I'm **soooo** envious of mudlarkers on the Thames! Being in a really young country (New Zealand) we could **never** find the really cool old things that are found along the Thames!
@@stephanieyee9784 - Yep! I was talking to an awesome guy at work - he has a PhD from Oxford - and he went to a high school that was founded just under *400* years ago! A *400 year-old high school!* Wow! That's the kind of ancient history that I love about the UK (and their *geology* has it as well - Cambrian, Silurian and so on....).
It's just astonishing the amount of history that's held on the shores of the Thames. You could discover an item lost just days old or you could find something that dates back to the time of the Roman empire. That's just amazing beyond words to me. Thank you very much for sharing the experience and a congratulations to all on the wonderful finds!
Incredibly amazing! I love love love when you show all of your finds and then tell us all about it! I’m always rooting for you to get something amazing!
Such great finds by such great people. Thx so much I know I so enjoy every single video and I very seldom leave my own house let alone my own Country. So THANK-YOU for allowing me to go with you. You all Rock.❣❣❣
Hmmm....."Mudlarking" is a new concept/past time for THIS cousin from 'across the pond'. I don't have the words to express how thrilled I'd be to find even ONE clay pipe carried by our ancestors. These videos are absolutely fascinating.
Absolutely fascinating video Nicole enjoyed every second of it I am amazed at what you find from Roman to the 21st century it’s mind blowing love the idea of kayaking up the Thames look forward to your next maybe on a kayak. Thanks for sharing
Well done you found good stuff indeed. That cartridge was a blank Crimped on the end as it was. Couldn't see if it was American 30/06 or British 303. 303 's are a rimmed cartridge and 30/05 has an extractor groove.
I just wanted to add,how intresting it is that each individual seems to have an eye for spotting kinds of things... EYE SPYE !!! Thank you this was great!!
Congrats to all of you-fantastic finds! The ancient Roman stuff is fascinating. And of course I love the ink pots. The porkpie and sheared top styles were popular on this side of the Atlantic as well. Cheers!
oh believe me, I imagine that all the time. I once dreamed that the Thames was completely drained of water, and I went out with my hoover! really. no joke.
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art, That reminds me of the book, "The Five Chinese Brothers" when the one brother drained the ocean of all its water. 😀
Hi Nicola, I love your videos. I so wish I still lived in London and could get the chance of getting a license for mudlarking. Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it but you so missed the chance of the ‘my dogs got no nose’ joke in this video.
It was interesting to see the difference in finds. The men were "tuned" to metal more than yourself,something i see when detecting with a friend who sees more pottery than i ever do.
Your videos just appeared in my feed....which is weird, as I've never heard of mudlarking!! Except for the name of the bird, which I assume the name for this comes from? After watching for a little while, I found myself strangely fascinated by it all! You are finding so much stuff!! and objects from so long ago.....17th century for God's sake! Right on the rivers' edge....amazing. And also Roman objects! And I find your voice strangely soothing to listen too....which makes these videos also very relaxing to watch. I think I'm hooked! Hi from Melbourne, Australia.
Gosh I knew I had left my glass ink pot somewhere 😂 I think the metal knots at the begining are a button too. It looks like a metal version of a silk knotted button. My mum has a cardigan with knot buttons that look awefully like but larger Thank you so much everyone. Lovely finds, lovely video 😊
I have a river at the end of the street where i live and have never looked for anything in the mud. Some day soon i will go and explore. I'll let you know.
Thanks for this Nicola. The crimped .303 round reminded me of a round I found. Turned out to be a .303 that had been converted to a shot gun shell. Apparently it is the smallest shotgun round produced, but that's not to say that's what yours is. I handed mine in as it was live.
I had a collection of about fifty inkwells found in a field and I didn't take them all home! Funny how your eye adapts to 'finds' and just seeing the corner of Something you immediately know what it is going to be.
I love your videos I would love to try mudlarking one day. I find lots of stuff magnet fishing it is so interesting. I have started making my own videos liked and subscribed 👍
Good video Nicola. I don't think I've met Simon, but I did recognize the hoodie he was wearing. I have one the same. They were made to raise money for the John Mills brain tumor charity. John was often to be seen on the TV series "Mud Men" with Johnny Vaughan and Steve Brooker. John unfortunately lost the fight with his tumor.
Loved all your finds what an aray of different era's brilliant roman coin the Rodney button I wonder if thats who they named the HMS Rodney after brill take care and enjoy ..
HMS Rodney (pennant number 29) was one of two Nelson-class battleships built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1920s. The ship was named after Admiral Lord Rodney. The Nelsons were unique in British battleship construction, being the only ships to carry a main armament of 16-inch (406 mm) guns, and the only ones to carry all the main armament forward of the superstructure. As her superstructure was located aft of midships like RN fleet oilers whose names carried the ...'ol' suffix, she was sometimes derisively referred to as "Rodnol". Commissioned in 1927, Rodney served extensively in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean during the Second World War. Rodney played a major role in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941. During and after Operation Torch and the Normandy landings, Rodney participated in several coastal bombardments. In poor condition from extremely heavy use and lack of refits, she was scrapped in 1948.
Cork is pretty resilient. Here in Marin CA I find redwood pieces from early construction, they used to hollow out logs and use them as water drains etc.. and it looks new after over 100 years, redwood is amazing, none of that in the UK though! I kayak on the CA coast a lot, and in the estuary, I can tell you a pedal kayak like a Hobie is a lot more enjoyable for a few hour trip, something to consider if you were to buy one.
Hi Nicola , just love your channel and find it very interesting, just like to know if you investigate any other rivers in the u k ,and if so have you found anything of any interest. Look forward to watching your next video. Cheers.
Hey Nicola, this is my 2nd year that I am attempting to grow Virginia Gold tobacco. I was successful my first year and hope the seed I have started will produce this year. The reason I bring this up is that if the growth is successful and I can dry and preserve a whole leaf flat at the end of the season, would you be interested in one or two (at no cost of course) to use as a background in a frame for your pipe collection?
so you need a permit to go mudlarking? so whats the penalties if you get caught without one and how much does a standard one cost just out of intrest???
To be allowed to dig a meter down would be epic, but I suspect you would find so any interesting things you would only need a small hole in which to explore.
Yes it is amazing the huge time span the finds are spread over. What is even more amazing, I suspect the motive for tossing a small coin in the water is the same today as it was in 1940, 1850, 1750, 1650, an so forth all the way back to 0300 AD and before. Coins were "invented" as a mechanism of exchange or trade about 500 bc in Greece, and the principle worked it's way around Europe. The same idea, to propitiate fortune or other gods is involved. Something we share with the ancients...…;.really not so far removed.....I toss cents in bodies of water from time to time. As do many other. I live in the middle west of USA.
for me traders tokens or tokens used by employers, instead of money are way more interesting. they have a history all of their own and are quite underrated as a collectible item. coins turn up all the time, but tokens, are rarely heard of
We can read, France at the 9:41 minute, I think it's a "double tournament" I subscribe, in France I'm sure that the state would find a way to ban even research to the eye naked as you do lol ^^
As usual the finds blow me away. Simon referred to a medieval piece being hard to read ‘ ..having been washed around for a few years..’.try ‘A FEW CENTURIES’ lol.Bloody amazing what you folks pick up...’ a ROMAN. coin....are you kidding me ??? 2000 years old !!!
@@nicolawhitemudlark 😂 i came across your channel a few weeks ago and have enjoyed seeing all your discoveries and that you incorporate them in to your creations. a double plus good. i too work with found objects in my sculptures, and thus appreciate. also a appreciate your time on the thames as i am a native s. londoner who now lives in the states but i still enjoy frequent visits home.
I'm **soooo** envious of mudlarkers on the Thames!
Being in a really young country (New Zealand) we could **never** find the really cool old things that are found along the Thames!
Same here, even here in Sydney there's not much to find of historical value.
@@stephanieyee9784 - Yep! I was talking to an awesome guy at work - he has a PhD from Oxford - and he went to a high school that was founded just under *400* years ago!
A *400 year-old high school!* Wow! That's the kind of ancient history that I love about the UK (and their *geology* has it as well - Cambrian, Silurian and so on....).
It's just astonishing the amount of history that's held on the shores of the Thames. You could discover an item lost just days old or you could find something that dates back to the time of the Roman empire. That's just amazing beyond words to me. Thank you very much for sharing the experience and a congratulations to all on the wonderful finds!
Welcome to UK
Incredibly amazing! I love love love when you show all of your finds and then tell us all about it! I’m always rooting for you to get something amazing!
Mudlarking the Thames is one of my favorite memories from travelling. Thank you for sharing!
Such great finds by such great people. Thx so much I know I so enjoy every single video and I very seldom leave my own house let alone my own Country. So THANK-YOU for allowing me to go with you. You all Rock.❣❣❣
With every new episode the quality grows , thank you!
Recovering from surgery and very entertained by your adventures. Thanks for the welcome distraction. Tonina in South Dakota.
Sitting here glued to the screen the whole time. Thank you.
Ah, thank you. another one arriving this pm if all goes well!
Nicola - your videos are utterly fascinating. Hundreds & hundreds of years of history is in that river.
Hmmm....."Mudlarking" is a new concept/past time for THIS cousin from 'across the pond'. I don't have the words to express how thrilled I'd be to find even ONE clay pipe carried by our ancestors. These videos are absolutely fascinating.
Mudlarking videos are great for ding Euro treasures even better
Looks like everyone found some great stuff!
I love your films Nicola, its so restful listening to the river lapping in the background and the swans and boats. Thanks
Absolutely fascinating video Nicole enjoyed every second of it I am amazed at what you find from Roman to the 21st century it’s mind blowing love the idea of kayaking up the Thames look forward to your next maybe on a kayak. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Steve. Yes, I feel a kayak trip coming on for sure!
Lovely treasures❤
Another very informative video Nicola with interesting finds. Thank you!
Thanks again, Nicola! Very interesting video again!
A lovely and relaxing time! Thank you for sharing your adventure with me.
I love the tiny heads ! thanks for saving them all !!
This is the fascinatingest video I've seen in a long time...
What fun this must have been. I am deeply envious.
love it love it love it
excellent as always Nicola
Well done you found good stuff indeed. That cartridge was a blank Crimped on the end as it was. Couldn't see if it was American 30/06 or British 303. 303 's are a rimmed cartridge and 30/05 has an extractor groove.
I really love that I found you!! I really like the pottery with pictures in them..It gives me crafting ideas.. !! Inspiration !!!!
I just wanted to add,how intresting it is that each individual seems to have an eye for spotting kinds of things... EYE SPYE !!! Thank you this was great!!
And, since Nicola is too nice to mention it- if you let the ads run to the end she'll get ad revenue from RUclips.
A small price to pay, I'd say.
Nah I have ad block.
Well worth it. This show is excellent.
I look forward to your videos. They are fabulous.
Ian Blay thank you so much! 😊 That's made my evening x
Awesome! How lucky you are to have the Thames and it's history.
Another exciting video x
i love the contrast with the drone between the old stuff we may not regonize but we came a long way
Thank you for sharing! Love all the wondering!
Congrats to all of you-fantastic finds! The ancient Roman stuff is fascinating. And of course I love the ink pots. The porkpie and sheared top styles were popular on this side of the Atlantic as well. Cheers!
You Brits are so lucky! We have nothing this cool in the US!
Can you imagine the history that is held in the middle of the river.
oh believe me, I imagine that all the time. I once dreamed that the Thames was completely drained of water, and I went out with my hoover! really. no joke.
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art,
That reminds me of the book, "The Five Chinese Brothers" when the one brother drained the ocean of all its water. 😀
@@nicolawhitemudlark someone call in the scooba gear, we're going mudlarking: underwater edition!
Not necessarily because the Thames voluminous daily flow will grind stuff down.
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art That’s a wish of mine! What a wonderful dream!
You guys are so cool I use to dig out privies to find ink wells and old bottles when I was younger keep finding the good stuff
.303 blank round as indicated by the crimped end.
Unfired! Could still fire. Be careful.
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could be for grenade launching.
exactly
find of the day for me was the glass ink bottle.. Well done Nicola !
great hunt and video nicola,, looks like its warmed up some since your last video
Yes, it's absolutely scorching at the moment!
Hi Nicola, I love your videos.
I so wish I still lived in London and could get the chance of getting a license for mudlarking.
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it but you so missed the chance of the ‘my dogs got no nose’ joke in this video.
It was interesting to see the difference in finds. The men were "tuned" to metal more than yourself,something i see when detecting with a friend who sees more pottery than i ever do.
Yes, good point. I hadn't thought of that. very true! I do love my pottery and clay pipes
Your videos just appeared in my feed....which is weird, as I've never heard of mudlarking!! Except for the name of the bird, which I assume the name for this comes from? After watching for a little while, I found myself strangely fascinated by it all! You are finding so much stuff!! and objects from so long ago.....17th century for God's sake! Right on the rivers' edge....amazing. And also Roman objects! And I find your voice strangely soothing to listen too....which makes these videos also very relaxing to watch. I think I'm hooked! Hi from Melbourne, Australia.
Hi Karlene, thank you, and glad you're enjoying the videos 😊. I'm just on my way to the river now x
Thanks Nicola, most engaging vids please send us more,!
Thanks Chris! I fully intend to. 😊
Gosh I knew I had left my glass ink pot somewhere 😂 I think the metal knots at the begining are a button too. It looks like a metal version of a silk knotted button. My mum has a cardigan with knot buttons that look awefully like but larger
Thank you so much everyone. Lovely finds, lovely video 😊
Simon is gorgeous! I love him 😍
gripplehound me too it would be nice to stay in a travel lodge with him
@@jimmytwo3998 creepy
Bexta shut it filth
Hello I see you have competitors the rare Roman currency to see it in great condition thanks for sharing good day 👍👍👍
Amazing to find a 1700 year old coin.
This is my dream! So interesting!
I have a river at the end of the street where i live and have never looked for anything in the mud. Some day soon i will go and explore. I'll let you know.
Have you ever considered using a small magnet to scan the ground as you walk? Central Texas here love watching your channel.
Well should of watched the video before commenting. Lol
Thanks for this Nicola. The crimped .303 round reminded me of a round I found. Turned out to be a .303 that had been converted to a shot gun shell. Apparently it is the smallest shotgun round produced, but that's not to say that's what yours is. I handed mine in as it was live.
I had a collection of about fifty inkwells found in a field and I didn't take them all home! Funny how your eye adapts to 'finds' and just seeing the corner of Something you immediately know what it is going to be.
I love your videos I would love to try mudlarking one day. I find lots of stuff magnet fishing it is so interesting. I have started making my own videos liked and subscribed 👍
Super finds and a super video! Best regards! 😁👍
I keep waiting on them to say "There is some lovely filth down here!" :) I would love to mudlark on the Thames one day.
Roots and Relics “filff” surely? 😉
Very interesting Thanks Tracy
Good video Nicola. I don't think I've met Simon, but I did recognize the hoodie he was wearing. I have one the same. They were made to raise money for the John Mills brain tumor charity.
John was often to be seen on the TV series "Mud Men" with Johnny Vaughan and Steve Brooker. John unfortunately lost the fight with his tumor.
GM was a dear friend of mine. Have you been to skunkys rallies?
I think the mystery item is a light or lantern from a bike, boat, or train. The jewels on the sides look like the old bike reflectors.
Loved all your finds what an aray of different era's brilliant roman coin the Rodney button I wonder if thats who they named the HMS Rodney after brill take care and enjoy ..
HMS Rodney (pennant number 29) was one of two Nelson-class battleships built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1920s. The ship was named after Admiral Lord Rodney. The Nelsons were unique in British battleship construction, being the only ships to carry a main armament of 16-inch (406 mm) guns, and the only ones to carry all the main armament forward of the superstructure. As her superstructure was located aft of midships like RN fleet oilers whose names carried the ...'ol' suffix, she was sometimes derisively referred to as "Rodnol". Commissioned in 1927, Rodney served extensively in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean during the Second World War.
Rodney played a major role in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941. During and after Operation Torch and the Normandy landings, Rodney participated in several coastal bombardments. In poor condition from extremely heavy use and lack of refits, she was scrapped in 1948.
I think clay pipes are attracted to you lol, you find so many
Cool ones
Very nice inks
As ever Nicola great video - so interesting :)))))
Cork is pretty resilient. Here in Marin CA I find redwood pieces from early construction, they used to hollow out logs and use them as water drains etc.. and it looks new after over 100 years, redwood is amazing, none of that in the UK though! I kayak on the CA coast a lot, and in the estuary, I can tell you a pedal kayak like a Hobie is a lot more enjoyable for a few hour trip, something to consider if you were to buy one.
Shell casings with a crimped end is generally a blank round . Used in war games.
Bonsoir c’est incroyable tous ces objets que vous trouvez dans la Tamise!!🤔🌸🌸🌸
Looks like you found a .303 british blank firing cartridge for actuating a grenade launcher or used at funerals to give a salute.
The little wire pendant looks like a home made Turkish love knot.
Nice 📹 video..
17:27 two rising wards from a ward lock, sort of thing you'd find on an old chest of drawers or tea caddy.
Nice one!
The 303. round that you came across was a blank cartridge for military practice and for ceremony
The dog looks a bit ruff...but that is a very impressive afro on the China wear fella just afterwards...
Another lovely videos thanks very much! Did you already buy some new wellies or are you running around in the mud with the cracked ones?lol
Hans Gans they are totally cracked! I need some new ones!
Ooh that sounds bad! Try the Aigle Parcours!
I think that wire was a decorative button. The inkwells are nice! Only 50 people have a full permit? And he was saying something about museums...
Love your vlogs💙✌🏻
Hi Nicola , just love your channel and find it very interesting, just like to know if you investigate any other rivers in the u k ,and if so have you found anything of any interest. Look forward to watching your next video. Cheers.
nice i see john mills hoody on rip lost friend :)
I found a pipe bowl with my dad once when we were magnet fishing it was stuck in a bike spoke on the wheel
A muddy little pleasure X 3
Hey Nicola, this is my 2nd year that I am attempting to grow Virginia Gold tobacco. I was successful my first year and hope the seed I have started will produce this year. The reason I bring this up is that if the growth is successful and I can dry and preserve a whole leaf flat at the end of the season, would you be interested in one or two (at no cost of course) to use as a background in a frame for your pipe collection?
scott lund hi Scott what an original idea. That would be amazing. Yes please.
Great, I shall let you know as they grow, fingers crossed.
so you need a permit to go mudlarking? so whats the penalties if you get caught without one and how much does a standard one cost just out of intrest???
To be allowed to dig a meter down would be epic, but I suspect you would find so any interesting things you would only need a small hole in which to explore.
Your videos are awesome! I'm sure someone has already asked this, but why do you need to have a permit to relic hunt along the Thames?
That .303 round was a blank, in case you didn`t already know..lol.
What do you use to clean the metals and coins?
how do you clean your mudlarking finds looks very hard to do
The bullet you found is a blank round, can tell by the way it’s crimped at the top,
Also I take it that tourists are not allowed to mud lark ?
Yes it is amazing the huge time span the finds are spread over. What is even more amazing, I suspect the motive for tossing a small coin in the water is the same today as it was in 1940, 1850, 1750, 1650, an so forth all the way back to 0300 AD and before. Coins were "invented" as a mechanism of exchange or trade about 500 bc in Greece, and the principle worked it's way around Europe. The same idea, to propitiate fortune or other gods is involved. Something we share with the ancients...…;.really not so far removed.....I toss cents in bodies of water from time to time. As do many other. I live in the middle west of USA.
You must have a good vision to see those small object.
Bullet is an unfired .303 blank, used for training.
Thanks Gary. I thought that crimping meant that but wasn't sure
Can you tell us if the man with si-man who found the roman pot did? Mark from USA
*WHY* are there so many pipes in these videos ?
was it a tradition to throw your used pipes in the Thames, or something like that?
I would love to do this.
for me traders tokens or tokens used by employers, instead of money are way more interesting. they have a history all of their own and are quite underrated as a collectible item. coins turn up all the time, but tokens, are rarely heard of
The only Avery I can think of made weighing scales.
learn eskimo rolls first, at a local training pool, or a friends swimming pool, that way, you can flip yourself upright, if you do capsize
love knot button
We can read, France at the 9:41 minute, I think it's a "double tournament" I subscribe, in France I'm sure that the state would find a way to ban even research to the eye naked as you do lol ^^
As usual the finds blow me away. Simon referred to a medieval piece being hard to read ‘ ..having been washed around for a few years..’.try ‘A FEW CENTURIES’ lol.Bloody amazing what you folks pick up...’ a ROMAN. coin....are you kidding me ??? 2000 years old !!!
Nicola, what kind of camera do you use? The films are always so clear.
Hi Danielle. I use a sony handycam. It's this one www.sony.co.uk/electronics/handycam-camcorders/hdr-cx240e/specifications
Thanks so much! Congrats on the new Princess! Watched it all today here. So romantic!
Was that a 45 gallon drum bobbin around the river
Curious if you've ever used a "metal detector" out there for non clay pipe items
Awesome video I live in the USA so I can't do this
my hat flew off crossing london bridge when i was a boy. it was grey and maroon. if you happen to find it id be very grateful.
I shall keep my eyes peeled 🤩
@@nicolawhitemudlark 😂
i came across your channel a few weeks ago and have enjoyed seeing all your discoveries and that you incorporate them in to your creations. a double plus good. i too work with found objects in my sculptures, and thus appreciate. also a appreciate your time on the thames as i am a native s. londoner who now lives in the states but i still enjoy frequent visits home.
@@haroldofcardboard thank you. Do you have a website of your work?
@@nicolawhitemudlark i do :)
i have visited yours too. lovely work :)