OUGHT...I ought to spend less time on my computer watching TH-cam, and more time cleaning house and working in the yard. BUT, oh well I am hooked on wonderful videos like yours. Thank you.
Fascinating as usual! Just amazes me how much history has been castaway in the river. I told my wife the other day, one of my top five items on my bucket list is to find a complete pipe from the 1600's on the Thames. Thank you for taking us with you!!
I am so facinated by mudlarking on the river Themes. I was in London back just after WW II and was on my way to see my girl friend in Manchester, who I corresponded with for several years. But Mudlarking, my gosh, the things you find, and to me, finding History is the best part of life. To try and visualize the person who carried it, who were they were, and now it's history being revealed through your efforts, Don't stop ! Me? I am a retired Aerospace worker, at 92. My wife passed away May 8 2019 at age 103. What a woman ! I live in Hitchcock, Texas, just outside Galveston, a city rich with history. I served in the Merchant Marine during the last year of the war. So be safe, and I wish you long life for MUDLARKING, I love it ! David
One of the things...among many...that I love about your channel is that it is so pure of heart!! The content is shared with love and excitement, well researched and always delightfully interesting. There isn’t any drama or any of the unpleasantness that seems to follow some of the TH-cam community, it is just a sharing of information and discovery with other interested people. I love reading the comments and imagining chatting some of the lovely people who comment with ideas which exactly mirror my own opinions about Nicola’s lovely channel. It is just a wonderful place to come and be a kid again finding treasure!! Thank you so much for this delightful window on the past and being able to relive some of our own childish “treasure hunts”. Thank you and cheers!!
We live in Florida. I must say we do enjoy watching all your videos of mudlarking. Also we do appreciate the time you invest in research the history behind the objects you recover. Thank you so much for enlightening us on the histories associated with your country, which we would have otherwise not known.
Thank you Mark! Delighted you're all enjoying the videos. I'm also learning a great deal as I go on. It's extra motivating to find out information and do research when you actually find something in the mud. It's history you can touch. Thank you for watching. Nicola
The shard of pottery with "ought" on it is a piece of transfer ware from Staffordshire. Usually with moral snippets which suggested how people should behave...they were cheap and popular as gifts.
I can only wish that History Channel discovers you and your well researched episodes. Audience participation is unusual and they should find that attractive. You are a natural with your suave understated style and natural beauty and appeal. Fingers crossed.
The detail in the Queen Victoria 1/3 pence was/is breathtaking. Only a handful of skilled tradesman/ artist could conjure such a thought provoking masterpiece.
The ink jar is my favorite but you can't help but wonder about the history of all the things that come out of the mud along the Thames. Thank you for sharing your outings with us, it's fun to explore another place and time.
Thank you for the lovely video. My health has taken a turn for the worse and your videos, if only for a short time, allow me to (mentally) leave my bed and search the Thames mud with you. I think you OUGHT to make many more of these wonderful videos!
I fell and broke both my arm pretty bad so no lifting or pulling. No house work or cooking. So now I get to watch mudlarking till my heart is content. Love watching you from Kentucky Nicola.
H &V T Key. Well, my front door key is one of theirs and I recognised the curlicues as soon as you retrieved it from the river. My front door dates from 1941 and the original key is still used! Thanks for yet another fascinating video.
It's actually H&T (Henry and Thomas) Vaughan, a Victorian lock manufacturers. I have one of their No.4 locks,which was designed arround 1910, on my shop door. It was already there when my grandad bought the shop in 1966. Vaughn's was taken over by Yale in 1928 but the name continued to be used until well after WW2.
I have a lead stamp quite similar to the one you found. They would pound the lead from a bullet block used to make musket balls into a flat surface and have someone who could write engrave it so they could mark their kit with an ink and lamp black mix. They were usually tied to their sea chest and to make their mark they would fill the impression with the ink and press the items on it leaving the letters on the item correctly once done. Sailor's would place their names on the tails of their shirts so that if they were killed they could be identified. And it was hidden from sight during their duties. Really nice find! Maybe you can track down a family member and find out what happened to him.
@@stuartwilliams4898 It would be mirror image when printed... the surface of the lead plate would be inked and then flipped face down onto whatever was being tagged.
Wonderful video, Nicola! Some great finds and the beauty of the Thames never grows old. Thank you so much for letting us participate in your live stream with Matt in Virginia today. I really enjoy your mudlarking videos.
Nicola, you should have your own show on Discovery! ;) Great video, I love the way you produce your videos. I also loved the script " Thank you for watching" in the sand. Just beautifully done! Keep them coming.
I love how you bring old lost things back to life and give them a purpose. Just goes to prove that nothing really dies.. Your a special kind of artist..
@@cindyilbcnu763 I second that statement 👍 All humans are in the gutter BUT some of us are always looking up at the stars! 😄🌟🌟🌟 Is that a cannon in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me? 😜🙊
Always interesting Nicola could spend hours just watching you mudlarking finding history , and today you video cheer'd me up in such hard times here in Christchurch NZ thank you
AWESOME! so blue marble and the ink bottle. Thanks for taking us with you, I feel like I am right there with you, getting excited. I love the music you pick and everything just flows. Best china finds...'I ought' was a prophetic word, lol. Thanks for being you and creating amazing things with all you find .
It was lovely to see some pottery in a colour other than the usual blue & white. I also didn’t realise that that type of key was that old. It looked just like a key from today, except it was decorated better. I really like the RNH buttons you find as that anchor is quite stunning. Thank you for sharing.
The round ball is what was called Grape Shot or Canister shot. It was clustered inside a small tube and had a fuse of gunpowder down the center. You can see the rusty spot where it was attached to the center. The small round disk with the either letter "K" or Seagull is very pretty. Maybe Si can tell you what it is. The flat keys are funny! What a shock to find on the shore. The little ring is old and may be a precious stone. I love your videos and look forward to all the new ones. I've learned so much from your work. I am now catching up on the Man in the Hat videos. And I also follow Si-finds, and my buddy - Chill Bill. Of all the videos I watch, you, from the Isles are the most wonderful to comment to. You respond back, and for that, I thank you. I am a double cancer survivor and the videos are my nightly ritual I do for my self.
God bless you Nicola, you are a blessing to watch, so keep up the good work and keep finding tresuures for heaven above that is gifted to you, and I get to watch it, take care, and say hello to thames for me...
It's always such a joy to watch you mudlarking on the River Thames. I am still flabbergasted by how the mud is able to preserve such history just waiting to be found. Fantastic work Nicola.❤
The coin with the K could be an old jury voting token...but it kinda looked a bit like a flying seagull to me and not a K, if turned a bit. But I could def be wrong. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing your treasure hunts with us. :)
I recently discovered your channel and I'm hooked! I appreciate how you show what your looking at before you pick it up.i try and guess what your seeing,very rarely get it. I also love the little bits of history you give as well as showing some of the wildlife. Being from the USA I find it interesting. Thank you for sharing with us.
I really enjoy your adventures & the way you present them. It's good you show birds flying as I enjoy photographing birds also as I did today with many pictures of eagles & geese. It's Gods way of showing beauty of flight. Your showing some of the past in what you find reminded me of Sir Winston Churchill & what he did in your past to give you the freedom to enjoy each day to find relics. Keep doing more so we viewers can enjoy & learn.
Hi Nicola, I only found your video's at the weekend and I am already hooked! Going to apply for a permit with PLA as I went to a Tower of London beach day a few years back and loved every minute of it. Thank you for being an inspiration!
My happiness is tucking myself into bed around 12am and watching you at the Thames, I Ought to go to bed earlier, but I'm hooked watching to see what to find and I have conversations with you 😂 often you will be looking at something and I've spotted something s.aying "oh wonder what that is" ? Really involved. Loved the music Nicola, loved Nan's keys seemed like a great sence of humour to me. Right I Oughter get some sleep. Night all xx
Hello! It was so good to see a new video from you! Not only do I look forward to what you will find, but the music, the river with wildlife is always an extra treat!!! Thank you for that! It’s true with so many of us I’m sure..... that I wonder what the person was doing at that time .... what was life like for them. Again A heartfelt Thank you for sharing with us!!!!! Tacoma Wa USA
Victoria was Queen of the UK from 1837 to 1901- the longest reign except for Elizabeth II’s. But the youthful portrait of Victoria on this coin marks it as being from early in her reign.
"Ought"- I ought to relax a bit and not think so many negative thoughts. Also I ought to get brave about a new thing I want to try. I am daydreaming about my new project now. Thank you for another inspiring video.
I ought to be combing the shore,s of the Susquehanna here in central Pennsylvania. I feel so rested after watching your videos. Thanks for taking us along.
Gosh, I wish I could smash the like button tons of times at your videos! I ought to be sculpting, cause I have a deadline to make. Loved these items and lovely music. So relaxing. Blessings
Nicola - You got some fantastic finds out there in the mud! I really liked the buttons and the lead ball. Both of your Victoria coins are really interesting looking. Thanks for the info on researching them. I liked your ring. I found a gold plated brass soldier's ring metal detecting a Civil War camp about a week ago. Your ink well was a real shocker to be in such good condition. I bet it is around 1840-1860 at a guess. Thanks for the hunt it was very interesting! H.H.
Nicola the grape shot ball is also consistent with a Falconet cannon ball. Usually iron rather than lead though, but the size looks very similar. Great video and finds. Hopefully nan will get her keys back 👍
Beautiful job, production. Great video and sound track, your best to date. Congratulations on all your discoveries and thanks for the history on each. 👏👏👏
Interesting and very nice as always ! Love the pennies, when I was a child I loved looking at the dates and imagining the times and people who’d briefly owned them. It wasn’t unusual to have Victorian pennies in ones pocket (or purse !) I think the lead ball is some sort of shot - they came in all sizes - not necessarily grape or canister shot. The lead plate is a mystery, perhaps a sort of stencil for a kit bag or something ?
Finally I have found the significance of 'Nan's keys' Several of your videos reference them and I've always been intrigued! Have to admit I splattered my screen with a mouthful of G&T when you revealed the very special part of the keyring. I can just picture her raving the night away whilst flogging bulk toilet roll from Makro!
So wonderful to see that pair of Geese back at the foreshore! Love Queen Victoria Shilling. What an adorable little ink bottle! Lovely music Nicola! Will be looking up some of your great finds! Here's a chart of Grapeshot and Iron shot sizes, weights, etcc. Perhaps you can match it? x
Whoopsy!!! www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS808US808&q=shot+and+shells,+iron+ball+cannon+shot&tbm=isch&sou Here's the small deck gun that I believe that shot you found may have come from. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swivel_gun
Beautiful opening! Lovely compilation of the birds to build off the bird picture on the china. Good finds. The Victoria 1/3 shilling, ink well and perfume bottle were very nice finds. Thank you for putting the time into creating the artistic and educational video :)
Nic, I think the K is a bird, when you turned it around especially. Had to laugh, when you picked up the Victoria coin ( first one) before you could get the words out I said to myself Victoria. Which is crazy that I (US citizen) would know, but goes to show you how much I’ve learned from your fact filled, interesting & well done videos. Thanks for never disappointing.
I wonder if William’s lead piece, was a tag on a foot locker. Maybe a sole pattern for slippers. Since he was in hospital. Or hung on the wall for a coat on robe. Then again when in service it might have been in a place where he worked, like hanging tools or a drawer of his things. I love watching all the beautiful finds! Well done, cheers.
Your videos are so inspiring! Always a joy to watch over here in San Clemente California. I love your videos, and you ought to make jewelry or some sort of mosaic mirror with all of your findings
Another great film Nicola. The Victoria coin is known as a bun, as it depicted her with her hair in a bun when she was still relatively young. I guess you know that. Keep sloshing around in the Thames mud please (and see you on the March on Saturday!).
Mavolous finds Nicola. Thank you. I have a good imagination at times looking at your finds. The lead with the name backwards looks like a template to me. Possibly for a shoe corrective instep? The lead shot with all the markings looks like runes to me. The ring looks like a very old type setting. Old British money was so confusing. Plus the stingy rich cheating cabbies out of a couple pence , when they were out in all sorts of wet freezing weather, waiting on the privileged for hours sometimes until they stumbled out of the pub or brothel, abusing the horse's to get them across town in record time. Then they quibble over 2 pence. That's cheek! See ... lots of imagination. Lol.😉😂🤗thank you again.💚
Another very interesting trip to the river! You have some very intriguing finds. I love that ink bottle. The lead tag really triggers the imagination, as well as the coins. Money was so hard to come by back then that I'm sure was it was a big deal to who ever lost it. I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you that you have wonderful taste in music! Now we know where your son gets his talent. I've listened to some of his music on TH-cam and really enjoyed it. Thanks for another great video ( you edit them very well) and I look forward to the next one. God bless and be safe and best wishes to you and yours. 🤗
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OUGHT...I ought to spend less time on my computer watching TH-cam, and more time cleaning house and working in the yard. BUT, oh well I am hooked on wonderful videos like yours. Thank you.
Lynda Michler, hahahahaha Lynda, so true, I am the same. Cheers
Lovely Skull 9
Thank heavens ,I am not the only one..hehehe ;)
Lynda Michler man you can throw down cleaning and yard work mighty impressive.
ditto
Fascinating as usual! Just amazes me how much history has been castaway in the river. I told my wife the other day, one of my top five items on my bucket list is to find a complete pipe from the 1600's on the Thames. Thank you for taking us with you!!
I am so facinated by mudlarking on the river Themes. I was in London back just after WW II and was on my way to see my girl friend in Manchester, who I corresponded with for several years. But Mudlarking, my gosh, the things you find, and to me, finding History is the best part of life. To try and visualize the person who carried it, who were they were, and now it's history being revealed through your efforts, Don't stop ! Me? I am a retired Aerospace worker, at 92. My wife passed away May 8 2019 at age 103. What a woman ! I live in Hitchcock, Texas, just outside Galveston, a city rich with history. I served in the Merchant Marine during the last year of the war. So be safe, and I wish you long life for MUDLARKING, I love it ! David
One of the things...among many...that I love about your channel is that it is so pure of heart!! The content is shared with love and excitement, well researched and always delightfully interesting. There isn’t any drama or any of the unpleasantness that seems to follow some of the TH-cam community, it is just a sharing of information and discovery with other interested people. I love reading the comments and imagining chatting some of the lovely people who comment with ideas which exactly mirror my own opinions about Nicola’s lovely channel. It is just a wonderful place to come and be a kid again finding treasure!! Thank you so much for this delightful window on the past and being able to relive some of our own childish “treasure hunts”. Thank you and cheers!!
Thank you ♥️
We live in Florida. I must say we do enjoy watching all your videos of mudlarking. Also we do appreciate the time you invest in research the history behind the objects you recover. Thank you so much for enlightening us on the histories associated with your country, which we would have otherwise not known.
Thank you Mark! Delighted you're all enjoying the videos. I'm also learning a great deal as I go on. It's extra motivating to find out information and do research when you actually find something in the mud. It's history you can touch. Thank you for watching. Nicola
I, like others here, find your videos very calming to watch Nicola.
Thank you Sally. I'm glad about that x
I agree. Gorgeous voice, very well suited to narration.
The shard of pottery with "ought" on it is a piece of transfer ware from Staffordshire. Usually with moral snippets which suggested how people should behave...they were cheap and popular as gifts.
I can only wish that History Channel discovers you and your well researched episodes. Audience participation is unusual and they should find that attractive. You are a natural with your suave understated style and natural beauty and appeal. Fingers crossed.
Thanks Hugh. What a lovely thing to say x
The detail in the Queen Victoria 1/3 pence was/is breathtaking. Only a handful of skilled tradesman/ artist
could conjure such a thought provoking masterpiece.
Your channel is brilliant. I love you passion for history, it is so invigorating. Cheers
The ink jar is my favorite but you can't help but wonder about the history of all the things that come out of the mud along the Thames. Thank you for sharing your outings with us, it's fun to explore another place and time.
I just love the history behind your finds. River Thames keeps on giving. Thank you for sharing.
Gosh Nicola it is so much fun to visit with you ....I love the Thames , the great fines ,the birds and your company ...thank you so very much
My pleasure Yvonne. Thank you for watching x
You ought to win the mudlarkers award of the year with Si-Finds as second runner up
I would say... Hmmm. Two sides of the coin ?
Thank you for the lovely video. My health has taken a turn for the worse and your videos, if only for a short time, allow me to (mentally) leave my bed and search the Thames mud with you. I think you OUGHT to make many more of these wonderful videos!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them. If only I had the time I'd make more x
I fell and broke both my arm pretty bad so no lifting or pulling. No house work or cooking. So now I get to watch mudlarking till my heart is content. Love watching you from Kentucky Nicola.
Love that music you choose, often wonder if your singing, I enjoyed you singing with your son, lol
Nicola ought to know I like her productions , and her sense of humor.
Ms. White, mellow as ever with zero clickbait. Thank you.
I'd love you know more about that ring. The ink bottle is stunning too! The color is so vibrant. Lovely video as always!
H &V T Key. Well, my front door key is one of theirs and I recognised the curlicues as soon as you retrieved it from the river. My front door dates from 1941 and the original key is still used! Thanks for yet another fascinating video.
It's actually H&T (Henry and Thomas) Vaughan, a Victorian lock manufacturers. I have one of their No.4 locks,which was designed arround 1910, on my shop door. It was already there when my grandad bought the shop in 1966. Vaughn's was taken over by Yale in 1928 but the name continued to be used until well after WW2.
I have a lead stamp quite similar to the one you found. They would pound the lead from a bullet block used to make musket balls into a flat surface and have someone who could write engrave it so they could mark their kit with an ink and lamp black mix. They were usually tied to their sea chest and to make their mark they would fill the impression with the ink and press the items on it leaving the letters on the item correctly once done.
Sailor's would place their names on the tails of their shirts so that if they were killed they could be identified. And it was hidden from sight during their duties. Really nice find! Maybe you can track down a family member and find out what happened to him.
Obviously an ID tag but I am totally baffled as to why the name is written in mirror image?
@@stuartwilliams4898 when you apply paint you have a block printer for placing your name on items.
What a fascinating explanation !!
@@stuartwilliams4898 It would be mirror image when printed... the surface of the lead plate would be inked and then flipped face down onto whatever was being tagged.
Wonderful video, Nicola! Some great finds and the beauty of the Thames never grows old. Thank you so much for letting us participate in your live stream with Matt in Virginia today. I really enjoy your mudlarking videos.
Nicola, you should have your own show on Discovery! ;) Great video, I love the way you produce your videos. I also loved the script " Thank you for watching" in the sand. Just beautifully done! Keep them coming.
Thank you x
Yes, and maybe a curator from the British Museum, or other local experts, could have guest appearances, explaining some of the items. Would be fun!
More watch TH-cam channels these days, than tv shows. 👍
Another well done presentation. I can't say often enough how much I look forward to your posts. Thanks !
Thank you for showing the before and after of your fabulous finds!
I love how you bring old lost things back to life and give them a purpose. Just goes to prove that nothing really dies.. Your a special kind of artist..
Thank you x
I feel a theme developing this week... between Nan’s keyring and Si Find’s flaccid toy cannon 😂
And I bet Si spent longer rubbing it clean than Nicola did 😮😇
🤫🤫
and I thought I was the only one that noticed the shape of Si's cannon! good to know there are others with like minds!
@@cindyilbcnu763 I second that statement 👍 All humans are in the gutter BUT some of us are always looking up at the stars! 😄🌟🌟🌟 Is that a cannon in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me? 😜🙊
Yes ! 😄. ... Not to point too fine a point. On it that cannon has melted. As Paul Simon would ... 'How come I'm so soft in the middle' ???
Always interesting Nicola could spend hours just watching you mudlarking finding history , and today you video cheer'd me up in such hard times here in Christchurch NZ thank you
@opal wokaty thank you Opal wokaty
Thinking of Christchurch at the moment, I'm a kiwi but lived in UK for 20 years
So sorry to all you kiwis. From an aussie across the ditch 😥
@@annewolfe419 thank you so much our fellow Aussies think it's affecting Australians as mush as us kiwis once again thank you
I'm always smiling when I finish watching your video's, Thank you! Sometimes I LOL that's always a good thing!
AWESOME! so blue marble and the ink bottle. Thanks for taking us with you, I feel like I am right there with you, getting excited. I love the music you pick and everything just flows. Best china finds...'I ought' was a prophetic word, lol. Thanks for being you and creating amazing things with all you find .
Thank you! X
Seconded👍
It was lovely to see some pottery in a colour other than the usual blue & white. I also didn’t realise that that type of key was that old. It looked just like a key from today, except it was decorated better. I really like the RNH buttons you find as that anchor is quite stunning. Thank you for sharing.
I love the little bottles you found in this video! Always love your videos so I’m binge watching them!🥰
What a lovely escape your videos are! So serene and peaceful.
The round ball is what was called Grape Shot or Canister shot. It was clustered inside a small tube and had a fuse of gunpowder down the center. You can see the rusty spot where it was attached to the center. The small round disk with the either letter "K" or Seagull is very pretty. Maybe Si can tell you what it is. The flat keys are funny! What a shock to find on the shore. The little ring is old and may be a precious stone. I love your videos and look forward to all the new ones. I've learned so much from your work. I am now catching up on the Man in the Hat videos. And I also follow Si-finds, and my buddy - Chill Bill. Of all the videos I watch, you, from the Isles are the most wonderful to comment to. You respond back, and for that, I thank you. I am a double cancer survivor and the videos are my nightly ritual I do for my self.
I never cease to be amazed at how good your eyesight is!
I love watching what you may find. Sometimes it is so unusual and some are funny like Nan's keyring there.
Always Great Fun! Happy you are out Mud larking! It looks like you are in full bloom Spring! Thank you once again...
God bless you Nicola, you are a blessing to watch, so keep up the good work and keep finding tresuures for heaven above that is gifted to you, and I get to watch it, take care, and say hello to thames for me...
I love the time I spend watching your videos. Thanks for taking me mudlarking along the Thames with you. From Jan in SoCal
Ball magnet?
It's always such a joy to watch you mudlarking on the River Thames. I am still flabbergasted by how the mud is able to preserve such history just waiting to be found. Fantastic work Nicola.❤
The coin with the K could be an old jury voting token...but it kinda looked a bit like a flying seagull to me and not a K, if turned a bit. But I could def be wrong. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing your treasure hunts with us. :)
As always, interesting and informative, but so entertaining. I love watching your videos and cannot wait for the next. Thank you.
I recently discovered your channel and I'm hooked! I appreciate how you show what your looking at before you pick it up.i try and guess what your seeing,very rarely get it. I also love the little bits of history you give as well as showing some of the wildlife. Being from the USA I find it interesting. Thank you for sharing with us.
Nicola, I so appreciate your videos. I view them as artistic history lessons and love the soothing music.
Another great day on the Thames,love your videos thank for sharing.
I really enjoy your adventures & the way you present them. It's good you show birds flying as I enjoy photographing birds also as I did today with many pictures of eagles & geese. It's Gods way of showing beauty of flight. Your showing some of the past in what you find reminded me of Sir Winston Churchill & what he did in your past to give you the freedom to enjoy each day to find relics. Keep doing more so we viewers can enjoy & learn.
Hi Nicola, I only found your video's at the weekend and I am already hooked! Going to apply for a permit with PLA as I went to a Tower of London beach day a few years back and loved every minute of it. Thank you for being an inspiration!
Hi Marina. That's great news. And thank you x
Very interested in the ring. I hope you do a follow up.
I love your videos, so interesting and calming and the music is fantastic x
My happiness is tucking myself into bed around 12am and watching you at the Thames, I Ought to go to bed earlier, but I'm hooked watching to see what to find and I have conversations with you 😂 often you will be looking at something and I've spotted something s.aying "oh wonder what that is" ? Really involved. Loved the music Nicola, loved Nan's keys seemed like a great sence of humour to me. Right I Oughter get some sleep. Night all xx
I've only just found your channel but what a little gem it is. Well done and keep it up 👍
Great finds Nicola I love your videos thank you for putting great content and history on TH-cam x
Another lovely video...loved the birdlife and the finds :-) Thank you!
Great video. Spring weather is so welcome! The ink well and tiny poison bottle are my favorites!
You brought joy to my heart with your lovely video! Really enjoyed your live video yesterday too...the time flew by...thank you 💙
Out in the springtime sun having total fun=BRILLIANT well done a great watch
Hello! It was so good to see a new video from you! Not only do I look forward to what you will find, but the music, the river with wildlife is always an extra treat!!! Thank you for that!
It’s true with so many of us I’m sure..... that I wonder what the person was doing at that time .... what was life like for them.
Again A heartfelt Thank you for sharing with us!!!!!
Tacoma Wa
USA
Ahh good to see you back ! Loved the coins and ink pot. Thanks for sharing and take care on the foreshore.👍
Wow. Your videos just keep getting better. I really look forward them , thank you.
You have the eyes of an eagle, the voice of an angel, and the face of a goddess.
You're making me blush 🥰
Loved the video! Such terrific finds! ☺ You have a good eye for the most interesting objects!!
Great video,as always.Hope your lovely viewers can help you find out the info. N ‘ought’ y Nan must be a character! I love the inkwell 💕
Fantastic never get tired watching your videos so calming yet full of interesting stuff love it xx
Doesn't that little Victoria say 1849? Could be wrong.
Boy, I sure love your videos. Thanks so much for such a delightful 27 minutes!
It absolutely says 1849, but it sit on the other side that is usually does, so it is easy to miss if you dont know...I know I would have ;)
Victoria was Queen of the UK from 1837 to 1901- the longest reign except for Elizabeth II’s. But the youthful portrait of Victoria on this coin marks it as being from early in her reign.
It's definitely 1849, I saw that right away, I then froze my screen took a photo made it bigger.....it's 1849
EB A 1851
Hi Nicola, thank you for your time and effort and videos. Awesome and amazing. Diane from Southampton UK
"Ought"- I ought to relax a bit and not think so many negative thoughts. Also I ought to get brave about a new thing I want to try. I am daydreaming about my new project now. Thank you for another inspiring video.
I ought to be combing the shore,s of the Susquehanna here in central Pennsylvania.
I feel so rested after watching your videos. Thanks for taking us along.
You make really good videos. Something very relaxing about them. Thanks.
Thank you Luke
Gosh, I wish I could smash the like button tons of times at your videos! I ought to be sculpting, cause I have a deadline to make. Loved these items and lovely music. So relaxing. Blessings
Thank you 😘
Nicola - You got some fantastic finds out there in the mud! I really liked the buttons and the lead ball. Both of your Victoria coins are really interesting looking. Thanks for the info on researching them. I liked your ring. I found a gold plated brass soldier's ring metal detecting a Civil War camp about a week ago. Your ink well was a real shocker to be in such good condition. I bet it is around 1840-1860 at a guess. Thanks for the hunt it was very interesting! H.H.
Another fascinating and mysterious video. You have such a talent for arranging music as well. Love your videos!
Nicola the grape shot ball is also consistent with a Falconet cannon ball. Usually iron rather than lead though, but the size looks very similar. Great video and finds. Hopefully nan will get her keys back 👍
Thanks Kevin! Actually it's not lead so I don't know why I said it was! It's metal. So you're probably spot on. N
Beautiful job, production. Great video and sound track, your best to date. Congratulations on all your discoveries and thanks for the history on each. 👏👏👏
Thank you Jay. Much appreciated x
great finds Nicola ,I amazed you spot half of these treasures.
Interesting and very nice as always ! Love the pennies, when I was a child I loved looking at the dates and imagining the times and people who’d briefly owned them. It wasn’t unusual to have Victorian pennies in ones pocket (or purse !)
I think the lead ball is some sort of shot - they came in all sizes - not necessarily grape or canister shot.
The lead plate is a mystery, perhaps a sort of stencil for a kit bag or something ?
Finally I have found the significance of 'Nan's keys' Several of your videos reference them and I've always been intrigued! Have to admit I splattered my screen with a mouthful of G&T when you revealed the very special part of the keyring. I can just picture her raving the night away whilst flogging bulk toilet roll from Makro!
ha ha! :)
I'm newly addicted to your beautiful videos!!!♥️♥️
So wonderful to see that pair of Geese back at the foreshore! Love Queen Victoria Shilling. What an adorable little ink bottle! Lovely music Nicola! Will be looking up some of your great finds! Here's a chart of Grapeshot and Iron shot sizes, weights, etcc. Perhaps you can match it? x
Where is the chart? And thank you!
Whoopsy!!! www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS808US808&q=shot+and+shells,+iron+ball+cannon+shot&tbm=isch&sou
Here's the small deck gun that I believe that shot you found may have come from. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swivel_gun
Beautiful opening! Lovely compilation of the birds to build off the bird picture on the china. Good finds. The Victoria 1/3 shilling, ink well and perfume bottle were very nice finds. Thank you for putting the time into creating the artistic and educational video :)
Oh wow, that ink jar is absolutely exquisite!
Nic, I think the K is a bird, when you turned it around especially. Had to laugh, when you picked up the Victoria coin ( first one) before you could get the words out I said to myself Victoria. Which is crazy that I (US citizen) would know, but goes to show you how much I’ve learned from your fact filled, interesting & well done videos. Thanks for never disappointing.
That's just wonderful. Thank you 😊 x
Thank you for another lovely and interesting walk.
Been hooked on all your wonderful episodes ...thank you...
Always enjoy seeing your discoveries!
Another great video with interesting finds. Thank you, Nicola
Great seeing you again! Man, you found some interesting things yet again. The ink bottle was my fav!
Another great video Nicola really enjoyed it.
Another great vid... thanks for sharing. Great selection of tunes as well.
And here the key ring from “Naughty Nan”....Too funny! Hahaha...😂 Great finds again! Thanks for sharing....GL and HH🙏🏼🍀 Cheers from Canada...👍🏼❤️🇨🇦🍻
I haven't been mudlarking in forever... cool finds!
I wonder if William’s lead piece, was a tag on a foot locker. Maybe a sole pattern for slippers. Since he was in hospital. Or hung on the wall for a coat on robe. Then again when in service it might have been in a place where he worked, like hanging tools or a drawer of his things. I love watching all the beautiful finds! Well done, cheers.
Your videos are so inspiring! Always a joy to watch over here in San Clemente California. I love your videos, and you ought to make jewelry or some sort of mosaic mirror with all of your findings
Love the music throughout this video😊. And how about the interesting variety of finds.👍. Especially like the small bottle, ink jar & pottery shards👍.
Hi Nicola from Loganville Ga. Love all your videos and the fabulous history lessons.
Another great film Nicola. The Victoria coin is known as a bun, as it depicted her with her hair in a bun when she was still relatively young. I guess you know that. Keep sloshing around in the Thames mud please (and see you on the March on Saturday!).
What an amazing haul !
Mavolous finds Nicola. Thank you. I have a good imagination at times looking at your finds. The lead with the name backwards looks like a template to me. Possibly for a shoe corrective instep? The lead shot with all the markings looks like runes to me. The ring looks like a very old type setting. Old British money was so confusing. Plus the stingy rich cheating cabbies out of a couple pence , when they were out in all sorts of wet freezing weather, waiting on the privileged for hours sometimes until they stumbled out of the pub or brothel, abusing the horse's to get them across town in record time. Then they quibble over 2 pence. That's cheek! See ... lots of imagination. Lol.😉😂🤗thank you again.💚
Another very interesting trip to the river! You have some very intriguing finds. I love that ink bottle. The lead tag really triggers the imagination, as well as the coins. Money was so hard to come by back then that I'm sure was it was a big deal to who ever lost it. I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you that you have wonderful taste in music! Now we know where your son gets his talent. I've listened to some of his music on TH-cam and really enjoyed it. Thanks for another great video ( you edit them very well) and I look forward to the next one. God bless and be safe and best wishes to you and yours. 🤗
Delightful Nicola, as usual...just got my second fish from etsy...love them both, thank you so much!! Take care and happy mudlarking!✌🏼
Thank you Judith! Xx