A Thames found VICTORIAN PUB TABLE restored! - Plus rare bottles found mudlarking!
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Join Si and Matt as they explore a new area to Mudlark - out on the lower Thames foreshore, this area is known for WW2 plane crashes and Roman artefacts, and everything in between, so lets see what they find! Then watch this EPIC Mudlark • I can't believe I foun...
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I sometimes envy the fact that you Brits live in the “old world!” The fact that you can just be walking along the river’s edge and just stumble across something as old as ROMAN POTTERY just kills me! The oldest things you can find here in America only date back to the 1700’s. Great video again Si 😉 I’m so glad you rescued those table legs and restored them! Your creation turned out gorgeous 🤗
Thank you kindly - yes I do count myself very lucky!
I know what you mean but there’s far older stuff to be found in America, there were people there before the 1700s
I really enjoyed the restoration/upcycling of the table. Si, you have the artists eye and skills to go with it! Great video!
Aw thank you
@@Sifinds Yes agreed, I absolutely LOVE the table! And that magnificent bottle... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Greetings from Adelaide, South Australia ❤️
I love wood, especially the grain. Do you know what kind of wood you have there? Love your carpentry skills.
Si, another way you could replace the missing piece from the leg and foot of the table would be to find someone with a 3-D printer. Since you have 2 complete legs with feet from the table, you could use measurements from them along with photographs to have the missing piece printed out!
Good idea fella. Or a black smith, they can take a cast and pour the mould.
@@kookaburrakookaburra please don't leave broken bottles with the sharp edges in up position...poke the broken edge down into the mud lest someone steps on it and is badly cut..
@@loreleilowell1267 Huh??
So glad you kept the Pepsi bottle! I was shouting at you “keep it!” when you were trying to decide whether to, or not! 🤣
Haha. Yes gut instinct kicked in
Same!
That garden/beer table is gorgeous Simon, it has to be one on the best projects that you have done on here.
Well done -love it! 😍
Thanks Marina - It did take ages
When you are using dowels to connect wood like that, make a small cut on the end of the dowel, place a teeny tiny wood wedge into the slit ends, just barely above the end, apply the glue and drive the two boards together. the wedges will expand the dowel ends slightly making the tightest bond ever.
I'm gonna try that!!😁🇳🇱
Table is amazing, love all the up-cycles as ever. You’re so bloody talented. Melissa
Aw thanks Melissa!
One of my favorites episodes! Thank you for sharing the process & technique to bring ‘Britannia’ back to her former glory! 🙌🏼
Thanks - all that missing was the Rule Britannia song
Thank you SI, it is very timely as it is Memorial Day weekend in the US. We honor our war dead
Thank you 👍🏻We shall remember them
Thank you Si for bringing too our attention what happened during WW 2. May they all rest in peace.
Thanks. We shall remember them
Simon, you out did yourself on this project! Fantastic!!!!
Thanks Pam!
It's TRUE! One man's trash is another man's treasure! LOVE the table! 😍
Immensely satisfying to see that old table cleaned up! Great save! Imagine all the stories it could tell. Lovely work with the top on it!
Thank you!
Thanks Si and Matt. So glad you took the Pepsi bottle. Nicola has one from the 60s. Fantastic work restoring those table legs and making a new work of art.👍😁
Ben Shaws in Huddersfield - still going strong making pop. They may be able to help you put an age to that bottle and give you more info.
Ah really - cool yes I will contact them!
Have a Bitter Shandy in your old bottle!
Benshawsdrinks dot com
, Mudlover excellent video n yes beautiful finds n yes everyone loves mudlover well dear take care mudlover
A GRAND SALUTE to your imagination and knowledge of upcycle, recycle and remake of things .....you are a great teacher for me . Respect for your hard work.
With Love from Guwahati Assam INDIA
Thank you 👍🏻
Love the video - love the table and love the crew of support chickens!
Thank you 👍🏻
Si, your little table is just SPECTACULAR!!
I'm glad you took that Pepsi bottle, i was screaming take it inside my head.
Me too😊
We find a fair few of the other type, so wasn't sure how rare it was 😊
I was screaming out very loud, good I was home alone... lol
@@bnanabelle I said out loud to no one "yes take it, take it!!!! If not, I'll take it!!!" 😃
The table is awesome!! When you, Simon, cut the one piece, I said to myself, that looks like redwood.. Happy Days!!
Me too!
Cold & rainy here today in CO usa. Back in from walking Sir Francis Bacon; & have my pot of licorice tea & Lotus cookies. Now the perfect compliment-Mudlarking with Si and company! Perfect! Cheers. I am impressed with that up cycled garden table! Cool! & the glowing barnacle bottle!
Happy Sunday, remembering and honoring our Soldiers who gave all for in the USA, thanks for your video
Very poignant! We shall remember them
Much love and respect to those brave Americans who served 🇬🇧🇬🇧
As a woodworker, I love your videos wherein you up cycle old boat timbers. Great job on the garden table!
Loved watching the table come together. Thanks for carrying us along on your ramble.
Thank you 👍🏻
I had a Great Uncle who was a radio operator in B-17 Fortresses. He was killed in Germany. So I have a special place in my life for the airmen during WW2. Great video and what a wonderful job on that table you up cycled. I love it.
Thanks Lee!
Hey Si I have taken two part epoxy 5 min dry after placing a hole leg in molding clay to make a mold. Then place broken one in the mold then pouring the two part fast drying epoxy in the missing section. Make sure you die the epoxy to try to match the metal. After it drys wash the clay off and smooth out edges.
Thank you 👍🏻
The upcycling of the table is amazing. I enjoyed watching the process. The bottles are like gems.
Thanks Carrol
This was a special episode. Great creativity. I can't wait to see what you do next!
Thank you 👍🏻Neither can i! haha
I remember black leading our grates when I was young not long after the war. One of my chores
I love the table, and your comment about man glitter was quite hilarious. I enjoy all your stuff. You know, you could use one of those table legs to make some casts and make more table legs pretty cheaply from some type of aluminum mix, and sell them on your Etsy. Just an idea. Or just cast yourself a replacement leg...
Hmm, Good Idea
What a great idea. I imagine a fortune made from soda cans.
With a cast iron leg he'd get stuck in the mud for good....😁🇳🇱
Ellie Pascoe, 🤣 nice one.
I love what you did with the table legs! Thank you for taking us through the step by step process, and sharing your secrete ingredient! My New England family is real big on restoring and keeping safe heirlooms and furniture from the past. My mom has a tavern table dated back to the 1700's in her home. Currently I'm binging on your past episodes and enjoying them all!
Si, your bottle with the dimpled bottom would’ve had a marble in it. The dimples being there to hold the marble whilst pouring!
Really? why a marble?
Si-finds Thames Mudlark the marble was the stopper, like a codd. But the marble dimples were at the bottom of the bottle instead. 👍
Upside downer Codd, eh ? By the they'd finished phaffing about trying to cop the marble theyd've lost the content, (I reckon).
Suzy Qualcast yes it must’ve been difficult to fill them eh. 👍
Never heard of that. Besides if it was in the bottom the marble would still be in it cause it's not broken!
From Flotsam and Jetsam to Treasured Table...BEAUTIFUL 👍😎👍
Really well done with this one Si - loved, loved, loved what you did with the table. I wonder where the wood has been and who has walked on it - fascinating. I bet the pub where the table was originally was called 'The Britannia'
Thank you - yes that would be a cool name
Restoration was fantastic! Brought out the beauty of the design the wooden table top is a plus...beautifully done
I learn so much from you, Si. Great finds.
Thank you 👍🏻
Your restoration of the Victorian pub table was extraordinary. The metal bit was the top of the rank. Cheers!
The soundtrack something wow!
You did a great job restoring the table. Good for you.
Thank you!
You could put a Peg Leg on the broken bit.
Excellent work up-cycling that Victorian pub table!
Thank you 👍🏻
Epic finds Si , lots of old stuff this time on the sea finds , I’m waiting for the day a chest appears, your walks on the Sea , it gives up its treasures for you to find . 👍
One day mate, one day
Absolutely loved this video with the memorial to the lost airmen. Love your free garden table and I am pleased some of the lustre remained on the Pepsi bottle. Thsnks for sharing.
Thank you 👍🏻
Wondering if a blacksmith could make a mold of one of the feet and then attach it to the broken leg
simon i LOVE the way you repurpose stuff you find;];];];] i wish i could find someone like you thats adventurous and loves to"save "old stuff" and give them another life... great job!!!!!
Thanks Patty, I hate waste and can never say no if someone wants to off load something they think has had it!
Hold on, hold on! You restore that Victorian Britannia pub table base so beautifully, then make that cool table top out of, oh, let's imagine they were Thames lighters...and then you put an Italian beer on top?! Surely such an English table deserves a pint of bitters, or a dark stout. C'mon, man! (Just kidding, of course. Lovely restoration job.)
Haha, that reminds me of a beer I drank recently. An American IPA, An AMERICAN, INDIAN pale ale, made in ENGLAND. WTF!
@@Sifinds Globeerization, man.
The table turned out beautifully. Good job on restoring the legs and the wood was just beautiful.
Thanks Tandy!
Beautiful job on that table, I love it.
Thank you 👍🏻
Love seeing beautiful old things come to life again.
God Bless All of our Soldiers who fought for freedom and love of country so many never came home
We shall remember them
Now thats what I call an upcycle. You saw beauty and you gave it a purpose👍
WHO COULDN'T LOVE MUD LOVERS 😁😁😁😁😁
Thank you 👍🏻
@@Sifinds Agreed! Put a straight , maybe driftwood leg on the back side of that table to give it stability. Perfectly acceptable for that style 'against the wall' table. Nicely done.
...and to think, you didn't know whether to take or leave the Pepsi bottle!! Thank goodness you took it home Si. I really enjoy watching you upcycle things, and this table is my favourite, so far. You did a great job, it looks fab.
Thanks. Yes we find a fair few Pepsi bottles - most are quite common. Glad my instincts kicked in
Gorgeous little table. It came out beautifully. I think it could also make a charming little pedestal for a guest bathroom with a sink mounted on top a gorgeous oval mirror above and then use part of the third led with a small wooden top to shield a mirror light. Love it!
Fantastic idea
I am definitely going to use your oil and secret ingredient technique! Awesome job on the restoration! Love it!! My secret ingredient is Gilders wax or paste ...which is a wax and stain combo product...perfect for most all metallic finishes...bronze ,silver ,gold and also black...apply with a toothbrush and buff off. It also hardens up and is protective. I use as an alternative to paint as well as restorations. Sometimes if I am cheating for quickness to get an antique look I will spray a piece that has lots of decor (highs and lows) with flat black fire or heat proof paint for cooking grills. I then sand all the highlights to bring out the shiny steel....then apply a satin polyurethane or lacquer...is a sweet aged look...blacksmith-ed. Old timers here in the states would use used motor oil then heat it up and kinda burn it on.....love your show...my site is .....@ sledge_metal ...on instagram. Im getting ready to start regular work and do my metal as a side biz...excited to do projects just like your table! Keep up the excellent work.
Beautiful upcycling of the table...you are a genious at putting things together and bringing together alot of charming old stuff that just looks like a story should be told about it. It is creating "history".
Does anyone watch this just to perv over Si?, such a good looking guy AND extremely knowledgeable!! 👌👌🔥
P.s that rust removal was incredible!
Over Si and the bottles actually 😂, my chap keeps coming home and saying " oh I wonder who u are watching" in a sarcastic tone lol,I'm still awaiting the mudlarking nude calender, with various bottles placed artistically over the rude bits ,note to Si,it would sell loads !
That pub table with the joined wooden top is a real treasure! I know the third leg is broken but I thought it would make a great wall feature. Possibly even above the table? You have a great eye Mr. Si ! Thanks for sharing and I had to smile when I saw your curious lady friends! 🥚
Enjoyed watching you reconstruct the table and that final table leg mounted on driftwood would make a cracking piece of outdoor artwork.
Thanks. I’m yet to decide what to do with it
Thanks Si Finds with some good finds too! Here in Pa. The Susquehanna River is about 10 miles from me and it's a mile across at many spots. Also the site of the Native Peoples including the Susquehannoux Indians, of which the river is named. They can trace human life back about 15,000 years archaeologically. The Susquehannoux pottery like the Roman pottery there has ground up shells in the clay. Interesting how the same methods were used round the world in some cases. I didn't know about that plane crash so Thanks for sharing this. I have two good friends and both their fathers flew on the bombers during the war. Both survived to live long lives. The one flew 56 missions, which was unheard of and nearly impossible. The other was shot down after a number of missions and captured by Germans, a tortured POW but survived and returned home. And now we are all allies in this current deal.
Beautiful job on the table Simon! I swear we are from the same mold in many ways! And the wooden top, it looked like mahogany or teak, do you know? The rust stuff seems to work pretty well too. And the beer on the top looked lovely enough to drink from here! Now you made me crave it! Thanks Kindly Simon! How long did you guys have out there before the waters came in? Hope you soon have Much Luck inna Muck along with Love, Light, Peace, Abundance and Joy! Kiss yer Chickens for me please! DaveyJO in Pa. P.S. Is your mailing address available?
Cheers dude. We were out there for about 2/3 hours
Great idea for the Pub Table. It came out beautiful. The legs turned out better than I had imagined they would. Nice job on the top and a nice touch with the copper nails. Pretty Aqua Bottle with the barnacles...Now that's a rare and special piece to add to someone's collection.
Thank you 👍🏻Gonna keep these bits myself i think
You my boy, are bloody brilliant! I'm So glad you saved that table, it is too good to have left it to the rusty gates. It turned out beautiful. You are very talented.
Read that you're open for business! Great to hear, be safe and enjoy your summer. Nice memorial on our Memorial day. Godspeed.
You too pal!
The story and pictures of the B-17 brought back memories. My father piloted a B-17 during WWII. They lost use of an engine too and had to return to base with a full load of bombs on board. They had to fly at a lower altitude and I don’t think they had fighter protection. My father said nothing looked better than the shores of England. I think he said the White Cliffs of Dover. It wasn’t likely the plane could land safely with one engine gone and the bombs. Everything was cleared around the landing strip. My Dad said he said a prayer and thank God they landed safely. One of his crew said it was one of the smoothest landings my father had ever made. I wonder if he knew that crew? I think B-17s had the highest mortality rate of any other division. I read a letter from him to my Grandmother saying he’d made 5 missions and had to make 35 more before he could go home. He was in his early 20’s from a rural town in Nebraska, USA. I don’t think he had a clue what was ahead for him. They hoped that was the last Great War.
Love your channel. ‘So glad Matt comes to the hinterlands with you...not good to be alone in the middle of nowhere.
Beautiful, I enjoyed seeing the process of restoring it to a new table.
Love that the wood table top looked like it was red, white and blue. Perfect for the Britannia table legs
So awesome seeing new life breathed into dormant pieces waiting silently beneath the mud for so long!
I agree. Cheers Tim!
Thank you for the wonderful tribute to our soldiers from World War II and your table came out beautiful very gorgeous thank you for making my Sunday
My pleasure Karen
Really love the table, and that beer looked so refreshing sitting on it! I could go for one now. 🍻cheers Si🍻
Haha 🍻 cheers Judy!
The table is Absolutely Positively Perfect as it is! What a great vision you have for making the lost and forgotten new again. I so throughly enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing and taking us along on your mudlarking.
My pleasure Diann
You are so talented. I very much enjoyed watching your creative process, working on the table. And cutting of glass, pottery. Keep safe.
Hey Simon -- did not know about those two B17s which crashed there. I had an uncle who was a B17 pilot and flew over 45 missions (he survived the war). Great heroes were the men who flew the bombers for the USAAF and the RAF -- risking their lives daily to protect the lives of those in the British Isles and slowly grind down the German forces. It's great to know that these men were memorialized for their sacrifice. Cheers!
My Grandpa was a B 17 turret gunner and flew in about 5 of the final missions. He lived to be 91.
Well said matey - we shall remember them
@@Sifinds -- Awesome table too -- nice for a cool beer on a hot day -- or to display a barnacled bottle! Stay safe -- enjoy the spring!
Not a Sunday without a Si video
Cheers Mudlover 👍🏻
That's a nice Table quite a bunch of Very nice finds you two had a great Day!!!; )
Lovely video. Nice to see you back. I’m very jealous over the table. It turned out to be beautiful.
Thanks Terry
Beautiful bottle finds and restoration on pub table legs and the table you made!!! Awesome mudlarker and artist!!!!
Thank you! 👍🏻
Watching the upcycle of the table was a lot of fun. I would watch further projects like that. Very nice result.
Cool thanks!
I loved watching you resolve the bar table top. A very successful design, Si.
Thank you 👍🏻
What an AWESOME find!! To let you know, you can possibly take one of the legs (whichever has the best detail) to a local foundry where they can cast another leg to replace the broken one. I'm sure it'd cost, but how cool!!
You find some incredible historical items! Thank you for preserving what you can...Great job, Simon!!
Thanks pal. I’ll give that some thought
Fantastic job on the table you made 👏 it turned out beautifully, see you in your next video, God bless you Simon...
The table look fantastic....would be very proud to have it in my garden !
That up - cycled table is a functional work of art. Well done ! I think that oily piece of wood may have been teak.
Thank you 👍🏻
Fabulous step by step on that table! Just gorgeous. Thanks for sharing
Amy Wright thank you!
Loved watching the table up cycle. I’d be happy to have that in my house!
Thank you!
That table is amazing great job and big thankyou to the chickens for their help
Haha. Thanks!
Great job on the table 👍 Simon. You started with a very rough bunches of pieces of metal and wood and ended up with something that turned out actually quite lovely. Keep up the good work Simon, thanks for taking us along on the adventure and the restoration work. Stay well mate.
Al. NJ. USA
Thanks Al
Sweet! Nicely done. Truly love the way the table turned out. A true labor of love.
Thank you
That table came out so so so so well!! I would be proud to have it in my house, for sure!
Ah thanks Erin!
Si catching up with episodes of mudlarking really enjoing watching more please 🙂🏴🏴🏴🏴👌
LOvelz job on that bar table! Vinegar is an excellent rust remover, too and non toxic. To preserve iron you can treat it with linseed oil. It was formerly used on ships, I use it for my bike.
Beautiful table. The driftwood top is perfect.
not so seasick today. What a lovely table....the things you find!!
Thank you 👍🏻
At first I disagreed with the choices of wood but you were spot on! nicely worked as usual.
Wow, really like the restoration/repurposing of the pub table, it looks great
That's the coolest thing (of many) I've seen you build/upcycle!
Thank you 👍🏻
Incredible job on the table its so amazing u saved it and now its going to be around for years more 👍
The table was absolutely magnificent!...great job
I love all of your videos. But the creativity in this one with the table was awesome. More please!! Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Love when u found things n make something out of them 👍 Very nice Table . Bless u n ur Family n Friends n animals .... 😇
I wanted to restore some old ironwork, so I found myself a friendly shot and sand blast chap, has a very big set up here as they do a lot of shot blasting and coatings on iron works on the oil and gas rigs, anyhow, for a couple of pounds he put my ironwork with some of his work items in the sand blaster and did a very good sympathetic and gentle sand /bead blast, The iron work came up excellent,, and after a few coats of paint really looked the part,, cast iron can clean up very well...A little tip from a master , to get the point to drill for dowels easily and accurately just hammer a panel pins one side nice and straight, but not too far, nip them off leaving enough to grip with pincers and press the two parts together, a light tap with a hammer will mark the exact spot, then pull apart, remove the pins drill both sides the jobs done. In the trade we always put a saw cut down the length of the dowel to allow the glue to travel and stop you getting an air pocket that will split thinner pieces of wood. Good job Si..