SWAMP Digging for Victorian treasures! A surprise American relic found!
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- Watch Si and Tim as they get knee deep in muddy water in pursuit of long lost Victorian treasures. Watch them find all manner of Victoriana that is cleaned, researched and upcycled! For more dump digging - • EYEBALLS, potions and ...
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Thanks for watching Mudlovers. Enjoy another crazy dump digging episode th-cam.com/video/Bi0Nqk-U0SU/w-d-xo.html 👍🏻🐾🧡🍺
And a big thanks to your mum for making your sandwiches to keep you going xx
Will you sell me the “Boots Cash Chemist” bottle? My Son’s nickname is Boot. I’m in America-Georgia-31558. PLEASE!❤️
@@cindydeen4594 Hi Cindy - email me sxsi@aol.com
I found the bottle! I sent a message begging for lower postage. I am not too proud to beg.😆
Thank you Sir for Mudloving from the Continent !
The blue colour of the Dolly blue, was added to white washing to bring out the white colour. They still add a blue colour to modern washing powder, like Persil. If you look at washing powder you can see the blue flecks.
As far as stains were concerned, the stain would have been scrubbed out using washing soap, usually on a wash board 👍🏻
Love the little figurine, plus your addition of the Blue Guitar!
*"Things as they are,*
*Are changed upon the blue guitar..."*
- Wallace Stevens
Enjoyed this so much! Beautiful bottles and things. I just moved to Connecticut a few years ago and have been amazed at all of the English names everywhere. Thanks, guys!
Your videos are so interesting to watch and the reason I stay up past midnight! Thank you so much for great content and for teaching us such interesting parts of history. - From NJ, USA
Gosh Si you are very talented.
I'm having withdrawal pains. I have to rewatch your videos just to make it to Sunday.
Your artistic imagination, plus abilities, are amazing.love the cat😀
Thanks so much 👍🏻🐾🧡
Love the finished dish with gold leaf and the boy, they turned out great!
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Thanks Anna! 👍🏻🐾🧡
Reconstruction of the finds turned out great Si! Restoring History!❤I love the bone ring you found! Love jewelry finds the most!
Cheers Jenny 👍🏻🐾🧡
Oh Simon! I love the little mug bowl!
Thank you x
Oh! The cup bottom turned out absolutely beautiful! I knew it would, you're so talented! And the poison bottle made a stunning vase! I love it!
Thanks Lark 👍🏻🐾🧡
Is Lark your actual name? it is lovely, larks are such beautiful little birds with little punky hair-dos!!!
@@janesalisbury3686 yes, Lark is my real name. Apparently my dad saw a painting before I was thought of and Lark was in the title of the piece and he liked it. I get people thinking I'm a man, but, nope, I'm a woman😊
@@larkdavis6041 Funny that people assume Lark is a male name. It sounds very feminine to me! Maybe they're thinking of Clark!
Great finds😀👍🏻
Your the man, with your gold leaf...🤗
Haha. Thanks. Nelson better watch out while he’s sleeping or I’ll build him. 😂
You even read my mind!!! Outstanding! LOL. Ooooo, love the waves with gold leaf. You’re so artistic! Figure too cute!
Thanks so much Liz 👍🏻🐾🧡
Looks quality, with the gold!
Thank you Simon for the very fun video. Holiday weekend here in the US and I often forget what day it is on a 3 day weekend. Ah, Sunday Si-finds will have a video! Love the blue bottles, and the made over upcycled mug. Alas(for me!) it has been sold.
Hi Leesa, thanks so much. I’m sure there will be more chances to get something soon x
Another great video with excellent history lesson. Fantastic work you do with the finds.
Cheers Russ!
A tip for you, Si: I have heard and read, that if you cut/snip glass while it's under water, you can have cleaner cuts and breaks with far less cracking and large amounts coming off on accident. Would be worth trying in the future, in my opinion.
Nice one cheers!
Water is used in the shaping/edging of spectacle lenses.
Si, Nice touch with the gold leaf
Cheers Eric 👍🏻🐾🧡
Thanks Si, lovely video.
Thanks so much 👍🏻🐾🧡
Cucumber water - still in use today. That’s a nice green bottle. Lovely blue bottle. English alligators? Outside of the zoo? No, I don’t think so, lol. I enjoyed the rail/steamer history. The blue and white piece came out beautifully. Now it can hold earrings, or pins, or cuff links, or paper clips. Great job, Si. Lovely dragonfly.
ThAnks Coni 👍🏻🐾🧡
Great video!! Love the old bottles
😂 damn victorian children breaking codd bottles for the marble, ya got a good laugh from me there. awesome finds.
A masterpiece on the blue & white, Si. So lovely.
Cheers Sandra! 👍🏻🐾🧡
I love seeing Nelson! He is so cute 😍
He says thanks 🐈⬛
I will coming next weekend
Yes bottle digging with Tim can only mean onE thing what'st Kev got in his sandwiches. 👍😁🍀💯
Haha
Wow you’re video had it all. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks David! 👍🏻🐾🧡
Rings like that bone one are still used in sewing clothing, though made of plastic now. Cabone, they are used to form eyelets and other purposes. I'm surprised you don't find more of them.
"looking a bit 'ruff'". GROAN! LOL
😂
Cool dig mate, love all the social history in the dumps like that, well worth dodging those alligators 😂👍
Haha cheers matey
Nice finds Si, good to see Nelson again (spoilt boy) 😁 x
Oh he his 😉
Love the research and history social or otherwise, was also nice to see you live on northants on friday last, keep it up. From an avid Si fan.
Lovely video
Love your vids Si. Watching from Maine usa. Look forward to all your vids!
Same here from upstate New York
Cheers Lynda! 👍🏻🐾🧡
You two had me giggling,love watching you muck about and seeing your beautiful treasures...i want to come mudlarking with you guys.
Aw thanks! 👍🏻🐾🧡
That thing you thought was a ring could have been a curtain ring for a curtain rod to run through it
Woo Hoo! Love it all! Love ya Si! so crafty n ur cute giggle lol :-)xo
Can u cut those plates? make plate 'medallions' out of the logos? I know u'd make an awsum display for them. Cant wait for the next lark, once a week is never enuf! :-)xo
Yes I could. One upcycle at a time 😂
11:40 Watching you with the flagon was hilarious. I was pointing at the broken top on the ground and telling you about it, and you clearly heard me because you put in the subtitle that it WASN'T the top to that flagon. I burst out laughing. Great fun! :D
Hehe. Thanks. Yes I did think that I might get told the top was right there.
The rivers that feed into the Thames were loaded with textile mills and the waters ran green and purple with dyes until the 1960 when major changes were made to dumping. Now they are recovering just like your Thames is with fish and birds. Small world.
Fun dig!
The doggy is "looking a bit ruff" LOL!
I thought the little figurine looked like he was holding a Christmas goose!
Nice restorations. You are very talented. Cheers Simon! 🏴😊👍🇺🇸
Love the upcycling ~ so relaxing and interesting to watch you create. Cheers!
Thanks Lili 🧡👍🏻🐾
Really enjoyed this Si and Kev. Loved the up cycling Si 👍😉👍
Cheers Nic 👍🏻🐾🧡
@@Sifinds 🥰
A flying V would have looked nice on the statue.....lol
Love chickens and Nelson - that pipe is so round - not seen that before - thinks it’s new?
Could be an unrecorded one!?
Only Nicola can say! Could be 😎
@@jillrector7176 ‘The Society for clay pipe research’ are the ones to talk to
Excellent and entertaining episode. Hope you’re feeling better, sounds like you’re getting over a cold?
Take care and cheers to the Digger of the Day🏆💫✌🏽🥇
Cheers Linda. I don’t get colds, all that mud has made me immune
Yeah! Si's new video.
Cheers 👍🏻🐾🧡🍺
Some nice pieces Si, I like how you did the gold leaf edge on that pot. Well done matey
Thanks so much! 👍🏻🐾🧡
Isn’t Fall River where Lizzie Borden was from?
Sweet work on your finds Simon!
Cheers Tom! 👍🏻🐾🧡
Curtain ring often used as a poor persons wedding ring for a day then back in the button box..... gold humbrol enamal cheaper than leaf.
I live on the Thames River in Connecticut, although we dont pronounce it the way u do. It's pretty cool tho
Nice one! 👍🏻🐾🧡Wonder where it got the name from?
I live in Arizona, there is in Lake Havasu Arizona, a London Bridge. Been there many times.
The little bone ring is probably for a curtain.
I think it’s too small for that
Lizzie Borden is from Fall River…it was a working class town.
Hi man good 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙋♀️🤙🤟👋👋👋👋👋
What was the stuff you mixed together to fix the little doll? I have a ceramic octopus/alien my son made in school and some of the arms have been broken off.
Bone ring could be a curtain ring?
Possibly
0:49 what is the square shear lip bottle to the left of the broken marmalade jar? Dug one of those up years ago and it has stumped Me ever since. Happy hunting!
It’s a plain utility. Used for anything from cough mixture to food colouring
Thanks man! Don't find much of that around here, town was formed around 1900. Mostly screw top here! :/
35:00 - a bit "ruff" haha!
Interesting finds!! And strangley.. I enjoy hearing what your sandwiches are!! Im gonna try ham and cucumber. Is it with butter? Or do you call pickles ..cucumbers... Sometimes translations are rough.
Bread / butter / ham slices / Cucumber 🥒
Engaged to Stig of the dump
What happened to the Boots bottle? It was my favorite.
Tim found that
Omg so much good stuff! Mullins infant food made the first commercially available breast milk replacement formula. Eliminating the need to find a wet nurse if mother's could produce their own milk. 🙂
Ah thanks!
If mothers could NOT...
Also the chickens are moulting 👍🏻
That’s what I said x
@@Sifinds Sorry, I didn’t hear that bit 🤣🤣 or as my mother used to say “They are on the pook” 🤷🏼♀️ Some strange scottish word which I have never heard anywhere else 🤣🤣
...."TB, Scurvy, Rickets" and I am sure some poor children got weils disease from being in an area that rats were (such as a bottle dump).
EEEEEE!! MY hometown IS Norwich Connecticut! Right on the Thames. Thames is pronounced with the "TH" as in "this or That ", in Connecticut. The Thames flows from Norwich south west to Long Island Sound where it splits Groton and New London. The city borders being right in the middle of the river and the Goldstar Memorial Bridge spans the gap between the two towns/ cities. The two native tribes on opposite banks are the Mashentuckette Pequot and the Mohegan's. Groton and New London were very important whaling and fishing towns with many a naval battle there at the mouth of the Thames. To this day there is a naval submarine base at Groton next to General Dynamics sub base which builds and refits submarines for the US government and is one of the major employers in that area. Norwich was settled in 1659. That is not old to you across the pond but it is here! My mother never allowed me to go to Groton/New London because of the sailors. Im sure historically many a mother felt that way Lol. 💜
Wow! Thhhhames eh? 😉
@@Sifinds YESSSS.😄
Fall River was quite a historic industrial town. 50 years ago, many of the mills were still standing. Having family in New London, Norwich and Uncasville, we always pronounced Thames just like they do in England. Maybe people changed the way it’s pronounced in the last 40 years.
@@patstats1 Born and raised in Norwich. My mom was from New London my dad from Boston. I'm in my mid 60s. Never heard anyone from the area pronounced Th as just T. Unless they had a speech impediment. Just working class people with no exposure to British pronunciation. Lots of things with the name Thhhhhames. Streets, hospitals, buildings, companies.🙃
I currently live in the original Norwich, in the UK
The cucumber found itself in a pickle after a jarring experience 😥🍻
That’s so bad!!! Love it!!!
Gert’s Garden. I know, I feel like such a dill 😜🍻
😂
Best wishes on your engagement to the dump! 😆 Fall River is an interesting place… it is also the location of the 1892 unsolved double murder of Lizzie Borden’s parents.
Great finds and up cycling and a happy black cat!! What more could you ask for?!💕😺😺😺
Cheers Jackie 👍🏻🐾🧡
First of all, I completely understand Nelson's obsession with having you stroke him all the time. Secondly, that light blue bottle is so beautiful! 💙 I had to pause the video and stare at it for a bit 😍 And thirdly... (I'll shut up soon) I love the upcycled mug! So clever! When I'm trying to reshape pottery bits I use two special rocks I have (like a cave man, I just hit it and hope for the best 😂) I've just ordered a tile nipper ❤️ Thanks for another awesome video!
Hey Beth. Yes I’m the best at stroking. Yes those nippers are fab, I’m surprised I’ve never really used them on my finds until now… 👍🏻🐾🧡
That was an especially nice vid! The connection to here in Massachusetts was a wonderful surprise. When I originally saw the mug bottom, I thought it would make a nice cat bowl for Nelson, but your upcycled end product was really clever.
I also didn't know that we had a Thames River, here in the United States... However I can't say that I'm surprised about it. Our "Founding Fathers" weren't known for their originality when naming places, rivers, mountains, etc. Still, very neat to learn about it. Thanks for sharing, and educating us on U.S. history, Si! 😁
Yep: I live not far from the Thames, and have crossed it frequently. However, we don't call it 'Tems'; we say it as spelled, pronouncing the TH, and rhyming with 'James'.
In New London, they just had their annual 'Burning of Benedict Arnold' festival, commemorating his attack on the town in 1780. Arnold was a native of Norwich, not far upriver, and led British forces to burn NL down, including a brutal assault and massacre at Fort Griswold. The next year, the locals decided to burn him in effigy; this ceremony soon spread throughout the States, and continued up until the Civil War. It was recently revived in NL, and I have had the dubious honor of portraying Arnold a couple of times.
However, in consideration of Arnold's service at Saratoga, one leg of the effigy, representing his wound there, is removed before the burning, and symbolically 'buried'.
New England has hundreds of towns named after the towns in England and Scotland.
A great lucky bag of treats this time Simon. Treasure hunting, social history, creative upcycling and of course a guest appearance from our little friend Nelson! 😸 Many thanks.
Cheers Paddy 👍🏻🐾🧡
Lovely finds! Wonderful job on the figurine! Yuck on all the mudwater you had to dig! Beautiful pipes! ❤️
I live in Rhode Island where Narragansett Bay is located.It’s still has many beautiful water views.
Outstanding research on the Fall River Line. As a former resident of the New England region I found this very interesting. I am familiar with the Groton and New London Connecticut areas. Thanks for sharing,
My pleasure Neil! 👍🏻🐾🧡
Hiya Si another fab video....... pls can you clear something up for me is it a pipe bulb or pipe bowl, can never make it out..... as always huge huggles from Scotland 🏴🤗🏴🤗🏴🤗🏴
Cheers Jess. It’s a bowl. Ta 🐾🧡
The ring could be used for sewing 🪡 lovely flagon, shame the top was missing. Good use of the poison, grow some flowers 💐 lol. Simon is married to the dump, love it 😂😂 I’m in London next week for a school outing, sadly not on the Thames 😂⭐️⚓️ I wished though lol
Cheers Adam. I think you should sneak off for a Mudlark
@@Sifinds wished I could, not got permit yet, will before Christmas hopefully
Always find it therapeutic watching you upcycle your finds. Bottle dump was a success. Loved all the different coloured bottles. Did you ever make a windwchime out of the cutlery? Have a good week xx
Thanks. No not yet
Looking at the gold pom poms on the little doll, and after you added the guitar I think you got it dead right, it's a Mexican Mariachi player.
that's the first thing I thought of, too.
Ah great stuff 👍🏻🐾🧡
I think Fall River was Lizzie Borden's home town.
The doll’s head over Tim’s body was funny, Simon!😆
Fantastic day in the swamp, I love the finds and what you did to up cycle them.
I wonder if you have tried UV light and H2O2 solution on some of your finds?
What for mate?
The first thing I thought of when I saw Falls River was Lizzie Borden.
Fall River, Massachusetts was the home of Lizzie Borden.
Thanks for the info on the Fall River Line, I am in New England and had no clue. I learn something new everyday.
Cool. You should check out that museum and report back to me!
Lovely video with lots of Information and knowledge about the awesome findings. Really enjoyed n learned. Love your DIY crafts . You ROCK my world. Love the beautiful colourful cleaned up bottles.
Enjoy
With Love from SAM
Guwahati Assam INDIA
Cheers Sam. Keep running 👍🏻
So fascinating to see your finds ! Find myself yearning for the days when life was more simple , but of course a much harder life , now or then ?
"Oh Im so good at digging! Look at me!" So cute
Loved all the finds, I saw the California elixir, and thought of what they would call snake elixir back in the western days. The elixir was supposed to cure anything, mostly made of alcohol. LOL Then I saw what looked like a little cowboy figurine, and thought there's the little cowboy who sold that elixir. LOL I had a great time with you both, have a good week.
Cheers Pat! Yes booze was often the main ingredient
Greetings from California! California Fig Syrup was pretty popular. Probably quite delicious too! I’ve seen most of the mud larks find these bottles. It was sold as a laxative, and was probably effective naturally. But I do love the old, embossed bottles, especially the “snake oil Sam” ones…selling possibly harmful ingredients with wild claims of cures.
The little figurine reminds me of the Mariachi Band players as the hat looks like a sombrero.
Yes that sounds right
Need a apex garrett i have no money sir
INSANE you found a bit of Fall River History. I grew up a few towns over from Fall River, though closer to New Bedford, in a little town called Wareham. There's a Wareham in Dorset UK which is our official sister town. The house I grew up in was built in 1783, and I'd give my high teeth to go back there and metal detect in that yard. But yeah, wow, I also spent a lot of time in Connecticut where that Taunton steamer was beached and had NO CLUE of this history. AWESOME VIDEO.
Thanks so much! Amazing history in one small sherd!
Top job as allways amazing work and top upload keep them coming 👍 👍 👍 👍 brother tyson legend u are and see you at the next 👍
Cheers pal 🍺👍🏻🐾🧡
Wow that’s so cool. I’m in Rhode Island in between Massachusetts and Connecticut. I’ll have to go and check it out.
Yeah be a good adventure