Mudlarking in Central London. How many objects have been thrown in the River from Tower Bridge?!

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  • čas přidán 24. 07. 2021
  • Searching Tower Bridge foreshore at low tide! How many objects have been lost or tossed in the River Thames by people walking over Tower Bridge in Central London over the centuries? Join me as I search the foreshore to see what is in the mud at low tide under the bridge. You might be able to help me to identify some of my finds One of the huge pleasures of mudlarking is that you just simply don't know what you are going to find from one moment to the next. My favourite finds are those that I can link to a person or a place. In this video I find a small non descript looking button, but it brings to life the story of a clothier and outfitter from the 19th century. I also find some medieval chain mail armour. Imagine being able to go back in time to see who once wore it! It really is food for the imagination.
    Thank you for watching. Comments and info on my mudlarking finds are very welcome.
    You can follow me on twitter and instagram @tidelineart.
    If you would like to support me by buying a virtual cup of tea, you can do so at my Kofi account which is here:-
    ko-fi.com/nicolawhitetidelineart
    Mostly thought, I hope you enjoy this video and accompanying me on a voyage of discovery through the mud of the River Thames.
    Nicola
    Nicola White
    www.tidelineart.com

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  • @DrCrabfingers
    @DrCrabfingers Před rokem +25

    This lovely lady deserves an honorary degree in archaeology...what a huge body of work, well researched and enthuses everyone with her enthusiasm.

  • @sheppeyyeti
    @sheppeyyeti Před 2 lety +59

    I was a Guardsman in London for many years and often looked out over the Thames from the Tower and pondered on years gone by, the History and the untold tales that she held. I find these videos a great way of putting a realisation in to those memories, so thank you.

  • @VisionaryGardener
    @VisionaryGardener Před 2 lety +22

    I really like the kindness and respect with which you treated that discarded art. I hope the maker sees your video and values their work a little more highly. That was a lovely gesture, putting it where it would be seen. 💕

  • @bathshuaspooner8553
    @bathshuaspooner8553 Před 3 lety +243

    I can’t even imagine casually picking up chain mail. I was thrilled to find a milk bottle from 1912 in my 122 year old house😂 What a lovely day in London❤️

    • @justdustino1371
      @justdustino1371 Před 3 lety +17

      1899, so if you aren't in a city you probably have a trash pit there. Look for bits of broken aqua blue glass, metal, and broken porcelain on the edge of the property or adjoining woods nearby, in a low spot! There may have been a privy too, but many homes had toilets and running water by 1899 too. The privy would be near the back door and the ground there will be real soft, "rich" looking, and smelly!

    • @bathshuaspooner8553
      @bathshuaspooner8553 Před 3 lety +10

      @@justdustino1371, thank you! We own two acres of land. We are in an urban area but have adjacent wildlife protected land!

    • @kitchenworker446
      @kitchenworker446 Před 3 lety +10

      Great name!

    • @justdustino1371
      @justdustino1371 Před 3 lety +8

      @@bathshuaspooner8553 If you own two acres, you are in a town, not a big city! There is a bottle pit there. Look for broken glass on the surface.

    • @bret9741
      @bret9741 Před 3 lety +8

      I’m
      Amazed that the chain mail wasn’t rusted back into its elemental dust

  • @JonFrumTheFirst
    @JonFrumTheFirst Před 3 lety +187

    Whenever Nicole says 'Can you see it?' I always think 'yeah, that long thing on the left.' And then inevitably, she moves the camera away and picks up a coin.I feel like a back seat driver.

    • @catherinerobilliard7662
      @catherinerobilliard7662 Před 3 lety +10

      That metal nail thing with twirly bits on...yep, it happens every time

    • @mayhmmaydn
      @mayhmmaydn Před 3 lety +3

      I saw a shell fossil to the left.

    • @nicolarollinson4381
      @nicolarollinson4381 Před 2 lety +3

      Me too 😅

    • @Limeysack
      @Limeysack Před 2 lety +5

      Once I swear I saw an unused yellow condom, then in another instance a rusty closed switchblade. Both times Nicola was looking at something different, lol. Fascinating stuff!

    • @nicolarollinson4381
      @nicolarollinson4381 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Limeysack I wonder if the things we see, say something about who we are 🤔

  • @kellyharper367
    @kellyharper367 Před rokem +4

    Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Hello from Michigan, U.S.A. I enjoy your videos so much. You are an engaging history teacher to us all. The way you present your treasures makes history come to life...connecting us to time, place, and person of the artifacts. 👏Bravo!

  • @kalayne6713
    @kalayne6713 Před 3 lety +11

    What a fascinating pastime, combining history, geology, biology, and lots of other ologies! And art work. Thanks for posting, Nicola.

  • @Whitsundial
    @Whitsundial Před 3 lety +21

    That nature interlude with the cormorant and jazz was delightful. 💜

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +5

      Thank you Ariel. I wasn't sure what music to put with that as I do feel sorry for the poor eel. In the end, after much deliberating I chose the jazz. Honestly though, how can it be pleasant eating an eel almost longer than your own body - with it wiggling all the way down to your stomach!!?

  • @dudley8671
    @dudley8671 Před 3 lety +63

    Nicola that is the *largest piece of chain mail* I've seen found on the foreshore, *what a find!* And I love the leaded glass! No matter how humble its origin, a beautiful object of history. Kindly❤Dudley

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +6

      Thank you Dudley! sending you love, xx

    • @Catmoore60
      @Catmoore60 Před 3 lety +5

      I wondered if you had run that chunk of window past the church shown. Though they may not need it, finding matching period glass is likely difficult when effecting repairs.

  • @gtthompson5818
    @gtthompson5818 Před 3 lety +69

    The Russian coin has an iron core hence the outer copper peeling away. Our modern 1 and 2p coins are made in the same way. The 2p that you found and left for a future mudlarker was starting to bubble with rust from the inner core.

    • @robertweinberg6131
      @robertweinberg6131 Před 3 lety +4

      Brass-plated steel, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_ruble. Nobody is faking russian kopecks, just poorly constructed coins that desintegrate over time in the water....

    • @susanb.solstice4873
      @susanb.solstice4873 Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks.

  • @judithhuling-cadieux1700
    @judithhuling-cadieux1700 Před 2 lety +2

    I love old buttons. My mom used to have a box of buttons, all sorts, shapes and sizes. I used to love running my hands through them. Some were glass, leather, metals, and even the earliest form of plastic, I loved the iory ones. The box has sadly disappeared, I love the joys of your finds! Thank you for taking us along on your adventures!!

  • @ericball6000
    @ericball6000 Před 3 lety +53

    Nicola, some years back my Brother and I where crossing tower bridge, and both of us tossed a lot of U.S. coin's, perhaps you will find them,cheers.

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +8

      Great. Thanks Eric. I shall look for them next time Im there! x

    • @lewisparker4488
      @lewisparker4488 Před 3 lety +4

      Hopefully it was way before 1965.

    • @ladygrinningsoul992
      @ladygrinningsoul992 Před 3 lety

      Why?

    • @mrychards6682
      @mrychards6682 Před 3 lety +3

      U.S. coins before 1965 have a more durable mixture of metals and corrode less. Newer coins corrode terribly in dirt or salt water, fairly quickly too.

    • @tomfrazier1103
      @tomfrazier1103 Před 2 lety

      U.S. Dimes and greater value coins were 90% silver (coin silver) before '65. 1942-45 5 Cents are 40% silver as Nickel was a "Strategic metal", 1943 Cents are zinc plated steel. Regular Nickels corrode badly, an 1883 was OK, an 1898 and 1903 and 1907s were pretty bad, and more modern ones. In 1982 Cents became copper plated zinc, the Thames would wreck them. Other ones are copper and gold up OK or badly, depending

  • @JamesWilliams-gp6ek
    @JamesWilliams-gp6ek Před 3 lety +56

    I love Sundays and going on adventures with Nicola finding treasures in the mud.

    • @missyogiebear
      @missyogiebear Před 3 lety +9

      I love Sundays too... on the evening I watch Nicola, then Si-finds, followed by Joolz Guides. Highlight of my week 😊

    • @suzannelewis9817
      @suzannelewis9817 Před 3 lety +5

      So love your adventures on the Thames, great to watch and very interesting finds 😀

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +5

      Thanks James x

    • @suzettecalleja3122
      @suzettecalleja3122 Před 3 lety +3

      @@missyogiebear is someone watching me at home. I laughed, so I'm not the only one , but Si comes on first where I am,, then Nic, Then Joolz.

  • @bonniemerchant9692
    @bonniemerchant9692 Před 3 lety +60

    Your editing and production are just great and I love your passion and enthusiasm for your finds. This can’t be faked on a big budget show where other people tell you how to present yourself and your work. The genuine article. Thanks

  • @janellemason9852
    @janellemason9852 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thank you for your wonderful videos and greeting from Australia Nicola!
    I lived in the UK for a number of years, including London for a time. I love watching you scour the foreshore for treasures, not only is it fascinating but you personally are a delight to watch. Your enthusiasm and love for the objects you find, as well as your dedication to uncovering their backstory is inspiring and heart-warming. I love the wonderful scraping noise your trowel makes as it searches for treasures, the gentle lapping of the tides and your voice are all so soothing to me. I love watching you uncover pipes the most I think and was blown away by your chain mail find in this video. Just incredible! Please continue your wonderful work 🙏

  • @caronwilliamson951
    @caronwilliamson951 Před 22 dny

    Thankyou what a lovely mudlarking day ,I love watching your vids, thankyou for showing me London,it's where my father's family is from ❤

  • @danielburgess7785
    @danielburgess7785 Před 3 lety +50

    I enjoyed seeing that one bird having eel for lunch. The Thames used to be an open sewer and now all sorts of native species are coming back. Outstanding.

    • @briangoldberg4439
      @briangoldberg4439 Před 3 lety +2

      that was very cool.

    • @sportclay1
      @sportclay1 Před 2 lety +1

      Bird is a Cormorant

    • @Coltnz1
      @Coltnz1 Před 2 lety

      @@sportclay1 The Common Cormorant or Shag
      by Christopher Isherwood
      The Common Cormorant or shag
      Lays eggs inside a paper bag.
      The reason you will see no doubt
      It is to keep the lightning out.
      But what these unobservant birds
      Have never noticed is that herds
      Of wandering bears may come with buns
      And steal the bags to hold the crumbs.

  • @Leviwosc
    @Leviwosc Před 2 lety +9

    Dear Nicola,
    I'm a Dutchman and London is a bit too crowded and busy for my taste. But I love your videos. Sometimes you have finds which are very interesting. But to be frank, I also find it very nice to watch you mudlarking for a half of an hour before going to sleep. Your videos and your voice make that I get in a peaceful state of being and fall asleep soon. I do not want to state that you're somniferous, but I certainly fall easier in a deep sleep when I switch off the light. Thank you for your videos.

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 2 lety

      Hello, I'm delighted that I can put you to sleep with my larking! The relaxation must ooze out of the screen obviously 💤💤😴

    • @terryt.1643
      @terryt.1643 Před rokem

      I am half a word away on the West Coast of California and have found out the same thing. Nicola’s mudlarking videos calm me so that I can fall asleep. The sound of the wind and the waves and the topic of mudlarking are engaging enough to relax me. 🥰💕❤️👍👍

  • @granddad-mv5ef
    @granddad-mv5ef Před 3 lety +12

    Just over a year ago, I watched for the first time and learned about "mudlarking". And finding mudlarking is a thing, realized I had done it. Eight or nine years ago, while visiting a haunted lighthouse at Point Lookout, Maryland, my sister and I were on the foreshore of the Potomac River looking for sea glass. I have learned much since and would love to go back for another try!

  • @filipar949
    @filipar949 Před 3 lety +5

    It’s nice to be scraping along with you, like we are right there with you 🥰

  • @ToddEWalnuts
    @ToddEWalnuts Před 3 lety +9

    Ah Nicola, it’s beautiful. England is so rich with history. I really enjoy these adventures, and thank you for taking us along.

  • @miccole5362
    @miccole5362 Před 3 lety +84

    I never comment, however being in Lockdown 5 (Victoria, Australia), I could watch you for days on end. It really fascinates me the amount of history is over there. I know all countries have history, however around my area not so much. The research you do gives glimpses into the people who lived and you Nicola bring that back to life.

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +4

      Thank you I'm so glad you enjoy these forays into history

    • @wendymorrison5803
      @wendymorrison5803 Před 3 lety +2

      In Vic lock down here too. Was hoping in vain for more easing of restrictions. But we are better safe.

    • @michaelturner1435
      @michaelturner1435 Před 3 lety +1

      You need to get out and start exploring similar river banks as nicola. Melbournes history goes back at least 150 years.

    • @miccole5362
      @miccole5362 Před 3 lety

      @@michaelturner1435 That it does, I have found dice sized pieces of pottery when I lived in the metro area, where I am now....well? Woudn't even know where to start.

    • @marnoch4632
      @marnoch4632 Před 3 lety +2

      @@miccole5362 hello from Gippsland! I know exactly what you mean… I’d love to do this too 🙂🙁

  • @MuricaTurkey
    @MuricaTurkey Před 3 lety +20

    14:13 That's the grumpiest old crow I've ever seen lol

  • @jettelisec6350
    @jettelisec6350 Před 3 lety +10

    Hello Nicola,
    Nice to see you back. Oh....what a wonderful sound. I hear wind, water and every stone.
    Thank you for filming your adventure.
    Listen the sound of history from Lara.
    Liebe Grüße Jette

  • @iamshotty
    @iamshotty Před 3 lety +51

    We are in Lock down again here in Adelaide SA, hopefully for just the week (3 more sleeps), so Nicola and all the Mudlarks of the UK are keeping my spirits up! Thank you so much xx ❤🇦🇺

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +11

      Ah, we are all thinking about you and I send you love and hugs. xx

    • @iamshotty
      @iamshotty Před 3 lety +4

      @@nicolawhitemudlark ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @59jalex
      @59jalex Před 3 lety +1

      St Agnes is my local shopping centre, but I was there earlier in the day. Lucky escape. We should be ok my Wednesday I think.

    • @iamshotty
      @iamshotty Před 3 lety +4

      @@59jalex Yes fingers crossed - my dear old father (who thinks he's 18) keeps pestering me to take him out to the pub Lol... "No Dad, the pubs are still closed!!!" Sheeesh, he's driving me nuts lol.. Bless him ❤

    • @kaylieweir2911
      @kaylieweir2911 Před 3 lety +3

      @@iamshotty hello from another South Australian in lockdown unwinding with these beautiful videos

  • @jefferykubitz4510
    @jefferykubitz4510 Před 2 lety +6

    I'm amazed by the amount of interesting things you have found. Your videos are so fun to watch. I like how the viewers, like me, really feel like we are there with you hunting these small treasures of history. Thanks.

  • @lorikendrick5076
    @lorikendrick5076 Před 3 lety +17

    I just love the stories that you find with such simple things.

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +2

      Thanks Lori. That's the best thing about mudlarking really - bringing the small forgotten things into the limelight

  • @NetCafeCat
    @NetCafeCat Před 3 lety +15

    Your videos are so positive, cheers me up immensely.
    Fasinated by the lost history of my home city.

  • @dorothygriffiths649
    @dorothygriffiths649 Před 3 lety +15

    Hey Nicola Happy Sunday. I missed last week because I went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for a relaxing moment with my friend who is visiting from Jamaica and my son who I am reuniting with after an absence for almost 2 full years.

  • @bikergirl2000
    @bikergirl2000 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you Nicola. The shots down on the river, the fantastic editing, the historical research...it all adds up to a fascinating mini documentary.

  • @bonnerdebbie
    @bonnerdebbie Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks for another wonderful video Nicola, have an awesome week.

  • @kellydalton6473
    @kellydalton6473 Před 3 lety +2

    I love the mudlarking barbie behind you! She even has your pink boots!

  • @motaman8074
    @motaman8074 Před 3 lety +11

    A Thames garnet would go nicely in that ring.

  • @paulbenson2452
    @paulbenson2452 Před 3 lety +37

    Dear Nicola ,
    You did it again. Whatever you find you always bring it to life and breathe air into it. I feel I am on the journey with you when you discover something. Thank you and keep digging and inspiring.
    Poppet

  • @sandreoni1
    @sandreoni1 Před 2 lety +5

    In a world of such stress and division, your videos bring me such relief and peace. I love what you do and the stories you tell. Thank you for everything that you are are and do. Happy New Year!

  • @martinmarsola6477
    @martinmarsola6477 Před 3 lety +1

    Another very nice video. My week is complete with your video. Enjoy your week ahead, Nicola. Cheers! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍🇺🇸

  • @tonygiraldes7848
    @tonygiraldes7848 Před 3 lety +38

    Wouldn’t be Sunday without following along with you on one of your many adventures 👍 just the greatest 😊❤️

  • @dr_steve
    @dr_steve Před 3 lety +10

    Nic, it was oddly satisfying to see you back on the foreshore once again, especially after all your trips outside London. Not sure why, but it is comforting to have you back in your element! Thanks for the journey back in time and for bringing the past back to life.

  • @dorothygriffiths649
    @dorothygriffiths649 Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent work on the button, coins, and window pane. Thanks great mud larking with you today .

  • @jandart8002
    @jandart8002 Před 2 lety +1

    I am busting to know about the leaded stain glass. Great vid, interesting finds, chain mail, wow!

  • @janisfallstich1567
    @janisfallstich1567 Před 3 lety +8

    Love your channel and of course the beautiful treasures you find. All the best from Michigan xxx Thanks Nicola 😊

  • @marychace1011
    @marychace1011 Před 3 lety +15

    Interesting finds! I have been "mudlarking" my parent's house and garages. Anyone want an ox yoke? We have three. Also found several of my mother's hordes of coins - so far around $1,000-ish.

  • @pollatso
    @pollatso Před 3 lety +8

    Happy Sunday great vid as always I hope that the stained glass window 🪟 turns out to be a pirate 🏴‍☠️ ship window & we can have a whole episode on it please (if not it’s still very interesting)
    Thank you 🙏

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +2

      Thank you! I think it very well should be a pirate ship window. Thank you for the suggestion :) x

  • @AtheistOrphan
    @AtheistOrphan Před 3 lety +10

    I’ve just watched the 1967 film ‘Up the Junction’ shot in and around Battersea. Looks as far in the past to our modern eyes as Dickensian London, an everywhere’s so filthy! Looks as though you’d catch something just walking the streets.

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +2

      I shall have to watch that!

    • @velvetindigonight
      @velvetindigonight Před 3 lety +3

      I shall put your thoughtful suggestion on my to watch list. Another time................

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan Před 3 lety +1

      @@nicolawhitemudlark - It’s on regular rotation on ‘Talking Pictures’. Comes round every six months or so.
      See also the opening helicopter shot of Hitchcock’s ‘Frenzy’ (1972). Flys at very low level through a disgustingly filthy Tower Bridge.

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan Před 3 lety

      @@velvetindigonight - It’s on regular rotation on ‘Talking Pictures’. Comes round every six months or so.
      See also the opening helicopter shot of Hitchcock’s ‘Frenzy’ (1972). Flys at very low level through a disgustingly filthy Tower Bridge.

    • @luana1600
      @luana1600 Před 3 lety

      @@AtheistOrphan Sounds weird and interesting at the same time.

  • @tracyriordan7011
    @tracyriordan7011 Před 3 lety +13

    Yayyyyyyy!! Was sooo happy to see you just posted! Woo hoo! Made my Sunday morning! ( : I love you guys have Uber boats on the Thames! As far as I know Uber boats are not a thing in America yet! It is a brilliant idea, though! ( : Did you just want to lark on the other side for a change?
    Wow! Right away you found a huge chunk of beautiful chain mail too! That's wonderful! ( : The ring is beautiful and the coin is too big for a modern penny! ( : Wow, an earring too?! ( : That looks like a real silver too! ( :

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +4

      Thanks Tracy. Yes I dont go to Central London much but did enjoy that x

    • @tracyriordan7011
      @tracyriordan7011 Před 2 lety

      @@nicolawhitemudlark soooo cool! The historical significance of what you and your friend's find in and around London, and farther out, is soooo fascinating and opens up the world of the past for laymen such me, and other of your followers, so we get to have a glimpse of how our ancestors lived in the past! Magical! I love you bring particularly significant items and those that seem very important to the museum too! It brings even more importance to your finds! I love your channel soooo much! I love watching all of them! Still binging them all, thankfully you made many, so I have lots left to watch! Because you have us try to find the items with you, I have gotten very good at finding the items now, which I feel very proud 8f! At first I never saw a thing! Lol! ( : Thanks again for bringing such not, culture. And history to all our lives! ( : ❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗

  • @SallyAnn191
    @SallyAnn191 Před 3 lety +4

    I can't imagine how chainmail would end up in the Thames other than someone falling in during battle. Exciting thought.

  • @TheVidusi
    @TheVidusi Před 3 lety +6

    One of your best videos.you didn’t tell us anything about the “gold” ring. Thanks Nicola.

  • @lovelyskull3483
    @lovelyskull3483 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you Nicola, stay safe.

  • @corringhamdepot4434
    @corringhamdepot4434 Před 3 lety +14

    Chainmail Epaulettes are still part of British Army mounted officer's uniforms. Which I guess would be made from a non-rusting metal.

    • @vincentkermorgant
      @vincentkermorgant Před 3 lety +4

      yes, these can't be medieval, they lack the typical rivetting that combat chainmail had

  • @Objective-Observer
    @Objective-Observer Před 3 lety +7

    32:27 Si Finds explained that those Rings of wire, with a twist to close them- those were how they shipped clothing pins, all tied up in a bundle.

  • @sandragraves1177
    @sandragraves1177 Před 2 lety +2

    What a gift to have such a historic river to explore. Thanks for sharing this

  • @kelvinstewart9437
    @kelvinstewart9437 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you so very very much for your wonderful video Nicola.I find your voice like a soothing balm after a difficult week.I'm always delighted when you find a button because I can hear you pronounce " button ".

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks Kelvin. Im glad that my button pronounciation (or however that is spelt!) gives you pleasure. My daughter can't bear how I say "bottle" - but honestly, Im not sure why! :). Also, I hope your week ahead is less difficult than last week. Just keep thinking about buttons! xx

  • @normplatt7549
    @normplatt7549 Před 3 lety +6

    Good to be seeing you well and vloging! Made my day,queen of the mudlarkers!

  • @Aco747lyte
    @Aco747lyte Před rokem +4

    I always wondered how you traveled into London - and now I know, and what a terrific way too travel! Did you know that coins can be cleaned by laser? Astonishing! Nicola, I'm so enjoying your videos! That chain mail was a wonderful find for your day's mudlarking! 💛

  • @suzannemckitterick83
    @suzannemckitterick83 Před rokem +1

    What an absolutely wonderful adventure! Thank you for sharing your hunts and discoveries. I wish I could come along...

  • @Dazza1969
    @Dazza1969 Před 3 lety +1

    Great finally to the weekend Nicola love your videos take care xx

  • @helenburke9507
    @helenburke9507 Před 3 lety +7

    What a great vid. Thank You for going to such a historic area. I love all of the treasures you find!!! As you know!!! My Moms cousin was a Queens guard and I guess my English DNA really comes to the surface. Your such a great teacher and make history so enjoyable. Thank You again for sharing and do stay safe on your travels!!!

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks Helen. Wow, your Mom's cousin was a Queens Guard. That's fascinating. Do you have photos?! x

    • @helenburke9507
      @helenburke9507 Před 3 lety

      @@nicolawhitemudlark I’ll see if I still have it.
      If I do I’ll try to send it to you.

  • @karenpelletier5707
    @karenpelletier5707 Před 3 lety +10

    Wow interesting finds! The stained glass could be something that was destroyed in the blitz. The chain mail was an especially great find. Greetings and hugs from Oregon!

  • @mercyless68
    @mercyless68 Před 2 lety +1

    Wish I'd known about mudlarking whilst visiting my bf in Croydon in early 2000-2001 from California. I'm an archaeologist, so I'm already inclined! Done it along the ocean my whole life! Fun to watch!

  • @Wreckdiver59
    @Wreckdiver59 Před 3 lety +2

    Always nice to see what you find and then hear what you discover about them after you do your research. Thanks for the video 👍

  • @dancub1
    @dancub1 Před 3 lety +15

    When the lead was extruded into H shaped lengths the maker would often incorporate his initials or name and the date in the forming machine. If this was done to your lead strips any identifying marks would be inside the H where the glass sits. Maybe you'll be lucky! See the latest Jamestown Rediscovered video.... on this very subject.

    • @trlheureux
      @trlheureux Před 3 lety +1

      I was going to say the same thing. I’ve cleaned chunks of lead window came, always check for a makers mark. Perhaps the one piece of colored glass could be some sort of deterioration?

  • @connie6545
    @connie6545 Před 3 lety +7

    I found your channel about three days ago, and have to admit that I haven't moved to far away from it. I have always LOVED history and think your finds [with subsequent content of where and who] was the manufacturer or the owner extremely fascinating!! You can add me in as a virtual mudlarker. Thank you. 😊

  • @darrennorth6255
    @darrennorth6255 Před 3 lety +2

    Nice to see you back Nicola happy findings keep safe.xx

  • @VenusDeMilitant
    @VenusDeMilitant Před 3 lety +1

    As always, thank you for that lovely video.

  • @katharinemichie2178
    @katharinemichie2178 Před 3 lety +7

    I wonder if that piece of stained glass came from a building damaged by WW2 bombing. There must have been lots of such buildings near the river, and the leading was often heat damaged so the windows collapsed

  • @yvonnepagan9912
    @yvonnepagan9912 Před 3 lety +29

    Hello Nicola, I often think, “Why don’t they do some scraping?” And today you heard my thought. And look what you found….a ring, coins, a bullet and there could be so much more! Those geese are growing nicely. They’ll soon be off on their own. Loved the cormorant trying to eat the eel. It would not go down, then it looked like it was swimming back up its gullet. But the bird won in the end. Very nice of you to offer the other half of the bag seal to the touring couple. Such a lovely channel with lovely people doing wonderful things! Keep at it and thanks for sharing.

  • @seanmadill283
    @seanmadill283 Před 3 lety +1

    Really enjoyed your video, it made for a wonderful Sunday afternoon. Thanks Nicola

  • @jeremyo8233
    @jeremyo8233 Před 3 lety +1

    Always a wonderful experience watching you Nicola!! Keep up the amazing adventures!!!

  • @roadcone76
    @roadcone76 Před 3 lety +41

    I find myself telling you to look at something that catches my eye! "Oh! Look next to it! No left. Left! That's and old handmade nail!" Yeah, it was a twig. That is why you are the professional and I'm sitting on a couch in Minnesota. ;-)

    • @tracyriordan7011
      @tracyriordan7011 Před 2 lety +1

      Hahahahaha! Me too!! Lol! I am always telling Nic to look at the item next to whatever she finds too! Lol! ( : That's awesome! ( :

    • @PaNDaSNiP3R
      @PaNDaSNiP3R Před 2 lety

      Me too!! In Minnesota I mean 😊

    • @danielharder6912
      @danielharder6912 Před 2 lety

      Minnesota here also S minneapple

  • @Athlynne
    @Athlynne Před 2 lety +3

    I love this sort of thing! I wish my country had as much fascinating history as yours! Subbed!

  • @dougalexander7204
    @dougalexander7204 Před 3 lety

    The raven was quite the art critic. And, thank you for being such an amazing and positive woman, with a kind and gentle soul. Namaste 🙏.

  • @joycelowden7623
    @joycelowden7623 Před 2 lety

    I truly appreciate your videos so much, particularly the history you dig up. Thank you.

  • @lindagomez3114
    @lindagomez3114 Před 3 lety +5

    LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU & Si!!! You make my Sundays!!!! I haven't posted in a minute about my Sunday dinner.... Because my Son Passed and was not in the mood... But...Today is Boneless skinless Chicken Thighs with stuffing, Roasted Potatoes and gravey. Keep all the Art work. Last Edit I LOVE the Templars because I know what they are about!

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks Linda! I hope you enjoy your delicious sounding roast dinner! x

  • @marionbowler5440
    @marionbowler5440 Před 3 lety +6

    I love seeing the Canadian geese, makes me feel that a part of me is there with you, awesome lark Nicola, till next time. Stay strong. 🇨🇦🐘🍁👣❤

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks Marion - hope you're well. Hugs, Nicola xx

    • @vickiekostecki
      @vickiekostecki Před 3 lety +1

      I like to think of Canada Geese as small, slightly hostile Canadian Ambassadors, out there bringing a piece of us to the rest of the world.

    • @marionbowler5440
      @marionbowler5440 Před 3 lety +1

      @@vickiekostecki Yes, perfect 🇨🇦🐘🍁

  • @lordkirbyray
    @lordkirbyray Před 2 lety +2

    No way to watch this without commenting! What a wonderful trip under the Tower Bridge to mudlark! So cool & creative! Fun energy, I'll be watching more :) Thank you!

  • @Spitalhatch
    @Spitalhatch Před 3 lety +1

    Nicola, your videos are a delight - not just for the 'finds', but also for the contrasting views of modern buildings balanced out by the river wildlife, going about their daily tasks with no care for the activities of Man. Thank you.

  • @snippycutwell9878
    @snippycutwell9878 Před 3 lety +15

    I wold have expected a lot more wedding rings, that's where I threw mine...

  • @reginaromsey
    @reginaromsey Před 3 lety +47

    She says “can you see it down there?” and I see three or four interesting things!

    • @catherinerobilliard7662
      @catherinerobilliard7662 Před 3 lety +2

      Every time!

    • @natefisher8398
      @natefisher8398 Před 3 lety

      Right

    • @buzzbomb67
      @buzzbomb67 Před 3 lety

      Lol right? Im like “whats the green thing?” “Isnt that an agate?” “A square nail!”

    • @davidrobbins4857
      @davidrobbins4857 Před 3 lety +1

      @@buzzbomb67 ...I was looking at a different coin and I'm saying "pick it up, no, the other one". Hahahaa

    • @buzzbomb67
      @buzzbomb67 Před 3 lety

      @@davidrobbins4857 lol I think I did that too

  • @baykittygirls9520
    @baykittygirls9520 Před 3 lety +1

    I enjoy your mudlarking adventures so much. Your videos are fun and educational! Thank you for sharing! 💖

  • @rogerdempsey7227
    @rogerdempsey7227 Před 3 lety

    Awesome fines young lady and stay blessed and see you again on the next episode 👍❤🙏

  • @anthonyturton8091
    @anthonyturton8091 Před 3 lety +4

    i was just reading that in the mid 1930s a fake beach of 1500 barge loads of sand were put in front of the tower of london by the bridge so that the poor children of the east end could go to the seaside, i believe it didnt wash away until late 1950s
    Another lovely video especially the wildlife, not sure about the eel swallowing.
    Thanks

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks Anthony, yes in Greenwich too families used to use the thames foreshore as a beatch! It's hard to imagine now really

    • @maggie2759
      @maggie2759 Před 3 lety

      My dad was born in bermondsey in 1926, and used to play on the beach in the 1930s.. he used to say he thought it was a real beach.. he would never see a proper beach until years later.. at 17/18 years, he was in the navy fighting on a famous ship around 1943-ish in WW 2.. Around, Tower Bridge it always reminds me of my dad, thinking he would be playing there as a little boy, for hours with his brothers and friends.

  • @LawrenceCurrie
    @LawrenceCurrie Před 3 lety +12

    Real interesting historic artifacts Tideline Art historical Museum

  • @johnhagemeyer8578
    @johnhagemeyer8578 Před 3 lety +2

    No THANK You Nicola, your show makes us all feel we are walking along with you, enjoying just being alive.

  • @marilynfranks8995
    @marilynfranks8995 Před 3 lety +1

    What a lovely day for finds! And they were amazing finds at that. You couldn't ask for a more picturesque landscape! Oh what I would give to see the Tower Bridge. It is so beautiful. So much history in your part of the world. Thank you for sharing your day.

  • @oh2sail
    @oh2sail Před 3 lety +17

    I walk the San Francisco Bay near the Golden Gate Bridge a couple of times a week and there’s nothing in the sand but shells and seaweed. Upside: there’s nothing in the sand but shells and seaweed. Still, I’m so fascinated with Nicola’s finds!

    • @mjrippe
      @mjrippe Před 2 lety

      Get yourself a metal detector - the good stuff is *under* the sand ;)

    • @tomfrazier1103
      @tomfrazier1103 Před 2 lety

      The Benicia mudflats yielded vast quantities of antique bottles once.

  • @gaynor3976
    @gaynor3976 Před 3 lety +7

    What great investigations about the things you found. I loved the story about Newstead and his life. Wonder if the artists of the pictures had bern painting on the foreshore and didn't like what they'd done so left them behind. Thanks for the lovely video. Watched you with Sarah and her husband earlier on their video xxxxx

  • @gailamir1401
    @gailamir1401 Před 3 lety

    I love your outlook. The treasure in not in the value, but rather in the story. A true enthusiast.

  • @romeoslover817
    @romeoslover817 Před 3 lety +1

    I always feel like I am on holiday watching you looking for stuff along the water.

  • @Fishinfool14
    @Fishinfool14 Před 2 lety +4

    Hi Nicole, I just wanted to say thank you so much for making these awesome videos. I'm here in the states, I've always been facinated with the history in your area, my ancestors are also from that area and Ireland. I find your videos very relaxing and enjoyable especially when you find very old items and then share with us where they originated from at the end of the video. Keep up the good work and hello from New York 😎

  • @rebeccavinyard2899
    @rebeccavinyard2899 Před 3 lety +4

    My first time watching. It’s really interesting.

  • @luana1600
    @luana1600 Před 3 lety +1

    So many amazing, breathtaking finds. 🇬🇧🇺🇲 This makes me happy! 😊 As always, thank you!

  • @dinahjackson8146
    @dinahjackson8146 Před 2 lety

    FASCINATING finds !!! THANK YOU ! ❤ Love seeing the sights of London !!! ❤

  • @lindagrant3027
    @lindagrant3027 Před 3 lety +3

    The stained glass people in your area should be able to date the technique and materials. I do stained glass work and certainly would have brought it out of the river. Awesome finds as usual. Lark on. Luvs from USA Pacific Ocean.

  • @chrisosh9574
    @chrisosh9574 Před 3 lety +10

    The modern 10 kopek coins are brass faces laminated onto steel, the George and the Dragon versions are minted in St Petersburg. You will find yours will be attracted by a magnet.
    I wonder how it became so battered?

    • @nicolawhitemudlark
      @nicolawhitemudlark  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks Chris. I love the George and Dragon on it!

    • @iriswaterford8881
      @iriswaterford8881 Před 3 lety

      Thank you Chris. I wondered what coin they were & how interesting they looked. From an Aussie.

  • @landrews7280
    @landrews7280 Před 3 lety +1

    It's incredible to see how many amazing old objects you find along the banks of the Thames. And what a great presenter you are, Nicola!

  • @karl203
    @karl203 Před 3 lety

    Aah, the Zen of mudlarking . Congrats to some cracking finds ,Nicola . I especially loved the chain mail fragment.

  • @AtheistOrphan
    @AtheistOrphan Před 3 lety +6

    2:20 - Strange to think that the Nat West Tower, which dominated the skyline for many years, is itself now dominated by other buildings.

  • @dorothygriffiths649
    @dorothygriffiths649 Před 3 lety +4

    Interesting historical tit bits on the chains- I would never of thought of the army covering as relating to those chains. Nice work Nicola!

  • @annettefournier9655
    @annettefournier9655 Před 3 lety

    Thank you Nicola. So relaxing to hear the sounds of the water , wind and scraping. Yup even the scraping. Always think the birds cannot possibly swallow their catch! All that info from a button! Amazing 👏 Take care.💜

  • @alexiscastro5055
    @alexiscastro5055 Před 2 lety +1

    It's amazing to see all the history that gets washed up near the river. All these tiny glimpses into a time long ago. Amazing, loved the video!