Nicola, your videos are the highlight of my day. I am disabled and not able to mudlark myself but if I could, I would be doing just that. You are fabulous at presenting the history behind your finds and educating the world about it. Thank you for sharing your wonderful videos and knowledge.
Thank you very much for your lovely comments, and for watching. Im delighted that you enjoy them. sending many good wishes from the Thames foreshore. xox
DR I’m seventy years old , disabled and like you delighted each time I find a new video from Nicola. The combination of her interest in the history of her finds, what they would used for and the many lovely sites she visits all delivered in that mellifluous voice just soothes my sometimes troubled heart. I’m grateful to be able to open my iPad and find TIDELINE ART - also to communicate with another aficionado! Best wishes to you from DB - usually known as db
I, too, echo the thanks of all the others. Vicarious adventures are wonderful when in a board and care. To see what is found metal detecting try the Hoover Boys for an excellent adventure!!!
I’ll add my thanks to you as well. I’m not disabled but I love to watch the show. I always wonder why your replies don’t have a British accent.!! lol 😂
I imagine you’re going to find many 303 shell casings in the Thames. During the Battle of Britain both the Spitfire and Hurricane carried 8 Colt-Browning 303 machine guns, 4 in each wing. Each individual gun carried 300 rounds, so 2,400 total, firing at a rate of 1,150 rounds a minute. The spent shells were ejected from ports in the wing as they were fired. I imagine it positively rained spent brass all over the London area. I can see kids in rural areas picking up the brass and turning it in for the war effort.
The mystery "bullet" is a primer from an artillery shell. Love the watches, it looks like the glass is still in the one that was on the right in the video, if so the dial may be intact on it as well. Great finds!
I find myself echoing DR’s words. At 70 years old and disabled coming online and finding another of your mudlarking adventures is like receiving a gift. The respect you show to those who previously owned these items and the environment is also commendable. Best wishes- (my friends call me db)
Just seen your video asking for ideas of what kind of bone it was, bit like a tusk. I've cleaned lots of flatfish, having been an angler for over 55 years, and I can tell you with confidence that it's the main piece of cartilage found in flatfish just behind the head going out to one of the side fins.👍
I watch your videos over and over again, you have such a charming and delightful enthusiasm about everything you find!! I love the time you take to find out what things are and where they are in history. You have the same desire that I have to be able to humanize your finds by placing them in the hands of their previous owners and understanding how they used them. That is my favourite part of history: how objects were made, who made them, what they used them for, who might have owned them, etc. Please continue to make your lovely videos, I certainly appreciate all the time you take to make them, research the items and share that information with us. You are a moment of joyful calm in a crazy world and for that I thank you...and again I do love your pipe extractions. Cheers.
Nicola , In your videos , you do something that I personally love to see , that not many detectorists or mudlarkers do !! I think that the most important part of A video is the wrap-up ! I want to see your finds cleaned as much as possible without damaging them , and then displayed in good sunlight or a bright lamp , up Close ! You do an Excellent Job at that and I Commend You ! Keep up the wonderful work , I don't miss any of your videos , Thank You !! Dirt Hawk !!
Nice finds! Although Rolex had the contract to provide military watches, the watches themselves contained a Cortebertt’s caliber 526 movement and not an actual Rolex movement. You have both the A and B types. The B versions had white faces and no rings for a chain. They were made to be inserted in wooden boxes or holders in vehicles or boats. The A versions were black faced and were regular pocket watches.
Yes, they are early WWII - circa 1939. The black faced models were intended to be used as backups for chronographs. A good chronograph was essential for navigation during this period as radar was just being developed and Loran and GPS were many years away.
GS MKll where 1st issued 1935, GSTP MKll where issued in 1939. I would also be wary of any dial from that era as the luminous faces where painted with Radium. I believe the black dial where the luminous ones. With the case being broken I would take great care and put it in a bag
My new favorite channel, love the pipes, think I will start collecting old clay pipes. I am from London originally , but have lived in Ontario Canada, most of my life. I am disabled so no mudlarking for me. Your channel gives me much pleasure so thank you Plus we don't have the River Thames lol Thanks so much for the way you present you videos, well done
I just want to tell you that I discovered your channel about a month or two ago and I've enjoyed it very much. You have a charming, easy-going narrative style and I really enjoy watching you make your discoveries and listening to you discuss them afterwards. So thank you for the great content. Keep doing what you're doing. Oh, and Happy Guy Fawkes Day. :)
Thank you so much for your lovely message. Thanks for watching. It gives me great pleasure knowing that there are people out there enjoying watching me trawl through the mud!
Your house must be like Aladdins Cave full of treasures. I love when you research your finds and relate to us the social history! Why would so many military watches end up in Thames! Maybe they were thrown in on D day X
Hi Louisa, it's true that I have accumulated a lot of treasures. Thank you for the lovely feedback and Im glad you enjoy the stories. That is what I love most about mudlarking - finding those stories from the past and bringing it all back to life again for a while
The pipe bowl with the sea creature is a dolphin. We have them in Savannah Georgia as downspouts on the rain gutters on the river street. They are to be good luck. The large hook looks like a shutter hook to close shutters on the outside of the windows. Again, here on the coast we call them "hurricane shutters". Maybe you can look up the serial numbers on the watches and find the person whom they were assigned to. That would be fun. As always, your videos are such a joy. Thank you.
The dolphin in that style was originally French and goes back several centuries. It was a symbol of the heir to the French throne due to the pun of "Dauphin" and "Dolphin".
And so my hometown island called Dauphin Island, Alabama, is named for the French occupation of that area of the coast, all the way to New Orleans, La. and Pensacola Fl. Love the coastal areas of the south.
Mudlarking the River Thames: added to the bucket list. Your videos are so intriguing! To a soon to be history major, I quite love your videos! Thanks for sharing your finds!
Great finds again Nicola your enthusiasm is heart warming and your love of history is great I always watch your videos late in the evening they are so relaxing,keep em coming
Wonderful vid!! Ahh the music !! Between that and your honest excitement at the watches face and the sea creature pipe this video made me smile and giggle a bit ! Loved it !!!
Thank you for your wonderfully open way of interfacing with history and creating a beautiful experience with music in your videos. It so thoughtful and lovely. I have recently gotten my permit to mudlark on the foreshore and as a historian, the serendipity and openness of delighting in what the water brings a person is a big attractant. I appreciate your style and wish you very well.
Mudlarking sure looks like a very fun activity. In a way the treasures seem to appear endless. Before my time is up I would very much so like to experience a mudlarking adventure. Great video and thank you for the entertainment. Big Mex from beautiful central California wishes you luck and success with your hobbies.
Well done Nicola, another enjoyable river adventure. The mystery cartridge case item as stated could be a fuse or my guess an artillery shell igniter, either way I would safely dispose of this find, as it appears to be un fired.
Wow what a stunning pocket watch. My new favorite relic find channel, I've been binge watching for a couple weeks now. Just love your round ups, and the history you share from your research.
Like artifacts and bone fragments in the mud,I find myself stumbling on videos that you made that I haven’t seen before! The adventures continue to fall into my lap!😊
I love watching your videos, it makes me feel like I'm stomping through the mud with you. I loved the pocket watch. I bet you could take it to a jeweler and have new inner workings, hands and a glass cover put in. I know these treasures have a certain charm just the way they were found, but I love the idea of upcycling items and giving them a second life.
That bullet you found was unfired and that "ring" around the base was the neck from the casing, which had broken away. That second item looked like a fuze, or part of a fuze, from a shell. It had a broad arrow on it, so definitely ordnance of some sort. It was tapered and I saw what looked like flash holes on top so I think it was a timed fuze of the old kind, before the Vickers mechanical clock work fuze, maybe for a smaller base fuzed shell like 57mm. I too, like glass bottle stoppers! And the penny ink was a good find! Nice watch too!
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art Machine guns are notorious for breaking rounds apart when they malfunction so maybe your bullet was damaged like that by a BREN, Vickers or Browning M1919!!!!
Olly Cooper Could be! I don't know. Someone else has suggested it may be part of an oiler for a weapon! But with that Broad Arrow it is definitely military.
What a joy to live near such history, Nicola's love for the beautiful things she finds beams through the screen. Best of all she knows not to wave the camera about like a mad person. I'd love to join you in the mud, sadly 16,000 km is a long way to go for a lark. Jealous regards from regional Australia.
Hi Nicola I loved the video. The ruler you found is a carpenters ruler also known as a coach ruler as it was the same length as a horse drawn carriage. The lead United Kingdom coat of arms could have been a paper weight with a military origin keep up the good work GL&HH (good luck and happy hunting) Simon
@ The Big Man Carpenters rulers are longer than this and fold in 2 directions. I think this one is for reading sea charts but without seeing the markings clearly is hard to tell
Hello, Nicola! I was looking at the lead plaque with a royal coat of arms emblazoned on it. The lozenge shape is used in heraldry for female members of the Royal Family e.g. princesses instead of the conventional shield that is normally used for boys/men and queens regnant or consort. Now for the ''If wishes were fishes'' bit... As the details on the lead object featuring lozenge are worn with time (and the watery location where it has been all these years), it is difficult to find out which princess/duchess etc. the arms belonged to or what the purpose of this object originally was. If the details were mint, the clues would have been contained within each (or fewer) of the descending three squares from a white-striped heraldic device, known as a label, situated across the top half of the lozenge; also, if there was a normal shaped shield with the coat of arms of Saxony in the centre overall, the arms would have been dated to pre-1917, when King George V changed the dynastic name of the British Royal Family from the German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the more British name of Windsor - to cool the anger of anti-German feeling in Britain during the First World War. There were plenty of princesses belonging to the British Royal Family, particularly during the reign of Queen Victoria, many of who were married off to other Royal Houses in Europe - large and small. See examples of the lozenge on female royal arms online, such as those of HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne ), Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice. Hope this helps.
Hi....I could watch these all day. I live in the states, Maryland to be exact just 15 mins from the Chesapeake bay where I go "beachcombing", I find mostly indian arrowheads, but on occasion I'll find a really nice piece of shard from a dish, or fabulous glass but nothing as grand as the things you find, those pipes are Wonderful.
i don't know how to call it, but is an openable ruler used in the XIX century to mark the route on the nautical charts, so was used on the boats. usually were made with ebony wood and brass. Nice find dear.
Brilliant pocket watches. Very nice collection of history. Really enjoyed watching and learning a bit about each discovery. Thanks for sharing. Always a pleasure.
A reasonable guess at what that tube might be. The tube could be a oil tube from the butt of a rifle or musket. Small brass tubes with a lid that could be unscrewed. Inside, the lid would be attached to an oiler for placing drops of oil around the rifle's various parts. It would fit with the .303" rounds being found in a a similar location. I have a .303 SMLE with one still fitted, yours would be from an earlier rifle.
Nicola you are an absolute delight-- beautiful inside and out! Thank you for sharing your hobby with the world; your videos are deliciously mesmerizing! Cheers from the West Coast, USA.
That pale green of the bottle stopper sure shows up well, I could see it before you even panned closer. I compare it to looking for agates here in WIsconsin, Im constantly on the look for an orangey-red "skin" on the rocks, althought they do come in a variety of colors. Google up "Lake Superior agate" once and you will see what I mean.
Very nice variety of finds. Love the bottle stopper. Congrats on the watch & interesting pipe bowls & the one with the fish how cool is that. Very nice ink pot. Very nice video.
The plaque looks like a Fire Mark. In the days before a properly organised fire brigade insurance company customers paid their relevant insurer for fire cover. Tthey were given a plaque to put outside their premises so the fire fighters could verify if they were proper paid up customers before they extinguished the flames!
Yes, this just what I was about to write. An insurance crest to hang outside your house, above the front door so the flames would be put out by the fire crew.
I think it looks like part of a stern escutcheon. The heraldic symbols are quite common - rampant lion and unicorn - could have been on any of the thousands of 19th century or older ships on the Thames.
I don’t know how anyone can watch these videos ignore they are from the states like myself. The incredible history where you live is incredible! I hunt Native American relics and metal detect and the oldest metal object (other than what had been brought over) is only a couple hundred years old! I get too excited watching these videos in England or cities in Germany and Italy
@@nicolawhitemudlark This design probably has some close connection to the monarchy. The supporters are the heraldic beasts of England (Lion) and Scotland (Unicorn). At the top it appears to me to be a (somewhat crude) Imperial Crown surmounted by a lion. If it is, that would suggest some connection to the Army. (If it was the Navy I would think the central device would most likely be the naval Fouled Anchor surmounted by the crown but not the lion. So, probably not from a Navy rum barrel, although the Army did sometimes issue rum in the trenches in WWI.) This may be the crest of some long since extinct or amalgamated regiment that had some connection to a royal or semi-royal personage. A Royal Duke or the like, perhaps. The key to the mystery would be being able to read the inscription on the bottom scroll and on the band round the lozenge. Also finding out who, or what organisation, used a lozenge as their main identifying heraldic device. Overall, the crest is very similar to the Royal crest of the Monarch, except that the central lozenge would be replaced by the Royal Arms - the three lions passant of England in the top right and bottom left quarters, the lion rampant of Scotland in the the top left quarter and the harp of Ireland in the bottom right quarter.
I could be wrong (it wouldn’t be a first) but I think the digits on the back of the watches are the last digits of the service number of the person it was issued to. I know that since the 50’s it was common practice to stamp personal kit with the last 4 digits of a serviceman’s number.
Thank you so much Nicola, once again you’ve found fantastic items to share with us! Love the pipe bowls, looking forward to your next hunt on the Thames!!
Wow ... what an exciting mudlarking adventure. Love the little penny pot and the watch. The clay pipes are always a treat to watch you dig out. Something I have found myself doing is when you hover your camera over a search site (just before you zoom in to pluck or dig your find) I stop the video and try to see if I can locate what you have found and are about to reveal. Thanks again ... wish I had more information to help you further identify you find but, I'm still trying to gather more information on a rather large E Wright Chesterfield Stoneware jug I found while exploring an old gold miner's site.
The Coat of Arms you found is a British one, hence the lion rampant and the unicorn opposing and the other small lion above the crown at the top. Where the shield should be is instead a lozenge which indicates it is the coat of arms of a woman, and in this case an unmarried woman as married women always/often take a shield. The fact that the lozenge sits upon an oval might indicate she is widowed as this was often done. It isn't a wall fire insurance plaque as it is too small and the coat of Arms does not belong to an insurer's company. It isn't a Royal Warrant as it is appears to be too small for that purpose. Hoping this information in conjunction with the location might help you date the plaque a little more accurately. Good luck.
The fish you show on the pipe bowl is an heraldic dolphin in a position known as torqued. Dolphins can be seen on the arms of some of the London Livery Companies. In particular, the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers [1512,] and the Worshipful Company of Watermen and Lightermen [1585] .The dolphin can also be seen on the arms of the Lloyds Register of Shipping,. So, your pipe was quite possibly used by someone actually working on the River Thames, and maybe even a member of one of these guilds Interestingly, the National Arms of Barbados 1965 following independence, also show the dolphin The Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders [ 1619] may well have a catalog of pipe designs that you could research ? They may even know if such a design was commissioned by one of the 'water' guilds Loving all this history of the City
See, now you’re just teasing us. 😃 You and Si Finds have whetted my appetite.... and I’m going in, my permit arrived this morning. I shall wave across a misty Thames in the future. Just a quick question, there is a very unique sound the foreshore makes on all the videos, is it the tinkling of the shards of pottery knocking against each other?
Hi Chris.well done, you got your permit. Get a tide app so you know what the tides are doing! Yes I think you are right about the tinkly noise. It's a relaxing noise.
So, after a long period of anticipation, I sat down awaiting the big hand to swing around to record 8pm. At 7:45 the phone rings and I’m on a call out. Just finished watching at 11:30... once again brilliant. Not sure if it’s been mentioned but I think the lead mystery item is a naval barrel mark. Thanks Nicola.
I thought that initially and are a similar size but I have yet to see one with indentations (x4) running the length. The top also doesn't look like it unscrews and the bottom should be solid and made out of the same material as the body. Also never seen one with that button on the top end and that end doesn't look to be threaded. Nicola have you tried to see how deep the groves are and what material is in the end (dirt)? In saying that they could be flash holes/grooves for a primer charge and though I doubt they would still be active, a gentle scrape would be best! Do you have a WWll museum nearby, besides the Thames? :-) Great finds you're so lucky having all that history at your finger tips!
@@MegaPoxie An artillery primer was my first idear as well yet a primer needs a scew thread to safe lock it. It isn't an 303 oil bottle eighter, since it hasn't got the smooth edgings and, like mentioned, the shape of the cap, which isn't a cap to unscrew, but an external lock in place. I had a look at some diagrams of artillery shells (I got bored) and the only thing which looks simular are the 'exploder'/ Fuse Traser some HE shells have to delay the firing of the shell.
@@MegaPoxie you are correct sir i agree i was wrong but i noticed someone else came up with the idea it is part of a pair of binoculars could well be all part of the fun eh
Indeed Jeffrey. Another thought was it was a winder from a camera and the slots were for the film to insert into to get the film rolling? Of course the slots would have to be just that and not indentations! Fun alright and wish I had the Thames at my back door with all that history.
Nicola, your videos are the highlight of my day. I am disabled and not able to mudlark myself but if I could, I would be doing just that. You are fabulous at presenting the history behind your finds and educating the world about it. Thank you for sharing your wonderful videos and knowledge.
Thank you very much for your lovely comments, and for watching. Im delighted that you enjoy them. sending many good wishes from the Thames foreshore. xox
DR I’m seventy years old , disabled and like you delighted each time I find a new video from Nicola. The combination of her interest in the history of her finds, what they would used for and the many lovely sites she visits all delivered in that mellifluous voice just soothes my sometimes troubled heart. I’m grateful to be able to open my iPad and find TIDELINE ART - also to communicate with another aficionado! Best wishes to you from DB - usually known as db
I, too, am disabled. I so want to do this!!! I live in the states and our country is young. I can't even imagine holding something from the 1600's!!
I, too, echo the thanks of all the others. Vicarious adventures are wonderful when in a board and care. To see what is found metal detecting try the Hoover Boys for an excellent adventure!!!
I’ll add my thanks to you as well. I’m not disabled but I love to watch the show. I always wonder why your replies don’t have a British accent.!! lol 😂
I imagine you’re going to find many 303 shell casings in the Thames. During the Battle of Britain both the Spitfire and Hurricane carried 8 Colt-Browning 303 machine guns, 4 in each wing. Each individual gun carried 300 rounds, so 2,400 total, firing at a rate of 1,150 rounds a minute. The spent shells were ejected from ports in the wing as they were fired. I imagine it positively rained spent brass all over the London area. I can see kids in rural areas picking up the brass and turning it in for the war effort.
The mystery "bullet" is a primer from an artillery shell. Love the watches, it looks like the glass is still in the one that was on the right in the video, if so the dial may be intact on it as well. Great finds!
in French this is called an "étoupille"
I find myself echoing DR’s words. At 70 years old and disabled coming online and finding another of your mudlarking adventures is like receiving a gift. The respect you show to those who previously owned these items and the environment is also commendable. Best wishes- (my friends call me db)
These folding rulers were used a lot with sea charts for navigating. PS: great video.
Thank you
Just seen your video asking for ideas of what kind of bone it was, bit like a tusk. I've cleaned lots of flatfish, having been an angler for over 55 years, and I can tell you with confidence that it's the main piece of cartilage found in flatfish just behind the head going out to one of the side fins.👍
I watch your videos over and over again, you have such a charming and delightful enthusiasm about everything you find!! I love the time you take to find out what things are and where they are in history. You have the same desire that I have to be able to humanize your finds by placing them in the hands of their previous owners and understanding how they used them. That is my favourite part of history: how objects were made, who made them, what they used them for, who might have owned them, etc. Please continue to make your lovely videos, I certainly appreciate all the time you take to make them, research the items and share that information with us. You are a moment of joyful calm in a crazy world and for that I thank you...and again I do love your pipe extractions. Cheers.
Nicola , In your videos , you do something that I personally love to see , that not many detectorists or mudlarkers do !! I think that the most important part of A video is the wrap-up ! I want to see your finds cleaned as much as possible without damaging them , and then displayed in good sunlight or a bright lamp , up Close ! You do an Excellent Job at that and I Commend You ! Keep up the wonderful work , I don't miss any of your videos , Thank You !! Dirt Hawk !!
Thank you very much! Really appreciate your feedback. xox
Nice finds! Although Rolex had the contract to provide military watches, the watches themselves contained a Cortebertt’s caliber 526 movement and not an actual Rolex movement. You have both the A and B types. The B versions had white faces and no rings for a chain. They were made to be inserted in wooden boxes or holders in vehicles or boats. The A versions were black faced and were regular pocket watches.
Are they not Cyma pocket watches?
Thanks very much for this info. I did wonder that the difference was between A and B. Do you think they are WW2?
@@boltonwanderer3937 What is a cyma watch?
Yes, they are early WWII - circa 1939. The black faced models were intended to be used as backups for chronographs. A good chronograph was essential for navigation during this period as radar was just being developed and Loran and GPS were many years away.
GS MKll where 1st issued 1935, GSTP MKll where issued in 1939. I would also be wary of any dial from that era as the luminous faces where painted with Radium. I believe the black dial where the luminous ones. With the case being broken I would take great care and put it in a bag
My new favorite channel, love the pipes, think I will start collecting old clay pipes. I am from London originally , but have lived in Ontario Canada, most of my life. I am disabled so no mudlarking for me. Your channel gives me much pleasure so thank you Plus we don't have the River Thames lol Thanks so much for the way you present you videos, well done
I just want to tell you that I discovered your channel about a month or two ago and I've enjoyed it very much. You have a charming, easy-going narrative style and I really enjoy watching you make your discoveries and listening to you discuss them afterwards. So thank you for the great content. Keep doing what you're doing. Oh, and Happy Guy Fawkes Day. :)
Thank you so much for your lovely message. Thanks for watching. It gives me great pleasure knowing that there are people out there enjoying watching me trawl through the mud!
Your house must be like Aladdins Cave full of treasures. I love when you research your finds and relate to us the social history! Why would so many military watches end up in Thames! Maybe they were thrown in on D day X
Hi Louisa, it's true that I have accumulated a lot of treasures. Thank you for the lovely feedback and Im glad you enjoy the stories. That is what I love most about mudlarking - finding those stories from the past and bringing it all back to life again for a while
Talking about the aladins cave , that bowl with the fruit and thistles that was a beauty
The pipe bowl with the sea creature is a dolphin. We have them in Savannah Georgia as downspouts on the rain gutters on the river street. They are to be good luck. The large hook looks like a shutter hook to close shutters on the outside of the windows. Again, here on the coast we call them "hurricane shutters". Maybe you can look up the serial numbers on the watches and find the person whom they were assigned to. That would be fun. As always, your videos are such a joy. Thank you.
Hey Mary! I'm in Savannah too!
Cool, I live near Ft Stewart. But love England and history.
I lived in England for 3 years , used to think the forts here were old until I walked through the Tower of London and Dover Castle. 😀
The dolphin in that style was originally French and goes back several centuries. It was a symbol of the heir to the French throne due to the pun of "Dauphin" and "Dolphin".
And so my hometown island called Dauphin Island, Alabama, is named for the French occupation of that area of the coast, all the way to New Orleans, La. and Pensacola Fl. Love the coastal areas of the south.
Mudlarking the River Thames: added to the bucket list. Your videos are so intriguing! To a soon to be history major, I quite love your videos! Thanks for sharing your finds!
Great finds again Nicola your enthusiasm is heart warming and your love of history is great
I always watch your videos late in the evening they are so relaxing,keep em coming
Thank you! Thanks for watching. Sending warm wishes from London, and glad that you find them relaxing x
Your channel is entertaining thanks, and l love it when someone with knowledge answers what a thing is.
Oh, Nicola....this is a deliciously fine video...including the musical gallery and exit. Thank you so much for bringing me along!
My pleasure thanks for coming along
What fun you are. I love your excitement. Thank you. I learn so much from you.
The "fish" on the pipe bowl serves no discernible porpoise.
maybe it's just there for the halibut
🐬🐟👍
@@nicolawhitemudlark nyuk nyuk nyuk 😁❤
Oh my cod, have you no sole? You otter not said that so I'd like you to clam up.
@@nicolawhitemudlark Trying to think of something clever - will have to mullet over some more
Another very well done production !!! Thanks again 🌞
Wonderful vid!! Ahh the music !! Between that and your honest excitement at the watches face and the sea creature pipe this video made me smile and giggle a bit ! Loved it !!!
Ha ha Thanks Denise. If I made you smile and giggle then my job is done :) xox
I love your mudlarking! I always love a good find! Your bits and bobbles are so interesting.
Some beautiful discoveries along the Thames River
Thank you for your wonderfully open way of interfacing with history and creating a beautiful experience with music in your videos. It so thoughtful and lovely. I have recently gotten my permit to mudlark on the foreshore and as a historian, the serendipity and openness of delighting in what the water brings a person is a big attractant. I appreciate your style and wish you very well.
Thank you Kathryn x
The one brass bit looks like the end of a musket ram rod
Hangfire I agree
Mudlarking sure looks like a very fun activity. In a way the treasures seem to appear endless. Before my time is up I would very much so like to experience a mudlarking adventure. Great video and thank you for the entertainment. Big Mex from beautiful central California wishes you luck and success with your hobbies.
Well done Nicola, another enjoyable river adventure. The mystery cartridge case item as stated could be a fuse or my guess an artillery shell igniter, either way I would safely dispose of this find, as it appears to be un fired.
You are so great to respect all of these items. You really honour our history.
Wow what a stunning pocket watch. My new favorite relic find channel, I've been binge watching for a couple weeks now. Just love your round ups, and the history you share from your research.
Thank you,and thanks for watching.glad you are enjoying it I'm fortunate to be so close to the river which holds so much history!
Like artifacts and bone fragments in the mud,I find myself stumbling on videos that you made that I haven’t seen before!
The adventures continue to fall into my lap!😊
5:03 So much for containing your exitement :) Awesome channel, Nicola!
Thank you! I was never very good at containing my excitement :)
Thank you for all your efforts, always! Greetings from Illinois!
I love watching your videos, it makes me feel like I'm stomping through the mud with you. I loved the pocket watch. I bet you could take it to a jeweler and have new inner workings, hands and a glass cover put in. I know these treasures have a certain charm just the way they were found, but I love the idea of upcycling items and giving them a second life.
Thank you. And that's a lovely idea. I will investigate it further
Such a bountiful rainy day mudlarking The fish puts me to mind of the fish drawn on old maps.
Beautiful choice of music at the end Nicola. I did enjoy your Mud Larking, especially the pocket watch.
Good. Glad you enjoyed Kevin!
☔☁🐟 What beautiful finds...I get so excited anticipating what will be on the pipes. These are absolutely amazing!!
cute little ink pot!! Oh I love this videos Nicola!!!
Thanks Kate!
Thank you so much. I watch your escapades with a smile from start to finish. Please do continue.
Thanks William! that makes me smile too. :) x
That bullet you found was unfired and that "ring" around the base was the neck from the casing, which had broken away. That second item looked like a fuze, or part of a fuze, from a shell. It had a broad arrow on it, so definitely ordnance of some sort. It was tapered and I saw what looked like flash holes on top so I think it was a timed fuze of the old kind, before the Vickers mechanical clock work fuze, maybe for a smaller base fuzed shell like 57mm. I too, like glass bottle stoppers! And the penny ink was a good find! Nice watch too!
Thanks Dustin. I liked that little bit of 303 with the ring on it. It just made it look a little different than usual.
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art Machine guns are notorious for breaking rounds apart when they malfunction so maybe your bullet was damaged like that by a BREN, Vickers or Browning M1919!!!!
I think it's a drill or dummy round, for practising loading a rifle. Denoted by the grooves along the side. The dummy bullet has snapped off
Olly Cooper Could be! I don't know. Someone else has suggested it may be part of an oiler for a weapon! But with that Broad Arrow it is definitely military.
It could be some kind of cannon primer..
What a joy to live near such history, Nicola's love for the beautiful things she finds beams through the screen. Best of all she knows not to wave the camera about like a mad person. I'd love to join you in the mud, sadly 16,000 km is a long way to go for a lark. Jealous regards from regional Australia.
Hi Nicola I loved the video. The ruler you found is a carpenters ruler also known as a coach ruler as it was the same length as a horse drawn carriage. The lead United Kingdom coat of arms could have been a paper weight with a military origin keep up the good work GL&HH (good luck and happy hunting) Simon
@ The Big Man Carpenters rulers are longer than this and fold in 2 directions. I think this one is for reading sea charts but without seeing the markings clearly is hard to tell
@@edcruwys do you have a link to a picture of one
Hi Nicola! The song at the end of this is beautiful! My granddaughter sounds very much like her when she sings! Wow! Gave me goosebumps!
The more of these i watch the more I am convinced that the river bed of the Thames is nothing but clay pipes. XD
They clay pipes are going home to the riverbed clay they come from.
Another wonderful video Nicola!!!! Also enjoyed the music very much. Thanks!!!
I would suggest the fish design on the pipe bowl is a depiction of a Sturgeon which once graced the river Thames.
I have to agree with you! The way the eyes are and the fact that it has scales, makes me think FISH! Plus that's a little too stylized for a Dolphin.
Lovely prelude !!! Thank you
Hello, Nicola! I was looking at the lead plaque with a royal coat of arms emblazoned on it. The lozenge shape is used in heraldry for female members of the Royal Family e.g. princesses instead of the conventional shield that is normally used for boys/men and queens regnant or consort.
Now for the ''If wishes were fishes'' bit...
As the details on the lead object featuring lozenge are worn with time (and the watery location where it has been all these years), it is difficult to find out which princess/duchess etc. the arms belonged to or what the purpose of this object originally was.
If the details were mint, the clues would have been contained within each (or fewer) of the descending three squares from a white-striped heraldic device, known as a label, situated across the top half of the lozenge; also, if there was a normal shaped shield with the coat of arms of Saxony in the centre overall, the arms would have been dated to pre-1917, when King George V changed the dynastic name of the British Royal Family from the German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the more British name of Windsor - to cool the anger of anti-German feeling in Britain during the First World War.
There were plenty of princesses belonging to the British Royal Family, particularly during the reign of Queen Victoria, many of who were married off to other Royal Houses in Europe - large and small.
See examples of the lozenge on female royal arms online, such as those of HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne
), Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice.
Hope this helps.
Thank you!
Brings back memories of the early 80's mudlarking down the old Surrey Docks
So much fun!
I would never want to leave your mud flats! So exciting!
Love your videos Nicola
Thank you! Thanks for watching them. xox
Hi....I could watch these all day. I live in the states, Maryland to be exact just 15 mins from the Chesapeake bay where I go "beachcombing", I find mostly indian arrowheads, but on occasion I'll find a really nice piece of shard from a dish, or fabulous glass but nothing as grand as the things you find, those pipes are Wonderful.
i don't know how to call it, but is an openable ruler used in the XIX century to mark the route on the nautical charts, so was used on the boats. usually were made with ebony wood and brass. Nice find dear.
Thank you Matteo!
Matteo Musa ... Are you thinking of a sextant?
@@unrulyjulie4382 no no
I think it is a carpenter's rule which folds to go in an apron pocket or toolbox.
Hi Mr Musa itis a carpenters ruler,You are thinking of a Parallel Ruler used in navigation
Brilliant pocket watches. Very nice collection of history. Really enjoyed watching and learning a bit about each discovery. Thanks for sharing. Always a pleasure.
A reasonable guess at what that tube might be. The tube could be a oil tube from the butt of a rifle or musket. Small brass tubes with a lid that could be unscrewed. Inside, the lid would be attached to an oiler for placing drops of oil around the rifle's various parts. It would fit with the .303" rounds being found in a a similar location. I have a .303 SMLE with one still fitted, yours would be from an earlier rifle.
Nicola you are an absolute delight-- beautiful inside and out! Thank you for sharing your hobby with the world; your videos are deliciously mesmerizing! Cheers from the West Coast, USA.
Thank you Adam xx
That pale green of the bottle stopper sure shows up well, I could see it before you even panned closer. I compare it to looking for agates here in WIsconsin, Im constantly on the look for an orangey-red "skin" on the rocks, althought they do come in a variety of colors. Google up "Lake Superior agate" once and you will see what I mean.
Thank you! I will
@@nicolawhitemudlark Found a lot of these bottle stoppers at a former WW2 camp in the Midlands so not just Victorian.
@@Nelg230 Might have been in use for medical supplies or chemicals.
USA here, hi Nicola I am still loving you and your passion for history.
I also love the music at the end.
Thank you x
I had a ruler like that, we called it a cabinet maker's rule.
Andrew for the win!
@@dvillebenny1445 Oh good, what's my prize? The meek shall inherit the girth, we do have a hell of a time 😀
I was going to tell our favorite Mud Lark, that it was a scale ruler for woodworkers that open like a book.@@andy2950
I was thinking undertakers ruler
@@1980mke Why would it need to fold if not to fit in a tool box? Talking of tools, dead or alive you'd need a bigger ruler!
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Fascinating finds. Lovely music at the end. Thanks Nicola ❤️
Try opening the back lid on the watch... could be some peronal inscriptions or something..?
will investigate and report back
@@nicolawhitemudlark the workings will all be intact too, should be amazing inside
I love these videos they are great, keep them coming....
3 Military pocket watches in similar area sounds like a downed war time plane ? And the measuring device looks like a navigator's instrument.
Yes it's curious I agree
Very nice variety of finds. Love the bottle stopper. Congrats on the watch & interesting pipe bowls & the one with the fish how cool is that. Very nice ink pot. Very nice video.
Interesting, I have my great-grandfather's folding ruler. They cam to Canada in 1903 from Scotland.
Wow, how lovely that you have that!
Nice finds love the watch,pipes and pot awesome
The plaque looks like a Fire Mark. In the days before a properly organised fire brigade insurance company customers paid their relevant insurer for fire cover. Tthey were given a plaque to put outside their premises so the fire fighters could verify if they were proper paid up customers before they extinguished the flames!
Yes, this just what I was about to write. An insurance crest to hang outside your house, above the front door so the flames would be put out by the fire crew.
I think it looks like part of a stern escutcheon. The heraldic symbols are quite common - rampant lion and unicorn - could have been on any of the thousands of 19th century or older ships on the Thames.
Could it be Imperial? Their emblem was a crown!
I don’t know how anyone can watch these videos ignore they are from the states like myself. The incredible history where you live is incredible! I hunt Native American relics and metal detect and the oldest metal object (other than what had been brought over) is only a couple hundred years old! I get too excited watching these videos in England or cities in Germany and Italy
I don't think that the one "bullet" isn't a bullet; but a fuse. It may be much older than WW2. Another great video .
Thank you! x
Agreed! It is knurled around the top and where the detonator would be is a bump. The grooves are to guide something. Some kind if mechanical pencil?
@@zw5509 A practise round has flutes usually painted red and a recess where the bump is and yes it does look much older than WW2.
@@Nelg230 but is not knurled! I like the oiler idea! Cool stuff!
Many thanks for the wonderful videos. Love all the great shots of wildlife as well as the finds! You are remarkable!
would that be a knight's helmet at the top of the lion/unicorn plaque?
i think it's a lion
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This design probably has some close connection to the monarchy. The supporters are the heraldic beasts of England (Lion) and Scotland (Unicorn). At the top it appears to me to be a (somewhat crude) Imperial Crown surmounted by a lion. If it is, that would suggest some connection to the Army. (If it was the Navy I would think the central device would most likely be the naval Fouled Anchor surmounted by the crown but not the lion. So, probably not from a Navy rum barrel, although the Army did sometimes issue rum in the trenches in WWI.) This may be the crest of some long since extinct or amalgamated regiment that had some connection to a royal or semi-royal personage. A Royal Duke or the like, perhaps.
The key to the mystery would be being able to read the inscription on the bottom scroll and on the band round the lozenge. Also finding out who, or what organisation, used a lozenge as their main identifying heraldic device.
Overall, the crest is very similar to the Royal crest of the Monarch, except that the central lozenge would be replaced by the Royal Arms - the three lions passant of England in the top right and bottom left quarters, the lion rampant of Scotland in the the top left quarter and the harp of Ireland in the bottom right quarter.
A quick Google tels me that a lozenge is usually assosiated with a woman. So perhaps a Princess or Royal Duchess.
Just discovered your channel Nicola and I love it. Can't stop binge watching. Thanks. 😀
Thank you.glad you're enjoying
the plaque with unicorn & lion is coat of arms
Yes. Definitely look like a coat of arms.
I think that is self-evident.
Just love your enthusiasm and your interest in history!! Didn’t want your adventure to end!! Thank you
Thanks Jerry! I know the feeling. the tide always comes in too quickly!
It would be neat if you could trace the watch to the person who it was issued to buy the serial number.
yes, agreed. That would be incredible. not sure if it's possible, but if it is, I will do it
I could be wrong (it wouldn’t be a first) but I think the digits on the back of the watches are the last digits of the service number of the person it was issued to. I know that since the 50’s it was common practice to stamp personal kit with the last 4 digits of a serviceman’s number.
I'm not sure if it is actually the serial number of the clockmaker, I think - but I'm now going to try to find out for sure
I would say that when those watches were issued the military would have cataloged the number and the serviceman
Thank you so much Nicola, once again you’ve found fantastic items to share with us! Love the pipe bowls, looking forward to your next hunt on the Thames!!
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Wow ... what an exciting mudlarking adventure. Love the little penny pot and the watch. The clay pipes are always a treat to watch you dig out. Something I have found myself doing is when you hover your camera over a search site (just before you zoom in to pluck or dig your find) I stop the video and try to see if I can locate what you have found and are about to reveal. Thanks again ... wish I had more information to help you further identify you find but, I'm still trying to gather more information on a rather large E Wright Chesterfield Stoneware jug I found while exploring an old gold miner's site.
The Coat of Arms you found is a British one, hence the lion rampant and the unicorn opposing and the other small lion above the crown at the top. Where the shield should be is instead a lozenge which indicates it is the coat of arms of a woman, and in this case an unmarried woman as married women always/often take a shield. The fact that the lozenge sits upon an oval might indicate she is widowed as this was often done. It isn't a wall fire insurance plaque as it is too small and the coat of Arms does not belong to an insurer's company. It isn't a Royal Warrant as it is appears to be too small for that purpose. Hoping this information in conjunction with the location might help you date the plaque a little more accurately. Good luck.
I really enjoy your videos and wish I could mudlark with you. Thank you for taking time to share your adventures with us
The fish you show on the pipe bowl is an heraldic dolphin in a position known as torqued.
Dolphins can be seen on the arms of some of the London Livery Companies. In particular,
the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers [1512,] and the Worshipful Company of Watermen and Lightermen [1585] .The dolphin can also be seen on the arms of the Lloyds Register of Shipping,. So, your pipe was quite possibly used by someone actually working on the River Thames, and maybe even a member of one of these guilds
Interestingly, the National Arms of Barbados 1965 following independence, also show the dolphin
The Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders [ 1619] may well have a catalog of pipe designs that you could research ? They may even know if such a design was commissioned by one of the 'water' guilds
Loving all this history of the City
I loved the tick-tock when you found the military pocket watch. Brilliant!
I live in Florida. I want to come to England just for mudlarking!
Pine Lane me too! I've longed to go to London to mud lark for decades!
@@tereselapree222 Lets go! I can't afford it but I can save up! A plane ticket, cheap hotel...why not??
Yes, come on over guys :)
Thought you needed a license
Yes you do. You can apply for one!
The brass piece that looks like a ammo shell. That's real nice find interesting. Plus you find old cool pipes amazing that they have not wroted away.
It looks like a Roman representation of a dolphin.
It is that is why it has a beak. The tail goes the wrong way for a fish.
@@zw5509 ... I was thinking it was the long neck/head of a sea bird of some sort.
Looks like a platypus to me
@@narlokeill736 A drunken one that just slid down the bar!!
I live United States in the state of Kansas in the middle of the country and enjoy watching your videos !
Thanks Steve! x
See, now you’re just teasing us. 😃
You and Si Finds have whetted my appetite.... and I’m going in, my permit arrived this morning. I shall wave across a misty Thames in the future.
Just a quick question, there is a very unique sound the foreshore makes on all the videos, is it the tinkling of the shards of pottery knocking against each other?
Hi Chris.well done, you got your permit. Get a tide app so you know what the tides are doing! Yes I think you are right about the tinkly noise. It's a relaxing noise.
nicola, it is very relaxing, which worries me... 😃😴
I’ve downloaded the PLA tide app, are there others worth looking at?
@@52Morgan52 I use "Tide Times" - but Im sure the PLA one must be excellent
So, after a long period of anticipation, I sat down awaiting the big hand to swing around to record 8pm. At 7:45 the phone rings and I’m on a call out. Just finished watching at 11:30... once again brilliant.
Not sure if it’s been mentioned but I think the lead mystery item is a naval barrel mark.
Thanks Nicola.
@@nicolawhitemudlark IF I can visit London and do this, how long would it take to get a permit??? You've made me want to do t his !
What a beautiful view from your window. Such a lovely setting. Lucky you!
thisles, I am having a Danny Kay moment all of a sudden... ;-)
Another wonderful video! Love the music at the end and how you showcase each find.
I would be scare to do it without glowes 😨😵😱
We truly enjoy your channel.
google Mk VII percussion tube could this be your mystery item
Great finds Nicola and perfect music🤗
the watch on the right looks like it still has a lens in it
Yeah, there might still be a face underneath that one I thought, lens or is it a cover?
Such cool stuff! Love the dolphin pipe... Always very interesting...From Boston MA area Thank You!
Mystery item i think is an oil bottle for a 303 rifle fits in the butt of the rifle
Thank you Jeffrey
I thought that initially and are a similar size but I have yet to see one with indentations (x4) running the length. The top also doesn't look like it unscrews and the bottom should be solid and made out of the same material as the body. Also never seen one with that button on the top end and that end doesn't look to be threaded. Nicola have you tried to see how deep the groves are and what material is in the end (dirt)? In saying that they could be flash holes/grooves for a primer charge and though I doubt they would still be active, a gentle scrape would be best! Do you have a WWll museum nearby, besides the Thames? :-) Great finds you're so lucky having all that history at your finger tips!
@@MegaPoxie An artillery primer was my first idear as well yet a primer needs a scew thread to safe lock it. It isn't an 303 oil bottle eighter, since it hasn't got the smooth edgings and, like mentioned, the shape of the cap, which isn't a cap to unscrew, but an external lock in place. I had a look at some diagrams of artillery shells (I got bored) and the only thing which looks simular are the 'exploder'/ Fuse Traser some HE shells have to delay the firing of the shell.
@@MegaPoxie you are correct sir i agree i was wrong but i noticed someone else came up with the idea it is part of a pair of binoculars could well be all part of the fun eh
Indeed Jeffrey. Another thought was it was a winder from a camera and the slots were for the film to insert into to get the film rolling? Of course the slots would have to be just that and not indentations! Fun alright and wish I had the Thames at my back door with all that history.
Loved this video ...the music is just so beautiful! Love watching all those great pieces of history being uncovered once again!
Cool videos! You're pretty damn cute too!
Thank you :)
Very pretty with one of the nicest voices I have ever heard
Great video and fantastic finds!! The little fish pipe is adorable and that measuring device is quite intriguing.... thanks!!!
my pleasure. Thanks for watching