since the 19th Century still supply them and they might easily be the original makers, hope that helps.
Thank you John. That's hugely useful! really appreciate your help. Nicola
Nicola, I love mudlarking - by default! - alongside you. Did you know (you probably do!) That the remnant of tobacco still left in a pipe is called a "dottle"? Thank you for another lovely and informative video today.
Hi Suzanne, no I didn't know that, but now I do and it's a wonderful word! Thank you so much
Thank You, Suzanne. I just learned something new. : ) Dottle sounds much better than glob. Lol
Before the American Revolution, in the American colonies, large straight trees suitable for use as a ship's mast were property of the crown, regardless of where they may be. A tax collector would mark these trees with the broad arrow using a hatchet and hammer. The Pine Tree Rebellion that preceded the War of Independence had to do with a Tax Collector finding illegally harvested trees with broad arrows on them in a saw mill.
Not everything had a broad arrow though. Alot of British equipment was used by the Confederacy and brass pieces of a British bayonet scabbard I dug were stamped with a crown, and "V. R.".
Thanks so much Dustin. I always appreciate the facts that you come out with including this one. I know that putting the broad arrow on even the nails helped prevent people from stealing them... x
Mast Road got its name from the large white pine trees that were reserved by the King to make masts for the Royal Navy when New Hampshire lands were first granted. ... Anselm College and Pinardville, which was named after Edmond Pinard, a grocer who owned property on the Manchester/Goffstown town line.
@@vicarious1717 Now that is interesting!
It wasn't long ago I saw a house for sale up there, either in NH or VT, I don't remember! But the house , it had been renovated many times and had ultra modern appliances, up to date plumbing and wiring, etc..........The house was built in 1690! Most of the structure was original but I think it was mentioned that a closet in the kitchen was unmodified with the original 1690 door.
I remember the first time I saw a " Broad Arrow " was while watching an episode of the Benny Hill Show. It was a sketch with prisoners and they all wore prison clothes with big broad arrows on them. Does that mean the prisoners were property of the Crown?
Here in North Carolina, no doubt many, many tall pines were “marked” and used for British masts.
So sweet how you rescue the crabs and fish and feed the swans. Wish there were more kind souls like you :)
Barbie Nicola was delightful! Wonderful job and creative accessories. One blobby glass was an onion bottle, Barbie sized, I think.
The mystery object is sea stirrup for riding sea horses, i remember this from a previous life when i was in the Queens under sea highland lancers. 😸
Thank you! Mystery solved at last ❤️😃
@@nicolawhitemudlark Lol!
Great answer 👉🏼 are awesome 😎
Hahaha good one.
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Nicola, buttons buttons buttons everywhere, I say get the Nicola doll on the shelves by Christmas, it would make a smashing gift, cheers.
Nicola,you know that I adore you,you know that I am a super fan.
The beginning of this video,with the mermaid in the sand,it captured my heart.
You are such a delight!
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so glad you enjoyed that Charles! x
That looks like a rudder pintle for a small boat
Could be tip of a yardarm, or part of the masts and rigging.
That's what I thought. Looks almost like the pintle from my sailboat rudder.
Wikipedia has the plans for a 31 foot longboat here: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Longboat_31_ft_1801.jpg And I agree, it may be the upper pintle for the rudder of something that size.
Thank you
The catering button is a very cool find. Loved to see what you find and the history around them.
Just the greatest channel and content creator! 😊❤️
Thanks Tony!
Nicola, I must say, hands down you are the best eagle eye mudlarker. You find the tiniest objects. I kept gasping at each item you uncovered. The catering badge and the very long nail with the broad arrows might have been the best. Also the grouping of tiny metal pieces that formed a fish, just fabulous!!!!! I love how your artistic mind works. Thank you, thank you for a great mudlark adventure. ❤️🇺🇸💟
Thank you so much for watching and for such a lovely comment xx
We were a service family and our married quarter furniture, kitchen equipment etc had a “broad arrow”. We would call it a “bench mark”, though I read that a bench mark is used for surveying; you see them etched on the corner of a building or bridge, for instance. Don’t tell the queen but I have a brown stoneware mixing bowl, which I use for my Christmas puddings, has a bench mark
@@chrisgrill6302 A bench mark denotes UK gov. property
4:14 sure looks like another coin in the upper left.
always love the military finds!
that big metal bracket looks like maybe a keel or rudder reinforcement.
Thank you!
Certainly was a coin at frame 4:42 nestled in the space above your middle and index fingers of your left hand!
Yes, I saw that, too. I was checking the comments to see if anyone else saw it.
The Apostle spoons make an appearance in the Starz series Outlander. You would love the books too. Watching from Missouri. My favorite Mudlarking adventures. I would love to buy one of your Art Fish, but find them only as Sold Out sadly.
They always sell out:( I'm asking Santa Claus for a Christmas fish.🤞
Thank you. Yes I will have some on etsy eventually. It's taking me ages Im sorry! if you give me your email address i'll add it to the list and will let you know when there will be fish on etsy x
If anyone hasn't seen Outlander it's a must watch! However, I would suggest watching from Episode 1 of the series. It's amazing and starting from the beginning will let u understand the progression and some of the mysteries. Really, it's done VERY WELL and the costumes are great.
Corvid 19 makes another appearance. It looks as if, he could be interviewed about his mudlarking experiences he would be quite proud of his collection of chicken bones.
ha ha yes he would Matthew. That did make me chuckle! xx
My ex-squadie brother tells me that the insignia on the ACC cap badge was colloquially known as ‘the flaming piss-pot’.
Oh my goodness! Love that :)
Being an ex-squaddie I can confirm that ACC were known as Andy Capps' Commandos
@b tuber That's the name I remember them by as well!
@b tuber my sister was in the ACC based at CMH Aldershot. And by her cooking skills Aldershot Concrete Company is probably apt,lolol
You have made the nightmare of the pandemic (and here in America, the political riots) less stressful by introducing peaceful river sounds and intriguing mudlarking finds. Thanks.
There are no political riots in the US
@@heehaw8401 You sure about that, mate.
Weren’t all the *protests* last summer? We haven’t had a riot since 1.6.
There were mostly protests in the US in 2020. It's what is needed to bring some issues to the fore of public consciousness and affect a change.
Mostly protests??
Six police officers killed, several civilians, a billion dollars of property damage, many businesses vandalized, etc etc.
Five way to bring attention to violence I guess .
The mystery object could be something to support the end of a barge/boat. Beautiful finds Nicola, always love finding buttons!! Such personal finds.
Thanks Adam! you could be right there. yes, buttons are so special aren't they!
I think you're right about the end of a boat Adam, take a bow but expect some stern criticism 😬🍻
One nail apeard to be stamped with the Ordanance Stamp up turned Arrow
The last part of the vid edited with your research and items cleaned up is fantastic! I know that's a lot of work but it makes your vids stand out.
Thanks Jeanne ❤️
I noticed the gourds in the background and wondered what the story was . I'm a member of the Texas Gourd Society and I'm so curious! BTW, I love Mud Girl!
Hi Mari. Wow, the Texas Gourd Society! Well someone in the USA sent me that dried gourd that they had painted. I really love it! It actually could be a bird box for nesting - as there is a hole in it
Nicola, you looked absolutely stunning. As did your little "Mini me" by Jennifer Kelly (fantastic job Jennifer! You got the black and white striped good luck tee, the pink boots, the little trowel, the hair was spot on, the little fanny pack, everything, including your recreation of the foreshore! I wax dying when it was shown!! You are awesome!! I loved this soooo much and Nicola adding it at the closing standing in the.mud on the foreshore was priceless)!!! ( : Plus your metal pieces fish was delightful and beautifully made as well as charming!
Loved this whole video today! It was full of serendipitous surprises and interesting fun finds! ( : Have a great rest of your week! ( : 💖💖💖 Tracy ( :
Thank you so much Tracy. I am so glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the lovely compliments! Sending you love and you have a great week too xx
Thank you! ❤️
Lovely sentiment but can North American reviewers refrain from calling a bum bag/hip bag a f**** pack? It's a very rude word in the UK and not to be mentioned in polite discourse.
Cheerio
@@lawrencegt2229 haha Lawrence 😃
The mystery object with brass nails could have been protecting the end of a wooden beam ("Balkenschuh" in German)
Back again ,we went to dinner at our daughters.
I agree 1100%with Dave Richards below, this chunk of metal was part of the fittings to a reasonably large rudder ,probably wooden, the broad arrow marked "Nails" are probably rivets that woud have held the wooden blade of the rudder and have a hole at the top "gudgeon" which would fit over the the Rudder pintles which are the hanging pins on which the gudgeons fit and pivot(there would be several of these depending on the size of the rudder and some mechanism at the head of the rudder to attach a tiller or other steering mechanism,This could have been a rudder on a Thames Barge or a Lighter both of which were used extensively on the Thames.Your's with the broad arrow and your location near Greenwich would indicate some Royal Naval attachment.
I never tire of through research you turn up fascinating stories from history along with an appreciation of the natural history of the Thames be it a graceful swan or a gull pecking at some tit bit .I can see that Catering Corps button being featured in your upcomong talk which alas I wont be able to attend.I couldnt close without commenting on your gorgeous jacket all sparkly like your eyes and your hair so sleak and very glamourous.I also have to comment on your lack of Pink wellies in this vlog but fel a little better in that the Cindy doll was suitably attired.
Great vlog Nicola so good to see you back ion your beloved Thames foreshore XXX
Agreed.
Great comment and details, Ralph!
The Army Catering Corps, those who can't fight, bake!
That is a very elegant cardigan. Looking lovely, as usual.
Why thank you!! x
You're passing over tons of bronze and copper ship fittings. The larger heavy item appears to be the remains of a ship's deadeye. Fascinating picking in the Thames. I'd love to join you on the flats. Only a little history has passed through those waters.
What an enjoyable video! As you turned over a rock and found another antique coin I was chuckling...all I ever find that way are squigly bugs! I loved the fish you crafted from the pieces of metal you found, you inspire me to be more creative. The Tideline Art Nic (aka Barbie) is wonderful, so many details. Thanks again!
Those copper nails are really special because they were a favorite target of 19th century mudlarks, who as you know sold them to the marine shops for a pittance.That allowed these very poor persons to buy a bit of bread, or cheese as their only meal.
My great grandfather was in the catering corps, I have his medals on display and a certificate he was awarded with for his work in the community after the war!
Awesome finds, love the history you found and saved!
Brilliant finds!! And I love mudlarking Barbie!!!!❤❤
Mudlark Barbie is a Collector Doll for certain! How about a Mudlark Ken.... err.... Simon?
@@martinjcamp perfect!
Just ran across your channel. Fascinating! Thank you for sharing.
my favorite show! greetings from Mexicali, Mexico!!
Thanks Raul! Hello to you over there in Mexico!! xx
2:30 see what you did there! “Something very tactile”……
Your Barbie is awesome! Jennifer included such great details. Side note: Finding the comments on this video very informative
Thanks Christy. Yes, we are so lucky to have such a great community on this channel I have to say. Everyone is so helpful and knowledgeable x
Great video! Tell me, does the Nicola doll come with dirty fingernails? 🤣 BTW, you looked absolutely lovely in your shop.
Thanks Robert. well she should come with dirty fingernails!
What a lot of lovely things you found! I jumped when I noticed the demon dog sat behind you during the round up 😱😂
The more times I see it, the cuter it gets. Love that grin!
@@susanbdusan2785 it's true, it does get cuter!!
Thanks Beth. Yes the dog is right at home now and is very happy x
Have you considered adding an old toothbrush to your hunting kit?
My dear old Poppa was in the Army Catering Corps! Lovely to see one, sadly don't have his one just in a photo. Great finds!!
Thanks Dee! Was your Poppa a good cook?! x
Sending positive energy blessings and prayers my Sister from Pittsburgh PA.USA🌙🌕🌜I love the doll...Have a blessed day..(MawDuKeStheGoOdWiTcH🧹🌏🔥🌬️🌊)😘
Thank you Lori xx 💞
Sunday is my favorite day of the week. I look so forward to your videos.
Thanks Judy. So glad you enjoy them xx
Oh, and i loved the fish you made with the metal finds..
thank you!
I loved everything, but the Barbie tribute to you with diorama was truly epic!
Hi Nicola, love watching your videos, such enthusiasm for history and finds, well done xx
@@suzannelewis9817 Thank you Suzanne x
Thanks Cindy! so glad you enjoyed x
Love your channel. US here. Usually watch on big TV can’t comment there but here to see what the heck that Navy piece might be lol. If you find out please include in next video. Curiosity killing me…..
But while I’m here… great channel always interesting, always entertaining & always relaxing.
Great job! God Bless & happy mudlarking to you!!❤️💐👍🏻🍀
Thank you ❤️
I’ve been following you for about 3 years but as Cynthia patterson , I love seeing what you find it’s the history and the wonder of where it’s been and who had it , it’s fascinating to me
Thank you Cyndy. Im so glad you're enjoying xx
Hi Nicola, I just recently found your Channel and I just LOVE it. I have been binge watching for days now. You mudlarkers are my kindred spirits. I thought, I was the only one to pick up old nails, pottery chards and marbles 😊 Unfortunately, where I live (Denmark) there is no Thames, so my finds come from digging in the garden.
Right now just paused at 20:59 where you are picking up the mother-of-pearl button. I have just spotted a dolls face to the left of your hand - will you see it? The suspense is killing me. Have to go and find out 😂
Hello!! I'm so glad you've discovered the channel. Welcome! There's lots of people here who love discovering stuff in the mud! Happy Christmas 🎄 xx
Wow! Great opening sequence!
Thank you!
OMG ...just sitting down after dinner with a cuppa to enjoy Sir Tony on the telly...talking about the Thames, and who do I spot in her familiar striped top and flowing golden hair!!! Hello Nicola...on tv in New Zealand. But we don’t get too excited ...it’s probably a repeat!
Hi! Oh how funny. I hope you enjoyed it. I remember that outing very well. It was a lot of fun xx
Who wouldn't Love a beautiful old Nail? ... Or are we a little Strange? 😬 Loved the large Copper one. Thanks for this wonderful Episode!
Thank you! yes, isn't that large one amazing!!
Lovely lady and an incredible channel. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video. Thank you and Greetings from California :)
Thank you ❤️
Always a pleasure! Thank you Nicola for the adventures! Love history xx
Thank you Paula! x
@@nicolawhitemudlark I would totally be down in the muck w you poking around if I were closer! I love this and enjoy watching yoU and Si! Continued blessings🐠🐟
At 20.33 Yes its a shot gun shell base, 12 gauge CAC NZ Its made by CAC Colonial Ammunition Company here in Auckland, New Zealand where I live.. I think. I wonder how it all the way over there to the Thames. Have you ever tried electrolysis for cleaning up steel items? You need a packet of Washing soda, NOT BAKING Soda, a 12v car battery charger, water, and a piece of waste steel and some copper wire. and an old bucket. The washing soda and water into the plastic bucket. Wire one of the terminals to the item you want derusted (LoL) and the other to the piece of waste steel with the copper wire. You can use a clothes peg to keep the wires on the opposite side of the container/bucket. The terminals/items must not touch each other. The only thing i cant remember is the polarity for sure. I'm thinking it positive to the waste steel. Turn on the charger and the water will slowly go cloudy and it will strip the rust of the item over a day or so. if you have the polarity right. Experiment a bit Its quite safe.
Thank you! I shall try that
That mermaid pipe is so beautiful!!! You had good finds today!
isn't it gorgeous. Germander is very good at spotting magical pipes
You found a clock escape mechanism at 14:59 / 38:53. Part of a grandfather clock. Also, you found a brass 12 Bore shotgun cartridge case. The heavy 'U' iron with the copper nails reminds me of the wooden cannon carriers. At the breach-end on smaller guns, you have something like these fitted.
Thank you
My favorite video you’ve made so far. Loved the mermaid 🧜🏻♀️ appearing from the Thames and the fishy you saved was so precious. You had a great day. That cap badge and the glass seal were both cool food finds. I wonder what kind of cap it went on. A regular military cap or a special caterer’s cap? Was that a wine bottle? Or maybe water? Cool how that part was heavy enough that it survived perfectly intact, broken away from the bottle.
Your talk will go brilliantly. I know this because that’s my 65th birthday 🎂
Stay well. Stay safe. Take care Nicola 🤍🕊
Thank you Linda! x
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Happy Upcoming Birthday Linda! Mine is the same day also!
@@TheValueOfLaughing happy Birthday 🎈 to us!! Aren’t we perfectly awesome Virgos?
@@Mountlougallops Absolutely!
I can just hear the Napoleonic English Officer saying when he lost the button from his very fine gentleman's officer coat "A gentleman must learn to love his profession and then therefore an officer must have a handsome uniform, and oh! damn! I've lost a button!" I'll be in the thick of it if the Major sees me!" Quick! a Tailor!"
Excellent! 😃
Lovely finds Nicola. The iron ON OFF switch reminds me of a gold pendant I once saw at Garrard's jewellers - ON OFF switch for a woman's moods - ON was green emerald, OFF was a red ruby - rather appropriate I thought!
ha ha Tim. very funny indeed :) I suppose !!
The copper nailed "clamp" or "hinge" is part of a rudder. Lovely find if you could find which ship. Always be you Nichola x
Thank you ❤️
Ah, so if the broad arrow points down either my beer or myself is the wrong way up ? 🤔Cheers Nicola 🍻
ha ha yes I guess so
Hello Nicola,i am wish you a good new week(i write you from Germany)my english is not so good.....have good time
Thanks Marietta x
Hi Nicola, I think the Mysterious find is a version of a Sistrum, some had extended rods for change in tone some didn't, the later Roman versions were more like this one.
I thought it might have been a deck scupper off an old boat but rudderpintle sounds better to this landlubber. The army catering corps badge is a brilliant find. My maternal grandfather was a cook in the English army in WWII so that strikes close to my heart. I remember many a Sunday dinner of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding by his hand. He lived between Putney and Richmond and he used to take us on walks over chiswick bridge.Thanks for bringing back memories forgotten by a young lad of 6-10yrs old back in the late 60’s
Thank you. what lovely memories too! x
@Nicky L I almost edited that in after I read it. My grandad was actually born in Galway his father was a Connaught Ranger during the Great War.Great grandad was actually half Irish half Scottish but he moved his family to London around 1920. I didn’t understand why at the time but grand was quick to differentiate between the Irish and the English in conversation but if his Scottish heritage came up he had no comment and the genealogy talk was over with at that point. I should note that he was a Campbell but that’s another history lesson. Thank you for correcting me. I think that Galway grandad resented the fact that “the Devil’s Own” wasn’t reactivated so he was just a displaced Irishman serving in an Englishman’s army perchance? What do I know I’m half yank quarter Irish and quarter English; just another world mongrel. Sorry TMI
Could that be a trail piece from a cannon?
My dad was an American naval cook in WWII, and also made a roast with Yorkshire pudding for Sunday dinner. His maternal grandparents were from Yorkshire.
Hello Nic - I've missed you! For whatever reason, your vids haven't shown up in my feed for some time now. So nice to see you!
Hi Wes! Oh that's a shame. Make sure you got the notification button. I think RUclips changed the settings 😘
Super interesting finds and the extra info you provide on them adds even more great context. Thanks for another great Sunday treat nicola. From ash Xx
Thanks Ash. Lots of love from me xx
Always a pleasure. Love the fish
Yay! Have not even started watching yet, but had to give you a shout-out!
Thanks Dana x
Like many, I'm struggling to cope. Thank you for a bit of peace.
I hope you feel better soon. sending you love and hugs. xx
Such a fun lark today! Always love seeing your finds. The Cap Badge and the Apostle spoon are just wonderful! Not only do I look forward to your round-ups with the clean up of the found treasures and the background on the items, but I love looking at your shelves behind you and seeing so many treasures sitting there that I was with you when they were found. Ah, such good times I have had on our many larks together, even though I am clear across the pond! Take care, stay safe. Keep all those you cherish close. ~Jen
Thank you and Im so glad you enjoy xx
Maybe the penny wasn't Iost, might have been thrown into the river for Iuck!
very true!
Lovely episode! Lots of interesting finds. Great idea to collect the modern coins to donate. It would be fun to have viewers guess how much you collect in a year. All the best, Chris from Florida
Thanks Chris. That's a great idea!
Whatever you collect maybe we can do a thing where we get people to match the amount for charity I’d love to help
Awesome information about your fines and history and your video lovely photos of the day fines you stay blessed and see you again on the next episode O so had a wonderful birthday sorry you didn't get to be there 🙏🥰❤
Thank you Roger xx
WOW! You always surprise us with something-really liked the opening today.
Thanks Robert!
I got told that the broad arrow comes from the royal mint that was in the Tower of London…where the ravens walked…"? True or false.
That I will need to check!
What I like is you can go over the same place over several tides and find something interesting. In my teens I found a silver sixpence on a beach but it had the the name of a trading company on it.
oh fabulous find. I would love to find something like that!
The Army Catering Corps (the flaming piss pots) as told to me by one of my dads friends. He was in it. Cheers.
Haha great nickname!
Wonderful finds Nicola! My favorite is the Heart shaped Fossil! Love your Glamorous Jacket! Very Chic!!
I think my old eyes are getting tuned. You walked past what looked like a wrench right after the bottle seal. Looked like an old one to me, I don't know.
A lot of people have mentioned that! I must go back and collect it!
Hey nic, at timestamp 1637, theres a whitish stone n behind that a greyish stone n to the left of that it looked like a round pin?
i shall check!
Hola Nicola!!! Felicitaciones!!! Me encanta lo que hacés!!!! Soy fanática de las cucharas y llaves!!! Por favor traducir al español. Soy de Argentina.
nice what you are doing.i live in the netherlands i watch a lot of your youtube vedio i am also learning english so i hope you don't mind me picking up your vedio`s mi neme is joeri yuri
Thank you! Welcome ❤️
Hi good to see you could you give more information about the 19th please would love to attend . X
Hi Ruth, it's sold out unfortunately so I'm told but just in case here's the link thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/a-mudlarks-feast-4862/
I will see if we are going to film it
Hey, Nic! Maybe Simon will use his homemade electrolysis set up to clean up your key!?
Wow-that's a huge penny!
Just subscribed! I’m a metal detectorist myself, but I love mudlarking! 😎👍🍀
Thank you! I've just subscribed to you!
Thanks! I’ve just started with my channel and I’m only doing one video a month at the moment now. 😄👍
Pipes and pipes ,brilliant Nicola, so relaxing watching your show, I wonder what I would find down at the clyde side?
Nicola your pink shiny jacket is just gorgeous on you!!!!
Thank you! I love sparkles ❤️
Cześć Nikola .👋 Masz o demnie suba i łapke w gurę 👍szukasz bez detektora nad Tamizą ja lubię oglądać poszukiwaczy 😀👍👍👍👍👍
I am an environmental engineer. I am wondering; Why are there more ancient objects in the "River Thames" than today's waste (plastic bottle-packaging waste etc)?
the Thames has always been used as a rubbish bin since London began!
@@nicolawhitemudlark I live in "Cesme-İzmir". I found broken pottery on the beach and in the fields. I met people who collect them. They said the objects were from the population exchange 100 years ago. I guess because people couldn't take them with them, they broke the ceramics and porcelain so that others could not use them. Another interesting detail: Before leaving, people hid valuable objects such as gold etc. inside the walls of their houses.
Hi Nicola, what can I say that I loved about your video? Everything! ! ❤️ From the opening sand mermaid to the Nicola doll mud larking in the Thames. ❤️. You looked marvelous in that beautiful jacket you were wearing. Oh, I also loved the metal pieces you made into a fish. Great idea with all the metal pieces you find. Time will tell how much money you find and put in the charity box. Thank you, Joyce ❤️🇺🇸
Thank you Joyce! hugs, Nicola x
Another enjoyable piece of a day spent with you . What an eye you have developed for seeing the foreshore minutiae .When given a chance to look for the treasure you have spotted , I almost always fail .
10:36 a grease valve ! The fish knows where the journey goes! He was so calm didnt jump around- great job!
yes I am very relieved he didn't jump off the trowel
Oh my goodness! Nicola barbie!!! That was awesome jennifer!! Lovit!
1918 coin might have a HH or N by the 1918 for mint marks
Thank you. I'll look later! Just off to hoo Island
Wonderful finds and history behind them . Thanks for shared your video.from shirley from new Bern, north carolina u.s.a ❤❤🎉😮🎉😅😊🎉🎉🎉
You are fantastic! Just found you, subscribed and now binge watching. When I was younger, I dreamed at night and wanted at day to do the same thing as you in our neighborhood Stoneycreek River in PA. Thank you for being so enjoyable and educational!
Hi Patricia! I'm so glad you found me :) and I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. Isn't searching for historical treasures fun?! X
14:20 the L shaped brass is a corner protector for a lockable diary, along with the rest of the writing stuff.
Your button can be found at: BRITISH MILITARY, LIVERY & ROYAL BUTTONS TO GO Description: British ARMY Uniform Coat ButtonCategory: ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERYMaterial/SIZE: 21mmBackmark: I. (JOHN) McGOWAN / LondonDate: 1800-1820 GEORGE III ~ WAR OF 1812.
Ahh the Catering Corp... Affectionaly know as Slop Jockeys by the Military Guys