Mudlarking on the River Thames London - Hitler Youth Belt Buckle
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Join me as I mudlark along the River Thames London. This video consists of a variety of mudlarking finds from some recent outings, including one find which I was really not expecting. This find is a Hitler Youth Belt Buckle.
One of the things I love about mudlarking - is that you simply don't know what the Thames is going to throw out next. Each tide is different.
One of the finds on this video shocked me but motivated me to find out as much as I could about it. My research often takes me to places that I had not intended to go! Certainly if I had not found this particular object in the Thames, I would never have learned what I did.
I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for watching.
You need a permit to mudlark on the Thames foreshore. You can find all the information on the website of the Port of London Authority.
When I lark at night I use an Olight headlamp and torch. I highly recommend them. You can find their info here:-
bit.ly/2ECZ1TV
www.olightstor...
Thank you for watching.
Nicola
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The way from clay pipes to a HJ buckle to Hans and Sophie Scholl is quiet a ride. I am from Ulm where the two where born and are still honored as heroes and i am very touched by this video and your work.
As an American Im incredibly jealous of all of the old artifacts and history just laying around in your rivers. Love the videos and your attitude towards the past, best wishes
Agreeed!!!!!!!!!!!
@wattlesong Funny you should say that, as the Thames is one of the cleanest rivers in Europe, if not the world.
There's tons of American metal detecting channels where they find badass artifacts from the Revolutionary and Civil War eras.
I'm in Oregon and love your show. And yes, I'm incredibly envious of your finds on the foreshore of that old river and very long-running civilization.
They're a lot of ancient artifacts in the Americas,such as: arrowheads,mortars,fossils, and much more.
Just a little more information you may like to know about your Hitler Youth Buckle. The Hitler Youth came over to Britain on so called "Cycling Tours" just before the war, where they gathered intelligence on towns, cities and installations, they also use to wear uniform on some of these tours so it is quite possible the buckle was lost by one of these "cyclists"
Thank you! Very interesting!
@@nicolawhitemudlark Nicola...why is there so much stuff in the river. I appreciate London has been around a long time but the majority of the population did not directly live on the river. Great channel by the way
People probably threw it away there. Though you have a good point. It makes it even more amazing and intriguing.
@Kelly T less of the political shit .
@@ludo9234 I think it's completely okay to call Nazi's shit heads.
Loved the history lesson. I will show this in my class when I discuss resistance in Germany in WWII. I'm a history teacher in Texas and I really enjoy watching every single video you post. Perhaps someday I will come and mudlark in London. Thank you again Nicola.
I really love how loving you are with all of God's creatures. It doesn't matter if it's a tiny crab, a wasp, an elver, or a crow. You treat all of them with love and respect. Thank you.
Wow! This started with a nice lady digging up clay pipes in the tide zone and ended up a powerful history lesson. Well done Nicola. More of this please.
My mother used to give me and my sister a dose of Virol during the winter months back in the late '50's! It was lovely stuff, sticky and malty!
Thank you for this romantic ballad, on Thames.. the sound of wawes.. important for me..and great finds..so long,friends.!!👍🇬🇧... 🇫🇷🧚
Do not the advertisers realise that the annoyance of their adverts breaking up good films means that watchers react by not buying their products?
David O'Neill I'm completely numb to advertisement, i could not tell you one single thing I've seen a advert for today
If she didn't advertise, she couldnt make these videos
David O'Neill it's not the advertisers who are at fault, but YT, they seem to use a computer program as to how and when the adverts are placed within the videos that the producers, who accept adverts, put on to YT.
You Tube offers you a way to have no advertising. Ahhh but you don't want to pay but keep it free. Well nothing's free you should know that. And advertising works to the gent who says he can't remember a single ad. Your subconscious remembers and guides you.
@shentran Lol well just maybe they weren't getting the desired result when in the corner. The reason sites exist are because they make a profit. People try and maximize profits so things change. You can pay for an account and not be bothered with the ads. You want ad free for free and it just doesn't work like that in life.
Thank you especially for your beefy roundups with the background and digressions. Lovely to see the items cleaned up and to learn more about them.
I had never heard of The White Rose Movement until you enlightened us. How moving and heartbreaking. Brave youth resisting the evil of the Nazis. Bless them❤️
Brilliant video! I love that you added the story of Hans & Sophie, Scholl. I would have never known their story and her speech resonates with me & what we all, worldwide are going through. Thank you so much!!
My old boss had been in the Hitler Jugend - he could field strip a machine gun blindfold by the time he was 10. It put him off for life, and he came to England and married a Quaker woman! lol
Oh, Nicola...you are quite amazing...yeah, you find some cool stuff, but the true joy is in the way your curiosity takes you (and us out here) down the rabbit hole and digs way deeper than the Thames Port Authority allows on the foreshore. I follow some metal-detector guys and they find some interesting things, but there is never the research (or at least not shared in their videos) that goes to the lengths you do. "Treasure" can be way more than a piece of jewelry or gold coin...there is some sort of story with everything you find. Your videos are always a pleasure for many reasons, and this is one of them. Thank you so very much.
I was always extremely fascinated by the stories of the holocaust when I was a teenager (in a large part because of the tragedy that so many people suffered so greatly and that there were still people at the time that I was learning about this history, that tried to claim that it never happened, right down to my own step father sadly) so this story that you shared was so interesting and educating, and honestly heart warming, knowing that no matter what there will always be people to stand up for what is right, no matter the age or consequence. Thank you so much for all the research that you do to help share the stories and history of the things you discover, it's what makes me love your channel so much ❤❤
Thank you ❤️
Thank you for sharing, I knew the Hans & Sofie story, but was unexpectedly moved by you, telling it again. Poor, brave young people. If more people could be as brave as they were.
I never thought I would find beauty in a bunch of garbage but every since I have been watching your videos I am now seeing beauty in all your finds. It feels kinda strange to me. I also find your videos very relaxing and soothing. I am really impressed with the pottery fragments, little pieces of broken pottery. I never before seen beauty in something so, shall I say broken. I would like to purchase one of your pieces of art made from the colored glass and pottery that you find, if at all possible. Thank you for opening my eyes to a world of beauty that I have missed. I don't even know how to explain this. I have never been into art or anything like it, I started watching these videos thinking I would just see someone finding some cool things but I have found so much more. Thanks
Hi Roger. I'm very touched by your comment. Thank you. I'm delighted that you are inspired and it's wonderful when we suddenly notice things in a different light. I will be making some bits and pieces and they will be on my Etsy site. The link is on my website.theres not much in there at the moment but there will be smaller pieces soon...
Thanks again for taking the time to comment. Nicola
@@nicolawhitemudlark right on. I will be watching to see what comes out. Thanks
Interesting progression of childhood. The Irish toy soldier, Hitler Youth buckle, and the McDonald's Happy Meal "Anxiety Toy." We can take this summation in a million directions.
You are so lucky to live in a country with 1000's of years of history and lots of stuff thrown into the rivers and oceans!
I always say that too! I like to metal detect but in the states all you got is loose change, costume jewelry, and an occasional belt buckle. Unless your lucky enough to be next to a battlefield.
yes! no real point here either. might find a few old things in an east coast harbour but i live in the Rockies
@Echo 9970 Wow! Very cool
I find even less - in Australia :)
Your vids are full of amazement. So well done. Love the history bits too.
Brilliant history lesson, as usual, NIcola! And you didn't "digress" at all. It was a perfect carry-through involving the history of the belt buckle and the two young martyrs who came to understand, first hand and at such a young age, what that buckle embodied and all the dark machinations that it represented. Their lives deserve to be honored,, well done!
Bread for the crow?......your epic! He surely thanks you on a chilly morning!
Great find & thank you for sharing your research. I’m glad you were side tracked to bring us the Scholl’s.
"Every time I learn something new it pushes some old stuff out of my brain." ~ Homer Simpson.
Thank you for continuing to help push out that old stuff.
Brilliant
Thank you Nicola for the excellent end story of the belt buckle. It lifted your most enjoyable day to a wonderful ending.
Oh Nicola, what a moving story. History is filled with such tragedies and sacrifice by a few. What makes it even more tragic is that we never seem to learn nor to prevent it from happening over and over again. Thank you for once again bringing out into the light the forgotten past that we need to always remember. Honor the memory of the Just, Brave and Good, and don't let their sacrifices be worthless. Thank you Nicola.
Thanks Nicola, for taking us on your voyages of discovery. From an early age gardening for my parents and finding clay pipe stems I find that I still can't just ignore/discard these type of things but I've not found too many others that have any interest in learning about what they find or dig up. Maybe there are more of us than I realized.
i love watching nicola’s videos! they are by far the best on here and if adverts help fund the films then i don’t have a problem with them!!!!
What a delight this Lady is. Lovely voice, pleasing on the Eye with a remarkable Gift for small details. More Please.
I am fed up of Talentless ‘presenters’ on TV today. With my 70 years old, I am used to a higher Niveau from TV. This Lady is Classy on You Tube, shame that she can’t replace some of the Air Head celebrities on TV.
I was watching a video on Old England poisonous ailments and one of them was constant constipation as the food industry would put fillers in the food manufacturing such as aluminum powder, to make the breads and other foods be more full and it caused upset stomach. So no wonder there were many laxatives on the market.
Thank you for your research and history lesson! These things need to be remembered. I love old treasures - however is so much more fascinating with the story. Again Thanks!!
My grandpa made it through the Auschwitz camp just barely but he did survive! His job was to pull gold fillings from those executed 😔 he had terrible nightmares every night until the day he passed away in 2010 aged 90. He is finally at peace. Thanks for telling Sophie and Hans story, it’s a terrible but important part of our history and we should never forget or take for granted those who went through that period of time. Those people back then like my grandpa are incredibly brave people!
Hi Larissa, I cant even begin to imagine how awful that must have been for your Grandpa. I can't even imagine that I would have any courage in a situation like that. Much respect to your Grandpa x
You would have liked him, he loved collecting things and he was a story teller. Despite his ordeal he was the gentlest soul. 😊
Larissa Surace God bless your grandfather and his family as well.
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art those that suffered through that horrid time found courage they did not know they had. We must never allow this to be forgotten
I would rather die than pull fillings from my own kinds mouths.
I read the story of the white Rose Resistance about a year ago. RIP Sophie and Hans, their courage is inspirational their horrific end by guillotine should be a condemnation by all who cherish freedom of thought, speech and of the person from all extreme ideologies.
@@brianmasters1125 Stick to your own channels. Nobody wants to know about your phony religion.
Great find and a great story! It's important that we never forget the lessons of the past. As a former archaeologist I'm aware that the past resides in our material culture and the things we leave behind. Everything has a story behind it.
I don’t know if it’s the well good looking older lady or the mud Larkin that interests me more but I’m absolutely addicted to watching these absolutely awesome videos. 😀
Ha ha thank you! ( Enough of the older lady thing!) 😂♥️
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art ha ha sorry 😊
As a man approaching 60 in a little over a year I would never call Nicola an older lady. She's more than likely much younger than I 😊
and don’t apologize for anything you’re inspired to share, that’s the greatest value of your videos, how you develop your own eloquent personal ideas from a metal tag 🏷 or a brown bottle or a buckle.
It's such a pleasure to hear the history behind your finds. Thank you for bringing us along!
great video! You find, we all learn. A new respect for those who opposed Hitler and may there be a special place in heaven for Sophie and Hans. What breathtaking courage from that young lady.
A terrible, but equally moving and inspiring, story beautifully read. The idea of capturing the minds of the youth and you had the future wasn’t original to Hitler. Aristotle's quote of "Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man" has been used and abused over the centuries. The Jesuit Priesthood (ab)used it in their ideology of education. I also think the forefather of behaviourism James B Watson used it at the end of the 19th century or early 20th as part of his theories around conditional learning.
I've been watching your channel for less than a week and it’s amazing, I've learnt so much. Even the pipes you find tell a story. In my law degree I got a very different impression of the Act of Union and I never for one second thought this would be something celebrated. The people you introduce us to are equally informative.
Thank you so much, the mudlarking and the research you put into your finds. I knew there was a movement against the Hitler Youth. In fact Germany had the biggest resistance movement in the war, which is something not many people realise. But didn’t know the Scholl story until today.
I don’t know what to say. That was incredibly moving. There are tears streaming down my face. You can see what is almost certainly the same belt buckle on the children of Hitler’s Youth in the pictures. That’s all I can say for now. Thank you Nicola.
Thank you for your comment. I'm glad it resonated with you x
see my comment
steve Escobar You don’t think it’s sad and moving that Sophie and Hans were executed because they stood up for what they believed in? Maybe the belt buckle belonged to Sophie and she tossed it into the Thames in protest! And all they way from Berlin. Quite a throw. I’ll admit that I get misty pretty easily. Even before the curtain goes up at 'Peter Pan,' I'm a goddam puddle of tears. But I think it’s beautiful that a very young brother and sister, presumably knowing they could be executed for it, would reject Hitler so vociferously. Thanks for the tip though. Maybe I should see a doctor.
I agree.
@Cdiana don't let trolls pull you down.
Watching your videos reminds me of my childhood favourite Mr. Ben everytime he came back from another adventure he had a item in his clothes pocket that would remind him of his adventure.
thank you for taking the time to document your finds!
london has a prodigious history, but the richness of everyday life is in its mud. everything found has a shared story-- forgotten maybe, perhaps insignificant, but also familiar.
How fortunate you are Nicola to live in a place where you can take a stroll and pick up pieces of history. How fortunate I am that you share that history in a way an elderly woman in Indiana can be a part of your adventures. It's amazing that a buckle from the Thames could bring about the story of Hans and Sophie Scholl decades later. I had to read their story and am pleased that I did. From your relaxing walk on the Thames foreshore their story has been shared, their memory kept alive. I am often reminded when seeing the finds you share, those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Thank you my friend.
excellent historical video! you did honour to sophie, as she reached out to you thru the finding of that sad buckle. poor sophie, she had a terrible death, by guillotine. courageous young woman. RIP.
Another defeatist she was and nothing more.
powerful message and music Nicola. Would that we never forget lessons from history. Thank you.
Another great lesson in history Nicola and a lovely soft relaxing voice.I always look forward to your new videos
Nicolas greatest hits. The belt buckle find is mind blowing - good research. Very moving story about those brave Germans. Thanks
Again, you have pulled up real-life events and heroes from the pitch black tombs of history. Thank you
I really enjoyed this video. 2 observations: 1. It's amazing that cheap clay pipes didn't disintegrate after being submerged for 100+ years in wet conditions. 2. While some of your collection of buckles had to have come from either purposefully or accidentally discarded belts and garters, there's a high probability that at least a few came from bodies in the river, drownings, suicides, or murders. The Thames has seen a great deal of this sort of thing through the centuries.
Great video. I always appreciate your research. Devoted follower of quality production and preservation of history by discovering artifacts and sharing knowledge. Thank you.
Thanks Jay
The sounds! Almost as good as 5he sights! Thanks for your excellence in capturing 5he whole story.
What an amazing story. I recognized your daughter's voice during the narrative on the belt buckle. I wonder how it ended up in the Thames? So many interesting stories are going on in my mind. I liked the crow with his breakfast of bread. Every morning when I get up there are a few crows lined up on the wire outside my window. (We call it the fly through) They wait patiently for me to toss a handful of peanuts onto the roof. Then my two black cats pretend to stalk the crows as the watch through the window.
Amazing and riveting. The courage of the Scholl siblings....wow! Thank you for sharing their story.
Nice finds Nicola. The river seems to have a lot of secrets. It picks you to whisper the ones that need shared to. The crow must of been a messenger finds got unique after it got a bite of bread than left. Well thats from an American woodsmen with native beliefs.
Good luck on your hunts.
Thanks for taking us along.
The crow and the raven are wise and can see and find kindred spirits. Nicola the message of the"White Rose" needs to be heard now as much as it was in 1942 I see what is being done to the free press as insidious as Hitler was then as a certain president is now. Thank you for the history lesson.
That's "must HAVE been a messenger"
Was it common to throw your pipes in the river back in the 18th century? Like throwing pennies in a well or fountain? Just wondering it seems like a lot of pipes.
@@kimberlypetrossi6607 Hello, Kimberly it is the same as what folks that smoke cigarets and throw the butts on the ground do today, a lot of pipes back then came prepacked with tobacco and were disposable( a one-time use item) then a paper was invented that would burn without flaming up and folks rolled their own. and goodbye to pipes pretty much.
Crows have also got a good nose for bread!
Nikola thank you for the wonderful video. I always enjoy your interesting finds.
Very coincidental find. I grew up in Dallas Texas where my father owned his own construction company, when I was about 10 years old my father attended an auction where there are two of these buckles which he purchased. He gave them to me for my birthday. I kept them with some more keepsake items always felt very strange about owning them. Shortly after I was married someone broke into our home and stood the keepsake box I kept a few of my personal little treasures from my childhood in. Just to clarify neither my Dad or myself or anyone in my family are racist are antisemitic in any way. He just got them for the history of them. I never saw any before or after until you showed that one. Well I love your show, keep making those great finds.
I LIVE IN DALLAS
Me too
Nice video, at 18:00 thise buckles are all british, i see L-straps, parachute buckles and pistolbelt buckles. That HJ beltbuckle is amazing! Such an amazing rare find.
Thumbs up😁👍
Greetings from Frissia the Netherlands. Jelle.
6:50 - That's Wilfrid, one of the Bash Street Kids from the Beano.
Yep!
Sorry, posted this before I saw your explanation at the end. It's amazing what longevity these characters have had. I remember my Mum teaching me to read from the Beano 54 years ago.
Another wonderful video, my friend. I am thankful for another visit with you and learning more about our history. What a sad, but brave story to be told, thank you for sharing it. I am so glad you enjoyed your birthday, you truly are a gem! xx
Super awesome video and great finds. Happy Hunting.
When I first saw the buckle I thought that it was a German WW 2 era buckle and then I thought I could faintly see the motif. Even though it is sad it is a great find and a true WW 2 collectible. Your research about this was a nice addition to add to the story. Nice hunt. Thanks again!
I recognised that was a buckle the moment your camera focused on it in the mud. The same shape was used in a number of countries and over a long period - I have one that was worn by Finnish soldiers in the 1940s, and have seen similar ones issued in the 1980s to soldiers in the former communist East Germany.
Nicola, Thank you so much for exposing the remarkable story of Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl. I really enjoy your style of production... authentically you!
Thank you
Beautiful pipes and bottles. I still love your fish. I don't think we will ever understand the time of the indoctrination of youth in Germany. I pray for my country and Europe as we all deal with the trouble we face now in this day and age. But for a while, I was walking along the shore and looking for treasure. Thank you.
Oh shut the fuck up about Nazi Germany and look around at what's going on today, with kids being groomed for sex by the state. Just shut the fuck up.
@gary jones
We must tie-up any business loose ends Gary my European brother....
Collect our weapons, fill the plastic crates with full Molotov Grenades & man the barricades.....
All together now.......
Oh Fatherland Fatherland show us a sign,
Your children have waited to see,
The morning will come when the world is mine,
Tomorrow belongs to me......
@gary jones The time of indoctrination is at hand now..Look to the Globalist movement..They have our youth from Elementary school through, University & their goons the ANTIFA..
@Kim Mcilwain And no Jews, no dissenters and no one to fight back.
What is going on with islamic based schools is no different. They teach jihad to the youngsters, hatred of the west.
Hello from Indiana USA! I was absolutely moved by Hans and Sophie’s story and am so grateful that you were motivated to put it on your video. You could have left it out and a piece of history that I never knew may have been lost, except now i will pass it on 😊
Thank you. Really glad you enjoyed it
@@nicolawhitemudlark your welcome 😊
Love love love the music at the end.
Value our freedom and honor the people who sacrifice so much for our freedom. Never forget, for when it is forgotten, will have a tendency to repeat itself. Always try to leave our lives a little bit better for the people who come after us. If you ever travel to Germany, in the cities and towns you will find small signs and monuments dedicated to the German people who tried to fight back against the Nazi terror. I don't remember where I saw them anymore as I lived there in the 1970's, but I do remember the white rose movement. As one would say in your country, your spot on with your mud larking. Please keep sharing with us as it's really interesting and I love listening to your beautiful voice.
What a wicked girlfriend she would be. Loves history mudlarking and crows 👍👍👍 plus she's cute
Yea man
Ask her out then
Oh, your little guy is adorable 😊. I can see your Virolax bottle on a sunny windowsill with some flowers in it.
Uri Geller said can he have hes fork back , great vid as always x
Thank you :) yes he can and I have some of his spoons too!
Guaranteed that went right over the head of most people reading that. ( now we will have have a huge Google hit on Uri Geller).
Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. I hope we are not headed in that direction again. Excellent video Nicola! Happy hunting
Fascinating and what an amiable presenter!!
I’m very grateful that you share your finds with us. And I appreciate the time & effort you take to go into the background of some, it’s all very interesting. Bits & bobs for some, a wealth of history and lives touched by others. Thank you!,
That is for sure the giant, economy size Virolax.
Thanks for another wonderfully moving story of a brave soul who stood for righteousness and held fast to the end.
You're awesome...thanks!
Thank you for this story of the Hitler Youth and most especially the White Rose Resistance. Learning more of European history especially that of the UK is most exciting to me as an American. Loving your finds!
our stories and our dreams, our nightmares and our screams echo from the things we cast aside
Macbeth?
@@elkabong6429 If not the Bard then the wine.
@@tomhall7633 I can’t find it anywhere but here, so you’ve won the Cupie Doll prize for the most “Bard-Like” original quote on YT in a long time! May your wine flow freely for years to come, mate!
coolest treasure hunt -art-make a living ever! thanks for these interresting videos! Thanks also for the buckle history!
The bent fork is evidence of why the Virolax was needed in the first place!
OMG!🤢
Hilarious sense of humor!
@@jeannettedeblois691My humour is for the pretty ladies like you! 😘
Thanks Nicola I had my eyes shut listening to it, I envy your access to the Thames shore, I metal detect but I never find the sort of things you can find, I hope you are able to enjoy this for many years, you have sharp eyes and a good feel for history :)
Wow a bit of history that I have not heard, thank you. I will have to find the book.
Definitely love the rabbit holes of discovery. Though we all have our own history, that of England is rich in change over many centuries rather than just two or three. You are very fortunate to have it at your finger tips indeed. So many places that it's right on the surface without having to do much research and digging. Your research and digging comes after the find instead of before for many items.
Powerful video Nicola
Lest we forget RIP ✌
As a child I beach combed a lake shore that pilots training in WW2 flew over. On one of my jaunts I found an ID bracelet for the RCAF. Likely lost by one of the trainees on a trip to enjoy the sun and sand as it was a very popular area. I wish I knew what my parents did with it. It would be interesting to have tried to find out the story behind it. I so enjoy your walks along the river to hunt for history as it takes me back to my beach combing days. How handy, to be able to beach comb but not have to drive miles to the nearest shore. My brothers and I often walked the beach but I was the one who did it religiously looking for anything I could find from arrowheads to horse teeth. Like you I amassed a large collection of odds and sods. Wonderful memories. Thank you for bringing them back. Happy hunting.
So sad, R. I. P. Hans and Sophie Scholl.
The most relaxing videos. I always look forward to the next !
Did the crow/Raven have his permit? Does he have to check in to historical society with the bread to see what century? Maybe hardtack! Lol
You realize that hardtack would be just as edible today as whatever day in the past it was dropped in the Thames.? I was eating my Hardtack and bit into something soft. (ans) Was it a wevil? (reply) No! it was a 10p nail!
monkeyship74401 wow an well prepared hiker could still be able to survive carrying a bit of hardtack and have a spare nail to repair his boots.
USA here, I can not help myself from posting to your videos. I am always happy when I see that you have posted a new one. The stories you tell and the information you give make me want to go back in time and start a new life of adventure. Thank you
Where do you find mud larking groups? I'm in Ayrshire and my husband is from London. I am watching your videos and have a neeeeed to get some wellies on.
What an excellent programme; extremely interesting and wonderfully informitive. As it's also exceptionally well presented, I'm now subscribed. Please keep up the good work.
Haha, love the crow, I feed them every morning here in Wisconsin, they line up on the power lines waiting for me to toss the food on a shed roof, one of my simple pleasures. 5 pipes in one day, you make me jealous! My bucket list included a 10 day trip to mudlark on the Thames shore and I really hope to find a pipe, even a broken one. Great vid Nicola!
Have you seen Canuck the Crow on facebook?
@@npg68 : No. sorry, I dont do FB.
@@repetemyname842 That's too bad - maybe try google then - anyway a crow has befriended this fellow in Canada. The crow still lives in the wild but visits him most days and the crow has now introduced his breeding partner and another young crow. It's quite interesting seeing Canuck up close.
@@npg68 : Will do, Ive heard stories like this before, my hope is one day the crows bring me a gift, its been known to happen. Thanks for the info.
@@repetemyname842 Check it out - it's a really good story. You'll love it.
Thank you for this video. We must be reminded in these times of the heroic endeavors and strengths of people who lived in adverse times. They must be remembered to remind us that we can do what is right.
Great video, great finds! I have a feeling the Thames is full of war souvenirs. An ex-girlfriend's father killed a Chinese "advisor" in Vietnam and brought back his belt and buckle as a souvenir. Years later he buried it. He told me it was "..haunted and speaking to him.."
Looking forward to 2019 and a whole new year of great finds!
What a story! I expect and hope he felt better when he buried it
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art Last time I saw him the doctors had him on antipsychotics and other psychotropics... Garry was prone to "episodes". :)
@@colarisaka ex-girlfriend indeed!
Another fascinating mud lark. Thanks Nicola.
Is that the back of the Scottish soldier’s head lying just to the left of him at 2:07 , it looks like a roundish stone. Same coloration and looks like a bonnet on the head. At 5:18 there is a really nice Iron rivet used in ship building and other Iron work from the late 19th and early 20th century.
I think you're right. Looks like a head to me.
Oh no I cannot believe I didn't see it. Let me check! I suppose it makes sense it would be there.
I thought I saw that , also!
Thank you so much. Even though I live in Australia I found myself mudlarking on the Thames! Your research into the White Rose I found so moving.
We can settle this argument about comics by quoting the great "Big Yin" : "Favourites were the Beano, the Bunty and the Bare Arse Monthly " 😈😨😅
your historical research shooed be an inspiration to all treasure hunters . thank you Nicola.
The plastic figure is of Smiffy from the Bash Street Kids in the Beano comic.
Wrong. As you say, Wilfred.
I thought it was Smiffy too !
Wilfrid John Wimble
I thought it was Smiffy too. That's the only name I could remember, embarrassingly. lol
@@diesel_dawg I can remember, Danny, Smiffy, Goofy, Wilfred, Plug and Fatty and of course Teacher.
Thank you for showing people there is always a story to be told if only they open their eyes to it.