Mudlarking on the Thames - Unexpected & Unusual gifts from the River both ancient & new(August 2021)
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- The River Thames is a giant liquid story book of treasures both ancient and new. 3000 year old treasures make their way to the surface to be found centuries after they were lost, and modern objects sit on the river bed waiting to be found at low tide! Pilgrim badges or sunglasses. You can never tell what you are going to find from one day to the next. That is what keeps us going back to search the mud. In this video I mudlark at one end of the Thames, and then travel up to opposite end near Putney to meet up with Tobias Neto @Tob2n and Lukasz Orlinski who are mudlarks and metal detectorists. They have both found some wonderful historical treasures.Tobias Neto found a Victoria Cross in the Thames in 2015 and you can find out more about it here and decide for yourself which of the two soldiers could have lost it in the murky depths of the Thames:-
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Lukasz has found some wonderful pilgrim badges from medieval times as well as a 3000 year old bronze age spearhead.
In this video, we go from one extreme to the other - finding ancient history and modern artefacts. It pays to keep an open mind when you are larking on the Thames.
Please check out Tobias TH-cam channel at @Tob2n
You can follow me on twitter and instagram @tidelineart and if you would like to treat me to a virtual cup of tea, then my kofi account is here. ko-fi.com/nico...
All donations very gratefully accepted and used to improve my channel - or for a nice cup of tea!
If you would like to book a ticket to the talk I mentioned at the end of the video then the link is here:-
thamesfestival...
Oh and of course, dont forget that if you would like to try mudlarking the River Thames - you need a permit from the Port of London Authority. Link here :-
www.pla.co.uk/...
Thanks for watching everyone. I love to read your comments and feedback so please keep them coming! Take care, look after yourselves. Sending you love from here in London.
See you soon.
Nicola
Nicola White
www.tidelineart.com
#mudlarking #nicolawhite #tidelineart
Thank you for watching everyone. Im out this Sunday evening watching my son Angelo playing the main stage in Faversham with his band @collateralrocks so when this video goes live I'll be rocking out there like all good rock mums - so, will come and respond to any comments later on! In the meantime I really hope you enjoy this outing on the River - the second half of which is with Tobias Neto and Lukasz Orlinski. Do go and check out Tobias Neto's TH-cam @tob2n and also, I mention the Totally Thames Festival which is taking place between 1st and 30th September, and you can find out what's going on there at this link, including my talk on Sunday 19th September at Woods Quay in London :- thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/a-mudlarks-feast-4862/ Catch you all later. Love Nicola xx
Oh Faversham, lovely historic place, good luck to Angelo
Hope Angelo & the band and you are having a great evening!
NO, no, thank you for 40mins of complete bliss, your videos are done in such a way as I feel like I'm right there mudding with you and not 5000 miles away. The music, I presume much of it Angelo's, the shots with the wildlife, how you approach a new find, and your excitement as the stem slowly keeps entering daylight for the first time since the owner threw it (or lost it) into the Thames. And the stories, just awesome!
I hope your son rocks it and everyone has a great time.
Love to Angelo and the band xxx
Have a nice time. Missed you last week.
I’m in America but wanted to thank you and all of the Mudlarks who take the extra time & effort to properly dispose of plastic waste found during your adventures. Every piece matters ✌️💚
Agreed! I don’t understand how anyone can litter anywhere. It’s so irresponsible and I appreciate your efforts to clean up the Thames! I never allowed my children to throw even the tiniest bit of garbage out the car window. Again, thanks Nikola and other mudlarkers for helping and being responsible!!! 🙂🙂
@Dish Murphy I totally agree with you. Every piece does matter for the beautiful wildlife who are so innocent when it comes to some human errors. And every now and then they have a massive clean up with the River Trust.
"Every piece DOES matter"!
Haven't watched this till the end yet, but I wanted to say that your videos have helped me a lot as I'm currently mostly housebound due to a nasty combination of mental health issues and the pandemic. I watch these and paint and for a while everything is okay. Thank you.
Same here Enne. You are not alone. Sending virtual hugs.🤗
Me too enne, its physical disabilities and pandemic isolation for me. Hang in there. Xx
I am sending my best wishes as well, I also suffer from disability, chronic pain, and her videos are so relaxing. Thank you Nicola.
You are all not alone. I have been really bad for the last few weeks. Best wishes everyone.
I find watching Nicola very calming x
When the world seems mad and not much makes sense we have the lovely muddler Nicola to make us smile with her little treasures, taking us out for an hour or so to test our eyesight and teach us some history. Hugs xxxx
love your comment Stephanie ... Nicola has always loved getting muddy and bringing home treasures! I should know, I'm her Mum X
@@anitacarey2389 As a child who grew up on the sea, filling my pockets with stones and crab shells and bits of wood I totally understand her passion. I've said it before Nicola is a cheap date! Give her an old button, a pipe or lead toy and she is a happy bunny. I used to muddle in old dumps and was thrilled with a poison bottle of old jam pot. I love these moments with her on the shore. xoxo
If it's naval it must be a belly button 🤔Cheers Nicola🍻
Surely a navel button!
Absolute class act.Beautiful Intelligent and eloquent.
Spell out “lockdown “ with your padlocks and mount them on wood.
Love your videos. Thank you.
We look forward to Sunday nights and a new Video from you.
Lukasz has the most adorable smile, his entire face lights up!
Hi, Nic! Good Sunday!!
I watch you to calm the world down for a while...... no politics .... THANK YOU.........
I used to live in London and was just talking to my brother in law, who currently lives there, about how much I love Putney and the rowers. So nice to see it again!
Hi Nicola 👌👌👌Good luck 🤞🤞🤞👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
I've often wondered while watching you and Si finds, whether you ever use the pretty buttons and beads you find on clothing? Lovely video once again. Hope your enjoying your son's concert x
Thanks. Yes, I have done that!
THE REAL TRESURE
In the wind
a child runs
happily
along the river
sees the clouds chasing after each other
let's himself go to that feeling
nothing around him.
Wanders from that place
until just the smell of grass
brings him into another world
and it's a surreal feeling
possessing all
and nothing.
(Benedetta Santangelo)
love your poem XX
Made me take a deep breath...wanted to smell the grass and feel the wind. Thank you for sharing Ulisse.
What a sad detachment you have from the topic reality and the surreal reality of what is.
Good to see you, Nicola! What a fun collab with Tobias and Lucasz, thanks for sharing some of their amazing treasures with us. Wish I could be rocking out to Collateral in person, that would be a blast! :-)
Sunday coffee while watching a new video from MS. Nicola White... better than a Peanut Butter & Nanner sandwich!
Lucasz is a sweetheart. His finds are phenomenal I couldn't believe it.!!!!!
Plastic, must be one of the greatest inventions, but its haunting us now😞. Apart from our rubbish, enjoyable, thanks Nicola
Nature,history and Princess Nicola, how could it get any better????
I have an interest in edged weapons, seeing that beautiful Bronze Age spear head in such incredible condition was amazing, the technical skills they had over three thousand years ago are a testament to human abilities when you think that was made with the most basic technology; clay, charcoal and knowledge that was passed from master to apprentice.
I find it ironic that Lucasz can give us a history lesson. Hope those finds of his go to a museum and a reward to him.
I’m like you… can I touch it , pick it up, just be amazed at how old this thing is in my hand!😁
An object found is a moment.
A moment is a piece of time.
A piece of time is a teacher.
A teacher reveals knowledge.
And we carry that knowledge with us,and pass it on,into the future.
This is why I admire you so much,Nicola.
Because you are part of the majestic story of humans.
Lovely and profound words Charles. Thank you for sharing them with us. 🙏
By the time you reached the 4th pair of glasses, I was laughing! The pipe stem with the metal band is beautiful. The extraordinary ancient pieces from Lucas - they were truly amazing finds! Thankyou so much Nicola!
I would love to see all the padlocks as a countertop(s) covered with clear Epoxy Resin- I think that would be so interesting and beautiful!
The thing I like most about Nicola is that her glasses rack is always half full!
12:47 - The geese were clearly annoyed at having to follow you at high speed up from Greenwich. They must have been exhausted!
Good video, good photography, good finds. Love the buttons. AZ USA
I love your pretty button found early…then all the way to the 3000 year old spearhead your friend found. I live in Minnesota, and have been utterly dismayed by the fact that if we do not clean up the headwaters, no one downstream will bother. So I’m grateful for all the work you Brits have done with the Thames. Alas, my travel and volunteering days are past, now; how I’d love to help, even if just clearing a few pieces of modern junk. I so love your videos!
Great video Nicola. Sun glasses eh? At least the sun will no longer blind you in the summer seasons 😃 wow, so many padlocks. The ones with names on are gems them self. See you next time!
Such kind and generous friends! Wow! A Bronze Age spear!
Great finds Nicola. Now you have plenty of sunglasses! Could you please model them for us. Stay safe.
I would love to see your locks displayed on a colored piece of driftwood. They’re so beautiful. 💖
Thanks. Great idea
So fun! What a historical treat! Your son might be a rock star, but so are you and you now have the shades to look like the rocker you are!
Good afternoon x how wonderful to see your son playing, in a group. Brilliant. ❤️ 💕. Well done to him x
53 likes in 10 minutes. Nicola, you are good! Not too much headbanging at the concert hey :) nice video as always.
It's at 290 now 10am west coast American time apx 45mins after your comment. There are two dislikes as well, must have been an error.
@@wildlifeathome Thanks! there's quite a lot now! It wont put me off though :) x
@@nicolawhitemudlark I certainly wouldn't, it's .005% of us, I just wonder why, maybe they have Rupophobia, fear of dirt or rubbish (a new word for me!) Have a great day!
again a perfekt video, nice things you found. all the best from munich.
Thank you Peter x
I'm in awe of Lukas' finds.
Thank you Nicola I really enjoy your video.
The Peter Storm badge used to be on waterproof jackets. I had one as a child ( I am 60) and I still have the badge - but not the jacket!!
Me too, I knew what it was straight away. My Peter Storm badge is blue. I also have a couple of (very non-PC) Robertson’s jam badges in my jewellery box too. Nicola, I once walked along the River Tamar, near Saltash, (near the viaduct south of Burraton Coombe) where naval ships would be moored back in the day. I found a little blue jug with a hole in it and no handle, which still we use as a toothbrush mug 40 years later, and a piece of pottery with Per Mare Per Terram, which was significant as my husband was a Royal Marine at the time.
Peter Storm also made the greatest waterproof sailor's sweaters - oiled wool. to be kept !
Thank you! Good job!😉😁
Thank you as always for such thoughtful videos
‘Padlock Down’🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂👍🏼
Hi Rockin Momma Nicola ,good to see you back in your element of Thames mud. I wish I were in Faversham this evening to witness your performance, don't forget we talked about you ,your son and his band performing on or beside the mud someday BTW got a new favourite singer Anne Reburn she does a lot of covers of old pop faves ,singing with mutiple iterations of her self in harmony sometimes acapella sometimes self accompanied. She hasnt usurped my # 1 fave gal singer after Debbie Harry ,Morgan James. Now you with your multiple talents are still by far my fave You tube lady XXX
PS must also talk about "type" sometime as my grandpa was a Post Master in my early days but also had a printing business in a small Devon village who printed everything from business cards to Farm sales in sections to be posted on hoardings his works were a miraculous place to play and learn how to spell ...backwards LOL
What the world needed now is PEACE, you find it every time out mudlarking.
All my love to you and very happy days rocking to all the mothers.
From the Gold Coast, g' day.🇪🇸🇨🇮🇦🇺
Thanks Pillar x
Wow, Lukasz' s finds are mind blowing!
James loved all the finds as always.
He thinks you should put the small padlocks onto necklaces to make pendants and paint doors with little padlocks on them on the large ones to go into fairy gardens (we've been making lots of "things" for the fairy garden recently, lol!)
Hope you have a fantastic evening.
Xx
Thanks Emma and James! xx hope to see you soon.
I see you bribed your way onto the Thames foreshore. Those guard geese have you bluffed.
Wow!!!!!!! That settles it. First on my bucket list. London England!!! Thank you Nicola for sharing your friends and their awesome finds with us!! You are my fav place to go and always love what you share. Stay well n safe. And Thank you’re friends for their sharing as well.
Thank you Nic for a wonderful video! So fascinating to see everyone's best finds!!
Great video again Nicola,. Looking good in the shades it's a pity the sun wasn't out at the time!!!
Another great adventure Nicola and so many really interesting things. Such a shame about the amount of waste going into our waters
Interesting Sunday moment of mud larking Nicola, I missed it last week. Today made up for that. Your guests were fantastic, best wishes to them both I learnt a lot.
Thanks. Great work keep it up.
You have found some beauties for sure ❤️🇨🇦
Lovely finds, the buttons would make very good stamps for pottery, another good vid.
Nice to see you again. A wonderful video as usual. Enjoy the upcoming week. Cheers Nicola. 🏴😊👍🇺🇸
WOW !! Just WOW !!! Thomas Beckett !!! Bronze age !!! Such glorious finds !! Thank you for sharing !
I loved the history lesson as well as the artifacts. Thank you
A wonderful adventure with friends and I Thank You Kindly Nicole! The locks? Ear rings of course and with those Ray Bans! I mean Wow! The ultimate Larking statement! Love, Light, Joy of Spirit! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
You meet such lovely people on the Thames foreshore
Nice 1980's 1990's music theme on this vídeo. Reminds me my the teens years...
Nice to see you back on the Thames shore again , lovely to enjoy your video on Sunday again ! 😀
love watching these videos xx
Crosby Hall is a historic building in London. The Great Hall was built in 1466 and originally known as Crosby Place in Bishopsgate, in the City of London. It was moved in 1910 to its present site in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. It now forms part of a private residence, which in 2021 was renamed Crosby Moran Hall.
Maybe??
That's what I also thought. Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosby_Hall,_London
That spearhead is AMAZING!!
I love your pipe collection, I like to picture someone sitting in a chair by the fire so many years ago puffing on their pipe.
Can I see a sunglasses boutique in the future?
The pilgrims finds were beautiful so much history the Thames is so giving thanks for another great video.
Loved the blue elongated bead. Also, the spearhead was amazing!
I just wanted to thank you for introducing Michal I do think he has a lucky charm lol , like always l luv your videos, very informative historical stories and your pipe collection luv it thanks for sharing my friend 👌❤😘
Thank you
@@nicolawhitemudlark what is the letters T,W on a pipe Thomas w?
I don't remember what you said is it white,or Williams
Interesting to see a different area of the river. Lukasz had some amazing finds. Thanks for the video 👍
Oh gosh!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE that little padlock that is shaped like two hearts!!! I have NEVER seen any like that!.💙☺️💙
Wow...Lukasz found some once in a lifetime finds...actually 4 lifetimes! I am thrilled he shared with us.
Thanks Nicola. Your videos are the highlight of my week. My little relaxing time where I have time to myself. Wow a 3000 year old artifact in such good condition! I liked the string of modern beads and one can always use 😎. 💜
Hi Nicola, just another one of your wonderfully put-together videos! It’s so nice to see the wildlife intros you do. And I had thought that the Thames was not as polluted as so many other waterways, but this video showed that not to be the case. And I’m sure the general population of London would not have a clue that you take a lot of it away with you….God bless you. So many clumsy visitors losing their sunglasses. You could startup your own stall with that lot! I think Tobias has a crush on you to give you all his locks….either that of he’s sighing with relief that someone else will take them off his hands. It was lovely to see him and his friend and all their wonderful finds, some of which were AMAZING! That Bronze Age spear head was in such good condition, wow! Thank you for sharing ! We always look forward to your offerings!
Great treasure hunt Nicola. Nice too to see Tobias and Lukasz. Thank you for posting.
I AM THANKFUL FOR EVERY VIDEO ! SO MUCH HISTORY AND NEAT TREASURES AND ALL THE ANIMALS :) . THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR ALL 117,000 OF US NICOLA - TAKE CARE.
Brilliant video Nic!! 5 pairs of sunglasses will come in handy when the sun comes out again! The Peter Storm badge I think is from the Peter Storm wet weather clothing company (or whatever its called). I've seen coats with 'Peter Storm' embroidered on the sleeve in the past. Also loved the Thomas Becket pilgrim badge and relic holders. The River Thames is so generous in giving up her finds ... there's always something fascinating appears, but we should all feel ashamed at the rubbish we just 'chuck away'.
Thanks Mum! 😘😘
thoroughly enjoyed today video, the Thames is really magical and great to see such great finds and the local wildlife. Have a good week
Those Thomas Beckett pilgrims finds are amazing!!! How exciting to find such things! So grateful for these videos xxx
Always await your intros of music, the Thames & its bird friends. Thank you for sharing time with Lukasz Orlinski. *Doves Type to Bronze Age spearhead...* remarkable treasure hunting stories & collection! Thank you Nicola.
Kindly❤Dudley
Thanks Dudley
@@nicolawhitemudlark Always my pleasure❤❤
Loved the Becket finds, Lucas is very lucky
metal pipe stems what ever next interesting my family tree goes back to 1270 pilgrims and settlers who went to new haven USA so good to see the badge, shame about modern day rubbish in our rivers today. Nice one Nicola.
Lovely video, Nic. Thank you so much!
I like it when you take footage of the surrounding animals, especially the birds.
That bone metal clay pipe combo is weird, maybe it was a custom clay pipe holder, one possible theory might be that bone might've been less abrasive to the teeth than the damage of smoking clay pipes all the time? The part Bellarmine face is gorgeous!
So much plastic in the river it's so sad, I pick up and remove what I can when I am out mudlarking but the plastic is worse when there has been bad weather and it has ended up in the Thames.
Loving the sunglasses 😎 and the Dove Type, I have found a few pieces of type on the foreshore would love to find a piece of the Dove Type one day xx
I'm really looking forward to that Guernsey video!
Me too! 😍
Une superbe video de la vie sauvage et des ravages de la pollution dans ce super fleuve. Mais de belles trouvailles au rendez-vous et surtout un gros pouce bleue pour la vidéo. 👍👍👍👍
Very interesting video this one nichola with your fellow mudlarkers.that bronze age spear head is a once in a lifetime find.
Wonderful.!!.
Dave in almost sunny Norfolk.
Lovely and exciting as always! Hugs and kisses 😽
OK Nicola, you got relaxed on that walk and I got relaxed watching you do it! Thanks!
That bronze age spear was fantastic what a find.i can remember the story of the two soldier's .i mentioned to you that my Sister lived in Newport where one ofthem were buried.well unfortunatly i havent been able to go yet.altho we were able to to Wales i dident get the chance but my sister did come up to Staffordshire to see me.hoping to go for Christmas tho and i shall certianly go to look at the grave as i loved both stories.
It's just a sunglasses sort of Sunday! Still some great pipe finds and a cool bit of bartman jug! Lucas's Thomas a Beckett pilgrim finds were amazing! Have fun grooving along to your son's band! 😊♥️
Wow lukasz has some nice finds and to have Tobias as a mentor...lucky guy
Thank you for sharing! It's soothing and relaxing to see and hear you out and about, finding cool things and hanging out with the wildlife (no, not Tobias and Lukasz!). But it's also beautiful to see London in the sunshine!
What a lovely gift those padlocks were! I don't have a fully formed idea, but my brain keeps going back to the modern love bridges like in Paris. Maybe you could do a series of artworks pairing the locks with some sort of more ancient sort of fence or bridge idea? Thanks again for a great video!
Pancakes and Nicola, pure bliss. Thank you for sharing Nic x. 🇨🇦🐘🍁👣
Excellent outing, Nicola. Particularly impressed by Lukasz’s Thomas Beckett finds. Bravo for him.
Looking forward to more of your intriguing outings. Be well…from Thurso, Quebec, CANADA.!
Thank you ❤️
So many awesome Thames treasures! Very interesting history of the Dove typeface, Nicola. I hope you enjoyed Angelo's concert, I'm sure it was amazing!💖
Nice video! I loved your friends Thomas Becket finds. He is working on a remarkable group of beautiful relics!
Highlight of my day is when you post anything on TH-cam xxx keep em coming...maybe time for an all girls reunion xxx
thanks Sue, Yes, high time for a ladies who lark!
Thank you so much Nicola, YOU ROCK!!. Wonderful eclectic mix of finds and I always LOVE THE HISTORY ❤ What a generous gift, all of those BEAUTIFUL old locks! I soooo WANT them, I LOVE them!! 😂 xox Teresa ❤❤❤🇦🇺
The video should be entitled ‘Shades of White’. Thanks Nic
Halllooo Nicola from Germany!! I love watching your videos at all times, they bring me peace and excitement at the same time . I so wish to someday be able to mudlark somewhere as well and to find some amazing pieces of history. But on another note,.... I always get sad when you throw away broke off pipe stems. I think you could make one of your astonishing pieces of art out of them. Maybe not a fish but a big pipe on drift wood out of lots of broken pipe stems. That way they will get saved as the history piece of old age they are and become meaning again.
Being artsy is awesome 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻