ANCIENT St Cuthbert's beads on the Holy Islands of Lindisfarne! (+making a ring with our finds!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ค. 2021
- Come with us treasure hunting on The Holy Island of Lindisfarne as we go fossil hunting for the legendary St Cuthbert's beads! Find out about the legend of the crinoid fossils found here and the Northumbrian Saint their named after and stay to watch Alex make a unique ring from our finds!
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We are Gail & Alex, a mother and daughter mudlarking team from Scotland who share a passion for treasure hunting and history hunting. From rockhounding and beachcombing to mudlarking and bottle digging. We are both experienced amateur archaeologists, silversmiths and artisans, we are often on a treasure hunting adventure!
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The number "3" represents the Holy Trinity, so it is a good number of prongs for the Holy Island ring 😊😊😊
Hi. I bought your beautiful Shamrock bottle. Did you find it on video, where were you?
Love what you make out of things people just walk over without a a second glance. Alex, the ring turned out beautiful.
Thank you! xx
I love that Screaming Herbert!
Isn't he wonderful! xx
Enjoyed “Holy Island boat nails Batman!” - Alex
Thank you x
I love your channel! I’ve spent my lifetime with my eyes pointed down everywhere I’ve gone from oceans to forests and to mountain tops. There are treasures everywhere and I’ve found my share over the years. I love your exuberance and your humility and your love of the history of the things. To some people I’m sure these things are junk and to be sure some are but still are worth checking out to see if they can be Incorporated into one of your handmade pieces. It’s fabulous watching you actually create an art piece from the ‘found junk’ that others find unworthy. You are both so talented, your creations, your photography and your choice Beautiful music. I watch a bunch of other channels and I think you have the best music of any of them. Thank you for not playing the top ‘40’ and for investing your time and selecting incredibly beautiful music and for not playing music while you are talking. I shake my head at the channels that Blast the top radio station stuff or the pre packaged TH-cam music while the person is talking. Thank you
Sounds like you have an interesting life! Thank you for the lovely comment! xx
That screaming Herbert is hilarious!
You should clean his "hair", then he is a redhead.🦰 He can be a companion for mudlarking Barbie. They would make an amazing couple. 😆
Love the ring that Alex made, it's gorgeous. Think it even looks better with 3 prongs instead of 4.
Thank you so much for taking me out to a beautiful place of your country, I loved every minute of it.
Big hug from the Netherlands 🤗
ALWAYS wanted to go to Lindisfarne!! My heart skipped when this popped up - its cold here, in bed sick with a cup of tea watching this. Cheered me up no end ♡
Glad we cheered you up! xx
Just starting the video and wanted to say that I absolutely adore the relationship between you and your Mom!
Aw, thank you! xx
Me too makes me miss my mom she my sister and I were really close
So glad you didn’t leave screaming Herbert. Beautiful ring and it warms the heart when the two of you find beauty in everything you find.
We love Screaming Herbert xx
A lovely collection of man-made and natural objects….I like how you put the two together for the ring. The copper nails are my favourite. Such a warm and rosy colour of metal.
Yes, we love copper x
Mudlarking Barbie now has a friend! Screaming Herbert!! Please place them together! 😄😄😄
Yes, she does - and we have xx
Screaming Herbert is my new favorite. Love to see the nails all polished up, so pretty! Once again I have to say how nice the video and music go together, great job!
Everyone needs a Screaming Herbert in their lives! xx
@@NorthernMudlarks I married one 😞😁
@@NorthernMudlarks Frozen Charlotte and Screaming Herbert!
I think it should be Hairbert
I used to sit for hours and hours on the elementary school playground as a small child and look for crinoid fossils in the gravel. (We called them "Indian beads".) Basically, we're soul sisters.
Cool! xx
Another brilliant video. You do really know how to showcase the subject. I live in Newcastle. The Northumberland coast is beautiful. You are doing a great job. You need a series on TV! 👏
Thank you so much, Graeme. We love the Northumbrian coast, and we'd love our own TV series, haha! xx
Mudlarking with Gail and Alex on Sunday afternoons perfect 😃
I live at 7000ft above sea level and 800+ miles from the nearest ocean. We find crinoids and other ocean fossils up here all the time. It's mind boggling.
Our beautiful planet slowly changing slowly but surely
Wow, it's amazing to think of how the earth has changed x
I live in the middle of the US in Colorado at the base of the Rocky Mountains. Nearby at over 8,000ft is Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. At one time it was under water and there are fossils beds all over that area. You are right, it is indeed mind boggling!
I've found some of those round fossils here in Kentucky. We call them Indian Coins. I love how humans give story to their surroundings, and then we find our stories merging as we meet each other. ❤️ From Kentucky
Thank you, ladies. Always a pleasure.
Glory be someone finally explained what a "hagstone" is. Thank you.
You're welcome x
You have such an eye for placing ordinary objects in your inbetween shots and making them extraordinary 🤩 just perfect
Thank you so much 😀
Hi, another delight on a Monday morning, thank you for sharing. So glad you had a warm and glorious day with tiny fossil treasures and a boatload of nails. Cheers, have a great week ;)
Just love screaming Herbert, the hag stones and the St Cuthbert beads. My Scottish grandmother's surname was Cuthbert and my Dad had it as his middle name. 😊♥️
We have a Cuthbert in the family tree x
I loved this video - it was a twofer - 1 part mudlarking and 1 part crafting.
Hello beautiful treasure hunters. Awesome castle. They've made several movies there.. now I know where it is! Wow! You are the only two who find and keep hagstones an I love them 💕 Beautiful ring.. and now you can make more and send what they stand for on a little card. People will love the historical info on them. 🤗💕
Thank you - it's a lovely place x
Adore Screaming Herbert. Such a fun character to find. He must sit with Mudlarking Barbie. Fantastic collection of Cuthbert's beads, some so teeny tiny I'm amazed you managed to pick them up. Your ring is great Alex, such a unique way to bring together the finds of the day. A great holiday atmosphere to the video too with history, beautiful scenery and music.
Thank you so much! xx
You two, are like a couple of adorable magpies out there finding shineys... it's just pure joy listening to you find wonder in everything!
Aw, thank you xx
I really enjoyed this trip. The scenery was mesmerizing and I adored the legend that went along. The highlight was watching you make that ring. Just amazing! One of these days I would love to own a piece designed and crafted by one of you. God bless and keep you.
Thank you! x
Our part of Arkansas is covered with Fossils. Especially crinoids, I love how you’ve used it’s structure to make a beautiful ring.
You're lucky! xx
Fellow Arkansan here!!!! Our karst topography is loaded with crinoids!!!
@Ariel Arenado - Just wanted to wave to my neighbor from the South. I'm just barely off Arkansas' NW corner. 👋 from Kansas!
❤️my heart is with you on your adventure!
Kind of like My St Michael .... Sort of
You could solder them together somehow
Cu no less
Van Gogh painted those type of boats
Love the music
Thank you so much🙏
Wow!!
Ode to Joy, indeed!
I enjoyed this episode! I love to see you turn your finds into unique jewelry 👏👍⭐️🌸
Thank you! xx
Really enjoyed the upcycling portion. Keep those crafting ideas flowing. Looking forward to your next adventure. Good be with you
Thank you! We love making things with what we find! xx
When I go to a caravan I want to go mudlarking at the beach and look for sea glass because of your videos, I hope I find some good thing like you do! 😊 here is some nice emojis 🦋🌊🌬💍🪴🌻💿🧿💠🎶🃏
Yay, good luck! xx
Omg I have been hearted a couple of times by ty but you hearting my comment just made me explode 🤯
Stunning videography and creativity...wow! That was spellbinding!!! Screaming Herbert is so funny...I am glad you took it. What can I say about the "Cutty beads"? Life is brilliant and not only on sunny days. Alex, the ring!...omg!
I went to your Etsy Store and Si's and the Mudpies to gather up info (cost of up cycled bottles). I want to get my two children and their closest friends some cod bottle creations...I have to save up! The Curry bead ring would make a wonderful gift! I know now what I have to accomplish...thank you! You both look so beautiful gazing at your earth treasures. I have to tell you. I must be part mudlark! After my first marriage broke apart, the "gravity" of the situation made my heart heavy. I was always praying for forgiveness because everything hurt. I was just too naive to figure it all out and walk by faith. So, the intensity of my heart caused me to bow my head. I find so many coins that people drop and I also wring God with prayer. People were convinced I was completely lacking in confidence. I was but not because of my marriage failing but because scrutiny of myself demands that. I am harder on myself than I should be...but the rewards are greater than any self criticism could be.
Thank you, Ladies! Sally forth and Talley Ho!
Thank you so much! xx
Amazing fossils, perfect for jewelry! I always look forward to your videos, because I know they’ll be amazing! I’m fact you were the first mudlarking channel I discovered over a year ago! Keep making amazing videos!
Same here Elmo. I have such a soft spot for Gail and Alex.
Aw, thank you! I's so great that you have been with us for so long! xx
Such a wonderful journey and terrific treasures discovered!
Thank you! xx
So much to comment on! Herbert is fabulous & the mushroom shaped coral would look brilliant next to your clay pipe fairy houses! Alex the ring is so amazing such talent and artistry ! What a beautiful place to visit, thank you for sharing your outing & story of the island. 🌸
Screaming Herbert - how cool is that? An amazing place with a long history. Thanks for the background about the crinoid fossils/St. Cuthbert's beads. Nice ring - looks better with 3 prongs. Thanks for another cool video!
Thank you! x
The fossil with the holes poked into it looks a lot like petrified palm.
Love screaming Herbert! 🤯
We love him too! xx
Screaming Herbert...❣️Love him...would be a perfect name for a bar/cafe...charms and shirts with his image would be so fun‼️Alex....truly enjoy watching you create that ring with so much meaning. Thank you ladies❣️
'Screaming Herbert' reminds me of some of Picasso's metalworks. Beautiful day there, thank you for uploading.
I too love ammonites and see worn pottery makes beautiful jewelry
Such beauty, what a wonderful day you must of had. Thankyou I enjoy watching you finds.
The BOOGA BOOGAH Man….that’s what my daughters,when little, would have called screaming man. Great history of Holy Island and St. Cuthbert. Well narrated. Alex, the ring is truly beautiful. Glad you chose the one with the star in the center.
Yeah
Thank you! Yeah, the Booda Booga man lol! xx
We use booga booga often in our household. And I am always describing things as wonky!
Lovely adventure, looked perfect - rather miss Northumberland in the sunshine. So many treasures, so little time! Keep safe & having fun, thanks for taking us along. 👍🐾🦘🙃
Hello Gail and Alex!! Wow, that was so beautiful there, seems like you could feel the spirits of the past blowing in the wind. The little St. Cuthbert's beads, fossils and Hag stones are just amazing and the ring you made Alex was awesome! I couldn't believe the treasure trove of boat nails, I always love seeing the copper y'all find cleaned up and polished, people just don't realize what's right under their feet. Last but not least...I had to laugh when you found "screaming Herbert", how funny and funky he is!! LOL ; ) Such amazing finds from another intriguing adventure from our "digging Diva's"...The Northern Mudlarks"!! Make sure to give the Shwoo's some love for me. Wink wink ; ) Talk to y'all ladies next week. Big ((Hugs)) and Love from Texas!! xoxo : )
Thank you! xx
Your screaming Herbert is a small cousin of Wilson (volleyball) in the Tom Hanks movie Cast Away! 😳
The three prongs on the ring was soo spiritual.. The trinity. Holy 3.. Father ,Son and Holy Ghost.... old St Cuttys spirit was there.
Yes, it was x
Screaming Herbert-your mudlarking mascot. I love him!
This place is amazing to visit. I had the pleasure to be there in the year of 2013. I watched the series Vikings on tv and had to set foot on this island. When we arrived, we watched the was disappear and land was appearing to drive onto. Your visit brings a new interest. Love it!
We love it there xx
Hebert the witchdoctor
That's what he looks like 😊
lol
Videography and Music superb. @10:07 I thought that it was a wee pipe bowl when Alex first picked it up. I really enjoy your trips to Lindesfarne and all the history and hag stones. I was amazed by the number of people that were also there.
Beautiful flowers growing wild. The ring you made is very pretty. 💟🇺🇲
Thank you! xx
Herbert is exzellent. Ring looks beautyful and sooo tiny pieces.👍
Thank you! x
The education and adventure makes me so excited to watch your videos! God Bless from Texas! 🇺🇸
Thank you - so happy you enjoy them! xx
Your are in my hearts home, thanks for going to my place of peace. You walked in my footsteps. There is loads of glass on st curhberts beach.
Aw, that's a lovely thing to say! xx
I love the legend . Alex your ring is amazing! All your finds are beautiful and what an amazing place to find them!! Thank you for another enjoyable video!!!
Love screaming Herbert. The ring Alex made was fabulous ❤️✌️👍🏻💐
Yes, he's funny - thank you so much! xx
Another great adventure! Thanks for taking us along!
I have thought s of you both using a spyglass to find those itsy bitsy tiny beads upon the Beach ⛱️🏖️ I love you both! I hope you both ta great week ahead!
Lol, thank you! x
Thank you for this delightful video. I went to Holy Island many years ago. It was a beautiful day but I was aware of how wild Holy Island could be in rough weather. I I had no idea about all of the things that could be found there. I would love to go back and visit again. I live in Australia but my Dad and generations of ancestors are from South Shields. I enjoy watching all of your adventures, round ups, historic facts and beautiful jewellery making.
Sreaming Herbert is definitely a keeper, absolutely brilliant find, nice one Gail. What a great idea for a ring Alex. Thanks for another great outing. Xx
Thank you! We love Screaming Herbert! xx
Hello to both of you from Arnold in Nottingham, the long strips of copper I believe are used by roofers to hold loose or replaced tiles, and the face and hair man/woman is a battery clip from a car or tractor battery lead.
Nice trip. Love Herbert! It's always fun to see you making something from your finds. TFS
Thank you! x
I live in the U.S. you ladies would love my crinoid collection. I have them of all sizes. Some of them are a cluster still in the matrix even. I also have some of the horn coral. I have several bags of them. It doesn’t matter how many I find it’s always fun to see them. 😊
Sounds like a wonderful collection! x
@@NorthernMudlarks thank you! When I make something with them I’ll definitely have to show you. I think I have a plan. 😊 thank you for replying by the way. Love your videos and am excited every Sunday for a new one! My boyfriend always knows when I’m watching you. He hears your intro music and says “I really like that music”. 😊
The coral is, I think, horn coral. we find those on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Thanks for the info! x
Definitely horn coral. I have several specimens
@@NorthernMudlarks I find them along Lake Erie as well! I love making necklaces out of them cause they look like pointy teeth!
I agree with the Horn Coral. I find them occasionally in Devonian formations in Pennsylvania, though they are somewhat rare.
I also find them along Lake Huron.
the castle is nice but the real interesting stuff on the island is on the beach!
Too right! x
Keep looking for copper it's worth a lot at the moment ! also the face and wild hair was a battery terminal clamp
Yes, we knew it was - more fun as a face, though! xx
Herbert is awesome!
Oh my gosh! That flute player is amazing! I love the music. It is so calming and soothing!
There are so many good finds it’s a beautiful day it’s perfect. Gorgeous ring
Yes, it was a perfect day out! Thank you so much xx
Great video, as always! It brought back wonderful memories of our trip there, but it was very windy and pouring with rain. My husband and brother in law almost got blown off of the ramparts of the castle ! I really loved Herbert, what a funny little chap! 😀
You are an artist at turning your finds to jewelry.
Thank you! xx
Beautiful brutalist fossil ring I love it! 🦖🦖🦖🦕🦕
I always keep my eyes on the ground for everything
You should x
Love the ring Alex great job using find off the beach
I like the odd number of prongs , so much patience you have for crafting ! What a lovely place to have a lark too x
Thanks Sarah - it's a beautiful place xx
Hello ladies, you both had a wonderful day together, didn't you? Sometimes you will pick up things and say "l think we could do something with that" and l think to myself, what on earth can they do with that. You then go and surprise me every time. That little ring made from a copper boatnail and a St. Cuthbert was just amazing. I don't think it would come to my mind. Such super ladies you both are. You'd be amazing in a junk yard!! Wasn't that Screaming Herbert the funniest thing. Do you know exactly what it had been? Time for me to go. Love to pussies, Schwoos and big hugs to you both. Lobe you girls. Janice from Australia (Oz) xxxxx
Thank you! I think Screaming Herbert was a car or boat battery connector xx
Fantastic mudlarking adventure on holy island Lindisfarne what a beautiful place it is Alex and Gail ,lovely finds and what a lovely ring you made St Cuddys ring really enjoyed watching you make it Alex you are both so clever , already looking forward to your next mudlark
Thank you so much! xx
Such a lovely and interesting place to go hunting and A1 crafting Alex 👍👍👌👌😁 xx
Thank you! xx
Always fun to follow along in your treasure hunt ... thank you ... from 🇨🇦
I was last on Holy Island when I did a driving holiday of the UK back in 2014. If I ever get the opportunity to get back to the UK I think I'll revisit this place and have a good walk around the beach.
Yes, you should xx
I think of you two when I find something similar to items you find in your videos!💎
Love the fossil finds. The ring is amazing!
Thank you for another great video. I thought your ring turned out beautifully
Awesome video once again, thank you for sharing. The ring is stunning well made 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thank you so much! x
So much fun..
Love the 💍 ring
Thank you for the outing! It is very smoky from wildfires here. Occasionally surpassing the scale for measure. I am glad to feel like I am getting out.
Thank you so much for joining us xx
Really enjoyed the beautiful scenery and very impressed with the ring! 3 prongs are definitely all it needs. And jyst love the upcycling. 💚
Thank you! The coast of Northumberland is very beautiful! xx
@Rachel Hardy . I'm with you. I like the 3 prongs better. It shows more of the bead, and the symbolism of the Holy Trinity with the St Cuthbert's bead is really appropriate. If it were my ring, I'd wear the single prong up - again because of the symbolism. Don't you think it"s so beautiful?? 😊💜@Northern Mudlarks
Alex, the ring turned out so cool. I love it.
Thank you! xx
A couple things look like a Witches Hat..Good Haul ladies 👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️
Oh yes! xx
The ring is EPIC!
My favorite part of your videos is when you tell us the history or interesting facts about your finds 💚 Being older I don't long remember what you say, but still it's interesting to hear... Thank you for sharing such treasures with us...☺️
Glad you enjoy it - we love the history x
Ty for your beautiful video, full of love for nature, music and anciant objects
Was lovely on holy island and some lovely finds, like the nails and all those crinoid fossils. The fossil with the holes in could be from a tree fern. I'm liking the ring Alex, think it looks better with three prongs. Thank you and have a great week
Thank you so much - glad you enjoyed it! x
Thank you! I would of had Avery hard time leaving that beach!
A super colourful video with great landscape shots and the music matched perfectly. It was really interesting and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Thank you! xx
What a lovely place. Just beautiful 💖
So cool. My friend goes on retreat there at Holy Island.
Good morning ladies. I love when u tell give us the history of your finds. The scenery 😍 is beautiful and your ring came out awesome.
I loved this video. Thank you so much. Alex your ring is astonishing. Stay safe and cheers.
Thank you, Lovely Skull! xx
you two always make my day thankyou for doing what you do
What a lovley place and thank you for the story of St Cuthbert and the beads.you make every journey you take us on sound so interesting.your ring is stunning Alex very creative.
Thank you so much so happy you enjoyed it!