GOLD, GEMS and Good stuff! Mudlarking the River Thames, London

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GOLD, GEMS and Good stuff! Mudlarking the River Thames, London

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2 жыл бұрын

Join si and his partners in grime as they search the tidal Thames for lost historical artefacts. They find gold, gems are stunning 17th Century tokens and so much more! To see more Mudlarking ⭐️ CLICK HERE ⭐️ • Jaw-dropping TREASURES...
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@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Mudlovers! Wanna see my best find this year? CLICK HERE kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iKmDa7N3muDOmWQ.html 👍🏻🐾🧡

@victoriawest 2 жыл бұрын

16 mins ish it the under part of a crab

@lindaisenegger163 2 жыл бұрын

It is one of my favorits as your facial expressions in the moment were adorable....in Chicago , this old lady waits for the ding... along with Nic's Tide Line..to tell me to grab History!!!!

@lsxtmt4910 2 жыл бұрын

@@victoriawest 6

@spuddy4845 Жыл бұрын

its a whelk, every Londoner eats whelks, they are certainly british, pint of cockles and a few whelks with vinegar, luvly jubly

@spuddy4845 Жыл бұрын

wheatsheaf tokens are usually bakers not pubs, symbol of bakers guild, also the co-op insignia

@VenusDeMilitant 2 жыл бұрын

I think someone wanted to be part of a mudlarking video and planted their shell collection to see if anyone would feature it.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Haha maybe!

@VenusDeMilitant 2 жыл бұрын

As always your extra work in editing, and well thought out camera angles, make sunday morning viewing a joy. Thank you for attention to detail ( and appreciation of little lives of creatures) have a great week.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Really appreciate that 👍🏻🐾🧡

@mattkaustickomments 2 жыл бұрын

I had to do a double-take, I thought Vicks was Nic at first. Great job scoring that ring!!!

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Haha. Her sister from another mister 👍🏻🐾🧡

@charlesperez9976 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the Stripey shirt.😊

@theklawilkinson6217 2 жыл бұрын

Beads, garnets, pipes, Nelly & a Hedgehog.....couldn't get much better!

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Aw thanks Thelka 👍🏻🐾🧡

@juiceesmile4u 2 жыл бұрын

As always, a great adventure! The bit of shell you found looks like a crab under shell. I don't know if anyone else has commented as I know I'm late to the party :) great finds today!

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mudlover 👍🏻🐾🧡

@RagPlaysGames 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sifinds Female crab pad. Theirs are wider/spade shaped so they can carry their eggs. Males are thinner.

@sadielevens1144 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. The "apron" off a crab.

@ksully6551 2 жыл бұрын

Probably she was shedding her old shell as she grew so not necessarily dead, just on moved to a bigger :home:. the first shell is a waved whelk, Buccinum undatum. We have them in New England, I think they are on both sides of the Atlantic in cold waters.

@joshclarkethemudlark8048 2 жыл бұрын

Even watching your videos on holiday , dedicated fan right here🇪🇸🙋‍♂️

@emilyjayne77 2 жыл бұрын

Have a lovely break!! xx

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Happy holidays Josh! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@mattkaustickomments 2 жыл бұрын

I think they were filming an episode of “Barnaby Crubdubbler: Foreshore Detective”.

@cindyluwho602003 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Haha. They commission anything these days 🕵️‍♀️

@michaeldolny2919 2 жыл бұрын

At the end of your video we see your two cats surrounded by a bunch of feathers. Hopefully all is well with the chickens. Thanks for the video.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Yes all good. They mault now and again

@gaynor3976 2 жыл бұрын

Necklace was great and the trading coin came up brilliantly too. Was nice to meet Vicks, she has a look of Nicola lol. Great finds, interesting stories about the shells. Xx

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Gaynor! She’s her sister from another mister 👍🏻🐾🧡

@theeclecticthriftercrafter 2 жыл бұрын

That first shell was lovely!

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Right!

@Teresa-ih4sn 2 жыл бұрын

At first glance Jules looked like Nicola due to her stripe shirt! Lol thought that it might be a mudlarking women's uniform. Great day, glad to come along.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

You means Vicks? Yeah she does

@marthaanderson2656 2 жыл бұрын

the pale crustacean item is from the ventral abdomen plate of a crab

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks Martha. That makes sense! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@terricollins8450 2 жыл бұрын

Si I think the first shell you found is a Welk shell, the second shell is sometimes called a turbo shell its worth about £20

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks Terri. That’s a steal. It’s beautiful 👍🏻🐾🧡

@jennywalborn7769 2 жыл бұрын

That shell is absolutely gorgeous! And her ring find was amazing, I love the old gold!❤Not a bad trader's token either!☺️

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jenny! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@julieattard7098 2 жыл бұрын

I always loved the thrill of finding everyday forgotten treasure from the past when I was younger. Yesterday we took our puppy for his first splash in the sea and in the shingle was a broken glass bottle. I was going to put it in the bin when we went back to the car but then I realised it was a fab peice of an Aqua coloured bottle. No markings but plenty of air bubbles. It has a convexed panel on three sides . The forth side is straight.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@susantaylor4340 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful ring Vicks found. Nice finds all around. As always thanks for a bit of history.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Susan!! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@KnugenMooMoo 2 жыл бұрын

The movie there filming is "Si-finds the movie" and that seen is when Si makes his millions and he comes back to where it all started to relive his memories

@cindyluwho602003 2 жыл бұрын

💙🤣

@VenusDeMilitant 2 жыл бұрын

That's a great title!😂

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Haha! Will it be a Sci-Fi movie? 😉

@KnugenMooMoo 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh see what you did there 🤣🤣🤣

@philipbutler6608 2 жыл бұрын

Random Hedge Hog finds large pile of cat food on the fore garden. Luck in the muck.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

🦔 🐈‍⬛

@20greeneyes20 2 жыл бұрын

The ribbed looking shield creature as you call it, Is the bottom of a crab it's called the apron. And that's how you can tell if it's a male or female crab by the shape of the apron. 🦀

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks! 🦀

@llmifg 2 жыл бұрын

Terrific video. Thank you for actually "writing over" the letters on the traders token. I simply could never make out what it said even after stopping the video and having a good stare. Thank you for taking us along on your mud'venture.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Lisa!! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@anniec415 Жыл бұрын

I think the "end of a spoon" looks like part of an ancient eye carving

@bonnerdebbie 2 жыл бұрын

The shell you asked about is a spider conch and his second shell is a Murex. Awesome traders token and upcycled necklace, thanks SI.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thanks Debs! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@tessgilmore4260 2 жыл бұрын

That chap walking along I was looking for his lost scraper. 😂

@CraigTom-so2vt 2 жыл бұрын

Sunday cheers Si 🍻🍻

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Craigo 👍🏻🐾🧡

@ickabod_crank 2 жыл бұрын

That gold ring was awesome!

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Right! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@susanboon4605 2 жыл бұрын

As far as the shells are concerned, I have my doubts as to them being ballast. Those particular shells are hard to find - the sand dollar isn't rare, but hard to find intact - so I suspect someone got rid of a shell collection. Enjoyed this video, as always!

@momtrips6783 2 жыл бұрын

they looked too clean to have been ballast.

@Lucinda_Jackson 2 жыл бұрын

@@momtrips6783 Yes, and the really large whelk/conch appears to have had quite a bit of work done to produce those beautiful iridescent bands of color (the wide band around the body and the narrower band above it at the suture). I don’t know if that is simply a polishing process or if there is some cutting away of material followed by polishing? It doesn’t look like any natural shell I’ve ever seen, but I’m definitely not a shell expert! @Susan Boon Sand dollars are all over the beaches in the US. I’ve picked them up from Cape Cod to South Carolina to Florida in the East, on Texas gulf beaches and on the beaches of California.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

I tend to agree

@barbaraking6980 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Si, I think the 'creature from the deep', is actually the flap from the underside of a crab shell. Some unusual finds for you all on this hunt, but the traders token is a beauty, well done guys 👍

@marthaj67 2 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing!

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Barbs! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@KrisRoberts114 Жыл бұрын

Apron of the carapace of a crab👍

@marionbowler5440 2 жыл бұрын

Love Nellie, most amazing Si, Sunday almost complete, now onto Nicola. I think your little creature might be an isopod, your necklace lovely. Keep going strong and see you next mudventure. 😊🐘🍁🇨🇦👣

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Marion! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@diyardley5213 2 жыл бұрын

OMG! What a terrific video! I can't believe Vick's luck finding that gold ring - and thought it so funny that it wasn't in the review at the end because it was still firmly on her finger. It's not going anywhere!!! Those seashells were totally awesome. I can't believe they were simply ship's ballast, because they are so beautiful. You'd pay upwards of £30 for each of those in a home decor store! The trader's token was such a great find - loved how you explained the mis-spelling on it. And as for that gorgeous necklace you've made - think I'll be making a bid! I loved seeing that you put food out for your hedgehog - a man after my own heart :) Thanks Si - I just love your channel!

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Di! Yes the shells were a lovely surprise! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@Cate7451 2 жыл бұрын

The ring, is that Welsh gold?, it’s pink like wash gold, not much of that available these days, the queen has some, used it in Kate and Williams ring. 🇺🇦💍

@micah06v8 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with some of the others here. I don't think those shells that you guys found at night were from ballast. Sand dollars of that size are extremely hard to find intact. The shell with the spines (a snail called a lambis), the spines would have broken off if it had been used as ballast. The "creature from the deep" is part of the underside of a crab carapace know as the Pleon.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Wicked info! Cheers!

@kevinwaters60 2 жыл бұрын

At first I thought it was a parasitic isopod that latches onto mud shrimps and eats them.

@Cate7451 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinwaters60 😮

@angelamillard6418 2 жыл бұрын

I'm very jealous! I was in South Florida for a week and couldn't find a sand dollar !! The necklace is stunning! Nelson is very handsome

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Angela! 🐈‍⬛ Nelson says thank you too 👍🏻🐾🧡

@RM-ti8nf Жыл бұрын

The gold ring was gorgeous. Loved it all.

@Biffle-re3db 2 жыл бұрын

Love the random hedge hog in your garden, very funny and cute. You guys had some awesome finds, love all the sea shells, and the Italian pottery has a very nice design.👍✌💖

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mudlover!

@emilyjayne77 2 жыл бұрын

Sunday is complete 🥰

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Millie 👍🏻🐾🧡

@lisascenic 2 жыл бұрын

Vick’s ring, Jules’ astonishing slip decorated piece and your token. What a wonderful outing!

@gillhollingsworth4125 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant as always Si. Absolutely love the shells and your upcycled garnet necklace. Looking forward to next week's video 😊

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Gill! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@catherinethompson2525 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats to Vicks pin the beautiful ring, she reminds me of Nicola Vicks and Nice 😊😊👍

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Very true - thanks Cath

@patricialessard8651 2 жыл бұрын

That unknown "creature" I believe to be an "apron" from a crab. If I'm wrong, sorry. I love your videos and look forward to Sunday mornings. It's great to see all your cool finds. Thanks and have fun!

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Pat! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@victorcarmelo8606 2 жыл бұрын

You are right, the underneath of a crab carapace..

@lolapacheco8616 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is from a female crab

@lilirehak5569 2 жыл бұрын

Could not believe the Thames water was looking that clear! Great video.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Only in the rock pools x

@ginagambill2828 6 күн бұрын

Wow mudlarking looks like so much fun. It’s on my bucket list to go to England and get my permit to lark on the Thames. You will have to show me how. Nice finds as always Si.

@Blackholeforyou 2 жыл бұрын

The garnets look like dried up raisin sorry😂Love the kittys🐾🐈‍⬛🐾

@kristenevans4557 10 ай бұрын

Love parting shots of Nellie.🖤

@Sifinds 10 ай бұрын

🐈‍⬛ 🧡🙏🏻

@Cate7451 2 жыл бұрын

You rocked it! Great necklace!

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Cate

@tajavu8519 5 ай бұрын

The BIGGEST SAND DOLLAR I’ve ever seen! Usually I see about a apple size

@skullingtonfly Жыл бұрын

Good finds. The gold, those SHELLS and your lovely garnet necklace you made are my faves 👍🏼

@Sifinds Жыл бұрын

Cheers Sylvia 👍🏻🐾🧡

@sasquatch4745 Жыл бұрын

The little Crustation is the flap off the bottom of a Crab".. great videos thank you...

@lindagomez3114 2 жыл бұрын

Watching you while I'm on CV quarantine. Almost over it.. But always love watching you!!! Wonderful finds! I absolutely love the Hedgehog! Reminds me of Beatrix Potter

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Linda! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@iamshotty 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous finds as always Si. Love the necklace you made too. My Ollie sends a big meow-shout-out to English cousin Nelly 🐾🐾 😊 xx Teresa 🇦🇺❤

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Aww thanks. And meow back 🐈 🐈‍⬛

@katey3789 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely finds, I wonder what people will be finding in 200 years time from our generation, probably anything made of plastic!

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly yes, drinks bottles or similar

@joannhempen8210 9 ай бұрын

Incredible night larking!! You should do that more often. Those shells were incredible. This video had a lot of my favorite things! Thank u❤. I’m bingeing again. Lol. I’ve been sick for a week but I finally feel great again. Your videos have kept me entertained!

@theluvvydarlings6267 2 жыл бұрын

That pot base would look lovely with a big candle on 😊

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

It would!!

@darriendastar3941 2 жыл бұрын

That was great fun - and the necklace at the end was a thing of real beauty. The star of the show was, though, Random the Hedgehog.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Haha 🦔Thanks Daz 👍🏻🐾🧡

@BMW7series251 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video as usual Si. Thanks.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers John! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@RavexXxCodyxXx 2 жыл бұрын

@ 16:35 I'm pretty sure that was a parasite... One of those things that attaches to the fishes tongue but idk for certain.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Ooh err thanks 👍🏻🐾🧡

@colleenfoster997 2 жыл бұрын

You’re a kind man!

@Unkn0wn1133 2 жыл бұрын

What genuine, sweet people you are and seeing the beauty in broken things. Theres hope yet.

@Wreckdiver59 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you stitched in the night lark. The riverfront lights are always awesome to see. Great find on the trader's token. It cleaned up nice 👍 I kept waiting for you to poke your finger cleaning up the garnets, because that's what I would have done 😆

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, nearly Jim!

@mrsenstitz 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful sunday viewing. Thanks Si, you always cheer me up.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Aw thanks Kat 👍🏻🐾🧡

@tajavu8519 5 ай бұрын

Pick it up then! You guys are a little pushy but mannerly 😂 I love it!

@Nicole-coliebrobro 2 жыл бұрын

wow, those garnets are huge, necklace came out real nice!

@spectrumEDMforever 3 ай бұрын

First chance to get to one of my fave channels today, always chills me out 😎

@rogerdempsey7227 2 жыл бұрын

Great day for you guys outdoors again can't wait to see you again on the hovercraft in a long time Simon awesome fines for the mudlark 👍🍺🍺

@Carolbearce 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool to find garnets already with drilled holes. You made a Beautiful necklace.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Carol! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@clairereilly2778 2 жыл бұрын

The random hedgehog just thrown in there! 😂

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

He was too cute 👍🏻🐾🧡

@jillmoorhouse8888 2 жыл бұрын

The traders token is beautiful and i love the necklace

@judylutz1702 2 жыл бұрын

I love the necklace you made. It is really beautiful.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Judy 👍🏻🐾🧡

@cheshirelasslani3939 2 жыл бұрын

👌🏼👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 on the 100’s traders token...score Si! Woohoo 😁 that’s a score on the gold ring too

@mirkatu3249 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is a gorgeous necklace! 😻💛

@squeakysynthrave8933 2 жыл бұрын

You guys are bring back history loving it 😍

@ButterflyLoverGirl 2 жыл бұрын

Good morning Simon! (Or afternoon for you) Another great video to wake up to 😊

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks MudloverGirl 👍🏻🐾🧡

@sammypsychosis1674 Жыл бұрын

Crustacean shell at 16:30 is the “apron” of a female crab. It’s a movable part on the underside that protects the eggs.

@piratepete842 2 жыл бұрын

it's a bit funny that shell ballast from tropical ports are found on the Thames..and at tropical ports one can find stone ballast from Europe along the shores there..indeed at Havana there were ballast merchants that would gather these stones and supply vessels with them..ive several in my garden that I've found

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

That cool. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@tarrasams7423 2 жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 from New York USA you guy's Found some Amazing Finds my Favorite Definitely Was the Glass Beads 🧿 and the the piece of Pottery with the Castle 🏰 on it Thank you for bringing me along with you I can't wait to see what you Find next ☺️🙂

@peggyreid6836 2 жыл бұрын

Hello all you Mud Lovers!!! Love that garnet necklace. Greetings from North Carolina U.S.A.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peggy! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@terriewheatley-ward729 2 жыл бұрын

Your 'boys talk' does make me snigger (well, I've got that sort of mind). Amazing finds. I'm with Jules, I love a good pot sherd. Lovely to see Nellie and the hedgehog.

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, has to be done

@roserocks1979 2 жыл бұрын

Aww Nelly is so cute!

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

He is 🐈‍⬛

@gracehennessey772 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely shells and increadable sand dollar.

@cheshirelasslani3939 2 жыл бұрын

Blimey! Now the conch shell. That’s a score for sure on th3 shore 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

@SeaglassPickers 2 жыл бұрын

19:36 Like a shot of a professional archeological dig :) Good job! 👍

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mudlover!

@patwithers1448 2 жыл бұрын

Love from the old lady in Texas USA god bless you❤ always and forever

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Pat!

@pattimessenger6214 2 жыл бұрын

Great finds! Thanks for sharing!

@catherinethompson2525 2 жыл бұрын

Love that piece!!

@conitorres9774 2 жыл бұрын

I’m back home and catching up on your videos. 😆, you guys and your jokes. I agree, that spot does look like a pipe graveyard. That’s such a pretty blue bead, and the faceted bead is too. Beautiful old ring Vicks found. The swirl pattern on the earthenware piece is lovely. Necklace is lovely

@kristymcnett5746 2 жыл бұрын

As always, love the video! You are such a talented man!

@cynthiakoepke2649 2 жыл бұрын

Love the closer high quality of your videos 🥰 Keep um coming 🌲🦉🌲

@mobidick6064 2 жыл бұрын

The deeper you dig the greater the value

@essiestardust3892 2 жыл бұрын

Simon great video 👍🏻🙂 ahwa sweet Nelson 🐾👣🧡

@danhewitt1984 2 жыл бұрын

What a find that ring was. You looked a tad jealous si not gonna lie

@elainemurphy2406 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant finds people, loving the necklace and the ring but the shells and pottery pieces are special. Thanks si and all x

@mamapushor4870 2 жыл бұрын

Love the upcycle!!! 😍

@lynettepacella9880 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of fun! 💕💕WV🇺🇸

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Lynette! 👍🏻🐾🧡

@Beth_D 2 жыл бұрын

Top of my list when I come to the Thames is ‘beads’ - I hope to eventually find enough to make a Thames bracelet 🤞🏼 although I know this will probably take me years! Congrats on the traders token- it’s gorgeous!! ❤️

@Sifinds 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Beth! Now that’s an idea!