I love how the simple things, like a bulb on seaweed, can interest you. I love to look down and find anything too. Started out by looking for beer and pop bottles when out for family walks. We called Mom “Eagle Eye” cuz she spotted everything! I love the coastline from Washington down to California...have found so many beautiful curios that I’ve kept over the years. Love your videos and your smiling commentary. I’m 70 now and crippled with arthritis, so my “ hunting days” are over in Arizona where we spent many winters wandering the desert just collecting things that struck our fancy! With COVID we won’t be let into the States anytime soon..ah! Well we still have scrapbooks, of every journey, to look at and our precious rocks and crystals that we found on our hunts. Keep up your mudlarking, Nicola, it is a great joy as I envision myself right there with you!
i have the EXACT same hand-painted marble. it was found in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. & it is from the civil war era - so yes! mid 19th century! amazing how they are all around the world. beautiful find!
@@nicolawhitemudlark it looks like a Martini henry in 577 or 450 .second shell is a 455 Webley revolver shell 3rd shell is for a automatic pistol could be 32 caliber 4th bullet is a French invented Claude entien minie bullet muzzle loaded . of 1800 👍:-) ❤🐺🐾
Nicola, I live vicariously through you. We went to London last year, and I could have gotten a one day permit. Our 10 day schedule was so packed, I decided against it. And, my husband would have had to hang out at a pub for a time. Now, I am so sorry I didn’t. How I would have loved to have a little dig. I love watching you! Thank you so much for sharing.
Nicola you found some nice items !!! Lots of coins 🪙, buttons, lens, beautiful marble & very nice buffalo 🦬 clay pipe !!! I know you enjoy finding these treasures as much as I enjoy watching you find them !!! Much love to you Nicola !!! ❤️🙂
The marble is called a Painted or Lined China. Made in China and hand painted, yours is "lined" there are other patterns. The marble is made from a very dense white clay "like China dishes" then fired to a high temperature. This makes a heavier marble than one made of clay or crockery. A very nice find.
I think buttons are quite amazing in that they were worn and handled by people over the ages and are so historically symbolic of the times. Sweet treasures! The silver coin is such a great find too!
The River Thames was in a gifting mood, lucky you. Thank You for sharing the adventure, a nice gift for us.The Half Penny is most likely 1861 due to the "Young Queen Victoria" image on the obverse. By the 1890's.the Royal Mint had adopted a more mature image of Victoria. What a lot of treasure, starting with the pipe. Is that the club that Fred Flintstone belonged to?
That's kelp. The long cylindrical part is called a stipe (no relation to Michael), the leaf-like part is called the blade and the spherical bits are pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders that form at the base of the blades to keep it upright in the sea. It also grows off the coast of Scotland. And I think that must be a mermaid's/merman's contact lens.
Welcome to the US of A, Nicola. Hope your travel and stay are enjoyable. Your videos are always a source of entertainment, information, and many times intrigue.
Greetings from Minnesota in the US. SO glad I stumbled across your videos. Love watching you and your finds. I used to work at a remote fishing lodge in SE Alaska. The site the lodge sat on was a saltery and a cannery . SE Alaska also has extreme tides and I would always beachcomb at low tides. I found opium bottles from the Asian workers , medicinal bottles, whole bear teeth and pottery fragments. OI also used to to boat to more remote beaches and loved searching for great pieces of driftwood. Could wonder with my head down there for hours. Great memories from the time there.
Your Mudlarking adventures are amazing! The treasures from your River Thames are wonderful..Can't believe how much stuff washes up each day! Thank You for sharing!!!
Oh Nicola, how lovely! A very old silver coin and an intact pipe! I’ve had my first mudlarking/beachcombing trip to Crosby Beach. My husband said that we wouldn’t enjoy it as it would be disappointing and dirty, but then we both had a fantastic time. No proper treasure, but we found beautiful pottery, a marble and fascinating industrial things. My husband is interested now!
Greetings from the USA. The excellent quality of your videos, narration, and historical information is a gift. I love British history and you share it beautifully. Thank you.
It amazes me just how much craftsmanship went into something that one smoked out of. I do hope they enjoyed themselves. The river Thames has so much history to be discovered. Thank you for sharing with us. 💛
Legendary Creek Hunter .We used to have a Pachinko game many years ago that had marbles very similar. My father bought the machine in Japan back in the 1950s.
Hi Nicola those two buttons with the 'crowns' on...I think the 'crowns' are actually coronets, either a Marquess or an Earls version which would tie in with them being a livery button. The button with the stags head could be an Earls/Marqess's gamekeepers button maybe? love the explanations of the finds bye the way! I wish I lived close to the Thames....its a bit of a shlep from Wigan i'm afraid................. Regards Chris
Another excellent video, loved it.The metal tag with A.O.D on it is very likely Army Ordnance Department, which was a forerunner of the British Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC). Quite possibly a tag from something like an ammunition case.
Spot on. Forerunner or unit of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. My guess, 1197 AOD is most probably 1197 Advance Ordnance Depot WW1. There were hundreds of obscure units most disbanded after the war. A great many military records were destroyed during the WWII London Blitz including my grandfathers First World War military records.
Hi Nicola, another lovely video. Just love your enthusiasm, could sit and listen to you all night. Have you ever thought about purchasing an Ultrasonic Cleaner for all those delicate bits like the buttons ? They are extremely inexpensive on at least 2 big online stores......no names mentioned but one of them definitely isn't based in South America !
Had a wonderful time joining you on your lark. As always, love the pipe, but the buttons were absolutely lovely! What fabulous finds! Enjoy your visit to the states! xx ~Jen
Nicola, I am in Marin County, where I believe, you are staying. I fantasized about inviting you to come along and mudlark along the beach in Bolinas, but there wouldn't be centuries of historical objects to find. As I walked along the beach the other day, though, I came upon an entire whale spinal column! Each vertabrae was bigger than my head! I know you would have loved it just as much as I love all your findings. Enjoy your time in our beautiful Marin county!
@@nicolawhitemudlark I'm back in Bolinas now, but only for the night. I'm sorry the weather hasn't been great for your trip, Nicola. In Oakland we've had rain, wind, thunder, lightning, and TWO earthquakes!
Great button collection in just one outing! You are very lucky to be able to find such old relics just laying in the mud. So many hundreds if not thousands of years of human habitation just piled up on top of each other, here in Australia the first fleet of settlers/convicts didn't arrive until 1788 and that was a very isolated and small outpost. I'm in Western Australia and the first settlement here was not until 1829! So I'm only dealing with a maximum 190 years of history when I go digging, thank you for sharing your great mudlark adventures Nicola :)
Dear Nicola, thanks for your sharing your mudlarking adventures. The way you film it and your comment is so relaxing it is almost a mindfullness thing. It both relaxes me and entertains me, especially since I am really into history and archeology. Looking forward to your next upload.
liked the old english coins best then the stag one. glad you still managed a video. i wear ear phones or buds when listening to vids on my laptop, so listening to your voice as you describe things is a more intimate affair, and a welcome change to my day. so many thanks for keeping going even while in the u.s take care..
enjoy the visit to Pt Reyes. The seaweed is Bull Kelp, Nereocystis. We use to hold the bulb and swing the whip round and round, others jumping over as it came past.
Awesome discoveries! Am a fan of old Royal Navy history....and clay pipes....fun to see you finding all that cool stuff in the mud. Who would have thought there are artefacts still waiting to be found! Oh....your sparkly nails took a beating! Thanks....look forward to your next vlog. Andrew/Houston
I think the George III coin at 17mins in is a 'Soho' penny minted in Birmingham around 1760-1820 as I found an 1806 one many years ago in a ditch at Gosport, Hant's, they certainly got around. And the Victorian ha'penny must be from 1861 judging by her young face. Great finds Nicola, I love the RAOB clay pipe in excellent cond with the mouthpiece still intact. I used to bait dig at Fareham Creek in Hants (upper reaches of Portsmouth Harbour) and found many different ages and styles of pipes as a youth which I still have today.
I reckon you're correct about the stag's head button with the coronet of a marquess being linked to Gordon. George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon and Marquess of Huntley was around at about the right time. His full coat of arms with the all the fiddly bits around it has the spooky staring stag coming out of a coronet at the top. His clan (Clan Gordon of course), and naturally enough the Gordon Highlanders, can use the same thing as a badge.
Nicola over here in the U.S. we have old clay marbles before we got glass, nice day on the river! Coin button bullet and I loved the pipe! I enjoyed the walk and the history. Yes I'm still jealous over here in Tennessee!
Gosh; you are so lucky living close to the Thames. I have been metal detecting for 40 years but nothing compares to this!! So much variety, I'm jealous 🙂
I just love larking vicariously through you on the Thames all the way from South Carolina! As a kid I would spend endless hours beach-combing on the shores of Lake Superior looking for agates and other treasures. Thanks for sharing your adventures! 😊
The marble is a fantastic find! Likely German. Haven't dug one yet. They run just earlier than the sites i typically dig. Still looking tho. Cheers & welcome to the States!
Your marble looks like a small version of a victorian carpet ball for indoor bowling. Perhaps a miniature one for a small child's version of bowling? The carpet balls were glazed pottery and they painted them in stripes and other patterns. Nice finds! Love the buttons! Happy New Year!
Wow.😱 you knocked it out of the park with those finds. The Thames is rewarding you for picking up all that nasty plastic. Great job and nice view from Massachusetts😎👍
Wonderful Boxing Day finds! The lovely livery buttons & painted marble (mini bocci ball?) would be interesting to research. Also, thank you for sharing birds & life returning to the Thames & foreshore. 🦢
Good day, Nicola: A bit late again, I'm going through your videos as quickly as possible to catch up on all your expeditions. Your first, broken, cartridge is almost certainly a .577 Snider from the mid 19th century as is the separate bullet. The revolver cartridge is probably a .455 or 450 Webley round, I can't be sure without knowing the case length. The little rimless round is probably a .25 or .32 ACP cartridge, difficult to tell on screen. Anyway, stay safe and well, and enjoy your excursions into the wild world of mudlarking. I, in particular love them, being a former Londoner now living in Vancouver, BC.
You went to Point Reyes! I visited there in 1986. What an amazing place. It reminded me of Scotland with the loch and the hills by the sea. At night we walked along the footpaths near the Youth Hostel and our torch beams kept swing on the eyes of deer in the brush!
I know this is an old video, but I couldn't help posting. Awesome finds for the day, Nicola. Those livery buttons were GORGEOUS! I think they would make beautiful charms or pendants also pins. I would love to know who in the nobility they belong to and a little of their history. You could get permission and send them on the Wendy to cast in her jewelry if you can get permission from the families. I find it amusing how pagan they look. At least to me. Especially the stag. There are all sorts of stories about him.
Thanks guys. I’m from North Carolina. The day after Christmas is trash day. Maybe could be taking boxes to the dump?? I wish I could just go and mudlark one time. The history that has been up and down the Thames is amazing. Buttons and pipes, bullets. Not worth much, but very interesting to find.
I love your videos I collect Indian artifacts I walk the fields and creeks here in Indiana in United states of america I been collecting for 42 years I have quit the collection but what I'm getting at is I come across old civil war era old house sites when I surface hunt for artifacts and I found a marble Like the one you found On the Thames for shore It's identicle I would give anything in the world to find one of those Pipes like you find on the for shore I find clay pipes here but most of Them are broke up due to the plows Thank you for sharing your video in good luck while you're here in the United States
Omg I can’t believe you’re in Pt Reyes. I live a re hunting grounds.half hour away. I’ve been watching your videos thinking of you half a globe away. The west coast is my tresu
What a great treasure hunt. Very high quality artifacts. Thanks for sharing the history of your discoveries. Best of luck with your next treasure hunt. See you again soon.
Nicola you're about like my grandma was when she was a kid back in the 40's she collected buttons, had jars of them, she told me as a kid the reason she did that was they made most of their own clothes and she would always need buttons and they couldn't afford to buy them
Super video Nicola 👍. I don’t know if it has already been mentioned but the pottery with the squirly pattern on is often called earth worm pattern mocha ware. Produced by several companies in Britain during the first half of the 19th century. A lovely find 👍🙂
The Stag and Crown button is definitely Gordon Highlanders. Livery buttons show the stag in profile, not face on. This button is rather crude, so I'd guess it's early or unofficial. Either way, it's a treasure!
I love how the simple things, like a bulb on seaweed, can interest you. I love to look down and find anything too. Started out by looking for beer and pop bottles when out for family walks. We called Mom “Eagle Eye” cuz she spotted everything! I love the coastline from Washington down to California...have found so many beautiful curios that I’ve kept over the years. Love your videos and your smiling commentary. I’m 70 now and crippled with arthritis, so my “ hunting days” are over in Arizona where we spent many winters wandering the desert just collecting things that struck our fancy! With COVID we won’t be let into the States anytime soon..ah! Well we still have scrapbooks, of every journey, to look at and our precious rocks and crystals that we found on our hunts. Keep up your mudlarking, Nicola, it is a great joy as I envision myself right there with you!
Thank you. Lots of love xx
The stag and crown button is really lovely. It's like a little work of art.
i have the EXACT same hand-painted marble. it was found in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. & it is from the civil war era - so yes! mid 19th century! amazing how they are all around the world. beautiful find!
Thank you Megan
@@nicolawhitemudlark it looks like a Martini henry in 577 or 450 .second shell is a 455 Webley revolver shell 3rd shell is for a automatic pistol could be 32 caliber 4th bullet is a French invented Claude entien minie bullet muzzle loaded . of 1800 👍:-) ❤🐺🐾
Nicola, I live vicariously through you. We went to London last year, and I could have gotten a one day permit. Our 10 day schedule was so packed, I decided against it. And, my husband would have had to hang out at a pub for a time. Now, I am so sorry I didn’t. How I would have loved to have a little dig. I love watching you! Thank you so much for sharing.
Nicola you found some nice items !!! Lots of coins 🪙, buttons, lens, beautiful marble & very nice buffalo 🦬 clay pipe !!! I know you enjoy finding these treasures as much as I enjoy watching you find them !!! Much love to you Nicola !!! ❤️🙂
The marble is called a Painted or Lined China. Made in China and hand painted, yours is "lined" there are other patterns. The marble is made from a very dense white clay "like China dishes" then fired to a high temperature. This makes a heavier marble than one made of clay or crockery. A very nice find.
Thank you
It’s fascinating that the crowns are identical in every detail
I think buttons are quite amazing in that they were worn and handled by people over the ages and are so historically symbolic of the times. Sweet treasures! The silver coin is such a great find too!
Welcome to the US. Hope you enjoy your visit
The River Thames was in a gifting mood, lucky you. Thank You for sharing the adventure, a nice gift for us.The Half Penny is most likely 1861 due to the "Young Queen Victoria" image on the obverse. By the 1890's.the Royal Mint had adopted a more mature image of Victoria. What a lot of treasure, starting with the pipe. Is that the club that Fred Flintstone belonged to?
I love that you back up your finds with photographs and old posters from the era. Thank you always great to watch very relaxing.
Wow, thanks for taking me along. Great find.
That's kelp. The long cylindrical part is called a stipe (no relation to Michael), the leaf-like part is called the blade and the spherical bits are pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders that form at the base of the blades to keep it upright in the sea. It also grows off the coast of Scotland.
And I think that must be a mermaid's/merman's contact lens.
"There's my friends the swans".
I would wager that yes, they do recognize her, and yes, they do consider her their friend.
Simply charming. : ' D
Welcome to the US of A, Nicola. Hope your travel and stay are enjoyable. Your videos are always a source of entertainment, information, and many times intrigue.
I am so addicted to this recovery of history. Happy New Year to you, I love watching! Brilliant
Greetings from Minnesota in the US. SO glad I stumbled across your videos. Love watching you and your finds. I used to work at a remote fishing lodge in SE Alaska. The site the lodge sat on was a saltery and a cannery . SE Alaska also has extreme tides and I would always beachcomb at low tides. I found opium bottles from the Asian workers , medicinal bottles, whole bear teeth and pottery fragments. OI also used to to boat to more remote beaches and loved searching for great pieces of driftwood. Could wonder with my head down there for hours. Great memories from the time there.
Your Mudlarking adventures are amazing! The treasures from your River Thames are wonderful..Can't believe how much stuff washes up each day! Thank You for sharing!!!
Treasure hunting grounds. I so envy the rich history you have access to. Hope you enjoy our corner of the world
Love all you find thanks for taking us along xx
Oh Nicola, how lovely! A very old silver coin and an intact pipe! I’ve had my first mudlarking/beachcombing trip to Crosby Beach. My husband said that we wouldn’t enjoy it as it would be disappointing and dirty, but then we both had a fantastic time. No proper treasure, but we found beautiful pottery, a marble and fascinating industrial things. My husband is interested now!
Excellent news! Just the act of searching is exciting x
Greetings from the USA. The excellent quality of your videos, narration, and historical information is a gift. I love British history and you share it beautifully. Thank you.
Thank you very much indeed x
It amazes me just how much craftsmanship went into something that one smoked out of. I do hope they enjoyed themselves. The river Thames has so much history to be discovered. Thank you for sharing with us. 💛
I'm really drawn to the marble. I like it. Great finds.
Agreed - That marble is cool
Awesome marble Nicola it's a China helix
Legendary Creek Hunter .We used to have a Pachinko game many years ago that had marbles very similar. My father bought the machine in Japan back in the 1950s.
@@ah-ha Thanks!
@@legendarycreekhunter5929 Thank you!
Thanks again! Always informative. Always entertaining.
Hi Nicola those two buttons with the 'crowns' on...I think the 'crowns' are actually coronets, either a Marquess or an Earls version which would tie in with them being a livery button.
The button with the stags head could be an Earls/Marqess's gamekeepers button maybe?
love the explanations of the finds bye the way!
I wish I lived close to the Thames....its a bit of a shlep from Wigan i'm afraid.................
Regards Chris
I am enjoying your video’s so much.The follow up you do keeps the interest. Thank you.
Another excellent video, loved it.The metal tag with A.O.D on it is very likely Army Ordnance Department, which was a forerunner of the British Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC). Quite possibly a tag from something like an ammunition case.
Wow thanks Eric!
Spot on. Forerunner or unit of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. My guess, 1197 AOD is most probably 1197 Advance Ordnance Depot WW1. There were hundreds of obscure units most disbanded after the war. A great many military records were destroyed during the WWII London Blitz including my grandfathers First World War military records.
Oh Nicola, the buttons are a real treat!!!!! So happy for you to have found them!!!
That was another fabtastic find show and tell. Thank you Nicola
Hi Nicola, another lovely video. Just love your enthusiasm, could sit and listen to you all night. Have you ever thought about purchasing an Ultrasonic Cleaner for all those delicate bits like the buttons ? They are extremely inexpensive on at least 2 big online stores......no names mentioned but one of them definitely isn't based in South America !
Thank you! And yes I definitely need an ultrasonic cleaner. It's on my list!
@Rachel West yes I know. I'm a little nervous to be honest. I'll make sure I practice first
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Had a wonderful time joining you on your lark. As always, love the pipe, but the buttons were absolutely lovely! What fabulous finds! Enjoy your visit to the states! xx ~Jen
Thank you xx
'Wonderful things' Nicola, I do like Marty Feldmans contact lens lol👍👍👍👍
Ha !
Nicola, thanks for the video. Always a pleasure to watch.
Such great finds Nicola!
Nicola, I am in Marin County, where I believe, you are staying. I fantasized about inviting you to come along and mudlark along the beach in Bolinas, but there wouldn't be centuries of historical objects to find. As I walked along the beach the other day, though, I came upon an entire whale spinal column! Each vertabrae was bigger than my head! I know you would have loved it just as much as I love all your findings. Enjoy your time in our beautiful Marin county!
Hi! Thank you! And beachcombing would be amazing so if you plan to go again pls let me know! N
@@nicolawhitemudlark I'm back in Bolinas now, but only for the night. I'm sorry the weather hasn't been great for your trip, Nicola. In Oakland we've had rain, wind, thunder, lightning, and TWO earthquakes!
Another nice video to relax to. Thank you so much.
Great button collection in just one outing! You are very lucky to be able to find such old relics just laying in the mud. So many hundreds if not thousands of years of human habitation just piled up on top of each other, here in Australia the first fleet of settlers/convicts didn't arrive until 1788 and that was a very isolated and small outpost. I'm in Western Australia and the first settlement here was not until 1829! So I'm only dealing with a maximum 190 years of history when I go digging, thank you for sharing your great mudlark adventures Nicola :)
Thank you Clint. The prison hulk's were moored where I search, and many left there to be transported to Australia
Love the marble and stag button especially..Nice hunt Nicola!!
Dear Nicola, thanks for your sharing your mudlarking adventures. The way
you film it and your comment is so relaxing it is almost a mindfullness thing. It both relaxes me and entertains me, especially since I am really into history and archeology. Looking forward to your next upload.
Thank you!
Welcome to the US Nicola. As always great video.
I think this was more like Christmas day with all the goodies you found, love your videos have a great time in the US😊
Oh how I'd love to search th Thames for treasures, I've had so many dreams about it! Thankyou for your videos! They're wonderful!❤
Hope you find some interesting finds here in the U.S. Good luck & H.H. - Nice video!
What an amazing day of finds!
It was awesome to watch that first pipes stem get longer and longer!
liked the old english coins best then the stag one. glad you still managed a video. i wear ear phones or buds when listening to vids on my laptop, so listening to your voice as you describe things is a more intimate affair, and a welcome change to my day. so many thanks for keeping going even while in the u.s take care..
Thank you x
enjoy the visit to Pt Reyes. The seaweed is Bull Kelp, Nereocystis. We use to hold the bulb and swing the whip round and round, others jumping over as it came past.
Awesome discoveries! Am a fan of old Royal Navy history....and clay pipes....fun to see you finding all that cool stuff in the mud. Who would have thought there are artefacts still waiting to be found! Oh....your sparkly nails took a beating! Thanks....look forward to your next vlog. Andrew/Houston
I think the George III coin at 17mins in is a 'Soho' penny minted in Birmingham around 1760-1820 as I found an 1806 one many years ago in a ditch at Gosport, Hant's, they certainly got around. And the Victorian ha'penny must be from 1861 judging by her young face. Great finds Nicola, I love the RAOB clay pipe in excellent cond with the mouthpiece still intact. I used to bait dig at Fareham Creek in Hants (upper reaches of Portsmouth Harbour) and found many different ages and styles of pipes as a youth which I still have today.
Love all that squishing around in the mud and finding some wonderful items. Love your videos, great fun.
I reckon you're correct about the stag's head button with the coronet of a marquess being linked to Gordon. George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon and Marquess of Huntley was around at about the right time. His full coat of arms with the all the fiddly bits around it has the spooky staring stag coming out of a coronet at the top. His clan (Clan Gordon of course), and naturally enough the Gordon Highlanders, can use the same thing as a badge.
Great boxing day haul Nicola. Loved the buttons , loved the whole pipe .Well done and thank you for a refreshing video.😀🤗
Nicola over here in the U.S. we have old clay marbles before we got glass, nice day on the river! Coin button bullet and I loved the pipe! I enjoyed the walk and the history. Yes I'm still jealous over here in Tennessee!
Hi Greg! X
Gosh; you are so lucky living close to the Thames. I have been metal detecting for 40 years but nothing compares to this!! So much variety, I'm jealous 🙂
I just love larking vicariously through you on the Thames all the way from South Carolina! As a kid I would spend endless hours beach-combing on the shores of Lake Superior looking for agates and other treasures. Thanks for sharing your adventures! 😊
Thank you 😘
Greetings & Welcome from So. Oregon! I love watching your larks. History & research is AWESOME!!!
Great haul Nic! The button pile grows and grows!
Yes that was a button frenzy alright, and that's not the end of it!!
The marble is a fantastic find! Likely German. Haven't dug one yet. They run just earlier than the sites i typically dig. Still looking tho. Cheers & welcome to the States!
Thanks Charlie
Hi Nicola, thank you for your time and effort and videos, awesome and amazing. Diane from Southampton UK
That's the most unusual marble I've ever seen... I used to collect them... NEVER have seen even pictures of one like that... ☺
It's always fun to watch your videos & see what surprises you find!!👍😁👍
Your marble looks like a small version of a victorian carpet ball for indoor bowling. Perhaps a miniature one for a small child's version of bowling? The carpet balls were glazed pottery and they painted them in stripes and other patterns. Nice finds! Love the buttons! Happy New Year!
Thanks Mary. Happy New year
Yes i thought it looked like a cricket ball for a marbles game
Wow.😱 you knocked it out of the park with those finds. The Thames is rewarding you for picking up all that nasty plastic. Great job and nice view from Massachusetts😎👍
Watching from Arizona USA. Have relatives in London, Wales and surrounding area. I have never met them though.
Excellent video with some great finds.
Great finds, I just love your enthusiasm for all the great stuff you find.
I like the livery buttons as well as the marble. Very nice display
Wonderful finds, the whole pipe was satisfying to watch being extracted. Much more please Nicola thank you : )
Wonderful Boxing Day finds! The lovely livery buttons & painted marble (mini bocci ball?) would be interesting to research. Also, thank you for sharing birds & life returning to the Thames & foreshore. 🦢
Another wonderful video with great finds Nicola!!
Great video! The bird on the button looks like a falcon. Thank you for sharing ❤️ from the USA
Lovely as always.
Good day, Nicola: A bit late again, I'm going through your videos as quickly as possible to catch up on all your expeditions. Your first, broken, cartridge is almost certainly a .577 Snider from the mid 19th century as is the separate bullet. The revolver cartridge is probably a .455 or 450 Webley round, I can't be sure without knowing the case length. The little rimless round is probably a .25 or .32 ACP cartridge, difficult to tell on screen. Anyway, stay safe and well, and enjoy your excursions into the wild world of mudlarking. I, in particular love them, being a former Londoner now living in Vancouver, BC.
Thank you!
You went to Point Reyes! I visited there in 1986. What an amazing place. It reminded me of Scotland with the loch and the hills by the sea. At night we walked along the footpaths near the Youth Hostel and our torch beams kept swing on the eyes of deer in the brush!
That was a great day huh most of that stuff is really old and in great shape good job love it
I know this is an old video, but I couldn't help posting. Awesome finds for the day, Nicola.
Those livery buttons were GORGEOUS! I think they would make beautiful charms or pendants also pins. I would love to know who in the nobility they belong to and a little of their history. You could get permission and send them on the Wendy to cast in her jewelry if you can get permission from the families. I find it amusing how pagan they look. At least to me. Especially the stag. There are all sorts of stories about him.
Thank you Anastasia!
Another fascinating video. Thanks so much for sharing and welcome to America.
Nice video nicola.some great finds😀
You really know how to do a great vlog xxx excellent as ever
Thanks guys. I’m from North Carolina. The day after Christmas is trash day. Maybe could be taking boxes to the dump?? I wish I could just go and mudlark one time. The history that has been up and down the Thames is amazing. Buttons and pipes, bullets. Not worth much, but very interesting to find.
Welcome to our side of pond. Hope you have a wonderful stay. Great video.
Thank you x
I love your videos I collect Indian artifacts I walk the fields and creeks here in Indiana in United states of america I been collecting for 42 years I have quit the collection but what I'm getting at is I come across old civil war era old house sites when I surface hunt for artifacts and I found a marble Like the one you found On the Thames for shore It's identicle I would give anything in the world to find one of those Pipes like you find on the for shore I find clay pipes here but most of Them are broke up due to the plows Thank you for sharing your video in good luck while you're here in the United States
Thank you Jeff! X
Interesting that there are the same or similar pipes and marbles in the US as UK
I read that it was typical in the US to break a pipe after you were done smoking it...something to do with a tuberculosis superstition.
Absolutely fantastic finds again Nicola, stay safe and bring us more adventures please.
Thanks Kevin! Will do x
I propose a US fans of Nicola meet up! Enjoy your stay, happy hunting :)
Yay great idea 😃
Omg I can’t believe you’re in Pt Reyes. I live a re hunting grounds.half hour away. I’ve been watching your videos thinking of you half a globe away. The west coast is my tresu
You have a hunting ground near point Reyes!? Where?
The lens looks really old as well wow what a day you had that was great thank you Nicole
wonderful finds,Nicola.great show!
I love when you find pipes!
I liked your buttons the bird is my favorite then the stag
Welcome to the USA!! I want to go back London with you! 😁
Nice finds Nicola. What a rewarding Boxing day. I'm particularly liking the marble.
What a great treasure hunt. Very high quality artifacts. Thanks for sharing the history of your discoveries. Best of luck with your next treasure hunt. See you again soon.
Thank you Jay
What a great box for you! I really love the marble. So glad for all of your finds. Welcome again to the states. Hope your stay was/is a lovely one.
Nicola you're about like my grandma was when she was a kid back in the 40's she collected buttons, had jars of them, she told me as a kid the reason she did that was they made most of their own clothes and she would always need buttons and they couldn't afford to buy them
My mother also had a button jar. She made a lot of our clothes and my fathers shirts.
Nicola ,You had an awesome day on the mud! Have a great time here in the U.S.A.
Super video Nicola 👍. I don’t know if it has already been mentioned but the pottery with the squirly pattern on is often called earth worm pattern mocha ware. Produced by several companies in Britain during the first half of the 19th century. A lovely find 👍🙂
Thank you! What a great name!
The Stag and Crown button is definitely Gordon Highlanders. Livery buttons show the stag in profile, not face on. This button is rather crude, so I'd guess it's early or unofficial. Either way, it's a treasure!
In the seaweed on the beach, sometimes when you flip it over there are tiny starfish there....really cool when you find them!
Hope you have a great time Stateside. Thank you for another great video, especially like the marble and the ROAB pipe.