I love your friend, nice of him to hand over that pipe. He literally looks like an actor, I just can’t put a name to him. No more putting treasure in a box and forgetting about it.
It's like watching you mudlark, as your getting excited sifting through your tub! Yes it's been a (slow) corrosive reaction, that stuff on the pipe, is the pipe- something has made the clay bubble up- it almost looks acidic. That sword handle is something else! Its beautiful ❤
If I had had that sword handle I would convert it to a door or cupboard handle so I could enjoy it every day!... If it is strong enough. And the spoons would make lovely wind chimes! You could also make a decorative hanging with the various pipe bowls. I'm just saying... I know you are creative and it is better than losing these beautiful finds in a box! And you must have a lot of time on your hands! I really enjoyed this video. Maybe show us some more of your treasures!!! 💜😘💜
hi simon, the petrified wood could have been pyrited wood which will decay, its called pyrite decay, and tarnish metals and other bits in the surrounding area like the spoons and the coin :0)
Thank you Robert. That sounds like a plausible solution. I am from the desert, couldnt imagine how petrified wood could deteriorate. It reminded me of mica.
Once again great video Si 👍 My favourite things in your treasure box was the thimble, pipes and spoons and the postcard ❤❤❤ My partner thought your sword handle is British Navy Napoleonic. He said he saw a similar picture of one at Edinburgh Castle. Anyway looking forward to seeing more of your tresures, thanks for sharing 😊 Deb
Wow that pendant looks really old and i reckon that foot you found may go with it. Its looks kinda Mayan. Probably isn' t but its simular. I reckon a museum would love that
I saw one of Nicoles videos and she found a badge ( a bit too long to be a cap badge) almost identical to the crown and anchor bit on your sword handle. Hers is missing the anchor.
I think your little woman charm is a Akan gold weight from an area in west Africa which is now Ghana. Your 5 tokens with the symbols might also be, but usually they're square or rectangle. Anyhow, they're from the same place and the symbols on them are called Adinkra symbols. I recognized a few of them as being versions of a Sankofa symbol which means literally "go back and get it". I like it because for me, it means looking to the past and being a history buff it suits. Hope this helps :) Thanks for the great videos and a good laugh now and then too.
Hello Simon from Canada. Love your videos! My guess is there was some moisture in the box and the crusty stuff on the pipe is efflorescence, which is moisture passing through. You see it a lot in damp basements, when moisture passes through brick or concrete, and the moisture leeches out the minerals in the clay or cement.
Thank you for sharing your box of treasures. Watched this in the middle of the night while struggling to sleep and it turned out to be very relaxing! Particularly liked the fossil, found one very similar walking the dogs on a Norfolk field recently. Lucky boot is super cute hah. Thanks again ❤
Si when yoy made the pen you should have used an artist paint brush, the pen shafts should be easy to get hold of we used them at school and they were at home in draws all over the house
Beautiful drawing you did! I think that fossilised lump looks very much like coprolite unless some sort of crinoid. Enjoyed the video . I often put things in a place so safe they are never to be seen again :)
I suspect that the petrified wood had a lot of iron pyrite in it. I have collected fossils out of the coal strip mines of southeast Kansas that were made of pyrite and they eventually decayed just like the wood in your box. I think it reacts with oxygen when the air hits it. Has an odor to it.
I think that one item was a Roman key. Have seen those before. And the foot could be a pilgrim's offering. If they were lame they may leave something like that as a Saint's offering at a church.
This is such an amazing video. l loved watching you be surprised as well as me. Anyway, I love to listen to you explain what things are and how they were used. You are a very intelligent and interesting man. Thanks for sharing!
Ha-ha, you are funny SI! We had our North-neighbour working on a digger until 10:00 o'clock at night on Saturday - what is it with some people?!!!!!!!!! Great to rediscover so many amazing treasures (all in ONE place) - isn't John Webb one of the BEST? Has anyone found more than him? Stay safe up there - need to exercise the Kelpie! 👍🐾🦘😎
Small Wonda thank you! Can’t blame people for keeping busy, lol. Thought I’d make a feature of it, we’ve can all relate! John is the best I agree! But I am biased
@@Sifinds and such a character - your pieces on him were very special - I do hope people have been catching up with all those Projects they've been postponing for a rainy day!! Have fun! How's your cat taking the lockdown...?
That was really interesting! Thanks for sharing your treasure with us! I had just watched an old TimeTeam episode where they found a Roman jewelry box key. It looked a lot like your item at 30:00 min. The Lucky Boot was sweet. Your postcard was fantastic! I would have had ink everywhere!! Thanks for making lock-down in New Zealand more interesting!
The sword guard is definitely from an officer's sword-- the lion head pommel is a dead giveaway. The slot for the blade is quite narrow, so this is probably a later Victorian model rather than the earlier version introduced in 1827. Pretty neat that there are still traces of gilding left!
I know well the fun of opening a box and finding things I’d forgotten about, though my finds aren’t of an historical nature, lol. I’ve had to move 6 times in the last 10 years for a myriad of not fun reasons. I think now I’m settled for a bit. 😉 I’ll get to some more boxes soon, because it’s time to empty my storage unit-can’t wait to see what else I don’t know I have! 🤣 I’ve wondered what your uni training was, and I’m thinking art history? Really cool to see you draw up the bridge (Tower?) and the river so nicely. I think my favorite find from your box is that lovely wax seal with the lion. Soft spot for those (lions). Thanks so much for sharing a unique look into your mudlarking past! Stay well!
Great morning! First one of Nicola's posts and then Christmas with you, such fun. That one thimble like piece that looks like brass might be a cane tip. Thanks for the surprises. I do that a lot; come across something I forgot about...Christmas! It makes it hard to declutter when I'm cleaning, lol. Really enjoyed this. Keep safe.
Well Simon young man you can take baking soda and rub it between your fingers it will clean silver real silver and make it shine a may be other methods but I will I used a console that a clean silver I enjoyed your little Box that is so exciting made me realize when I kept little boxes and forgot about them you stay blessed during this time and stay safe please I wanna see more
the small silver coin is a young head victoria groat(4 pence), while there are groats in maundy money groats have been circulated at various times in the UK, that one is probably not maundy, they are not common especially in good condition, 3 penny bits turn up often but not so many groats. i would do electrolysis on it.
Easter money is usually Maundy money given to the poor on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday And the date on your newspaper would have been the 1st I looked at !
Thanks for revealing the "buried treasure". Something tells me you are never, ever, bored. But, whatever you do, do not put the remains of the petrified wood in that pipe and smoke it.
Will Be Jamming haha! No I’ve always found something to do to entertain myself, ever since I was a kid. If there was a cardboard cereal box and a roll of cello tape I’d be happy for hours !!
The item dated 1577 appears to have an image on the reverse side of someone sitting on an armchair chair or throne...I could be wrong,,,,but if you look at it in the right light......anyhow....great video si.....long time sub here ...sometime commenter...lol....stay safe and take care....
Yes I know what you mean re the figure. I saw that too but pretty sure it’s a trick of the light. Will recheck tho. Thanks for being a long time subscriber!
@@Sifinds My pleasure sir...you are...by far one of the best larkers on You Tube in my opinion...please let us know if there is indeed an image there....I am very intrigued by items like that....the older the better.....looking forward to your next video...
I'm gonna guess the acid in the newspaper started a chain reaction in the box, deteriorated the petrified wood which, in turn, emitted mild tarnishing vapors. Newspaper never good for long term storage because it's almost always acidic. The effluvium on the pipe might be something that was already stuck in the stem when you found it now working it's way through the clay? As always, Simon, just wild guesses!! Fun post even if your most sedentary one ever! you must miss the active life on the foreshore.
Newspaper is highly acidic because of its high lignin content. Acid free paper contains buffering agents that control the amount of acid (though cotton-based papers are naturally lower acid - which is why we used to use it for paper money). I recommend getting some acid-free paper, the kind museums use for storage, to protect your objects. And maybe font store metal objects in with non-metallic ones.
@@carolinejoss1453 I agree, the items cant breath and I suspect some items may have had water inside. therefore, had he packed in a cardboard box the items may have retained their integrity
Excellent video once again. Also don’t ever worry about the background noise, I’d watch your vids no matter what. The “D” monogrammed spoon is my absolute favourite.
Pyritised wood from the East coast. Tons of it at the Naze found in the London clay (about 54 million years ago). It is very hard to keep and usually will disintegrate as you have found out. Keep each piece separate in a very dry environment for best results. I have a beautiful piece about 5 x 1.5 inches next to me with the grain clearly visible and the bark still on so you can get lucky
Gypsum and iron pyrite is commonly associated with fossils, these have lots of sulphates and sulphides which will tarnish silver and erode clays. Fossils should be stored apart from everything else. And no newspaper for good stuff, ever.
The little lead item is shaped like an anvil but on one side it had a meal of loaves and fishes and on the other a foot, I think it’s a pilgrim badge or religious pendant.
@@Sifinds The Big Pipe ... @10:48 mins.in. could those be "signs" OR "spells" around the top of the bowl, it seems strange for imperfections in exhibition piece, and all concentrated in the one area. I think it's a "Coven" pipe, used by footballer's wives. ???
How interesting. I love that feel of coming across old stuff stored away age ago, like refinding old friends.
It must be fantastic to rediscover finds you hadn’t seen in ages , love your videos so much Si best wishes and above all stay safe .
David Walker Cheers David, ah mate I was delighted!
I love your friend, nice of him to hand over that pipe. He literally looks like an actor, I just can’t put a name to him.
No more putting treasure in a box and forgetting about it.
It's like watching you mudlark, as your getting excited sifting through your tub! Yes it's been a (slow) corrosive reaction, that stuff on the pipe, is the pipe- something has made the clay bubble up- it almost looks acidic.
That sword handle is something else! Its beautiful ❤
If I had had that sword handle I would convert it to a door or cupboard handle so I could enjoy it every day!... If it is strong enough.
And the spoons would make lovely wind chimes! You could also make a decorative hanging with the various pipe bowls.
I'm just saying... I know you are creative and it is better than losing these beautiful finds in a box! And you must have a lot of time on your hands!
I really enjoyed this video. Maybe show us some more of your treasures!!! 💜😘💜
I believe "1686" is the service number of a soldier. (I found several of spoons like this one in Flanders fields).
Watching from the US has helped pass the time staying at home! Thanks so much for sharing your treasures with all of us!!
Lisa Kallies My pleasure Lisa!
that sweetheart ring is lovely, there'll be a great story behind something like that
Coffin Dodger I’d love to know, but for now we can on imagine...
Thank you for sharing the box that kept giving. Si Finds never ending creativity. Our luck.
hi simon, the petrified wood could have been pyrited wood which will decay, its called pyrite decay, and tarnish metals and other bits in the surrounding area like the spoons and the coin :0)
Thank you Robert. That sounds like a plausible solution. I am from the desert, couldnt imagine how petrified wood could deteriorate. It reminded me of mica.
Who knew you could mudlark out of a chocolate box - brilliant
Corrinda Campbell haha. Sweet eh?
Heard a green woodpecker. ..
Sue Taylor Yes we have them in our gardens here
You are simply incredible love you Box of finds and I do so enjoy followin you and your Mud Lovin Friends!!!
If you wish to wrap items up again, you can easily purchase acid-free tissue paper.
I love your channel! From a southern California ! You have a treasure trove of History!!!
Si! That was awesome! Definitely a time capsule! With out the digging!
Loved it!
Kelly/Indiana
You have no idea how lucky you are to hold and own such history.
Hi Si! We love your box of treasure - some amazing finds! We also love your pictorial bleeps, lol! Stay safe and well, Gail & Alex xx
Northern Mudlarks Thanks Ladies!!! Looking forward to more detecting vids of yours - steering wheels and all! 😉
That was so cool going through your box with you!!😍😍
Those spoons are sterling and you can use silver polish to buff out the tarnish.
Fabulous! My favourite find was the lucky boot. Totally gorgeous! Cheers from DownUnder.
It's good to go through old finds. I've been doing that and found nice old coins. Thanks for sharing, Si.
Tob2n Cheers Tobias!
Once again great video Si 👍
My favourite things in your treasure box was the thimble, pipes and spoons and the postcard ❤❤❤
My partner thought your sword handle is British Navy Napoleonic. He said he saw a similar picture of one at Edinburgh Castle.
Anyway looking forward to seeing more of your tresures, thanks for sharing 😊 Deb
Cheers Deb!
Wow that pendant looks really old and i reckon that foot you found may go with it. Its looks kinda Mayan. Probably isn' t but its simular. I reckon a museum would love that
nice artwork at the end . that axe head though !!!!
I saw one of Nicoles videos and she found a badge ( a bit too long to be a cap badge) almost identical to the crown and anchor
bit on your sword handle. Hers is missing the anchor.
I think your little woman charm is a Akan gold weight from an area in west Africa which is now Ghana. Your 5 tokens with the symbols might also be, but usually they're square or rectangle. Anyhow, they're from the same place and the symbols on them are called Adinkra symbols. I recognized a few of them as being versions of a Sankofa symbol which means literally "go back and get it". I like it because for me, it means looking to the past and being a history buff it suits. Hope this helps :) Thanks for the great videos and a good laugh now and then too.
Hello Simon from Canada. Love your videos! My guess is there was some moisture in the box and the crusty stuff on the pipe is efflorescence, which is moisture passing through. You see it a lot in damp basements, when moisture passes through brick or concrete, and the moisture leeches out the minerals in the clay or cement.
AWESOME FINDS MAN I WISH WE HAD THE CLAY PIPES HERE LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE THERE IN LONDON i never seen one till this channel
Dubbz J Thanks matey
The Chigg digs one every so often on Colonial sites...Hoover Boys too.
All your finds are fabulous. But I am loving the view of your garden!
Leah Yarnes Thanks Leah!
Thanks Si! That was fun! Enjoyed seeing the box of treasures! The Byzantine Coin/Token is really cool
Thank you for sharing your box of treasures. Watched this in the middle of the night while struggling to sleep and it turned out to be very relaxing! Particularly liked the fossil, found one very similar walking the dogs on a Norfolk field recently. Lucky boot is super cute hah. Thanks again ❤
This was super cool. Thanks how much for the drawing
Peggy Capobianco Thanks Peggy, it’s sold but I will put more on my Etsy store ❤️
You're quite a talented guy! Can't get enough of your channel!
Such an enjoyable video..I was so excited to see what next was coming out of that box..wow bronze age axe..and the sawing noice was entertaining 🤣🤣
Lillian Ryder haha cheers Lillian!
I wonder if the paper might have had some acidic quality?
Si when yoy made the pen you should have used an artist paint brush, the pen shafts should be easy to get hold of we used them at school and they were at home in draws all over the house
Good idea, it was the first think i thought of
Great video! Si the Larking Artist!
Beautiful drawing you did! I think that fossilised lump looks very much like coprolite unless some sort of crinoid. Enjoyed the video . I often put things in a place so safe they are never to be seen again :)
Cheers Roz!
Thanks for sharing your videos, that was very fascinating 👍👍👍🏴🏴🏴
Tinkerbell Blue my pleasure
I suspect that the petrified wood had a lot of iron pyrite in it. I have collected fossils out of the coal strip mines of southeast Kansas that were made of pyrite and they eventually decayed just like the wood in your box. I think it reacts with oxygen when the air hits it. Has an odor to it.
dean stites I make you right Dean - thabks!
Oh my goodness the laugh at 24:49 was so pure and unexpected it made me so happy :)
That lumpy thing you found towards the end of the video that you said could be a petrified turd is a actually iron pyrite
I think that one item was a Roman key. Have seen those before. And the foot could be a pilgrim's offering. If they were lame they may leave something like that as a Saint's offering at a church.
This is such an amazing video. l loved watching you be surprised as well as me. Anyway, I love to listen to you explain what things are and how they were used. You are a very intelligent and interesting man. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much!
What a fab box of treasure. Love finding stuff I think I've lost 🙃
Your lucky boot would make a beautiful charm ❤
I was watching some Lacertilia on autoplay and then it brought me here, random but great .
MsDig65 great news, hope you liked it!
Loved it
It seems like a long time since you put a video out. Thanks. This lock down is getting to me. Be safe.
Dale Parker haha cheers Dale!
Ha-ha, you are funny SI! We had our North-neighbour working on a digger until 10:00 o'clock at night on Saturday - what is it with some people?!!!!!!!!! Great to rediscover so many amazing treasures (all in ONE place) - isn't John Webb one of the BEST? Has anyone found more than him? Stay safe up there - need to exercise the Kelpie! 👍🐾🦘😎
Small Wonda thank you! Can’t blame people for keeping busy, lol. Thought I’d make a feature of it, we’ve can all relate! John is the best I agree! But I am biased
@@Sifinds and such a character - your pieces on him were very special - I do hope people have been catching up with all those Projects they've been postponing for a rainy day!! Have fun! How's your cat taking the lockdown...?
That was really interesting! Thanks for sharing your treasure with us! I had just watched an old TimeTeam episode where they found a Roman jewelry box key. It looked a lot like your item at 30:00 min. The Lucky Boot was sweet. Your postcard was fantastic! I would have had ink everywhere!!
Thanks for making lock-down in New Zealand more interesting!
The sword guard is definitely from an officer's sword-- the lion head pommel is a dead giveaway. The slot for the blade is quite narrow, so this is probably a later Victorian model rather than the earlier version introduced in 1827. Pretty neat that there are still traces of gilding left!
Grant V 👍🏻
I know well the fun of opening a box and finding things I’d forgotten about, though my finds aren’t of an historical nature, lol. I’ve had to move 6 times in the last 10 years for a myriad of not fun reasons. I think now I’m settled for a bit. 😉 I’ll get to some more boxes soon, because it’s time to empty my storage unit-can’t wait to see what else I don’t know I have! 🤣 I’ve wondered what your uni training was, and I’m thinking art history? Really cool to see you draw up the bridge (Tower?) and the river so nicely. I think my favorite find from your box is that lovely wax seal with the lion. Soft spot for those (lions). Thanks so much for sharing a unique look into your mudlarking past! Stay well!
Sassy’s Mom Thank you!!!!
Awesome postcard, what a great video!
Kyme Gracia Thanks so much
The sea urchin made the silver tarnish and the pipe grow those barnacles and likely made that silver tarnish so badly.
A nice, interesting, calming video. I love it when you draw--what an "artiste"!
nh cheyenne aw thanks !
I agree. Looks like petrified 💩. That ceramic thing almost looks like a,broken mortar and pestle piece. Lol cool stuff! Those pipes are beautiful!
Your talents astound me, fantastic drawing 🙂
Guadalupe Knippen Aw thanks
Yeah that was fun. I love going through old boxes of stuff. I laughed out loud during the sawing segment! You are hilarious! Thanks Si.
Lynn McClure Thanks Lynn! Embrace the cock-ups
Great video since your stuck home u ever thought about doing a collection video would lobe to see all your stuff.
Shammu 13 I may do that if I run out of old footage!
Great morning! First one of Nicola's posts and then Christmas with you, such fun. That one thimble like piece that looks like brass might be a cane tip. Thanks for the surprises. I do that a lot; come across something I forgot about...Christmas! It makes it hard to declutter when I'm cleaning, lol. Really enjoyed this. Keep safe.
Lynne Rodgers Thanks Lynne!
Love the sword handle
The mold of the lion you could make more pieces for jewelry, great box of treasures
Catherine Thompson great idea!!!
Great video. I always enjoy your work. :)
Crystal Cat Thank you ❤️
Great video! Very very interesting. I really loved seeing the fossils and the axe.
Loved that. Thanks x
Stephe G my pleasure
I love your drawing at the end. Have you done a video of your favorite finds?
My neighbour has been drilling all day hed just stopped when I started watching your video haha
A Lea 😂
You have nice hands Si, excellent for finds finding. Perfect tea break. Stay safe, and looking forward to the next adventure. 🇨🇦🐘😻
Marion Bowler Thank you Marion!
What a great video Si, like Christmas morning! Using that pen nib after all this time must have felt surreal x
amanda bell Yes I was quite surprised it worked so well - they knew how to make things last back then!
Well Simon young man you can take baking soda and rub it between your fingers it will clean silver real silver and make it shine a may be other methods but I will I used a console that a clean silver I enjoyed your little Box that is so exciting made me realize when I kept little boxes and forgot about them you stay blessed during this time and stay safe please I wanna see more
Roger Dempsey Cheers Roger!
The spoon with the pretty pattern is called kings cutlery
beemine10 thanks!
the small silver coin is a young head victoria groat(4 pence), while there are groats in maundy money groats have been circulated at various times in the UK, that one is probably not maundy, they are not common especially in good condition, 3 penny bits turn up often but not so many groats.
i would do electrolysis on it.
aly nicholls cheers matey !
Dark chemistry ⚗, unchained reactions!! Masons pipe confirms ¿? That's a cutlass handle isn't it, from a field could be from a Cuirrasier/Lancers ?
Suzy Qualcast Haha!
Magnífico vídeo...amei cada objeto, tudo me encantou!! Abraços
Easter money is usually Maundy money given to the poor on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday
And the date on your newspaper would have been the 1st I looked at !
Lynne de Lacy cheers Lynne
Hi Si I enjoyed your latest video m8y.
🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻👍🏻
my spoon had my last 4 numbers of my army number to stop it geting nicked and the arrow is mod issue
Clothing pins with sharp end broken off.
I’m pretty sure that fossil is of excrement. I have several but unable to get to them until spring. It has a fancy name,I think it is corpolites.
Thanks for revealing the "buried treasure". Something tells me you are never, ever, bored. But, whatever you do, do not put the remains of the petrified wood in that pipe and smoke it.
Will Be Jamming haha! No I’ve always found something to do to entertain myself, ever since I was a kid. If there was a cardboard cereal box and a roll of cello tape I’d be happy for hours !!
Holy Hanna that’s a huge pipe.
C Wright why thank you 😉
very cool! judging by the blackening. youre lucky that chemical reaction didnt start that paper on fire!!!
awesome video...that lumpy fossil is coprolite I believe...poo!
The pipe looked Romanesque to me bro, looked like a Roman chariot Coming round...
WORD!
I'm guessing it's the lead palm sheild has caused a chemical reaction with the other items and caused the tarnishing.
The item dated 1577 appears to have an image on the reverse side of someone sitting on an armchair chair or throne...I could be wrong,,,,but if you look at it in the right light......anyhow....great video si.....long time sub here ...sometime commenter...lol....stay safe and take care....
Yes I know what you mean re the figure. I saw that too but pretty sure it’s a trick of the light. Will recheck tho. Thanks for being a long time subscriber!
@@Sifinds My pleasure sir...you are...by far one of the best larkers on You Tube in my opinion...please let us know if there is indeed an image there....I am very intrigued by items like that....the older the better.....looking forward to your next video...
Wow love these items! Love the sword handle. Is it very old? English? Scottish? Love all the treasures!
megz65 English, thanks 👍🏻
Newspaper and ink are acid-based!
hamshackleton it only affected one side
@@Sifinds- yes, a trace of damp still in that wood when you stored it.
....that time when DIY man nearly owned you 🤣🤣 love you man ♥️ x fee
fee hamil haha! Made a feature of it. Haha
I think that you might have had a chemical reaction between the plastic container and the different types of medals!
Silver goes black with oxidation.
Was that John Anthony West?
Who what now?
Wood larking..!? Bucket larking...
Corrosion from chlorine or something with alkaline maybe?
I'm gonna guess the acid in the newspaper started a chain reaction in the box, deteriorated the petrified wood which, in turn, emitted mild tarnishing vapors. Newspaper never good for long term storage because it's almost always acidic. The effluvium on the pipe might be something that was already stuck in the stem when you found it now working it's way through the clay? As always, Simon, just wild guesses!! Fun post even if your most sedentary one ever! you must miss the active life on the foreshore.
^^^SKOOL^^^
That or maybe any acid core flux left over from Si's solder job on the little metal tag.
Newspaper is highly acidic because of its high lignin content. Acid free paper contains buffering agents that control the amount of acid (though cotton-based papers are naturally lower acid - which is why we used to use it for paper money). I recommend getting some acid-free paper, the kind museums use for storage, to protect your objects. And maybe font store metal objects in with non-metallic ones.
I would not store in a plastic box either, as the plastic can react with the stuff, and also stop it from breathing.
@@carolinejoss1453 I agree, the items cant breath and I suspect some items may have had water inside. therefore, had he packed in a cardboard box the items may have retained their integrity
Excellent video once again. Also don’t ever worry about the background noise, I’d watch your vids no matter what. The “D” monogrammed spoon is my absolute favourite.
Kim Desjarlais haha, you’d be surprised how many people like to moan, although to be fair wind is the main culprit 😊
You ought to have tested your bronze age axe's effectiveness on your diy neighbour!
jprolls rolls haha, here’s Johnny!
Ahhh sometimes si runs his glass cutter so it's just a busy neighborhood
Or you could have your people get in touch with his people and arrange a schedule around your filming. Lol
Diy neighbour made me smile... I was constantly waiting for the next one 😁
Pyritised wood from the East coast. Tons of it at the Naze found in the London clay (about 54 million years ago). It is very hard to keep and usually will disintegrate as you have found out. Keep each piece separate in a very dry environment for best results. I have a beautiful piece about 5 x 1.5 inches next to me with the grain clearly visible and the bark still on so you can get lucky
Gypsum and iron pyrite is commonly associated with fossils, these have lots of sulphates and sulphides which will tarnish silver and erode clays. Fossils should be stored apart from everything else. And no newspaper for good stuff, ever.
3:51 It's heart shaped!
The little lead item is shaped like an anvil but on one side it had a meal of loaves and fishes and on the other a foot, I think it’s a pilgrim badge or religious pendant.
Kerry Hughes good shout!
@@Sifinds The Big Pipe ... @10:48 mins.in. could those be "signs" OR "spells" around the top of the bowl, it seems strange for imperfections in exhibition piece, and all concentrated in the one area. I think it's a "Coven" pipe, used by footballer's wives. ???
@@Rubin_Schmidt ... are you saying WAGs are witches? Who'd have thought? :D
yes! i thought i made out a fish on that metal piece, too