Mudlarking the Thames - EPIC FINDS in the THAMES MUD
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- Join me as I mudlark the River Thames and uncover fragments of London's history. Help me to ID my finds!
You might like to follow me on twitter and instagram @tidelineart for more finds and stories from the River Thames.
You do need a permit to mudlark on the River Thames and you can find those details here:
www.pla.co.uk/Environment/Tha...
Thank you for watching! Please subscribe to my channel if you enjoy and you'd like to see more!
See you soon.
Nicola White
www.tidelineart.com
SILVER CLAY PIPE NECKLACE FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO - I was recently given the most wonderful silver clay pipe charm necklace with a Thames garnet set into it. And with it came some silver onion bottle earrings! Wow. I am in love with these beautiful pieces of jewellery - and not just because they are miniatures of my favourite mudlarking finds. They are designed and made by Wendy Meister who takes commissions and who has at the moment a special 15% discount code : PIPEQUEEN on her site on folksy here: folksy.com/shops/clarkjewellery
Also there will be a special giveaway of a piece of Wendy's special mudlarking themed silver jewellery on the @si-finds youtube channel in the not too distant future and so you may want to go check out his great mudlarking youtube channel in antcipation of it!
Cool video and finds!
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art Are u not allowed to use metal detectors there, or would you even want to?
Why are there so many pipes in the Thames ?
i like the way you talk great English voice
small little bells could be little candle snuffers
I recently cancelled my TV licence, mainly because of videos like yours Nic. Where else could a person find content like this? Certainly not on telly. I absolutely love your videos, as I'm sure hundreds of thousands of others do too. Thank you for all your efforts, and for being such a talented, lovely mudlark and artist.
The last person who smoked that long pipe probably thought, " Aaaaaaaaargh! There goes me pipe! @&$?!',!
Such BEAUTIFUL flowers in the opening sequence! And, THAT SPANKING PIPE!!! Loved the video, as always!
I am always amazed by what you find in over 2000 years of trash on the Thames. Your ability to find such small objects in the mud has always amazed me. I live in northwestern North America and nothing much older than 150 years old can be found except for flint arrow heads. I remember seeing that the Thames was considered a dead river in the 1950's and now is a viable ecosystem that supports a whole variety of wildlife including whales. Good work. All the best to you
I could feel your joy of discovering the pipe all the way here in Canada 🇨🇦
I LOVE to Hear that after so many years of Larking that you still get Really Excited by your finds !!!.... So Great Nic : )
Hey Nicola, nice trowel with your name on it and a good idea to have it attached to your belt. But if you do ever lose your trowel a TH-cam mudlarker from the future will find it and make a video about you. The history will go on.
Thanks Nicola. Your excitement finding that pipe mirrored mine when I found a fully cooked rotisserie chicken for $2.50. I feed six people on 300 dollars a month. So yes I get that excited about a fully cooked chicken for cheap, cheap. 😂🤣😉💜
Ok Annette but I am an old woman, disabled with difficulties I cannot go into. My daughter insists that she’s doing great feeding 3 of us on $200/month but she insists on organic. What about you?
@@donaburns7912 She is doing great! I can't do all organic on my budget but I grow an organic veg garden with dollar store seeds 4 packs for a dollar, garlic I save three goid heads and replant in the fall and onion sets are under 2 bucks for 30 sets. We do what we can. Beat the bushes for the best deals twice a month.😉🤗🤓💜
Well done on finding that long stemmed pipe 300 years and fully intact I was praying for you to get it out of the mud without breaking it. Great find Nicola 👍👍
How idyllic! Wildflowers, sparrows, bumblebees and swans...what a treat! And every time I see you poking about in a bed of those old brass pins, I can't help squirming in my seat! I covet them so much for my re-enacting garb! LOL . Love your video adventures, Nicola. Thanks so much!
Another lovely lark! Wonderful pipe and wax seal among your treasures. Exciting when I get a notification of a new video, and the flowers at the beginning were exquisite.
You know when you find a good box set and you binge watch the whole thing because you become somewhat obsessed...well hi! Im loving your finds,videos,info etc.,
I'm not a mudlarker but I'd love to be but I do love finding little on things on the beach mainly seaglass when I visit Dorset.
I better start cooking the tea and stop binge watching, well for a little while anyway.
Happy mudlarking and merry Christmas form wet Worcestershire
So glad you're enjoying mudlarking Louise. Have a super Christmas xx
Fifteen years of tromping around in the mud certainly hasn’t curbed your enthusiasm! Its contagious! Very happy for you.
Thank you for your wonderful comments, suggestions as to the mystery object and news. Going to go through to respond as much as possible tomorrow. Just back from a very muddy day in a bottle dump! Straight to bed! xxxx
The unknown object is an old drafting pen, you can see one just like it here
picclick.co.uk/Two-Vintage-Antique-Ruling-Pen-Technical-Drawing-Instrument-222779708113.html
Thank you for the ❤️
@@redarmysoja i have some of them they were my grandfather's
Very cool long pipe !
Some lovely finds Nicola that pipe is amazing! 😍 I thought the mother of pearl button was beautiful and the tiny flint Echinocorys -what a find!
Love the footage of all those wild fowers!
Nicola your segments are so well done that I could see these on TV! .. so professional!!
Thank you!
I'm sitting here with my wife and am as excited as you with that pipe but my wife says" who would get excited about an old pipe" ....that shows you there is all kinds of folk's in this world.. Thanks Nicola.... different strokes for different folks
Nicola, I love sharing your joy with your discoveries and also the atmosphere of the Thames with the boats, birds, flowers, etc. It really helps put everything in context and so enjoyable! Thank you for giving a glimpse of the real feel of the area.
congrats on the mother of pearl button. don't find them that large very often. that seal stamp is amazing! looks like the letters L and S.. I believe that little bone handle is from a ruling pen.
When you were digging out the long pipe I kept saying “careful”!!! It really is EPIC!
All those years that magnificent pipe has been lying there waiting for you to find it and bring it's history to life! Amazing find Nicola! 😊❤
Hi Nicola, The letters look like S and L on the seal you found, cheers and have an awesome day👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I make it as an S and a J. Societas Jesuii ? Interesting spot you have found there Nic. method in yr madness, etc. Wld love to see a modern equivalent of that beautifully made shoe or boot you found
@@clockwork9827 Doh, of course the letters would be reversed on the stamp. I saw S & L. Oh, and with the font, I'd say it is Edwardian/Art Nouveau.
The Jesuitical Society mark is IHS ... so... ???
That is a very cool wax seal. Sometimes they were worn on watch chains. I use a wax seal sometimes for Penpal letters.
@@Objective-Observer I'll venture A and T; probably totally wrong!
When one looks at the letters in a seal matrix, they appear backwards. So, when I imagine the pressed wax, I see a J and an S, which stands for Just Saying.
Could be Jon Sant 😁it's mine hand it over
I thought r &S but I think you’re right.
I thought "SL" or "LS", and they were usually someone's initials. But you're right, the only way to really tell is to press it into hot wax and see.
@@WilliamWilson-it9qe Or use your computer to flip it horizontally.
It's LS or SL.
@@stannousflouride8372 never thought of that! Good thinking 👍
Awesome Pipe!!!
Pipe extractions are one of my favorite features of your videos.
Thank you for sharing all the local flora and fauna with us on your adventures. Those flowers are gorgeous!
I so want 20 years back with healthy hip joints to go digging around in the mud. Living vicariously through you. Thanks for the thrill of the lark.
Another great video! Lovely flowers also! And who says that size does not matter!!! :-) Thank you for sharing another day at the foreshore with us!
That was a great video Nicola. What an amazing pipe, I let out an excited "yay" in celebration and startled the poor cat! A great start to your new trowel's career. Thank you.
I can't stop watching 😁 Your adventuring along the Thames, brightens a cold January day in Michigan. Thanks Nicola. Love the pipe💛
What fun to share the excitement of the magnificent LOOOOONG pipe!! Love the pipe charm too! Your efforts in making your videos is much appreciated. Valerie
Watching from Texas.
Never heard of clay pipes until last year.
Now becoming an expert.
you haven't lived Vera lol
Great video, 3;48 ish, was that a coin below the spoon next to the stone?
Gavin Pirie I saw it too as it disappeared into the hole.
Gavin Pirie i seen that too
Possibly a button
Wow great eye
I seen the coin too.
I love how excited you get when you find something special.
Lovely trowel. You have really nice friends! I love watching you remove pipes from the mud. It is very exciting and that pipe is amazing! The video is really beautiful. The swans and flowers are so lovely. Thank you Nicola! 🌼🌺🌹💐🌾🌿🦢♥️♥️
Lost for words? You could have fooled me xx
A matrix is on my bucket list. Still haven't found one.
Wow that pipe’s a beauty 🤗🤩 Well found with your new lucky trowel 😃
Lovely flowers, beautiful swans. Having been an Anglophile most of my 66 years it's lovely to make a new British friend who'll show me views of the Thames and cool antiques. Thank you, Ms. White.
And this is why I always look forward to your videos. Wonderful array of finds and so much history! Cheers!
I love the little pipe charm on your necklace 😊 Do you think that the mystery object is related to the Astor family?
Hi! check out this folksy site for the necklace and there is 15%discount if you use the code PIPEQUEEN !! folksy.com/shops/clarkjewellery
I wonder if the mystery object may be a lace making bobbin?? Great vlog as usual.x
imho lace bobbins are a lot shorter and have no mechanism attached to the tip....
@@Aegopodium you are probably right.
@@Aegopodium I think it depends on the lace. It does look a little like a lace bobbin, and they did make them out of bone with a hole for the spangles. That said, if the bit with the hole is where the spangle would go, the other end isn't the usual shape for holding the thread. It is intriguing, though. Isn't it?
@@Joodster Who knows, maby it's just something totally random?!! I googled like crazy and couldn't really find anything, that would make sense 100%...
I think it could be a glass cutter, or maybe a ruling pen? Need a close up of the end really, we didn't get much of a look at it.
YAY! Thanks for taking us along, as always......you deserve the happy pipe find. And a hearty “Bah, humbug!” To those crabby Appletons who never fail to “thumbs down” your work, but somehow
ALWAYS manage to watch your videos with the rest of us who LOVE YOU!!!!
I never been to Londinium but I imagine mudlarking the Thames is one of the more fun things to do during a visit...
Who what a find, on one of the dutch facebook page,s the call you the queen of claypipes what is one thing to be called but at every find it is proven to be. You do so mutch amezing finds that normaly i watch on the tv so there is no way i can react on it. Now i have to watch theme on the laptop what is,nt doing great with the slow internet, but i just love you,re short docu,s here. Now i have to wayt til we are back from vacation to see it in its complete setting what gives me this time. I hope you have more of these finds as in most movies of you for i love the history you unearth every time.
The mystery object looks like it could be a fountain pen or early quills possibly ?
Such a beautiful video! Thank you, Nicola! A riot of flowers, with such wonderful colours, and then a pipe of impressive proportions, and to top it all a mystery object! Thank you for a blissful 25 mins.
Thanks for taking us along...I love what you do!
I believe only the Swiss were truly "New Trowel."
Yes, yes, I'll see myself out the door...
there is a unique parallel between 400 years of new trowel ity and creativity ..any guesses ???
I love how excited she gets when she finds items. I’m not the only one giddy about this stuff!
I love how you teach people to focus on the little details in life if you just look, there's so much beauty all around us you don't need to go far away to see it!
WoW WoW WoW that clay pipe is fabulous,glad I stopped watching Wimbledon to watch your video .....much more exiting 😀👍
Try not to exit when you get excited.
I always cringe when you pull on the stems of pipes to get them out of the mud, especialy the long ones!! Lol
And cringing when she was washing it too
They look fragile, but I haven’t seen one break as Nicola or one of her friends pulled it from the mud, so the pipes seem to be remarkably tough.
@@censusgary Considering that the pipe is 300 years old and still intact it has to be tough! 💞 Great, exciting find Nicola!
I cringe when she scrapes them with the trowel 😅😅
@@pendergrass4418 the noise is amplified by the camera. Really don't cringe. I know what im doing. Ive yet to break one.
Thankyou Nicola. Wishing you an excellent week too.
It’s so fun watching you take these amazing treasures out of the Thames. I share in your excitement... even when you found the old shoe. Such wonderful old history.
The wax stamp is L S you have it upside down. It looks funny because it's a mirror image.
The Astor/Astron 1918 is likely the stylus for a fountain pen nib.
I just love your excitement on a great find !
Your excitement at a find is so infectious! Fun to watch.
that pipe has an amazingly long stem!
Nice nature photography to go along with the mudlarking. That's a nice new trowel, if you have the right tools, any job is easy!
I really enjoyed this video, Nicola; not only for your finds but also for the flowers, the birds, etc. Nothing better. Thanks.
Not only do I thoroughly enjoy your videos, Nic, but your viewers post the most interesting comments I have seen on TH-cam. Your excitement and wonder for that pipe gave me such a boost! Thank you for the joy you bring each week! Enjoyed seeing you at the dump in Simon's live feed this morning, too.
The wooden handle could be a pen! Perhaps the front part is some kind of calligraphy nib?
Yes I think so too !!
I was thinking pen too. But maybe porcupine quill not sure that wood would still look so good being such a small piece.
Aegopodium look like for cut the glass.
@@sylvainrichard6679 Huh????
@@Aegopodium roller glass cutter
Can you comment about the chiselled stones or marked bricks that you bypass?
I can't help thinking there's some history we're missing.
Darling Nicola, I just love watching you finding all your treasures. I get so excited with you! I wish we could find such things here in the American Midwest but alas...In a few days I am visiting London (after a 40 years gap) and I am thrilled to be seeing your beloved Thames again. If you are down at the river and hear someone shrieking your name from one of the sightseeing boats it will probably be me!
The flowers are like a painting. Perfect combination of colours.
did you miss a coin at 4:07 when you where pulling out that spoon?? :-O just to the right of the all the bulky stuck on crud ... enquiring minds need to know :-)
Bachelor buttons, and Poppies!
The pipe is amazing and I love your photography of the flowers and the wildlife!
Your excitement as you were extracting the long pipe was so infectious!
Hi Nicola,
Could the piece marked Astor be a glass cutter with wheel missing?
Keep safe
Should have read the rest of the comments. That's exactly what I think it is...four hours late tho' hahaha.
Love your clay pipe pendant, was it made especially for you?
It is really understated and very delightful when one recognizes it!
Loved watching your excitement in that great pipe find.
The flowers are beautiful! Took me right back to my garden years ago. Thank you
Could the mystery item be the handle of maybe theater glasses?
Hi Nicola is your new trowel Gas or electric driven ?
Solar-powered.
Pipe heaven indeed! I love hearing your excitement when you find a keeper!
Love to watch you .you have So much fun and happiness,you can hear it in your voice.😄😀
your fossil is a fossilised sea urchin there are many of them in the Limfjord i Denmark
The letters on the stamp are a reversed image, stamp some wax and you can read them properly
Yes please Nicola stamp it in some plasticene or something & show us please.
J S ?????
cogidubnus1953 : “L” and “S.”
@@censusgary That's what I thought. Either 'LS' or 'SL'
LS or SL
What an absolutely fabulous pipe. It is so incredibly long and the bowl complete - no wonder you were excited. It's a beaut!! x
So happy to see you again seems like ages … the wild flowers are simply stunning and I love to see the bees … just watched you with Si and friends picking bottles TFS
Wooden handle could be a baby rattle.
I just hope you'll never come across a shoe with the foot still in it O___O
Sadly, those are commonly found near the trenches of the Western Front. And a friend of mine found one when he was cutting bulkheads and machinery out of USS Cole in 2001.
@@justdustino1371 I heard of the stories of the sneakers floating to a certain point underneath the Golden Gate Bridge with the feet still in them **shudders**
@@Aegopodium Yeah some washed up in Canada too....i've read those stories... but where there were bombings and high explosives used it is common. In the case of USS Cole it was a suicide boat loaded with semtex.
I love your passion, Nicola. I’ve never mudlarked myself, but I’m addicted to your videos and you make me want to do it. Thank you for sharing your passion with us.
well Nic you made my day, I love to see people happy and when I saw how full of joy you were I was filled with joy, thank you, a smashing pipe indeed, take care
is nicola single and is she gonna let me take her for dinner 😂
She has a son who is in a rock band.
@@MrKmoconne ?
We are so lucky to see u retrieve such a beautiful antiquity! Congratulations 🎉...that is so cool! U have every right to be excited!
Nicola I loved seeing how excited you got when you found that pipe. I was excited right along with you!
Love the way you dig into the history of your fines
I love show and tell with you....as always!
Ohmygosh.. the flowers are so lovely!
Nicola, Nicola, with the magic eyes, spys bits and bobs on Thames' ebbing tides...through the muck and mud, treasure's beckon her gaze, broken story's to whisper of lost, olden days.....
Your video brings a lot of life to many people who can't get out or are limited to their surroundings. Your findings with your excitement exhilarate many of us. It also incites many to have their own way to pick something they can also be used for the first time. Magnet fishing, metal detecting, as well as foraging places where there might be some treasure (not just limited to, buried treasure we associate w/a chest of gold), God Bless you and your videos and to those who will seek their own.
Thanks for sharing it’s always a pleasure to watch
Your enthusiasm and personality are so charming, and this whole idea of finding treasures on the shore of the river, each with its own history, is quite addictive. Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful finds. The pipe, so beautifully complete is awesome.
Wow. Nice find with the pipe. Its amazing to think of all the seasons of foul weather, and the pipe survived.
Another great Sunday thanks to your video Thanks for sharing
What an excellent find on that long pipe! And it is all intact too. How exciting. Love your new custom made trowel.
It always amazes me the wonderful treasures you find. Take care Nicola. 😊
How I wish Arizona could have the stunning flowers England has Congrats on your amazing pipe find!!