Hunting down an old bottle dump. A river walking, mudlarking adventure.
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- I went looking for the source of a lot of broken bits of pottery and glass, assuming it would be an old dump site disturbed by bottle diggers. I found it, and had fun seeing what things I could find.
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The "gravy-skimmer" is part of a mustache cup, the bridge kept a man's mustache from getting into his tea.
Thank you, I hadn't heard of those before 🙂
to be more specific they're from the era of fashionable waxed mustaches and, should the long whiskers get in the tea, the wax would melt and ruin the Look. i collect mustache cups because they're just so very victorian and silly; i love them. that one wasn't very rare or fancy thankfully lol
Thats what I thought. Though invalid feeding cups can be similar looking.
@@tomburleigh9261 Yeah, a strange item the Victorians came up with I believe. I knew a barber that had over 500 of these in his barbershop. They were actually rather beautiful and he paid a bit of money for some of them. I don't think his wife approved. (O:
@@sarahstrong7174 Don't they normally have a spout?
I really REALLY enjoy your videos Mr. Burleigh! In a cachophonous world, your videos are a welcome session of peace and mindfulness.🌱
Thanks so much Ramona, it was great that you were able to join the chat, and I'm glad you enjoy my videos. 🙂
His voice is so soothing. Love him.
flowing water, walking pace, greenery and the music. calming Sunday evening watch, thank you Tom
Hope you enjoyed it too 😊
Thanks Patricia, I enjoyed the outing very much... the editing much less so, but now it's up I can enjoy thinking about the next outings🙂
Yes, I agree with everything Patricia said. Also thank you.
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As a person that uses a wheelchair for mobility, my woods wandering days are behind me. I find the beauty that you offer up in your meanderings so fully satisfying, thank you. I’m currently in the middle of creating an oil painting of your mud larking window of treasure. Admittedly, I’ve fallen hopelessly in love with that window and it’s view. It’s a challenging painting and can’t wait to share it with you. Thank you for your quiet easy style, it is a balm for a restless spirit.
Yes Tom, I would love to see you search through the bottle diggers pile for all the wonderful things they missed. As always thank you for a wonderful video, I enjoy your music, your voice, your commentary, the beautiful scenery and your wonderful finds. Thank you.
Well said.
Got to tell you Tom I have watched your videos over and over again at night to relax!
Thank Stefanie, I like that my videos are good for people to relax to, and to fall asleep to. 🙂
Me too
@@tomburleigh9261 I work in mental health at our state hospital. When I get home my mind is going so fast I can't sleep. So your videos have honestly been a huge help! I don't know how looking for copper and wire puts me to sleep but hey.. LoL honestly I think it's your voice very soothing.
You need to do *voice overs* for commercials,you really have the voice for it. Great video
Thank you, if someone offers me a job, I'll consider it. In the meantime, I'm practicing, and hopefully getting better 🙂
Every time you say "I am taking it", it gives me life lol
So enjoyable! Quiet, calm, peaceful. Everything I so need right now. Thanks for being you, Tom.
We will be up for a reverse bottle dig!
Thanks Kelly. When I work out how to do it; and collect my sieve from the family home... I'll give it a go. 🙂
@@tomburleigh9261 You may need some hardware cloth and some wood slats to make a sieve. I think a regular sieve would take all day to go through that pile. Hardware cloth isn't expensive and you can make your own sieve and choose the size of the holes in the hardware cloth. Never could figure out why some man named metal mesh hardware CLOTH? There is a lot of that going on in this world, like red bellied woodpecker and his head is red, not his belly.
Oh, I would go back and reverse dig that huge spoil mound for sure!
I just love the greenery, the sound of the water rushing over the rocks. I have to get in my car and drive miles to get to woods, streams and the abundance of trees.
Call me crazy but I love it when you speak clearly about the history in all these places, especially the ugly history. People don’t want to talk about the ugly history and that isn’t good... it keeps being repeated
Yes please go back to that place. I always enjoy your videos. Very calming. Thank you
Thank you, I plan to head back there soon. 🙂
Tom,
What a stunning view out that window framed by that treasure trove.
Peace Luke T
So good to see you out and about again, Tom. At 8:30, I think that is actually part of what they call a mustache mug - designed to keep a flowing mustache out of the liquid. :)
7 blue bottles you ignored our didn’t see. But two elephants! That is good signs for the Disc World. Please go back!!
I saw many more than 7 blue bottles there, I have to be quite picky these days, such a small place I live in now. 😕 The Discworld sculpture though, that is going to be a big project. 🙂 I am planning on going back there soon, when I've gotten a few things from my old home, and the insurance on the new (old) car sorted out.
@@tomburleigh9261 I'm looking forward to the discworld project!
Me too! That would be awsome to see😁😁
Fabulous thanks Tom ,your comments make everything so much more interesting.
Tom , I think it's a great idea to fill the spoil piles and look for more treasures !
Thanks Jane. I'm planning a trip back there soon to try it out, and see how easy it will be to film. 🙂
Loved seeing you mess about in the river and the bottle dump. You picked up a metal thing that looks like a giant walnut whip - I think it is a transformer. The bottles were great, especially the cobalt blue ones and the green poison one.
I think that messing about in holes and spoil heaps sounds like a fun adventure and I would watch.
Thank you for taking us with you.
Wonderful to see you Tom. Thank you for taking us along with you. Stay safe!
Thanks Kaylin, I'm glad you enjoyed coming along 🙂 Hope you're staying safe and well too.
This one made me tear up. The stream and woods were so unbearably beautiful, and I will never get to see them in real life. Thanks for this gorgeous video.
Spectacular day. I’d love to see what you find sifting and refilling. Thanks!
Thanks, I hope to do that sometime soonish... there's a few spoil piles there, so I could try the idea on my own and then with other Mudlarkers when the Pandemic eases. 🙂
Another wonderful walk in your beautiful countryside! I love the tiny bottles and the teapot! Thank you for a great video, as always.
That insulator is crazy valuable to collectors, particularly with the iron mount.
Thanks for taking me along. It was fun. And thanks so much for picking up the garbage/ plastic etc.
Oh, Tom, I'm always so glad to see a new vlog of yours. Lovely river, huge bottle dump, which I'd enjoy seeing you filling in the holes left by others and perhaps rescuing treasures of your own. Thanks so much for brightening my evening in this time of extended social distancing, and remaining at home. Good health to you and your loved ones!
If only there were no adverts, this would be my favorite CZcams watch (listen) - and I would pay for it.
Sir, your videos are what I truly call ASMR, so relaxing, so soothing, if you made audiobooks It'd be delightful!
The stinging nettle only
Will still be found to stand:
The numberless, the lonely,
The thronger of the land,
The leaf that hurts the hand.
That thrives, come sun, come showers;
Blow east, blow west, it springs;
It peoples towns, and towers
Above the courts of Kings,
And touch it and it stings.
by Alfred Edward Housman
Pure paradise....thank you for taking us along! -carrie
Never fear, Tom. I will be there whatever you decide to dig, wherever you dig it, whatever nature you film, whatever trail you hike, and I would really enjoy a reverse dig of anything except possibly a cemetery. Even that may be negotiable depending on how old...LOL. your videos are simply treasures. Fan in California.
Ah, the river was so refreshing. Your idea of filling in a digger’s hole and searching for items they missed would be interesting. It’s early October 2022 and I’m going through your older videos.
Such a peaceful break from seeing the severe damage hurricane Ian caused. The east coast of Canada also suffered from an ogre of a storm called Fiona!
That’s all for now. I’m happy to see you have resumed creating videos.
Even Mudpies have started again.
Take care of yourself. Bye from Ontario Canada.🇨🇦
Hi Tom, thank you for a lovely video, must let you know that your videos have really kept me going these past few months, while the world went crazy around me, they were an oasis of calm. You are a special person. Take care.
Thank-you for such an interesting and fun watching you find such neat treasures
Your voice is relaxing, soothing and so is the running water. Very nice!
I enjoyed your journey down the river very much. Your voice is very calming and your discourse very entertaining.
Tom, thank you so very much for this vlog, it’s fantastic. Fabulous finds and yes please, more of them same. I can’t wait. Take care xxx
29:24 I was JUST thinking how much they would love the Geisha figurine & the partial doll's head! I love what they do with their broken finds. All that Geisha needs is a head, of which they have more than a few. LOL
I love the blue milk glass and the little green poison bottle. It was a wonderful lark today( well, when ever today actually was). Glad you took the Elephants.
Ahhhhh! I just love dump sites like this! Such an assortment of this and that. I too would skim the otherwise invisible tiny things from the surface after a rain- and would find myself always wishing on a good storm! Where I am now, I have yet to find an old dump- or any dump of size. The old ones are on the properties of individual houses, so... BUT, my 2 larking locations have been lots of fun, tidal- so always changing and revealing small treats. Speaking of which, that small round hollow thing may just be a little compact. I've found several in the past- a few w/ intact mirrors. You may want to carefully, gently open it up and see! Thank you for your time and care sharing your larking adventures. They're always a treat, and I'm always more relaxed and less stressed after viewing. Cheers from Maine!
Yes, I especially like them if I'm the first mudlarker on the scene 🙂 Had such a fun time at the bigger, river carved cliff face recently after Storm Francis passed... found so many things, (and accidentally left a pile of things, but not a problem... there's plenty more to be found).
I'm going to try some WD40 to see if I can ease up the hinge on the little brass box, it probably has a clip seal too, but will need a bit of cleaning before I know who best to try and open it. I'd like to restore it if I can, just as practice for other things. 🙂
Thoroughly enjoyed the outing. Great finds. Thanks for taking us along.
You always choose the most beautiful places to go larking.
I am so glad I found your channel. I look forward to each and every exploration. I have back problems and don’t get out very often. Keep up the excellent work and I love the fact you pick up rubbish as you go too. Thank you for sharing
Thank you, I'm glad you get some vicarious enjoyment from watching along. 🙂
We really enjoyed watching your video tonight. We both thought the river seemed so lush and alive + love the little green poison. Thank so much for the shoutout too, we really appreciate your kindness.
Thanks Josie and Andy, I hope the shoutout helps... your filming and presentation is well worthy of a much bigger audience. 🙂
Sent you a ko fi and an amazon gift. Just wanted to say how very much I appreciate your intelligent articulate and soothing patter. Helps me shake off the cares of the day and sleep
Thank you so much, both gifts are very kind of you. The Ko-fi gift will go towards tools and materials for videos, and the Amazon gift will accompany me on all river walking outings, helping me to spot things in the water. I'm very glad you find my videos a help in unwinding and falling asleep, 🙂
Looking forward to the next visit to this site. I can only imagine what’s under the stuff you looked at. So many treasures 👍
What a fun collection and a beautiful view.
I am very lucky to live in an area with so many beautiful views. 🙂
Holy moly. That bottle dump was almost overwhelming.
In such a rich site, bottle diggers can carry out only so much at a time. Definitely worth a return visit with a sifter. That tailings pile is likely full of marbles, buttons, and coins.
12:23am first time watching and mate your voice is so peaceful while I’m high really enjoyed the watch thank you Tom
Oh you should go back! That was a great site! Wonderful video with some amazing finds. What wonderful people to gift you so many things. Truly everyone is enjoying your videos. Including myself. Thank you for taking me with you. Stay safe. 🦋
Grate video Tom. A lovely way to settle my Monday Afternoon. Lovely music and lovely water sounds. I just love them !
Thank you for sharing with us Tom😇🙂.
U will find some lovely little bits hidden under the spoil. Well worth going thru it. Fab vid as always.👍👍👍👍👍❤
Loved this video as well, you mentioned the Johnsons and kit and caboodlers i also follow both of these and have done for a while. Beautiful views from the window of your house, you are so lucky.
Always a joy to go with you on your adventures....thank you Tom.
Yes!! Go back!! That place was loaded!! Exciting!!
You have such a calming and pleasant voice. It's such a pleasure to listen to you and also see what you collect on your walks. I am in the United States and our history is much newer than yours so we don't have the artifacts you do. Ours is mostly from Native American Indians. Happy hunting!
Delightful, as usual, and thank you for sharing the new mudlark channels!!
Great video, very pretty scenery and lovely finds. More visits to the same place please.
Thanks Sarah, I'm planning on revisiting this place fairly soon. 🙂
Love to see a reverse bottle dig.Lots of good findz,finds, and a beautiful day.
I'm just about to go to bed and I'm going to listen to this and then tomorrow I'm going to watch it I'm so excited!
Everything in the good ole days had terrible working conditions, they were greatful to have a job, so it was good to them.
Yes, most places to work were pretty terrible; but the mills in that valley were notorious, and reports of the conditions there formed the basis for the UK government finally banning child labour. I deliberately remained a bit vague about that, because that would lead a load of bottle diggers right to the site. 🙂
What a great mudlark so far !! Thanks so much for doing these “live” ones Tom !! ~Karyn from North Carolina USA
Thanks Karyn, I'm glad you're enjoying it. 🙂
I'm really enjoying them, very peaceful. Also from North Carolina USA😀
I just discovered this guy because of the CZcams algorithm and he gives me major Bob Ross vibes... For once the algorithm gives me something good!
The balsam is quite lovely. Finding it is along a river is always a treat. Here in America it is orange.
Thank you. Your picking style is refreshing.
That was great fun to watch and participate in the chat. Thank you Tom for providing an opportunity to converse with people who also enjoy mudlarking (or at least watching other people mudlark). Your videos are always filled with beautiful scenery and interesting finds and, of course, that voice of yours. If you ever want to try a different type of video there is a career in ASMR for you as well, but please don't stop doing what you are doing too!
Yes I think that looking through the spoil piles would be great!
There were some lovely bottles there. Seems strange they left that little poison. Thanks so much for thinking of us regarding the doll bits! I would love to see your Discworld elephant assemblage up together :)
A beautiful day for a walk along the river. Love the sound of the water and the bridges. The piece of pottery that you mentioned maybe it was for separating eggs is part of a mustache cup. To keep the big bushy mustache out of the cup of tea. Some were on a manly size mug shape and others on fancier tea cups.
The too large for a top item looks like part of a toilet float valve.
A must for a return visit...can't wait for you to take us all along. Thanks!
Thank you again for an awesome walk up the river, you found some beautiful finds too. Stay safe and well over there, and yes do go back and re dig or sifting the soil 🙏🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️🇦🇺
Thanks Chris. I'm making plans to make it happen. 🙂
This has to be my favourite video of yours so far Tom - I've watched it numerous times already and always see something different! I love it! I think it would be really interesting to see you follow aquachiggers idea of digging a little down in the river to see what it hides beneath the surface sediment. I'd also love to see you filling in one of those huge holes the bottle diggers have left definately a great idea that I've not seen done before. As always take care and thank you for sharing!
What a wonderful assemblage of stuff !
I really enjoy the river walks! Very relaxing for me that is, no slippery rocks at my end
Take care and keep on keeping on!
Oh wow Tom, what a beautiful area to mudlark in 👍
I especially loved the poison bottle and the 2 Amber pill bottles. I've recently found an area near my home which I think was an old dump and just yesterday I found my very first amber poison bottle with NOT TO BE TAKEN - screw top and then my partner found a bit smaller and older one also amber. I was so excited 😊
Between you, The Johnson's and Kit and the Caboodlers, you have all inspired me to go out more and search for treasures❤ 😊 so thank you.
And thanks for sharing your video 😊😊😊❤❤❤
Thankyou very much Tom. Lovely walk & interesting finds.
Great lark!
The little tiny brown bottles dredged up the word "Anacin" popped into my head. Pain reliever containing aspirin and caffeine.
A very beautiful area. Love the sound of the creek. Nice fines. 🌞🏝
Wind and snow here today...no getting outside...so went back in time and rewatched this video which gave my snowbound mind a little lift. I hope you are well, maybe crafting. My other hope is that you enjoy making these videos as much as we all enjoy watching them.
It's a bit grey here, but I'm still getting out and about... some long walks to build fitness for Spring time mudlarking. I'm doing alright thanks, and hope you are too. I've not gotten as far ahead as I hoped with mudlarking video editing, so not much crafting yet this year... a bit, but nowhere near as much as I'd hoped. I think I enjoy filming the videos as much as people enjoy watching them, and I like having made them and released them. The inbetween bits; the endless editing, is a bit hard to enjoy. Still, it beats most jobs I've ever had 🙂
So peaceful and a great place to find treasure ;)
I love seeing and learning about your area. I’d have such a hard time leaving all of those awesome artifacts! Beautiful video. Thanks for sharing!
No less silly than finding a carrot in the river. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Wow , If I ever happened upon a dumpsite like this , I would be in mudlark heaven ! There is so much to look at , it 's mind boggling . Of course the Dragon Skin is amazing . Would love to have seen what it actually was when it was made . It always breaks my heart when you leave those little brown roundish bottles on the ground . ( I want a few so bad ) but glad that you took the tiny one . Very cool finds . We have Milk of Magnesia bottles here in the US . I have a metal " Bottle Tree " with them on the ends of the "branches" . Thanks for posting . Great to see you enjoying nature , as intended .
Thank you , that was awesome , so much bottles so hard to leave them all behind , do return again please 👍👍👍👍😁
Looks like a fantastic new place to explore Tom and I hope to see more from there if the virus will allow. I love Kit and Caboodlers too and their creativity with things they find. The Scottish mudlarks are a couple that I have been following recently too, great that they can give the history of the places they go to. I still get very excited (and my husband laughs), when I say “oooh there’s a new Tom Burleigh out!!)
That dig would be very interesting. Ohhhh what would be found. The unexpected for sure. I say yes
Hi Tom,
Another great video,
Some nice bottle finds, loved the blue coloured one...😎👍👍
Love the blue milk glass. Great color. Looking forward to your return trip.
Enjoyed that greatly Tom. Thank you. The Ford rear marker and stop lamp would have come home with me. I have never seen a Ford one before, other marques like Dodge I have seen and of course the usual illuminating STOP ones. Re filling a bottle diggers excavation would be so interesting. To see what they have missed and maybe them to see missed treasures themselves would be fun.
Please return there after Pandemic. Thank you. Great cleaning!
Yes, do a return back. Lovely scenery and it looks like much more to discover.
Love all of the glass finds.
There's so much stuff at the dumpsite. It would be easy to miss things. But you picked up some really nice things. I'm surprised that there was no marbles to be had. Wonderful video.
A very interesting video some of the bottles are a beautiful colour if I was younger I would have loved to be a mud larker I am 70years old but in my heart I am 25
Thanks for an interesting and enjoyable journey down the river. The bottles look fine with the light shining through.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. 🙂
Newer subscriber here, found you quite by accident and so happy I did! Mudlarking is something I would enjoy. I look forward to your videos. I watch them through and when I have trouble sleeping I replay the watched ones and pop in my earbuds and just listen. The sounds of nature and your soothing voice is instant sleep asmr! Thank you for sharing your adventures. Watching from the state of Kentucky, USA.
Thank you☮️🇨🇦I loved this video so much.
Love all the bottles you kept Tom .Hope you go back there soon :)
Thank you, I plan to. 🙂