Yours is my favorite of all the mudlarking channels.. great voice, interesting narrative and without fail, a smile! Thank you so much for your rather infrequent uploads.. Hahaha!! (Loved the bottles, by the way!)
Yes, please. I would love to see "a truely weird and disquieting monstrosity" of a ceramic victorian art piece made by you. Yes I know I am 2 years late to the video. Just when I think I've seen all your vids, well I find one I have not watched or forgot if I did.
Tom, I found out about your channel after watching the colab with Nicola. You have such relaxing and interesting videos...you got yourself a new subscriber!
I started watching the Northern Mudlarks, and am fascinated by mudlarking. The only beaches here worth 'beachcombing' are at the south end of our island, and I am still too incapacitated to do it as yet. But I enjoy your adventures, and your calm, quiet, reassuring voice, which makes you easy listening like soft music. I have yet to visit your friends sites more often but I am enchanted by the way nature is highlighted by glimpses into the past and anticipation of the future. Thank you.
This huge bottle dump is both awesome and distressing. Your finds were great, the landscape scarring is terrible and makes me sad! But what a great place to get old bottles! The area around there is very similar to that of where I live here in Kansas USA! I love watch your clips of the wildlife and surrounding areas. Please stay safe and be careful,
What is it about old bottles? Like so many of us, I love them! Tom, your bottle find is incredible. I do wish I could go there (but I’m not steady enough on my feet ). My favourite is the triangular one (or prism shape). I only use glassware for food storage, having developed a true distaste for plastic in my home. My friend and I scour charity and antique shops for interesting glassware. Maybe you can sell some of yours through your shop. (If it’s worth the effort). Thanks for a wonderful riverside walk 💧💦💧💦💧💦💧💦💧💦💧💦💧
I think light shining through vintage glass is a lovely simple pleasure. The triangular one is my favorite too... I found another one, which is identical apart from lacking the irridescence; afraid I've given it away already. Bottles in the Etsy shop is a tough one, I sent a package of them to Greece, and even packaging them as well as I possibly could, one still broke. Something to plan for, and think about.... but not there yet. Glad you're enjoying my videos, and thanks for your lovely comments. 🙂
Thanks Raima Mohommed, I'm glad you can enjoy repeated viewings, makes me think I might have made something a bit less disposable than a lot of videos on RUclips. 🙂
You can send those pretty little bottles to me Tom, I would appreciate them I only have couple that I have found. I hate seeing you walk past those tiny little bottles but I understand.Oh how badly I wish I could go to the bottle dump that you took the Johnsons to.
Please do show us what kind of odd monstrosity you would make with all those ceramic body parts you would make. I’m a great fan of art of all kinds. In fact I did enjoy the last one you shared.
I was very happy to hear that you went back the next day & filled 3 shopping bags. I recognized that bottle dump from more recent videos by you & The Johnsons. It certainly is massive, but also precarious. Old bottles & such aren't worth risking one's life for. I know you are playing it safe. :)
Well done! Thanks for posting! I love the aqua bottles as they're lovely to use when propagating plants. I'm sure you could sell them in a car boot sale.
Hiya Tom, found you after watching you and Nicole White in Keighley. Love watching these amazing historic finds being uncovered. Wondered if you've ever been down beside the river Croal. I live near where it meets the Irwell and am hoping to go do a bit myself. Do you need a special licence?
Hi Elaine, I haven't been far in that direction yet; at least not mudlarking. I live in Hebden Bridge, and I've been working my way slowly outwards (apart from a few outlying videos in places I've gone to for other reasons). But the Irwell is certainly on my list to explore, and I think the Croal might be too if I can find any likely looking spots in my research. You don't need a licence, but the law's a bit grey on the subject of mudlarking outside of the Thames Port Authority jurisdiction. Basically, if you find any treasure, or anything you suspect might be older than 300 years old, you have to report it to a finds liason officer... the Portable Antiquities Scheme usually, though the Coroner for significant treasure trove I think. The landowner has more rights to things found than the mudlark, and they can ask you to leave if they don't want you in the river that runs through their places... but if you're considerate, avoid obviously private places, and pick up rubbish too, you won't have many problems. I've never been asked to stop. Good luck if you do have a go, learn the dangers of the river before wandering into it; keep safe and have fun. 🙂
Could you not put your excess bottles in your etsy shop? I am sure there are many people out there that would buy them, not everyone has access to a bottle dump but most of us like a bit of history.
I'd certainly be happy to use those small thin bottles. I don't really find enough of them in the Scarborough dumps, and I'm collecting them for an art project.
Afraid the bottom layers are now revealed to be clay, and the dump starts just above the level the flood waters cut... what the water did though, was carried away all the loose soil that had fallen off the cliff face and had lots of bottles in it. The rain seems to have brought some of the cliff down, and more is precarious and likely to fall soon, that stuff too got washed away. I didn't actually find much that was safely accessible in the dump area... but I did check the beaches downriver, and that's where a lot of the bottles and other interesting things had ended up, with all the soil washed away :)
I love all the old bottles you find, I live in Canada so it is very hard to find them. Usually on century old farms one can find them if allowed to look around for the midden on site. My daughter lives on a century farm in Ontario and has only found two bottles so far. Hopefully we can find more on her property soon.
hey Tom just discovered your channel and subscribed love watching the bottle digging , we are digging bottles from the Alaskan gold rush enjoyed the video,stay safe and good luck on your next hunt (big thumbs up from Alaska )
A friend of mine orderred fairy lites from Amazon. She used hers with a wine bottle. The bottle had a wonderful engraving. The lites number 12 per strain. She uses different colored items to change her color palette. Maybe a good idea with your river glass.Thank you Tom. I enjoyed this video 🌴🙋bye bye
Thank you! I have some of those fairy lights 🙂 I haven't learned how to engrave pictures on glass yet, but it's on my project list as something I'd really like to do. I'm glad you enjoyed the video... warm regards, Tom.
Oh my. We would love to have some of the bottles here in the USA. Mudlarking would be a dream come true for me. You have an awesome opportunity to be able to go to this treasure trove. Please sell on ebay. I know it would add more to your schedule. Maybe someone could do the business things for you. I just want to get my hands on some of these treasures.
Tom, you I often look along our local rivers edge but Australia doesn't have a long history of occupation like England. I enjoy your trips and am fascinated with some of your finds. Happy exploring.
Good lord, I'd have lost my damn mind finding such a bottle dump! I really love the triangular one, too, but that old battery glass is my favourite! Another bit of information for you- those are really sought out by folks in the oddities world. They love to use them for wet preserved specimens, often using silicone to affix a new, shaped glass top on to seal up the specimen in alcohol. I've not seen such a small one as you found, only the much larger variety. I could only dream of finding such a thing, one could find so many modern uses for it. I don't think I could help myself if I found that many bottles, this flat would be packed full! I am still holding out for a poison bottle, something I have never found. I bet there are loads tucked away in that bank, waiting to erode out one day. Also, you have quite the interesting and odd little collection of horse figures now, don't you! I assume your favourite is still definitely the melted looking one, and rightfully so. What a strange treasure!
Yep, Squashed Horse is still definitely my favourite... I might have to build a display cabinet for the other horses too one day, when I've got enough to fill one. I have found a few glass battery cases at that site, there will probably be more as the face erodes. And if I get an excess of poison bottles, you'd be welcome to some of them unless finding them yourself is half the fun!?
@@tomburleigh9261 Well I do hope more batteries emerge! That's awfully kind of you, Tom! I would actually welcome something from you, it'd be a lovely gift. I do really enjoy finding my own treasures, however being quite sentimental I equally love gifts from people. I think it would be a nice idea to perhaps trade something, though living where I currently do, I really don't know what I could find that would interest you. However... Next week I am off to New York City, and one of my highest priorities is checking out 'Dead Horse Bay', which was a horse processing plant turned dump. The dump closed in I think the 30's, and now it is started to erode into the ocean, and there are loads of mostly bottles, but I assume lots of other little treasures, too. So I have been thinking that I ought to look out for any little horse figurines for you, partly because hey, it's 'dead horse' bay after all, but also because you have such a lovely budding collection so far. I think it'd have good history. So do let me know if that interests you. Of course I have no idea if I'll find anything of interest, I'm unsure how many people pick stuff up down there. Though they are far more likely to snatch up beautiful bottles than old horses, luckily for you.
@@Decland666 Sorry it's taken so long to respond, I've been away, and then struggled to catch up with all the comments and messages since. I'm a little envious that you're heading to Dead Horse Bay, it's a place I've wanted to go ever since I read about it a few years ago. Bylaws there say that you're not supposed to take anything from the beach, so be careful you don't get caught, and have fun. I'm always interested in horse models/toys... I do seem to keep finding them. Rarely the horse rider for some reason, often his legs are all that remains. I'm not sure when I'll next find a glass battery; I did find a promising one in an upcoming video, but if had some cracks which worsened by the time I got it home... the next one that's intact, and cleanable, is earmarked for you.
@@tomburleigh9261 No problem! I too have lots to catch up on, having been away for ten days. Oh gosh, everything I had read suggested it was okay to collect there, however I have learnt in my few short years in this country that almost everything is illegal! :P Though having said that, you normally see signs everywhere telling you not to do things, so when I saw no signs at the bay, we went ahead and took just a few small bits and bobs. Actually what I was most thrilled about was seeing horseshoe crabs for the first time! I collected a few smaller crab shells and pincers, too, which I plan on gold leafing for my art. I was a little disappointed in the beach, to be honest. The pictures I had seen suggested there would be a lot more to find. High tide wasn't the best time though, in retrospect. That is so sweet of you! I really love those old batteries, they're just so interesting. No horses, toys or even any antiques found by us in NY! Only bottles from around the 40's, 50's or 60's. But still a wonderful trip, and lots of brilliant photographs.
I believe that the small pitcher/jug was most likely used for a single serving of milk or cream for coffee. I’m old enough to remember the tiny ones, less than 2” tall, which my mother would be given in a restaurant, and I have a slightly larger decorated one which definitely had nothing to do with dolls! A question from another episode - actually several - is, what is or was a cod bottle? Keep up your exploring videos! I find them both interesting and relaxing! Kathy
Brilliant video...we found an old bottle filled rubbish pit when we werkids..hours of fun digging... thanks for sparking that memory! I'd sell them on a bootie if I were you xx
Hi Tom, love the old bottles. If you ever get too many I'id love to get some of those old beauties! I have a bit of a collection myself and are very hard to find where I am. great videos I have been watching for awhile now.
Hi Tom. when you were tugging what looked to me like a clay pipe stem I'm thinking No No !!! don't pull and break it, the bowl could be under there, was relieved when you gave up and walked away, Still a nice video to watch.
Ah, thanks for your concern... but I don't think it was clay. My camera at this point was pretty rubbish; an old ipad that I was struggling to hold straight.... if I remember correctly, it was metal. 🙂
I do take a trowel, but any form of digging at this site would be risky... if I were caught doing so, I could be prosecuted for Criminal Damage. It's a council owned site, and I was there when the sports facility on top was staffed so I made do with eyes only. I take gloves too, but yes, I really should wear them more often and will try to in future. Thank you.
Lovely video. So much glass to recycle ♻️ Could the first piece of thick ceramic be a scrap from a fireplace? It reminds me of Victorian era fireplace tiles from here in the states. My favorites of your finds are the glass bottle stoppers. I don’t know why but I really favor them
I have a planter that's very thick and looking at the blue colour and style It looks the same as some I saw when I bought mine. They were sold as a pack of 3 different sizes.
Anything 'Doll' comes in specific scales , 1/6 is the largest size then 1/12 is dolls house scale and 1/24 th is the smaller version, sometimes used in architectural models then comes the 1/ 144 th scale which is the dollhouse scale to go Inside dollshouses , scary small, again used by architects . Most kids china is 1/6th scale.
Just found your channel and immediately subscribed. Excellent video! I enjoyed it very much. Awesome bottle finds! Hope you go back again . Wish there were a place like that around here! Can't wait to see your next video. Good luck bye for now.
Thanks Daniel, I appreciate all comments, and try to answer them... unfortunately RUclips put yours in a spam folder, I've no idea why (hence the delay in response). I will go back there someday soonish, I've got a list of other places I want to explore first, but that one is tempting me and will probably push itself to the front of the que again before long.
I do enjoy your videos, the words, the views, nature, your voice and of course the finds. A little bit of calm in a crazy world . I first became aware of you through Nichola White’s videos and have been hooked ever since. I am eagerly awaiting a new video having watched mostly everything on your channel !
Hello tom ,,thats a great vidio,,,and huge dump,,,,we went metal detecting this week and i dug down for a large signal,,,in a ploughed field ,,,and found a small rubbish pit ,,,hidden under the soil,,,,,,got lots of old bottles ,,,and pottery ,,,,out of it .strange place to find it realy ,,in a field .
Sounds like a great little find... I live in a steep sided valley, and I theorised that the farms along the top edge would probably chuck their rubbish over into the woods... turns out I was right, I found about 5 little dumps that way, but sadly most of the things were smashed. Might have to go over them with a metal detector someday. I'll watch your video when I've finished responding to comments. 🙂
I do appreciate your videos and I'm glad you've slowed down your presentation. Makes your descriptions much more enjoyable. Thank you for your videos..
I am so loving your videos Tom...I’ve come back to the beginnings and am working my through them all. I too would love to know the best way to clean glass. I like to browse around the river tweed and the coast at and around Berwick...sometimes the river glass is a bit green and really hard to clean. Suggestions welcome. 😊
Muriatic acid should make easy work of those rust stains. I personally buy the smallest bottle of it I can find and use an old tooth brush to apply it. That way I can just rinse the piece and the brush and not have to find a way of disposing of any amount I would have to pour out of a larger container.
Phew...I am so thrilled at the end to hear you went back and filled your bags. What a site! My eyes were out out of their sockets with you and I could feel your excitement. I wish you'd invest in a builder's trowel for a gentle furtle. I think the chunk of matt glazed stoneware could be from a large planter. Thankyou for a brilliant video and riveting narration...Loved it.
I really do enjoy your videos. this is one I havent seen and I see its an oldie but goldie. you are really interesting and funny in a light wry dry way that cracks me up! though, this oldie video you find and talk so fast. Im glad youve slowed down to the pace thats the most enjoyable speaking voice I think Ive ever heard. thank you for sharing~!
That's very kind of you, but I got some waders for Christmas. If you sent me a fiver now, (and there's no request there that you do so), I'd probably put it towards fuel costs for some of the further outings I've got planned.
Maybe that one wavy piece of brass went on the outside of that milk glass, where the rust ,was kind of gave me the idea that maybe the two belonged together … ?
Would you like to see my art? If you don’t want to collect the beautiful little bottles you find then maybe you can sell them online. Or gift them to some of the other mudlarks who do. I am sure they would be be happy to take them off your hands.🤔
I do give away a lot of the bottles I find now; I'm not too keen on selling them online because packaging them safely is nigh on impossible, and a trip to the post office for me usually costs 2 hours of time and a lot of energy which I'd rather devote to creative projects. Sure, I'd be happy to see your art. You can message me on Instagram or my FB author page; (but, I am struggling to keep up with the comments and messages, so although I'm trying to answer everyone, please accept I'll probably be rubbish at responding).
I was wondering about the thumbnail picture which I find incredibly artistic. Seeing the bucket of bottles at the end helped to clear that up some. It would not have been easy to get them placed in the bucket, then get the water right, then get the light right, then get the camera right, then get the hand and eye steady, then the actual snap of the picture. All done virtually in the same instance. Well done.
Not sure if anyone else has suggested this my Mother used to have an antique shop and used denture cleaner tablets to clean and dissolve tough stains, worth a try on something not too precious.
Thanks, I have tried those with some success; but the best thing I've found so far is cheap baby wipes from Sainsburies... they were a revalation when I tried one; did better than most things much faster than any of them. 🙂
Hi Tom, This was a very enjoyable video, love the Victorian doll parts, and the odds and ends that can be found on your waters....but the bottle dump is what excited me...I believe that ai would spend a week there....and I must tell you that I am in Halifax...Nova Scotia that is, but I loved that bottle you found...Did you keep that one? Love all the stoppers also...May I ask what part of the world you are on? It really was fun poking around with you and I’ll definitely look for you again....Thanks for bringing us along.....Greetings from Canada.....Cathy
Hi Cathy, thanks for your lovely comments, I'm glad you enjoyed this video. I'm keeping 4 of the bottles for definite, did you mean the prism shaped one? If so, yes, that's one I'm definitely keeping. I'm quite near to Halifax, but the one in West Yorkshire, UK...which is far less interesting to me than the one you live in. Your videos look interesting too, I've subscribed and will watch my way through your adventures. Best regards from UK, Tom.
Thanks Irene, I haven't tried either of those yet. I'll certainly give vinegar a go first, I've got a fresh batch of bottles to clean for my next-but-one video.
Just stubbled on your site. Happy to view. Please speak up a little bit as you are quiet spoken. I would very much like to purchase some items from the larkings you are doing. I will be willing to pay postage as well. Blessings to you, Jeri-Ann
Hi Jeri-Ann, many thanks for watching and commenting, and especially for purchasing a book, I'll get that sent off to you on Monday, and I sincerely hope you find some enjoyment in it. I can of cause sign it as requested, I'm afraid getting the illustrator's autograph is more difficult, as she lives at the other end of the country... I hope it's OK with just mine? I agree I need to improve the sound balance, I'll try to speak up a bit in future videos. If you have any particular items in mind that you'd like, please do let me know which ones. Some of the bottles from this video have gone, most of the rest I'm sad to say aren't in the best condition... the ground conditions there left them patchy and scratched. I've found a few bottles since, but none are especially interesting. I have found some interesting things in the last few days; videos to come. Blessings to you, Tom.
The oxides of lead are indeed toxic. Even without gloves, I'm careful with it. I rinse the hand off that picked it up soon afterwards, and I process it with gloves at home. Skin is an excellent barrier against such toxins, but I should probably start wearing gloves anyway, at least in some of the dirtier rivers.
@@tomburleigh9261 I like most children's or doll house ceramics. Since these are usually really incomplete when buying from an antique dealer, they are usually correspondingly cheaper as well. I have several partial doll tea sets, and one really amazing childs set which I bought complete. Please keep doing your video-they are so enjoyable!
@@vilstef6988 Thank you, I do intend to keep making them; though the ones uploading at the moment are perhaps sub-par... it's accounts time and I'm a bit distracted. I do keep finding bits from doll tea sets, perhaps I'll bundle them together and put them on Etsy when I've got more.
I adore glass, so loving this video. The historical pieces you save, open a window into a time one only reads about. Brilliant! Can’t wait for more adventures to go on with you. Cheers
Wish I could send some your way, but I think the postage costs would be prohibitive. I have so many from there that aren't in the best condition but would be good bases for potion bottle modifications. 🙂
Yo colecciono botellas grabadas. Y creo que me daria un infarto ver tantas en un barranco. Piensa que aca en todo el S/XIX, los productos venian de Inglaterra. No habia manufactura propia y muchas botellas que tu encontraste aca tabmein aparecen. Un saludo desde Argentina
Gracias Fernando, también me sorprendió la primera vez que encontré este basurero. Solo había encontrado unos enterrados, y nunca uno tan fácil como para recoger botellas. Mis mejores deseos desde el Reino Unido.
What a fabulous find wirh that dream dump. The triangular bottle could have been poison. Many times they are that shape with a texture on them and the say poison but not always so it's possible it's poison. Nice finds though.
I went back there yesterday, and found another triangular bottle with textured edges, so thanks, it's good to know that the shape might have been a poison identifier. I also found quite a few with Poison embossed on them, and lots of other good finds... Video will come eventually, but I've got at least 3 more to edit and upload first.
The thick blue pottery looks like it could be part of a ceramic stove, built entirely out of ceramic glazed bricks. Not common in England, more german or nordic but there were a few al lthe same.
Yours is my favorite of all the mudlarking channels.. great voice, interesting narrative and without fail, a smile! Thank you so much for your rather infrequent uploads.. Hahaha!! (Loved the bottles, by the way!)
Yes, please. I would love to see "a truely weird and disquieting monstrosity" of a ceramic victorian art piece made by you.
Yes I know I am 2 years late to the video. Just when I think I've seen all your vids, well I find one I have not watched or forgot if I did.
Tom, I found out about your channel after watching the colab with Nicola. You have such relaxing and interesting videos...you got yourself a new subscriber!
Thank you, and welcome. I hope you get a lot of enjoyment out of my past and future videos 🙂
I'd love to see the crafts or things you make from some of the items you find.
i look forward to seeing your franken doll made out of all those different finds.
A weird and disquieting monstrosity? Of course, who wouldn't? Oh yes please!🇨🇦
I've quetly been collecting all the ceramic doll pieces I find, in readiness to do such a thing.
I started watching the Northern Mudlarks, and am fascinated by mudlarking. The only beaches here worth 'beachcombing' are at the south end of our island, and I am still too incapacitated to do it as yet. But I enjoy your adventures, and your calm, quiet, reassuring voice, which makes you easy listening like soft music. I have yet to visit your friends sites more often but I am enchanted by the way nature is highlighted by glimpses into the past and anticipation of the future. Thank you.
This huge bottle dump is both awesome and distressing. Your finds were great, the landscape scarring is terrible and makes me sad! But what a great place to get old bottles! The area around there is very similar to that of where I live here in Kansas USA! I love watch your clips of the wildlife and surrounding areas. Please stay safe and be careful,
What is it about old bottles? Like so many of us, I love them! Tom, your bottle find is incredible. I do wish I could go there (but I’m not steady enough on my feet ). My favourite is the triangular one (or prism shape). I only use glassware for food storage, having developed a true distaste for plastic in my home. My friend and I scour charity and antique shops for interesting glassware. Maybe you can sell some of yours through your shop. (If it’s worth the effort). Thanks for a wonderful riverside walk 💧💦💧💦💧💦💧💦💧💦💧💦💧
I think light shining through vintage glass is a lovely simple pleasure. The triangular one is my favorite too... I found another one, which is identical apart from lacking the irridescence; afraid I've given it away already. Bottles in the Etsy shop is a tough one, I sent a package of them to Greece, and even packaging them as well as I possibly could, one still broke. Something to plan for, and think about.... but not there yet. Glad you're enjoying my videos, and thanks for your lovely comments. 🙂
I'd like to see some of your art work please.
Again beautiful video I enjoy watching over n over because th are so beautiful thank u Tom
Thanks Raima Mohommed, I'm glad you can enjoy repeated viewings, makes me think I might have made something a bit less disposable than a lot of videos on RUclips. 🙂
You can send those pretty little bottles to me Tom, I would appreciate them I only have couple that I have found. I hate seeing you walk past those tiny little bottles but I understand.Oh how badly I wish I could go to the bottle dump that you took the Johnsons to.
Please do show us what kind of odd monstrosity you would make with all those ceramic body parts you would make. I’m a great fan of art of all kinds. In fact I did enjoy the last one you shared.
Hopefully going to have a craft channel up and running sometime in the late spring 🙂
Wow seriously go back and collect from that bottle dump
I'm planning on going back, just waiting for some heavy rain to wash away the current surface, and some more bits of the cliff face to fall.
I was very happy to hear that you went back the next day & filled 3 shopping bags. I recognized that bottle dump from more recent videos by you & The Johnsons. It certainly is massive, but also precarious. Old bottles & such aren't worth risking one's life for. I know you are playing it safe. :)
Well done! Thanks for posting! I love the aqua bottles as they're lovely to use when propagating plants. I'm sure you could sell them in a car boot sale.
Thanks Theresa, that's 2 good suggestions for the bottles. I'll give both a try.
Hiya Tom, found you after watching you and Nicole White in Keighley. Love watching these amazing historic finds being uncovered. Wondered if you've ever been down beside the river Croal. I live near where it meets the Irwell and am hoping to go do a bit myself. Do you need a special licence?
Hi Elaine, I haven't been far in that direction yet; at least not mudlarking. I live in Hebden Bridge, and I've been working my way slowly outwards (apart from a few outlying videos in places I've gone to for other reasons). But the Irwell is certainly on my list to explore, and I think the Croal might be too if I can find any likely looking spots in my research. You don't need a licence, but the law's a bit grey on the subject of mudlarking outside of the Thames Port Authority jurisdiction. Basically, if you find any treasure, or anything you suspect might be older than 300 years old, you have to report it to a finds liason officer... the Portable Antiquities Scheme usually, though the Coroner for significant treasure trove I think. The landowner has more rights to things found than the mudlark, and they can ask you to leave if they don't want you in the river that runs through their places... but if you're considerate, avoid obviously private places, and pick up rubbish too, you won't have many problems. I've never been asked to stop. Good luck if you do have a go, learn the dangers of the river before wandering into it; keep safe and have fun. 🙂
Could you not put your excess bottles in your etsy shop? I am sure there are many people out there that would buy them, not everyone has access to a bottle dump but most of us like a bit of history.
I'd certainly be happy to use those small thin bottles. I don't really find enough of them in the Scarborough dumps, and I'm collecting them for an art project.
If I’d stumbled across that bottle dump I’d have thought I’d died and gone to heaven..
My next video is going to be a return visit. It's changed considerably, flood waters cut into it pretty savagely.
@@tomburleigh9261 there should be a considerable amount of older items if it's cut into the bottom layers..look forward to seeing the return visit!
Afraid the bottom layers are now revealed to be clay, and the dump starts just above the level the flood waters cut... what the water did though, was carried away all the loose soil that had fallen off the cliff face and had lots of bottles in it. The rain seems to have brought some of the cliff down, and more is precarious and likely to fall soon, that stuff too got washed away. I didn't actually find much that was safely accessible in the dump area... but I did check the beaches downriver, and that's where a lot of the bottles and other interesting things had ended up, with all the soil washed away :)
I enjoy so much your videos, whether or not you get great finds! Such beautiful locations!
I love all the old bottles you find, I live in Canada so it is very hard to find them. Usually on century old farms one can find them if allowed to look around for the midden on site. My daughter lives on a century farm in Ontario and has only found two bottles so far. Hopefully we can find more on her property soon.
Would love to see the collection of Victorian doll parts you have acquired as well as artwork you have put them in. Love your videos.
hey Tom
just discovered your channel and subscribed
love watching the bottle digging , we are digging bottles from the Alaskan gold rush
enjoyed the video,stay safe and good luck on your next hunt (big thumbs up from Alaska )
A friend of mine orderred fairy lites from Amazon. She used hers with a wine bottle. The bottle had a wonderful engraving. The lites number 12 per strain. She uses different colored items to change her color palette. Maybe a good idea with your river glass.Thank you Tom. I enjoyed this video 🌴🙋bye bye
Thank you! I have some of those fairy lights 🙂 I haven't learned how to engrave pictures on glass yet, but it's on my project list as something I'd really like to do. I'm glad you enjoyed the video... warm regards, Tom.
Oh my. We would love to have some of the bottles here in the USA. Mudlarking would be a dream come true for me. You have an awesome opportunity to be able to go to this treasure trove.
Please sell on ebay. I know it would add more to your schedule. Maybe someone could do the business things for you. I just want to get my hands on some of these treasures.
Tom, you I often look along our local rivers edge but Australia doesn't have a long history of occupation like England. I enjoy your trips and am fascinated with some of your finds. Happy exploring.
Thanks Lorraine. I hope you do occasionally get rewarded for your searching, and find some interesting things. Happy hunting.
Yea that would be pretty cool a old monster doll you made!
Thanks, I haven't attempted it yet... still collecting pieces for it. 🙂
Excellent video and highly enjoyable to watch. Hope the dump and river produce more finds for you. Have subscribed
Thanks dm51964. The rivers round here are constantly surprising me with how many things there are to find... long may that continue.
Sure would be nice to see what or how you incorporate your finds in to crafts/drawings etc. I like the simpsons, maggie. 😂🕵️
Disembodied arms and legs and heads.... count me in!
Good lord, I'd have lost my damn mind finding such a bottle dump! I really love the triangular one, too, but that old battery glass is my favourite! Another bit of information for you- those are really sought out by folks in the oddities world. They love to use them for wet preserved specimens, often using silicone to affix a new, shaped glass top on to seal up the specimen in alcohol. I've not seen such a small one as you found, only the much larger variety. I could only dream of finding such a thing, one could find so many modern uses for it.
I don't think I could help myself if I found that many bottles, this flat would be packed full! I am still holding out for a poison bottle, something I have never found. I bet there are loads tucked away in that bank, waiting to erode out one day.
Also, you have quite the interesting and odd little collection of horse figures now, don't you! I assume your favourite is still definitely the melted looking one, and rightfully so. What a strange treasure!
Yep, Squashed Horse is still definitely my favourite... I might have to build a display cabinet for the other horses too one day, when I've got enough to fill one. I have found a few glass battery cases at that site, there will probably be more as the face erodes. And if I get an excess of poison bottles, you'd be welcome to some of them unless finding them yourself is half the fun!?
@@tomburleigh9261 Well I do hope more batteries emerge!
That's awfully kind of you, Tom! I would actually welcome something from you, it'd be a lovely gift. I do really enjoy finding my own treasures, however being quite sentimental I equally love gifts from people. I think it would be a nice idea to perhaps trade something, though living where I currently do, I really don't know what I could find that would interest you. However... Next week I am off to New York City, and one of my highest priorities is checking out 'Dead Horse Bay', which was a horse processing plant turned dump. The dump closed in I think the 30's, and now it is started to erode into the ocean, and there are loads of mostly bottles, but I assume lots of other little treasures, too. So I have been thinking that I ought to look out for any little horse figurines for you, partly because hey, it's 'dead horse' bay after all, but also because you have such a lovely budding collection so far. I think it'd have good history. So do let me know if that interests you. Of course I have no idea if I'll find anything of interest, I'm unsure how many people pick stuff up down there. Though they are far more likely to snatch up beautiful bottles than old horses, luckily for you.
@@Decland666 Sorry it's taken so long to respond, I've been away, and then struggled to catch up with all the comments and messages since. I'm a little envious that you're heading to Dead Horse Bay, it's a place I've wanted to go ever since I read about it a few years ago. Bylaws there say that you're not supposed to take anything from the beach, so be careful you don't get caught, and have fun. I'm always interested in horse models/toys... I do seem to keep finding them. Rarely the horse rider for some reason, often his legs are all that remains. I'm not sure when I'll next find a glass battery; I did find a promising one in an upcoming video, but if had some cracks which worsened by the time I got it home... the next one that's intact, and cleanable, is earmarked for you.
@@tomburleigh9261 No problem! I too have lots to catch up on, having been away for ten days. Oh gosh, everything I had read suggested it was okay to collect there, however I have learnt in my few short years in this country that almost everything is illegal! :P Though having said that, you normally see signs everywhere telling you not to do things, so when I saw no signs at the bay, we went ahead and took just a few small bits and bobs. Actually what I was most thrilled about was seeing horseshoe crabs for the first time! I collected a few smaller crab shells and pincers, too, which I plan on gold leafing for my art. I was a little disappointed in the beach, to be honest. The pictures I had seen suggested there would be a lot more to find. High tide wasn't the best time though, in retrospect.
That is so sweet of you! I really love those old batteries, they're just so interesting.
No horses, toys or even any antiques found by us in NY! Only bottles from around the 40's, 50's or 60's. But still a wonderful trip, and lots of brilliant photographs.
hey Art ive got some poison bottles green and blue il show my collection one day ..on our channel tune in !
I believe that the small pitcher/jug was most likely used for a single serving of milk or cream for coffee. I’m old enough to remember the tiny ones, less than 2” tall, which my mother would be given in a restaurant, and I have a slightly larger decorated one which definitely had nothing to do with dolls!
A question from another episode - actually several - is, what is or was a cod bottle?
Keep up your exploring videos! I find them both interesting and relaxing! Kathy
Brilliant video...we found an old bottle filled rubbish pit when we werkids..hours of fun digging... thanks for sparking that memory! I'd sell them on a bootie if I were you xx
Thanks Louisa, I have similar bottle filled rubbish pit childhood memories; happy times both then and now.
I noticed Northern Mudlark’s clean their bottles and they turn out beautiful. Maybe they have a secret?
Their secret it elbow grease!
I love your videos I wish they were weekly
The green rock was Kryptonite. Could have been deadly if......
Hi Tom, love the old bottles. If you ever get too many I'id love to get some of those old beauties! I have a bit of a collection myself and are very hard to find where I am. great videos I have been watching for awhile now.
I am in America. I wish we had sites like yours. I enjoy your adventures.
Thanks Maria, and sorry you haven't found any decent sites yet.
Growning up, we were lucky enough to have one on our own property in the States
Hey Tom, the cleaner to remove rust "BonAmi".
Thanks Kathy 🙂
Hi Tom. when you were tugging what looked to me like a clay pipe stem I'm thinking No No !!! don't pull and break it, the bowl could be under there, was relieved when you gave up and walked away, Still a nice video to watch.
Ah, thanks for your concern... but I don't think it was clay. My camera at this point was pretty rubbish; an old ipad that I was struggling to hold straight.... if I remember correctly, it was metal. 🙂
Maybe take a little trowel to help dig out finds! Gloves would be good too! Protect you! GL and HH
I do take a trowel, but any form of digging at this site would be risky... if I were caught doing so, I could be prosecuted for Criminal Damage. It's a council owned site, and I was there when the sports facility on top was staffed so I made do with eyes only. I take gloves too, but yes, I really should wear them more often and will try to in future. Thank you.
Lovely video. So much glass to recycle ♻️ Could the first piece of thick ceramic be a scrap from a fireplace? It reminds me of Victorian era fireplace tiles from here in the states. My favorites of your finds are the glass bottle stoppers. I don’t know why but I really favor them
I have a planter that's very thick and looking at the blue colour and style It looks the same as some I saw when I bought mine. They were sold as a pack of 3 different sizes.
Anything 'Doll' comes in specific scales , 1/6 is the largest size then 1/12 is dolls house scale and 1/24 th is the smaller version, sometimes used in architectural models then comes the 1/ 144 th scale which is the dollhouse scale to go Inside dollshouses , scary small, again used by architects . Most kids china is 1/6th scale.
Thanks for the informative comment, I've learned so much from helpful commentors, and this is new information for me 🙂
Awesome, and fun. Thank you for posting.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Happy hunting to you too Tom
Thanks Lorraine 🙂
Just found your channel and immediately subscribed. Excellent video! I enjoyed it very much. Awesome bottle finds! Hope you go back again . Wish there were a place like that around here! Can't wait to see your next video. Good luck bye for now.
Thanks Daniel, I appreciate all comments, and try to answer them... unfortunately RUclips put yours in a spam folder, I've no idea why (hence the delay in response). I will go back there someday soonish, I've got a list of other places I want to explore first, but that one is tempting me and will probably push itself to the front of the que again before long.
Even if u dont want to collect bottles for yourself u could get a teenage or granny to sell them a fleamarket
I do have a friend who runs a fleamarket stall, I'll see if he fancies selling them on commission. Good idea, thanks.
I do enjoy your videos, the words, the views, nature, your voice and of course the finds. A little bit of calm in a crazy world . I first became aware of you through Nichola White’s videos and have been hooked ever since. I am eagerly awaiting a new video having watched mostly everything on your channel !
I get so excited about yours finds...
Thank you. 🙂 I tend to get excited about things I haven't found before, but it's still nice to find anything interesting.
It's Picking HEAVEN !!!
I would love to find those small bottles! Great finds!! Looking forwards to seeing more videos of your finds!☺
Thanks, lots of small bottles in the next video. :)
Hello tom ,,thats a great vidio,,,and huge dump,,,,we went metal detecting this week and i dug down for a large signal,,,in a ploughed field ,,,and found a small rubbish pit ,,,hidden under the soil,,,,,,got lots of old bottles ,,,and pottery ,,,,out of it .strange place to find it realy ,,in a field .
Sounds like a great little find... I live in a steep sided valley, and I theorised that the farms along the top edge would probably chuck their rubbish over into the woods... turns out I was right, I found about 5 little dumps that way, but sadly most of the things were smashed. Might have to go over them with a metal detector someday. I'll watch your video when I've finished responding to comments. 🙂
I do appreciate your videos and I'm glad you've slowed down your presentation. Makes your descriptions much more enjoyable. Thank you for your videos..
I am so loving your videos Tom...I’ve come back to the beginnings and am working my through them all. I too would love to know the best way to clean glass. I like to browse around the river tweed and the coast at and around Berwick...sometimes the river glass is a bit green and really hard to clean. Suggestions welcome. 😊
Muriatic acid should make easy work of those rust stains. I personally buy the smallest bottle of it I can find and use an old tooth brush to apply it. That way I can just rinse the piece and the brush and not have to find a way of disposing of any amount I would have to pour out of a larger container.
Voice like Anthony Hopkins!
Hopefully not too much like him as Hanibal Lector 🙂
Lol !🇨🇦
Maybe Anthony Hopkins as C.S Lewis?
Phew...I am so thrilled at the end to hear you went back and filled your bags. What a site! My eyes were out out of their sockets with you and I could feel your excitement. I wish you'd invest in a builder's trowel for a gentle furtle. I think the chunk of matt glazed stoneware could be from a large planter. Thankyou for a brilliant video and riveting narration...Loved it.
I really do enjoy your videos. this is one I havent seen and I see its an oldie but goldie. you are really interesting and funny in a light wry dry way that cracks me up! though, this oldie video you find and talk so fast. Im glad youve slowed down to the pace thats the most enjoyable speaking voice I think Ive ever heard. thank you for sharing~!
I love your channel, too. Thank you Tom!!!
I like the bottles your taking. Can’t wait till I can get out. Right now there is 6” of snow on the ground. It may be a while longer.
If a send you a fiver will you buy some waders?
That's very kind of you, but I got some waders for Christmas. If you sent me a fiver now, (and there's no request there that you do so), I'd probably put it towards fuel costs for some of the further outings I've got planned.
Good chest waders run from $80-$200.00, I don't believe a fin will do but what a sweet gesture.
Maybe that one wavy piece of brass went on the outside of that milk glass, where the rust ,was kind of gave me the idea that maybe the two belonged together … ?
l did enjoy this trip out. The cliff is so imposing and the strata of the cliff face so intriguing. Take good care.
You could put any bottles your not wanting on Etsy or EBay.
Incredible!
Hey! I loved the other window with the old stone. Lots of caricature . 😢
I can understand you. This made your video a lot of fun. So, I signed up to follow you.🐊Florida🌴
Thanks sanford.
Would you like to see my art? If you don’t want to collect the beautiful little bottles you find then maybe you can sell them online. Or gift them to some of the other mudlarks who do. I am sure they would be be happy to take them off your hands.🤔
I do give away a lot of the bottles I find now; I'm not too keen on selling them online because packaging them safely is nigh on impossible, and a trip to the post office for me usually costs 2 hours of time and a lot of energy which I'd rather devote to creative projects. Sure, I'd be happy to see your art. You can message me on Instagram or my FB author page; (but, I am struggling to keep up with the comments and messages, so although I'm trying to answer everyone, please accept I'll probably be rubbish at responding).
The real treasure in life is time.
I was wondering about the thumbnail picture which I find incredibly artistic. Seeing the bucket of bottles at the end helped to clear that up some. It would not have been easy to get them placed in the bucket, then get the water right, then get the light right, then get the camera right, then get the hand and eye steady, then the actual snap of the picture. All done virtually in the same instance. Well done.
The wavy brass I think might be a decoration on a bottle
Wavy piece of metal resembles a biscuit cutter my Gram had.
Thankyou for sharing your walk & finds.
Thanks Sarah, I'm glad you enjoy watching them 🙂
I am positive you could sell those lovely old bottles on Etsy or eBay.
I probably will someday, it's certainly on my list of things to do... but it keeps getting superceded by more urgent things.
Not sure if anyone else has suggested this my Mother used to have an antique shop and used denture cleaner tablets to clean and dissolve tough stains, worth a try on something not too precious.
Thanks, I have tried those with some success; but the best thing I've found so far is cheap baby wipes from Sainsburies... they were a revalation when I tried one; did better than most things much faster than any of them. 🙂
@@tomburleigh9261 Interesting thanks for the info. Have a lovely day.
@@tomburleigh9261 Along with wd-40, gaffa tape and cable ties, baby wipes are one of lifes essentials!
Great finds well done
When I was a kid my grandma gave me kerosene as medication . For what ? I do not remember . I saw her , grandpa and my dad take it .
Nice haul! There are so many for the picking...Amazing! GL and HH. Looking forward to your next adventures. Bless....🙏🏼👍🏼🇨🇦🍀
Thanks, I'm planning many more, including a return to this location after heavy rains.
Oh and the music...do you compose/play this ?
Hi Tom, This was a very enjoyable video, love the Victorian doll parts, and the odds and ends that can be found on your waters....but the bottle dump is what excited me...I believe that ai would spend a week there....and I must tell you that I am in Halifax...Nova Scotia that is, but I loved that bottle you found...Did you keep that one? Love all the stoppers also...May I ask what part of the world you are on? It really was fun poking around with you and I’ll definitely look for you again....Thanks for bringing us along.....Greetings from Canada.....Cathy
Hi Cathy, thanks for your lovely comments, I'm glad you enjoyed this video. I'm keeping 4 of the bottles for definite, did you mean the prism shaped one? If so, yes, that's one I'm definitely keeping. I'm quite near to Halifax, but the one in West Yorkshire, UK...which is far less interesting to me than the one you live in. Your videos look interesting too, I've subscribed and will watch my way through your adventures. Best regards from UK, Tom.
Maybe ,vinegar? If no good,you ll have to try WELL WATERED ACID of some sort.But you well know ,to be careful,!!!!!
Thanks Irene, I haven't tried either of those yet. I'll certainly give vinegar a go first, I've got a fresh batch of bottles to clean for my next-but-one video.
why not sell u bottles on ebay?
It looks like a fuse - maybe for a radio or television.
Thanks 🙂
An incredible location. Some good finds too.
Fab vid 2 watch and listen 2. Enjoyed so much i watched it twice.
Aw, thank you!
nice finds, take care
Thanks, I was surprised to stumble on that place, it's been the gift that keeps on giving for mudlarking videos. 🙂 Take care, and be well.
the small narrow bottles i think were used for camther i believe it was to rub on ones chest
Just stubbled on your site. Happy to view. Please speak up a little bit as you are quiet spoken. I would very much like to purchase some items from the larkings you are doing. I will be willing to pay postage as well. Blessings to you, Jeri-Ann
Hi Jeri-Ann, many thanks for watching and commenting, and especially for purchasing a book, I'll get that sent off to you on Monday, and I sincerely hope you find some enjoyment in it. I can of cause sign it as requested, I'm afraid getting the illustrator's autograph is more difficult, as she lives at the other end of the country... I hope it's OK with just mine? I agree I need to improve the sound balance, I'll try to speak up a bit in future videos. If you have any particular items in mind that you'd like, please do let me know which ones. Some of the bottles from this video have gone, most of the rest I'm sad to say aren't in the best condition... the ground conditions there left them patchy and scratched. I've found a few bottles since, but none are especially interesting. I have found some interesting things in the last few days; videos to come. Blessings to you, Tom.
Gloves? Yes, you should definitely wear gloves. You seem to find quite a bit of lead, and that whitish/grey coating on lead is very toxic. Be careful!
The oxides of lead are indeed toxic. Even without gloves, I'm careful with it. I rinse the hand off that picked it up soon afterwards, and I process it with gloves at home. Skin is an excellent barrier against such toxins, but I should probably start wearing gloves anyway, at least in some of the dirtier rivers.
The little pitcher is probably from a child's tea set, rather than being from doll house ceramics.
Ah, yes. Thank you 🙂
@@tomburleigh9261 I like most children's or doll house ceramics. Since these are usually really incomplete when buying from an antique dealer, they are usually correspondingly cheaper as well. I have several partial doll tea sets, and one really amazing childs set which I bought complete. Please keep doing your video-they are so enjoyable!
@@vilstef6988 Thank you, I do intend to keep making them; though the ones uploading at the moment are perhaps sub-par... it's accounts time and I'm a bit distracted. I do keep finding bits from doll tea sets, perhaps I'll bundle them together and put them on Etsy when I've got more.
In Canada we have a product called CLR that is really good at removing calcium, lime, and rust. Maybe there is a product in England that is similar.
We have that here in states. Coca-cola is good for rust too.
Lemon juice
also,i forget to say,today i found my very fist comleteponds milk jar.so happy but very tired,thanks for the show.
Congratulations. A first of any find is something to celebrate and feel good about 🙂
I adore glass, so loving this video. The historical pieces you save, open a window into a time one only reads about. Brilliant! Can’t wait for more adventures to go on with you. Cheers
Thanks Cathrine, enough people have liked this video to encourage me to go back soon, it's still a few videos away, but it's going to happen.
Those little bottles are my bread and butter, I use them for my little potion bottle business ☺️ What a fab dump Tom!!
Wish I could send some your way, but I think the postage costs would be prohibitive. I have so many from there that aren't in the best condition but would be good bases for potion bottle modifications. 🙂
Yo colecciono botellas grabadas. Y creo que me daria un infarto ver tantas en un barranco. Piensa que aca en todo el S/XIX, los productos venian de Inglaterra. No habia manufactura propia y muchas botellas que tu encontraste aca tabmein aparecen. Un saludo desde Argentina
Gracias Fernando, también me sorprendió la primera vez que encontré este basurero. Solo había encontrado unos enterrados, y nunca uno tan fácil como para recoger botellas.
Mis mejores deseos desde el Reino Unido.
What a fabulous find wirh that dream dump. The triangular bottle could have been poison. Many times they are that shape with a texture on them and the say poison but not always so it's possible it's poison. Nice finds though.
I went back there yesterday, and found another triangular bottle with textured edges, so thanks, it's good to know that the shape might have been a poison identifier. I also found quite a few with Poison embossed on them, and lots of other good finds... Video will come eventually, but I've got at least 3 more to edit and upload first.
@@tomburleigh9261I can't wait for the new videos and the 2nd bottle dump video!
The thick blue pottery looks like it could be part of a ceramic stove, built entirely out of ceramic glazed bricks. Not common in England, more german or nordic but there were a few al lthe same.
Ah, thank you. That's a good thought and certainly possible 🙂
Great vid! Thanks so much!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
You have an eye for spotting history!
Thank you
Your voice is very relaxing. Love your videos.
Thanks