Mudlarking London's Thames near Execution Dock at low tide.

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  • Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
  • Out on the river at this months low tide looking for artefacts on London's Thames in Wapping near the site of Execution Dock. See real mudlarking and the famous tide along the historic docks of London. This is where pirates were executed, their bodies locked in a cage that submerged with every tide.

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  • @laurene5806
    @laurene5806 7 лет назад +98

    Chill Bill, I love to watch your videos, but, I have a request. Please slow the camera down when you move it. I get dizzy from some of your quick moves, especially when you're panning around. So, Chill Bill, I'm asking you to chill, Bill. Thanks!

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  7 лет назад +7

      Trying to do this..... you may notice it in later video.

    • @davidfarmer2049
      @davidfarmer2049 6 лет назад +2

      Bill/Thanks, I didn't like to say any thing but I was getting the same thing as Laurene.
      edit I see I have paused at 3.57 for that reason.

    • @charlestlawson6806
      @charlestlawson6806 6 лет назад +1

      I was just about to say the same thing , I do not think they realize that some one els is watching ?

    • @christybriggs1737
      @christybriggs1737 5 лет назад +3

      Yes! Please! We're missing what you're showing us.

    • @anjistone2946
      @anjistone2946 4 года назад +2

      It makes me feel cross-eyed. Otherwise good. Just slow it down a bit please.

  • @TralfazConstruction
    @TralfazConstruction 4 года назад +6

    I appreciate your enthusiasm and experience. Fascinating finds and observations along the way. Thank you, Bill.

  • @DanielCamachoArcticDigger
    @DanielCamachoArcticDigger 8 лет назад +2

    I can see I will not get tired of watching your videos. I love the little bits of history you throw in there while strolling around town or on the Thames. Thanks for sharing.

  • @savagesquirrel9828
    @savagesquirrel9828 4 месяца назад +1

    Always good to see you. Thanks.

  • @GarysMetalDetecting
    @GarysMetalDetecting 2 года назад +2

    Wish we had the history You have in London. Thanks for sharing the adventure. Cheers.

  • @saltyshark2002
    @saltyshark2002 8 лет назад +17

    Love the history lessons included in your video

  • @marthabakry7353
    @marthabakry7353 4 года назад +8

    I’d definitely be down there with you in the mud, but I would be (kind of in the back of my mind) concerned about toxicity of the sediments. I understand that the Thames was once so polluted that it was totally anoxic, as recently as 1957. It has rebounded wonderfully, but pollutants persist in the muck.

  • @pamcolechadwell1302
    @pamcolechadwell1302 4 года назад +2

    I hope you see this Bill, I am saving up money to come to England and see you guys in action. I love all of you. Y'all are so much fun to watch.

  • @IronheadOfScroteus
    @IronheadOfScroteus 8 лет назад +1

    I hate to think what standing in that spot 2-300 years ago would be like. Thugs used to throw their unconscious victims into the Thames, but they usually had time to revive and walk off it before they sank.

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад +2

      +IronheadOfScroteus standing there at low tide you can get a good idea of what it was like, but without the smell which I think would have been pretty strong.

  • @lisalorentz7919
    @lisalorentz7919 5 лет назад +3

    "If you had fallen out of fashion..."
    *giggle*
    Thanks for the ultra close-ups. Didn't mind we didn't find much. I felt like I was right there.

  • @BirdDogg
    @BirdDogg 8 лет назад +8

    Nice day out Bill, you ought to get a little rake for hunting out there it will save your back!

  • @gmagain
    @gmagain 5 лет назад +3

    Imagine all the antique coins you missed because they were under a superficial rock and you didn’t bring a metal detector

  • @virtualhermit
    @virtualhermit 2 года назад +1

    At least you found the pub!

  • @thomasroberts1426
    @thomasroberts1426 7 лет назад

    I'm willing to bet all you mud larkers over there have at least 100 of those old antique clay pipes each...and those things are simply amazing my friend! Great hunts as always ..I love to watch the mudlark videos best of all i believe...i really like them more than the old coins people find because its amazing to think of the rough old peoples who smoked out of those old pipes, plus all the other neat stuff yall find..HH and great videos ChillBill!!

  • @reiserstreasurehuntingempo8993
    @reiserstreasurehuntingempo8993 8 лет назад +4

    Nice vid Chill Bill! Creepy to think of the drama there at execution dock. Happy Hunting!

  • @frankiecowsert9364
    @frankiecowsert9364 8 лет назад +1

    I wish there was a place in the states where you could look for old pipe stems and bowls...awesome video Bill....

  • @SarahBevElizabeth
    @SarahBevElizabeth 7 лет назад +1

    This is funny to me because it's a tradition on my mums side every time we go to the beach to look for glass and blue ware. And my grandmother lived just off the Thames. I wonder if she did this too and that's why.

  • @metaldetectingengland
    @metaldetectingengland 4 года назад +1

    ace vidio ,,,,as usual,,,,and a great adventure you had ,,,,,,we found gold and silver this week in a ploughed field,,,,,was an ace day out ,,,i did a gold dance lol see my moves in our vid ,,,,good luck in your hunting we enjoy your adventures ,,,cheers

  • @martineastburn3679
    @martineastburn3679 4 года назад +1

    Not only that but London Burned several times in Black death times and WWII. Lots of London flowed to the river with fire hose and rains. Bless your hobby.

  • @Lyndam98
    @Lyndam98 8 лет назад

    Our swimming spot, close to an old tourist attraction fort used to yield pockets full of clay pipe remnants and musket balls. The soldiers of the 19th century used to fire their guns over the water. Old coins only rarely. Of course we were of an age where the only thing a penny was good for was a penny's worth of candy! We used to scan the water 5 feet deep or so and you could always get buttons, musket balls, clay pipes. Can't do it now, of course. You'd get arrested. Back in 1960 nobody cared much. I think my brother and his friends used to sell them to the fort...so much per pound of musket balls.

  • @TheDetectits
    @TheDetectits 4 года назад +1

    Great video

  • @treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340
    @treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340 2 года назад

    Great video enjoyed watching

  • @badapple65
    @badapple65 8 лет назад +14

    The evidence of so many generations before you. I've got to travel to the UK some day it very much interests me.

    • @lacsuglypoopy
      @lacsuglypoopy 8 лет назад +6

      just be carefull of the chavs lol

    • @V-Bug
      @V-Bug 8 лет назад

      What Douglas said :D

    • @tracydrennan3296
      @tracydrennan3296 5 лет назад

      It ain’t what it used to be

  • @Serega_Krokodil
    @Serega_Krokodil 7 лет назад

    A good video is always a pleasure to watch with great pleasure!
    I'm happy for you, my friend. Good luck to you

  • @Matabang1
    @Matabang1 4 года назад +2

    Dude...all due respect...
    METAL DETECTOR!!!!

  • @sherikee1
    @sherikee1 3 года назад +2

    DIITTO, LAURENE.............MAKES ME DIZY TOOILL CHECK BACK AGAIN TO SEE IF HE HAS SLOWED DOWN

  • @GLK-London
    @GLK-London 7 лет назад

    Thanks so much for sharing your videos they are very interesting Bill.

  • @DigginWithDeej
    @DigginWithDeej 5 лет назад +3

    Great Excursion Bill! It's on my bucket list to go there mudlarking someday. My gr,gr,gr,gr. Grandparents left Allendale, Northumberland England and came to the United States in 1850

  • @trippingonrocks1165
    @trippingonrocks1165 4 года назад

    Always looking for a something lol neat video with a few funny jokes mixed in. Thank you, subbed 👍🏼

  • @BoiseG
    @BoiseG 7 лет назад

    Fantastic video. Thoroughly enjoyed minute.

  • @TheManWithTheHat
    @TheManWithTheHat 6 лет назад +1

    I was in the very same spot last Saturday. Nice video

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  6 лет назад

      Its a great stretch to hunt.

  • @scrapwomblecreatives6944
    @scrapwomblecreatives6944 Год назад

    enjoyed watching you wish I still could get out

  • @steven2212
    @steven2212 5 лет назад +1

    What a marvelous resource. You are all so lucky.

  • @newrez
    @newrez 8 лет назад +11

    Your wife must love you bringing home broken pieces of blue ware.

  • @bigchris3230
    @bigchris3230 4 года назад +2

    Bill: oh look a rock probably from the 1700’s....ima keep that lmao

  • @candaceneff6796
    @candaceneff6796 7 лет назад +1

    London looks so wonderful. someday I will make my way there.

  • @carolynmurtaza1180
    @carolynmurtaza1180 3 года назад +1

    please could you slow down the camera when you move it. you found nails but could not see what you were looking at.

  • @vivien4420
    @vivien4420 8 лет назад

    Really enjoyed that :) thx for sharing. Missing London!

  • @parmeetsinghkanwal4100
    @parmeetsinghkanwal4100 3 года назад +1

    I think this is where a scene from eastern promises was shot

  • @homeofhistory2316
    @homeofhistory2316 7 лет назад +1

    Great vid, thanks for sharing

  • @cathywatson7261
    @cathywatson7261 8 лет назад

    well guess I learned something new today........mudlarking........I always called it beachcombing cool..............thanxs for video mate.................

  • @dougc.3497
    @dougc.3497 8 лет назад

    Fascinating....really amazed at all the detritus left from 2000 years of occupation. Mudlarking along the Thames is on my "bucket list"!

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад

      +Mac Lager took me 20 years to get back. Its worth the effort

    • @dougc.3497
      @dougc.3497 8 лет назад

      What an amazing thing to be able to do! Thanks for the great videos!

  • @DAYBROK3
    @DAYBROK3 6 лет назад +2

    I’m looking at the rocks, shells and pottery. Lol

  • @MrJohn1966elliott
    @MrJohn1966elliott 8 лет назад

    Wow !! Lots of 1600 to 1800's rubbishes in Thames

  • @wildflower7975
    @wildflower7975 4 года назад

    Excellent!

  • @WyoMDLiveagoodlife
    @WyoMDLiveagoodlife 8 лет назад

    Captain Kidd was a good example of good man gone bad for greed, Great video thank you GL/HH

  • @JoannaLamont333
    @JoannaLamont333 3 года назад

    You say you’re looking for a somethink. It’s not somethink, it’s something!

  • @chrisfry7915
    @chrisfry7915 8 лет назад

    That is a fun video. wish I could have dug some and drank some too. :) Loved the alley bit.

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад

      +chris fry I will be doing more this year. Glad you liked it.

  • @mdtreasurehuntervalley9689
    @mdtreasurehuntervalley9689 8 лет назад

    That is so amazing, iron nails as far as the eyes can see.......Thanks Bill....cool video.

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад

      +MD Treasure Hunter Valley solid iron in many places.

  • @ken14850
    @ken14850 8 лет назад +1

    THAT'S GOING STRAIGHT IN MY BASKET

  • @erinnkemp
    @erinnkemp 4 года назад +1

    Chill Bill just found you from Nicole's channel!♥♥

  • @texasturner2313
    @texasturner2313 8 лет назад +1

    Why are there so many old pipe stems & bowls there ? I know pipe smoking was much more fashionable in those days, but strange, I've never seen or heard of another place with so many in a given area.

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад +1

      +Texas Turner its a guess because no one can be sure, but:
      a) if you snapped the pipe stem too short and they are easy to break, it made for a hot smoke so they pitched the pipe.
      b) they were cheap so people treated them carelessly.
      c) The Thames had massive traffic so huge amounts of stuff fell in.
      d) Pipes are light and bright white so are easy to spot surface finds.

  • @paulsedyps84
    @paulsedyps84 6 лет назад +2

    I would have definitely been reaching In those bars to slowly drag everything out if there's anything good then I bet it's caught up in there with all the stones

  • @stateofdisorder1
    @stateofdisorder1 8 лет назад +1

    What a wonderful idea, bet you can. Find all kinds of things

  • @collectorguy4379
    @collectorguy4379 4 года назад +1

    Lovely stuff down there especially 10.30 - that plastic item!

  • @binflynn1
    @binflynn1 4 года назад +1

    5.23 the brick with the h in the centre , as children in belfast growing up we used to melt lead and pure into these bricks making lead bars , as if they where gold bars , the h would have been seen in the bar .

  • @aeternitasromae
    @aeternitasromae 8 лет назад

    It was literally peoples job in the Victorian era to mudlark on the Thames for such things as jewelry from the sewers, so I've always been skeptical that there is that much left

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад

      +HarvoOak hence the term muckraking. There wa a big demand for artifacts then.

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад

      There is lso a lot of deep erosion now. There is no new deposition now as the river is no longer London's rubbish dump and toilet.

  • @stefanrdetecting8411
    @stefanrdetecting8411 8 лет назад

    Cool video!

  • @jrcostilla9105
    @jrcostilla9105 5 лет назад +1

    I know it's not up to you but I think it would be better and easier if you didn't just leave the trash and keep looking because if you get rid of it you can see what might be under it. Plus just knowing that the shore is cleaner would be nice to most people. But I'm not judging you to each their own

  • @kentuckylady2990
    @kentuckylady2990 5 лет назад +1

    My 6th great grandfather was sent to America. I need to recheck the court documents to find the name of the judge

  • @SallyANorris
    @SallyANorris 4 года назад

    I quite enjoyed that! Cheers!

  • @DigginWithDash
    @DigginWithDash 8 лет назад

    Enjoyed that thanks for sharing

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад

      +Diggin With Dash happy new year!

  • @jackiesmithsmetaldetecting
    @jackiesmithsmetaldetecting 8 лет назад

    Would love to go on the Thames one day been promised but nothing came of it lol lovely vid enjoyed it best wishes :) you sound like my friend little john lol

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад

      +jackiesmiths Metaldetecting videos Hey Jackie, thanks. I always enjoy your videos. The way to do it is find a low tide using the PLA time tables. Check out the stairs that have access. Then off you go. Nothing really to it. You don't need a license to wander around and that is a lot of fun in itself. You don't need any special clothes, just stuff that doesn't mind a bit of mud. I go in trainers. With the tide table from the PLA which is online, any trip to London can be combined with a treasure hunt. :)

  • @armeyf
    @armeyf 3 года назад +1

    Oh, Geesh! Please pan slowly. I have motion sickness now.

  • @trreb1
    @trreb1 8 лет назад

    Hello from the States. Great video. I hit subscribe.

  • @MsPixi66
    @MsPixi66 2 года назад

    Ahh judge Jeffreys he use to hang around here in Somerset also.😊

  • @RRaucina
    @RRaucina 4 года назад +1

    If only they would speak English. But very interesting artifacts - wish we had more history here in the US

  • @lynnreid3106
    @lynnreid3106 2 года назад

    I agree with the last comment, can you slow down between each find, thanks Bill

  • @Treasuremonk
    @Treasuremonk 8 лет назад +1

    Hi, what times do the tides normally go out? And how long do they stay slack? Can't wait to get over in Oct and have a go! thank you as always!

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад

      different everyday. The PLC.co.uk have tide tables which will tell you. Google will get you there too.

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад +1

      PLA.co.uk

  • @juanitabefort8829
    @juanitabefort8829 Год назад +1

    Appreciate but camera darts around too fast, hard to watch

  • @everything543210
    @everything543210 8 лет назад

    Any idea what that dark gray "stamped" brick might be at 5:16 ? It almost looks like there's a decorative hammer or axe head imprint on it...

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад

      Looks like a beat up fire brick to me, but you never know.

  • @ricktimmons458
    @ricktimmons458 4 года назад +1

    geez bill slow down those pans...i threw up.

  • @sharonleaderfam4273
    @sharonleaderfam4273 7 лет назад

    love the rounded rocks. wonder if any could be geods.

  • @Graham_lee
    @Graham_lee 4 года назад +1

    you missed that poor little ship at 5.15

  • @countesscable
    @countesscable Год назад +1

    The camerawork is too fast! Take your time…it’s making me dizzy 🤢

  • @CJ-xk7vs
    @CJ-xk7vs 8 лет назад +3

    The amount of nails ive seen, if collected would be worth something as scrap metal :O)

  • @lindakirk698
    @lindakirk698 3 года назад +1

    Can't watch anymore. Feel so sick the speed you are panning the camera round. That's the first thing you learn when doing moving images!

  • @sarahstrong7174
    @sarahstrong7174 4 года назад +1

    Aw you never took us in the pub with you. I was looking forward to that.

  • @louistracy6964
    @louistracy6964 3 года назад

    Three pubs claim to be at the site of Execution Dock. No-one knows exactly where it was.

  • @keithwhisman
    @keithwhisman 8 лет назад +1

    Awesome! I have gotta visit England, just wish I had money to do it with 😟

  • @Davidh02
    @Davidh02 5 лет назад +1

    How did you get LICENCE from the London Museum for Thames Mudlarking. I thought they only issue about 7 or 8 per year?

  • @JonBlondell
    @JonBlondell 4 года назад +3

    You missed a ring, at 5:35

  • @monjiaitaly
    @monjiaitaly 4 года назад

    If I was younger I would be down there every night collecting rocks and bricks to build myself a house with. :)

  • @harrygeorge5550
    @harrygeorge5550 3 года назад +2

    Use a magnet in those nails and other ferrous items

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  3 года назад +2

      Trouble is I cant keep them near any of my computing devices....

    • @harrygeorge5550
      @harrygeorge5550 3 года назад +1

      @@ChillBill1 imagine the finds utilizing magnet fishing. I do understand about the magnets.

  • @cojometaldetecting
    @cojometaldetecting 8 лет назад

    Great video!

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад

      +cojo metal detecting thanks!

  • @margiemistretta8885
    @margiemistretta8885 2 года назад +1

    Your camera aim is on your hand more than object pointing at

  • @mickowen568
    @mickowen568 4 года назад +1

    y don't u use a small hand rake

  • @blipblip88
    @blipblip88 5 лет назад +1

    DO you think that the large groups of nails are likely from deteriorated docks and piers?

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  5 лет назад

      I think the nails also come from lots of wooden items from drift wood, wagons, barrels, ships... you name it.

  • @plantplanetearth509
    @plantplanetearth509 4 года назад +1

    I wouldn't know what to look for.

  • @poppy2424
    @poppy2424 7 лет назад

    If you go down to the Thames there are bones everywhere but I'm pretty sure there mainly animal bones

  • @alexsacco776
    @alexsacco776 8 лет назад

    I really want to go back to the UK I loved it so much

  • @OO-tt2ky
    @OO-tt2ky 5 лет назад

    My deus xp would do well in that iron.
    Nice video .
    Dig the eroded spot and let stuff drop out ill bet you find some rather nice bits n bobs my friend..
    Or bring a clam rake with you and do some raking on the shore.

  • @kslinaz5668
    @kslinaz5668 3 года назад +1

    Dont move your camera so fast, it's nauseating to the viewer, like motion sickness.

  • @keithpeverill8521
    @keithpeverill8521 7 лет назад

    I cringed at 10:14. Hypo needles all too common nowadays. Safe digging to you, sir. Great video.

  • @Automedon2
    @Automedon2 8 лет назад

    How amazing to live in a place with so much very old history, and how amazing is it that you can walk along a shore littered with old relics? Sad to say, but anywhere that close to an urban area in the US would be littered with modern trash.

    • @ChillBill1
      @ChillBill1  8 лет назад

      +TheLeatherChannel riverside Manhatten is pretty clear... Will get down there one day too

  • @FINDERSBEEPERS
    @FINDERSBEEPERS 7 лет назад

    Brilliant, feel free to come and see us x

  • @haroldhahn7044
    @haroldhahn7044 4 года назад

    When you zoomd in close to show the old bottle top, there was a worked flint blade, in the top right corner! That would be from the stone age! Go back for it!

  • @Sleazball_
    @Sleazball_ 4 года назад +1

    Ahhh the sweet tales of an old drunken beggar
    What rabbit hole have I fell into tonight

  • @pigoff123
    @pigoff123 7 лет назад

    I wish I had known about mudlarking when I visited England

  • @silvercollector819
    @silvercollector819 8 лет назад

    5:23 I spotted something round to the right of the red brick. Could be a marble or something. The object is black and perfectly round