The brass thing is the front part of cycle lamp from around 1910, and the used Carbide crystals and water to generate a flamable gas. The gas was past to a small burner just behind the lens and ignighted. (If I remember correctly I believe it was Acetalene gas). The small red and green lenses were so other road users could see what side they were approaching you from, I have got a good example of one. Happy new year! Eric
I wish they would have some small group Mudlarking adventures. I am in the USA and LOVE England, The Thames River and as it turns out my DNA heritage shows am ancestors are from this area!
Added to my own bucket list!!!! I live on the Rio Grande. It was, thousands of years ago, the second largest underground waterway on Earth. It was second only to the Amazon River. (Remember. We're talking *underground* waterway.)
I have been a subscriber to a U.S. metal detectorist and was amazed at the objects found dating from our Civil War era, mostly. But the finds you share from the long, long history of England has me so in awe, especially how you easily find them in the Thames! I have learned so much about the Thames and Mudlarking though my own research and thank you for your channel! I am so excited I found your channel and now subscribe!
Linda Frasca - I agree! The history of these finds is astounding. If you watch the BBC’s Antiques Road Show (original British version), people bring in things from 1600’s and 1700’s and older. The fascinating part is how nonchalant everyone is about the sheer age of their items!!! I couldn’t even find arrow heads in upstate New York anywhere near that old.
Not an expert. But it looks similar to an 1800s carriage lantern. The hole is where the holder was. The open part is the lens area. The latch lets you open the top to light a small lamp. The holes in the screw off cap has holes to allow heat and smoke to escape.
Jonathan Sampey or similarly for traffic because red and green At least in the olden times like the 1800s they use something like this at the train crossings , remember of course they didn’t have the electronica somebody had to actually stand there and do this all night
The coin you thought was French, and when you cleaned it, you found it was Belgian, reminded me of a Poirot episode where he says, “I am not French I am from Belgium”. I had a good laugh on that.
Nicole, hi. I once read that women + paticularly little girls spent hours making the straight pins. They put the tops on them + sharpened them in the grooves in a bone or log of wood. They would work through the night, then at day break, they would fasten the pins in bundles of a 100 + go out to self them for penny a bundle. Asa young woman it was a it of history thar almost broke my heart. The stories of the prison hulks do the Sam. Thank you for being a careful historian, Nicola
Nicola I just adore you and your videos! I am an old scavenger from way back. I’m 70 now and the only scavenging I can do now is watching you. Thru you I can go to all the places I have always enjoyed. Although I live in the states...Connecticut.... I visited your wonderful London in 1984. I so wish I could join you in your escapades. I love your pottery fish. I am an avid crafter all my life. Thank you for bringing joy to my life!
Dear Nicola, I had a random 'youtube evening' last night and stumbled across your channel. Ended up watching 4 episodes back to back and really enjoyed every minute! You prompted me to look through my 'man drawer' for what I had always thought might be an old Roman coin that id found some years ago sitting on top of the soil in a freshly ploughed field in Leicestershire. 15mins later, after a little cleaning and 'googling' it turns out I have a solid bronze Egyptian coin dating back to 180 BC!!!! It made my night! :) Love your channel and your presenting style. Look forward to watching more :) Andy
Thanks Andy! So glad that you were prompted to check out your find, which turns out to be amazing!! Wow! I'd love to see a photo of it! If you wd like to send me a photo of it pls send to nicola.white@tidelineart.com. Thanks for writing. Nicola
Moving away from London has stolen from me the joy of mudlarking along the Thames! I used to go with a group of friends and someone from the Museum of London who was always so fascinating to ask questions of... on my very first visit someone with me found a little face which turned out to be Byzntine and ended up being dated to around the first or second century AD... it was exciting! Pieces of Roman glass, pieces of Medieval pottery, and plenty of clay pipes! I have done some artistic things with my findings, but I love that you are doing this and sharing your adventures! Thank you so much!! x x
I suppose that I should be happy to live in a (somewhat) undisturbed piece of nature here in the Pacific Northwest (PDX), but the thought of just walking the river's edge among a thousand years worth of cultural goodies like that is just amazing to me. What a great way to spend a quiet, beautiful morning. Cheers!
Interesting as always. As for the "I am..." It's a motor scooter name-badge from a "Lambretta 150 ld" It had a 150 cc motor, and followed the lc model. They were manufactured between 1951-1958....so that's fairly antiquated for a scooter.
It was actually preliminary merchandising for a character in a sci-fi film. But they decided Brett was a silly name for a talking tree and threw it away...
"Antique Neverout Kerosene Brass Bicycle Lamp, with red & green jewels" saw this on eBay here in states. Had a link but it doesnt work. Looks like your mystery item is a partial lamp! Just found your channel, and am enjoying your adventures!
@linda cohen Yes you're right about hanging red and green lights on boats etc. But red and green mean left and right. When the lamp is lit other people will know by the colours which way it's moving. If you can see a lit lamp with a little red light then you're looking at the left side of the boat or vehicle, if it''s green then you're looking at the right side.
You are correct. The Silvertown was aa label on an underwater telegraph cable. If repairs are needed, the exact payout distance would have been visible to a diver. Underwater cable lay on the undersea surface.
@@user-oo8xp2rf1k consider all the military units, ships etc that have been stationed on the Thames through 2 world wars, armed guards on military stores, very easy to lose the odd round into the river when making safe or just clumsy, fired ones probably from the air battles over London,
When I watch you, and the others due your archeology, you remind of the "book people" people in the movie "Fahrenheit 451"! You are part of a great movement,finding and defining, who and what your places are in the chain of of our great Celtic heritage! Keep up ypur great work!😄
Your videos have been a practical lesson in how different people's eyes track differently. When you found your mystery object, to the upper right of it was a small key. Not the key I saw on the picnic table which you didn't describe. I guess you have hundreds of fragments of blue & white china. I would be hard pressed not to pick up nearly every piece I saw!
Ahh, Nicola the Queen of the “Art of Mudlarking” and of the history of both the great and the small you reveal on your walks in the mud. Many thanks for so much enjoyment.
You really shouldn’t feel embarrassed about misreading the Lambretta emblem.... after all, you must have been very flustered having just located your climax button.
The brass item with the cut glass jewels, is a carriage lamp. The vent that unscrews would be at the top, a large glass magnifying lens was in the front hole that has the hinge, and the hole at the bottom, was where a cylinder was to hold oil for the flame. A very nice find! Congrats!
Just discovered your channel and absolutely loving it, specially the clay pipe one. I once found 3 medals (ww2) wrapped in a sand bag like material in a field, displayed nicely in my cabinet :) would love to start venturing out and looking for relics, maybe even buy a metal detector!
WOW -- what a great day you had.. love those old fishing sinkers. I have found some old American Civil War sinkers made by soldiers out of .50 caliber mini balls. Too cool.. Thanks for taking me along on your adventures.. They are fantastic!!
"Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The "I Am Brett" Society will now come to order! The first item on our agenda: What the hell happened to our sign? If anyone has any information please contact us immediately. Thank you."
I thoroughly enjoy your/our trips to the Thames! There seems to be all sorts of treasures to be found there! I love rocks; so I would be weighted down with all sorts of rounded and colored rocks!! Lol Not to mention bits of chain, bolts, shells, and who knows what! I could not help myself! So much like an Easter egg hunt looking for hidden treasures! Thanks for taking me with you and all the explanation that goes with your finds! Take care, wear gloves, stay safe! Until next time.....
Love your enthusiasm. Great hobby which gets you out in the now greatly reduced polluted London air. Liked your bicycle lamp. A rare find! I look forward to your future videos. How from Cairo.
I see the mystery object has been identified - I recognized it as a Lucas brass, bicycle light. We had a number of them in Tadley, Hants during WWII. They used carbide & water to generate acetylene gas - we also used the carbide to blow up screw cap beer bottles (glass hand-grenades!!!)
Because of the Green/Red Gems it must be off of a boat. You show the Green light on Starboard side and Red on the Port side. You find things with your naked eyes that metal detectors hope to find ! Great job always.
9:25 Perhaps 32 was a hotel room key ring at one time. You are under pressure as you sift through whereas I am sitting comfortably in my living room , a free mind to guess an answer. So no apology by you for not a perfect quick answer for random objects,please. Your video brings me much joy. Thanks for making it.
I’m more than a bit too young to ascertain that it was an object from the 1920’s and I’m Canadian so I don’t know your products but I recognized the similarities of aviation port & starboard lights. It’s an interesting find.
My first impression of the mystery item, was of a ship marker lamp. Green, red and white. Red indicates port. Green starboard. White can be seen for long distances at night. The missing crystal, most likely, white. It's in the center.
I think you are holding it upside down Nicola?? I think you have the top half there would have been a bottom half containing oil and a wick, looks like it has a hing to open it, the side piece is the exhaust for smoke. Sometimes it's hard to find that little Button LOL...Great videos thanks
www.gilai.com/product_1247/Brass-Joseph-Lucas-Carbide-Bicycle-Lamp I think I may have found it! And the lid that she found I think goes to it as well if you look at the top of the lamp in the picture it is very similar.
I very much enjoy watching your videos I would love to go mudlarking someday but until then I enjoy going on adventures with you the awesome things you find are awesome please keep making awesome videos for all of us to enjoy thank you.
Actually MY brother in New Zealand is 'THE' Brett -that's quite clear to me and I have just advised him where 'his' sign is .... !! LOVED this and all your videos Nicola such a great combination of archaeology/history/'nature'/art/recycling and pollution reduction and serendipity of course !
Re: Musket Ball, might be for a "Blunderbuss" sort of a flint lock shotgun, though Si-finds showed a ball that was shot from a cannon in a bag of lead balls to cause maximum damage to the ship/sails.
~Mystery object was really unusual, one of those things you couldn't guess what it is, enjoyed that video, apart from the shot of Canary wharf, had a quick shot of depression
I just like to think of the people that lost these items were like. What they did, how they lived, what their lives were like, what they did with their lives. It kinda reminds us how short and fleeting our own life times are, how precious time is. Cs in the end one can argue that none of it even matters anyway.
Your last find could be a masthead light for a small boat or yacht. The empty hole would probably have had clear glass in it and would have faced forward.
The coloured lenses are on the wrong sides to be the lamp identified. Small hole would have been where the light source came in. If it was a bike/carriage light would have had a large red lense in the hinged part. If a boat stern lamp would have had a clear large lense. Definately not a front light from anything.
That's totally bizarre! I had one of these hovering over me, the last time I was beamed aboard the mothership... It still brings tears to my eyes... Hand me the ointment, please...
Hi Nicola your mystery object I believe is a stern light for a small boat. The hole was a white crystal gem used as a stern light with port and starboard correctly placed. Super video.
Greetings from the U.S. I find your mudlarking extreamly interesting! Hundreds and hundreds of years of history on those sections of waterfront. Keep up the look for trinkets! You will find something grand and extrordinary! Even better than what you have gathered already!🤔😱😎😎
May I suggest wearing some surgical gloves or equivalent. People are not beyond disposing of sludge, human, and personal medical waste in these rivers. With the recent news of flesh eating bacteria and other inflammations from natural sources, I think it prudent. A small cut or puncture wound of the skin from a discarded piece of glass could cause some issues. Just saying.
@@feeltheforce10 Well if you think picking up these items from the Thames is bad, people still swim in the river and by all accounts they survive this.
@@Aarontlondon This year alone, 1.2 million tonnes of raw sewage has been dumped into the river Thames because the Victorian sewers can't cope. Even a few millimetres of rain is enough to overwhelm the old tunnels and anything left over goes into the river.Only a fool would risk a swim in the Thames.
feeltheforce10 the Thames has been cleaned to an unbelievable level. The return of fish species,otters etc proves it’s cleaner than you think or would believe.
The button definitely magical powers, Also the screw cap 1975 Mary Jane smoking pipe lid magically used in those days the light maybe a bicycle lamp use by police very old indeed thanks for Magical Mystery Tour!!!!
Scooter company, Lambretta. Every time you show an item I always see more items in the background. Here I'm seeing a coin and possibly a ring. When you were showing us the coin or token with the hole in the center.
Very good find! The lead ball is definitely a musket ball the sprue marks from the mold are the give away. The mystery item is a ships lamp. They would light them at night to warn other ships of the position of the boat. The one you found would be at the stern it's missing the clear glass to show the position of the boat. Red right green left clear rear. A bow lamp would have just red and green. Old nautical memorabilia is a hobby of mine. Wonder find! Thanks for sharing this with us!
I believe the brass piece you have with the green and red gems on the side are early 1850s marine brass oil lanterns used on the bow for alerting other boats of its presence, they were not used as guide lights. In 1846 the United Kingdom legislation required steam vessels to display red and green sidelights as well as a white masthead light whilst underway and a sole white light when at anchor. I can not find that exact lamp but I know that Davey & Co and Perkins both made oil lanterns for ships and boats in these early times. Being the size of your lamp I suspect it was for a yacht or sailboat. It would have had a brass lid that attached on the top with oil in a bottom basin, possibly there was the wick burner between. I talked to an elderly gentle man who was in Merchant Marines as a young man, I was going to say he had to be in his late 80s but I have no clue how old he is and he said only way he would tell me is if I would kiss him and sorry, not today hahaha. He went on to work on a few smaller vessels all over from Sweden to Greece for a family. He said in the late 40s after the war before heading back to the States. He said that if you cleaned the corrosion out of the base of the part you have, the "gems" were the reflectors and bare in the back so light came thru them. He said the "gems" should be of glass. He said later ones around the 1900s would have been clear glass windows with the gems mounted on the sdies for yachts and sailboats, smaller vessels. He was telling me something about a boat in a movie. I am not sure if it is "Some Like it Hot" or some other movie with Lloyd in it. I kept losing his train of thought. I refrenced several old black and white movies that he told me to see if they had them but were probably too new of yachts then to have that exact lamp. Oh well I really loved finding out more information on this one THANK YOU FOR THE JOURNEY!!
Nic, the plns you show are probably nailing plus as used in the manufacturing of fur garments,hundreds would be use in the making of one coat,love your videos,thank you
The brass thing is the front part of cycle lamp from around 1910, and the used Carbide crystals and water to generate a flamable gas.
The gas was past to a small burner just behind the lens and ignighted. (If I remember correctly I believe it was Acetalene gas).
The small red and green lenses were so other road users could see what side they were approaching you from, I have got a good example of one.
Happy new year! Eric
That’s what I thought It was too
The slide on bit is a bit of a giveaway. I remember when just about all bikes came with a "male" piece on the front to accommodate a lamp.
I’ve now added “Go Mudlarking on the Thames” to my bucket list! I love this channel!
I wish they would have some small group Mudlarking adventures. I am in the USA and LOVE England, The Thames River and as it turns out my DNA heritage shows am ancestors are from this area!
sipos and young band me too!
I'm in too.
Added to my own bucket list!!!!
I live on the Rio Grande. It was, thousands of years ago, the second largest underground waterway on Earth. It was second only to the Amazon River.
(Remember. We're talking *underground* waterway.)
I’m ready to Nicola!
I have been a subscriber to a U.S. metal detectorist and was amazed at the objects found dating from our Civil War era, mostly. But the finds you share from the long, long history of England has me so in awe, especially how you easily find them in the Thames! I have learned so much about the Thames and Mudlarking though my own research and thank you for your channel! I am so excited I found your channel and now subscribe!
Linda Frasca - I agree! The history of these finds is astounding. If you watch the BBC’s Antiques Road Show (original British version), people bring in things from 1600’s and 1700’s and older. The fascinating part is how nonchalant everyone is about the sheer age of their items!!! I couldn’t even find arrow heads in upstate New York anywhere near that old.
Is it RELIC RECOVERIST? Jocelyn?
Aquachigger?
Not an expert. But it looks similar to an 1800s carriage lantern. The hole is where the holder was. The open part is the lens area. The latch lets you open the top to light a small lamp. The holes in the screw off cap has holes to allow heat and smoke to escape.
That's my guess.
Jonathan Sampey that’s pretty much what I was just going to type I think that’s what it is
Jonathan Sampey or similarly for traffic because red and green
At least in the olden times like the 1800s they use something like this at the train crossings , remember of course they didn’t have the electronica somebody had to actually stand there and do this all night
@@malfattio2894 Yes it's Lucas, which is British.....
That's such an interesting find! What a historical treasure!!
The coin you thought was French, and when you cleaned it, you found it was Belgian, reminded me of a Poirot episode where he says, “I am not French I am from Belgium”. I had a good laugh on that.
Hi John
I'm glad that made you chuckle 😀
Nicole, hi. I once read that women + paticularly little girls spent hours making the straight pins. They put the tops on them + sharpened them in the grooves in a bone or log of wood. They would work through the night, then at day break, they would fasten the pins in bundles of a 100 + go out to self them for penny a bundle. Asa young woman it was a it of history thar almost broke my heart. The stories of the prison hulks do the Sam.
Thank you for being a careful historian, Nicola
I used to be an archaeologist and that I Am Brett bit had me rolling on the floor. Good show!
Ha ha I'm very pleased to have provided a good dose of amusement 😄
Haha haha!(◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
I thought it may have been, instead, Lambrett's and a # of some sort. Name of an Establishment.
Nicola I just adore you and your videos! I am an old scavenger from way back. I’m 70 now and the only scavenging I can do now is watching you. Thru you I can go to all the places I have always enjoyed. Although I live in the states...Connecticut.... I visited your wonderful London in 1984. I so wish I could join you in your escapades. I love your pottery fish. I am an avid crafter all my life. Thank you for bringing joy to my life!
Dear Nicola,
I had a random 'youtube evening' last night and stumbled across your channel.
Ended up watching 4 episodes back to back and really enjoyed every minute!
You prompted me to look through my 'man drawer' for what I had always thought might be an old Roman coin that id found some years ago sitting on top of the soil in a freshly ploughed field in Leicestershire.
15mins later, after a little cleaning and 'googling' it turns out I have a solid bronze Egyptian coin dating back to 180 BC!!!!
It made my night! :)
Love your channel and your presenting style.
Look forward to watching more :)
Andy
Thanks Andy! So glad that you were prompted to check out your find, which turns out to be amazing!! Wow! I'd love to see a photo of it! If you wd like to send me a photo of it pls send to nicola.white@tidelineart.com.
Thanks for writing.
Nicola
Same here it's real fun watching.. easy watching.
No lie... Same lol!!!
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art I love to see it as well.
Andy Gamble Wow. That’s amazing.
Moving away from London has stolen from me the joy of mudlarking along the Thames! I used to go with a group of friends and someone from the Museum of London who was always so fascinating to ask questions of... on my very first visit someone with me found a little face which turned out to be Byzntine and ended up being dated to around the first or second century AD... it was exciting! Pieces of Roman glass, pieces of Medieval pottery, and plenty of clay pipes! I have done some artistic things with my findings, but I love that you are doing this and sharing your adventures! Thank you so much!! x x
Fair play to you for leaving the I am Brett part in.
"I ride a GS Scooter with my hair cut neat. I wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet."
I suppose that I should be happy to live in a (somewhat) undisturbed piece of nature here in the Pacific Northwest (PDX), but the thought of just walking the river's edge among a thousand years worth of cultural goodies like that is just amazing to me. What a great way to spend a quiet, beautiful morning. Cheers!
Interesting as always.
As for the "I am..." It's a motor scooter name-badge from a "Lambretta 150 ld" It had a 150 cc motor, and followed the lc model.
They were manufactured between 1951-1958....so that's fairly antiquated for a scooter.
Thank you
Here’s a picture of one; upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Lambretta_150_ld_(2).JPG
naww...I think Nicola was right.. Brett probably lost it..I know his friend Sue Zuki...I'll get her to pass on the message that it's been found. :D
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It was actually preliminary merchandising for a character in a sci-fi film. But they decided Brett was a silly name for a talking tree and threw it away...
"Somebody knows how to press somebody's buttons." 🤣🤣🤣 Oh, Nicola.
Aha, 🤭
@@nicolawhitemudlark if she didnt say it i was
I love your videos. I just found them. I didn't even know what mudlarking was until your videos.
This is great! Soooo interesting!
Thx for sharing!
"Antique Neverout Kerosene Brass Bicycle Lamp, with red & green jewels" saw this on eBay here in states. Had a link but it doesnt work. Looks like your mystery item is a partial lamp! Just found your channel, and am enjoying your adventures!
Sounds like you have ided it correctly.
I was thinking maybe some kind of little oil lamp with a stone missing.
Very cool... I want one for my bicycle! Think I'd get some funny looks? 😏
@linda cohen Yes you're right about hanging red and green lights on boats etc. But red and green mean left and right. When the lamp is lit other people will know by the colours which way it's moving. If you can see a lit lamp with a little red light then you're looking at the left side of the boat or vehicle, if it''s green then you're looking at the right side.
I enjoy a little kerosene with my bike ride.
I'm so glad you are using your pin cushion! It looks lovely with all of your pins and buttons! I am still amazed when you find the pins!
If I had to guess I'd say your mystery item Is part of a Jos Lucas bicycle carbide lamp . Great video once again . James
Thank you very much indeed! Im so glad this mystery is solved.
Brill thank you. Very grateful for this info. Nicola
You can see it in operation here th-cam.com/video/X2MTxg6zC9o/w-d-xo.html
@@ManOnTheMoon2 that is awesome! Thanks for the info. Cool find. I love antique things!
www.gilai.com/product_1247/Brass-Joseph-Lucas-Carbide-Bicycle-Lamp
You are correct. The Silvertown was aa label on an underwater telegraph cable. If repairs are needed, the exact payout distance would have been visible to a diver. Underwater cable lay on the undersea surface.
Why so many bullets? An unfired rifle bullet? Who needs a rifle in central london? Was it lost by the home guard? Or what? Any ideas?
@@user-oo8xp2rf1k consider all the military units, ships etc that have been stationed on the Thames through 2 world wars, armed guards on military stores, very easy to lose the odd round into the river when making safe or just clumsy, fired ones probably from the air battles over London,
@@viking1236 Could be... Yes interesting
Stop watching these addictive videos Marc you have work in the morning 😂😂
But I get too. Hard to put the damn thing away. lol
@@nancywarren608 😂😂😂
This is a real meditation watching you collecting trinkets in the stones.
The mystery object is a 1920s Lucas "King of the road" Acetylene Carbide Bicycle Lamp.
smartass
Badass
GreenmanXIV yes absolutely,
@greenman ...... Bossed it !
Its not a one penny its called a penny.
Joseph Lucas 318 brass carbide Cycle lamp ,Acetylene gas bicycle light - thats the mystery object :)
Thank you! wonderful. I'm so delighted that the mystery is solved now
@@nicolawhitemudlark your first find looks quite similar to the lid on the lamp, in the link above
Well done Joseph. Beautiful.
James Harmer , Joe Lucas, known to motoring as the prince of darkness
Thanks, I was thinking a carriage lamp. Well done
Nicola, Thank you for taking us along on your journey.
“I wish I was still 32.” Me too!!! I’m a new subscriber; still catching up on your videos. I very much enjoy your channel.
Hey to your friends in richmond va and Nevada. I'm in Florida. Grew up in richmond va. Thanks for sharing your interesting finds.
My son lives in Richmond. Virginia is a beautiful state, as is Florida. Never been to Nevada.
You're not supposed to go around showing everyone your climax button!
Men have been looking for that for years!!
Ooooh, I love what you did with the pearlware - it was perfect for your purposes! I've never mudlarked - it looks fun and interesting. Cheers!
That wonderfully calming voice!
It's so nice you can save all those lovely pieces of glass and pottery and use them to make your beautiful fish.
I do love the old lamp you found AND everything else!! TU so much, Nicola, for sharing❤
The button that read, "The Climax" was vintage from the 1800's typically used in men's clothing. :)
When I watch you, and the others due your archeology, you remind of the "book people" people in the movie "Fahrenheit 451"! You are part of a great movement,finding and defining, who and what your places are in the chain of of our great Celtic heritage! Keep up ypur great work!😄
Even just the silvertown find would have gotten me excited lol
Never wanted to go to London till I started watching this channel...
These videos are totally engrossing. I cannot belive how many old trowels you find
Your videos have been a practical lesson in how different people's eyes track differently. When you found your mystery object, to the upper right of it was a small key. Not the key I saw on the picnic table which you didn't describe. I guess you have hundreds of fragments of blue & white china. I would be hard pressed not to pick up nearly every piece I saw!
4:15 Lambretta 150ld is a 1950s era motor scooter.
AlbredaWelde 1957 to be exact on that actual badge 👍
Why are there so many negative comments , I enjoyed watching this ❤️
Ahh, Nicola the Queen of the “Art of Mudlarking” and of the history of both the great and the small you reveal on your walks in the mud. Many thanks for so much enjoyment.
You really shouldn’t feel embarrassed about misreading the Lambretta emblem.... after all, you must have been very flustered having just located your climax button.
😅😂
lololol
Hahaha.
I absolutely loved "I am Brett"! Wonderful video! Cheers from Northern Illinois in the states!
The brass item with the cut glass jewels, is a carriage lamp. The vent that unscrews would be at the top, a large glass magnifying lens was in the front hole that has the hinge, and the hole at the bottom, was where a cylinder was to hold oil for the flame. A very nice find! Congrats!
Just discovered your channel and absolutely loving it, specially the clay pipe one. I once found 3 medals (ww2) wrapped in a sand bag like material in a field, displayed nicely in my cabinet :) would love to start venturing out and looking for relics, maybe even buy a metal detector!
Do it!!
WOW -- what a great day you had.. love those old fishing sinkers. I have found some old American Civil War sinkers made by soldiers out of .50 caliber mini balls. Too cool.. Thanks for taking me along on your adventures.. They are fantastic!!
I learn so much history by watching different Mudlarks. Love your fish.
"Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The "I Am Brett" Society will now come to order!
The first item on our agenda: What the hell happened to our sign?
If anyone has any information please contact us immediately. Thank you."
Its like a side quest on RDR2 find a note then find the sign on the river. Mudlarking achievement achieved!
Lol
Just imagine what's two feet down
Or out in the middle of the river.
@@suzeaa and Bang Big, I thought that too!
So true!!! 🙏
The best part of the video was "I wish I were still 32", this made me laugh non-stop for a few minutes!
I was wishing the very same thing as I heard her say it.
Me too.
I thoroughly enjoy your/our trips to the Thames! There seems to be all sorts of treasures to be found there! I love rocks; so I would be weighted down with all sorts of rounded and colored rocks!! Lol Not to mention bits of chain, bolts, shells, and who knows what! I could not help myself! So much like an Easter egg hunt looking for hidden treasures! Thanks for taking me with you and all the explanation that goes with your finds! Take care, wear gloves, stay safe! Until next time.....
Love your enthusiasm. Great hobby which gets you out in the now greatly reduced polluted London air. Liked your bicycle lamp. A rare find! I look forward to your future videos. How from Cairo.
Excellent vid Nicola , must admit I've only just stopped laughing " I am Brett " , classic !
Glad I was able to give you a good laugh Mick! At least I caught it all on camera. I couldn't believe how dim I was there! :)
P.s wonderful finds and i absolutely love this channel. This is heaven for me. I would love to do this all day every day .,lol.🧡🧡🧡
I see the mystery object has been identified - I recognized it as a Lucas brass, bicycle light. We had a number of them in Tadley, Hants during WWII. They used carbide & water to generate acetylene gas - we also used the carbide to blow up screw cap beer bottles (glass hand-grenades!!!)
Because of the Green/Red Gems it must be off of a boat. You show the Green light on Starboard side and Red on the Port side.
You find things with your naked eyes that metal detectors hope to find ! Great job always.
9:25 Perhaps 32 was a hotel room key ring at one time.
You are under pressure as you sift through whereas I am sitting comfortably in my living room , a free mind to guess an answer.
So no apology by you for not a perfect quick answer for random objects,please.
Your video brings me much joy.
Thanks for making it.
I actually am Brett LOL
There you are Brett!
@@nicolawhitemudlark
I am Spartacus !
"I AM SPARTACUS"
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Brilliant lol
It's really addictive to watch your treasure hunting expeditions! I would say that the Belgian coin you found is from 1905, not 1985...
Thank you!
I’m more than a bit too young to ascertain that it was an object from the 1920’s and I’m Canadian so I don’t know your products but I recognized the similarities of aviation port & starboard lights. It’s an interesting find.
LOLOLOL...the climax button...omg...priceless! Very Good Nicola!
I appreciate the research you do on the objects you find. The stories may sometimes just be plainly factual, but still interesting.
My first impression of the mystery item, was of a ship marker lamp. Green, red and white. Red indicates port. Green starboard. White can be seen for long distances at night. The missing crystal, most likely, white. It's in the center.
I think you are holding it upside down Nicola?? I think you have the top half there would have been a bottom half containing oil and a wick, looks like it has a hing to open it, the side piece is the exhaust for smoke. Sometimes it's hard to find that little Button LOL...Great videos thanks
www.gilai.com/product_1247/Brass-Joseph-Lucas-Carbide-Bicycle-Lamp
I think I may have found it! And the lid that she found I think goes to it as well if you look at the top of the lamp in the picture it is very similar.
Robert Finlay nice catch it definitely looks the same ,I hope Nicola has seen this link.
Robert Finlay Dinh ding ding
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art have you seen the link by Robert Finlay above?
Love your fish, wish i lived in London, would spend every spare moment on the river banks
In archaeology when we categorize artifacts, we call that rainbow sheen on glass the patina, or patinated glass. Love your channel!
I call it "Opalisation" , that effect on acid damaged glass....
I very much enjoy watching your videos I would love to go mudlarking someday but until then I enjoy going on adventures with you the awesome things you find are awesome please keep making awesome videos for all of us to enjoy thank you.
Actually MY brother in New Zealand is 'THE' Brett -that's quite clear to me and I have just advised him where 'his' sign is .... !! LOVED this and all your videos Nicola such a great combination of archaeology/history/'nature'/art/recycling and pollution reduction and serendipity of course !
Thank you Della! x
Re: Musket Ball, might be for a "Blunderbuss" sort of a flint lock shotgun, though Si-finds showed a ball that was shot from a cannon in a bag of lead balls to cause maximum damage to the ship/sails.
1, well done Nic.
Lambretta is a make of Italian motor scooter.
Well done Capt Termite! x
150Ld is a scooter model.
Thank you very much x
~Mystery object was really unusual, one of those things you couldn't guess what it is, enjoyed that video, apart from the shot of Canary wharf, had a quick shot of depression
Sorry! I'm with you there 😊
For some reason, this older episode popped up on my feed...glad it did!
As always, great vlog, Nic
love from Denmark 🇩🇰
What a wonderful relaxing video ☺️ thank you my dear 🤗
We are the MODS, we are the MODS, we are we are we are the MODS! Another great vid :)
This was inspiring. Makes me want to get a metal detector and go out in the woods looking for random things.
I just like to think of the people that lost these items were like. What they did, how they lived, what their lives were like, what they did with their lives. It kinda reminds us how short and fleeting our own life times are, how precious time is. Cs in the end one can argue that none of it even matters anyway.
Yes you're absolutely right!
Hello. I'm from West Virginia in America. Nice finds I always walk up and down my river looking for old thing mostly I find arrow heads
You have done soo many vids. Got loads to watch. Where is my wine 🍷.
Your last find could be a masthead light for a small boat or yacht. The empty hole would probably have had clear glass in it and would have faced forward.
Lookup2Wakeup yes that’s exactly what it is.
The coloured lenses are on the wrong sides to be the lamp identified. Small hole would have been where the light source came in. If it was a bike/carriage light would have had a large red lense in the hinged part. If a boat stern lamp would have had a clear large lense. Definately not a front light from anything.
That's totally bizarre! I had one of these hovering over me, the last time I was beamed aboard the mothership... It still brings tears to my eyes... Hand me the ointment, please...
the difference between mudlarking in the north and south "oh i do say here is some sort of bottle lid how profound" in the north "oh another gun"
JD here from Pennsylvania. Stumbled across your mudlarking videos. Loving it!
Great! Glad you're enjoying them! Thank you, and hello to you from here in London. X
Another good one Nicola, great finds and very relaxing and cathartic thank you x :)
Mystery item is a car or bicycle carbide lamp, from about 1900. The pins are shroud pins used in burials.
keith norman iki
Its lambreta 150 brand scooters
Its an italian company.its an old label.
Hi Nicola your mystery object I believe is a stern light for a small boat. The hole was a white crystal gem used as a stern light
with port and starboard correctly placed. Super video.
its cycle light nothing to do with bots at all
Mario Flavin pppppppp
Greetings from the U.S. I find your mudlarking extreamly interesting! Hundreds and hundreds of years of history on those sections of waterfront. Keep up the look for trinkets! You will find something grand and extrordinary! Even better than what you have gathered already!🤔😱😎😎
Always love your adventures and finds!! Looks like it could be a vintage brass carbide bicycle lantern!
May I suggest wearing some surgical gloves or equivalent. People are not beyond disposing of sludge, human, and personal medical waste in these rivers. With the recent news of flesh eating bacteria and other inflammations from natural sources, I think it prudent. A small cut or puncture wound of the skin from a discarded piece of glass could cause some issues. Just saying.
50 times a year the London sewer system overflows and dumps raw sewage in the river!
I thought the same but she clearly has took no notice of good advice.The Thames is filthy and full of bacteria etc.Her choice.
@@feeltheforce10 Well if you think picking up these items from the Thames is bad, people still swim in the river and by all accounts they survive this.
@@Aarontlondon This year alone, 1.2 million tonnes of raw sewage has been dumped into the river Thames because the Victorian sewers can't cope. Even a few millimetres of rain is enough to overwhelm the old tunnels and anything left over goes into the river.Only a fool would risk a swim in the Thames.
feeltheforce10 the Thames has been cleaned to an unbelievable level. The return of fish species,otters etc proves it’s cleaner than you think or would believe.
The button definitely magical powers, Also the screw cap 1975 Mary Jane smoking pipe lid magically used in those days the light maybe a bicycle lamp use by police very old indeed thanks for Magical Mystery Tour!!!!
Richard Warnock that's what I thought or a stash lid. 🐙
Denmark also has coins with a hole for the blind to tell the different from a coin, same size but different value
Scooter company, Lambretta. Every time you show an item I always see more items in the background. Here I'm seeing a coin and possibly a ring. When you were showing us the coin or token with the hole in the center.
Very good find! The lead ball is definitely a musket ball the sprue marks from the mold are the give away. The mystery item is a ships lamp. They would light them at night to warn other ships of the position of the boat. The one you found would be at the stern it's missing the clear glass to show the position of the boat. Red right green left clear rear. A bow lamp would have just red and green. Old nautical memorabilia is a hobby of mine. Wonder find! Thanks for sharing this with us!
maybe its the rear light off of an i am brett scooter
truly laughed out loud
what a hoot
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This is brilliant!....your channel, what a fine discovery :o)
Thank you. I'm delighted you found it and are enjoying it. Thank you for watching. Nicola
Lol! The rockhound in me kept focusing on the rocks and pebbles!
Watching in Wooster, Ohio, USA
Since a video as not posted today April 23, 2023, I went back a watched and older one !! Good content ….
Lots of great little treasure finds,made me smile with the i am brett moped wind breaker badge..
The very first find is a lid to an old metal weed smoking pipe. Circa 1970s and 80s
"the climax... guess somebody knows how to press someone's buttons" .... LOL i died
"I wish i was still 32" , you and me both Nicola :(
Im turning 32 on nov. I wish i was on my 20s hahaha
I believe the brass piece you have with the green and red gems on the side are early 1850s marine brass oil lanterns used on the bow for alerting other boats of its presence, they were not used as guide lights. In 1846 the United Kingdom legislation required steam vessels to display red and green sidelights as well as a white masthead light whilst underway and a sole white light when at anchor. I can not find that exact lamp but I know that Davey & Co and Perkins both made oil lanterns for ships and boats in these early times. Being the size of your lamp I suspect it was for a yacht or sailboat. It would have had a brass lid that attached on the top with oil in a bottom basin, possibly there was the wick burner between.
I talked to an elderly gentle man who was in Merchant Marines as a young man, I was going to say he had to be in his late 80s but I have no clue how old he is and he said only way he would tell me is if I would kiss him and sorry, not today hahaha. He went on to work on a few smaller vessels all over from Sweden to Greece for a family. He said in the late 40s after the war before heading back to the States. He said that if you cleaned the corrosion out of the base of the part you have, the "gems" were the reflectors and bare in the back so light came thru them. He said the "gems" should be of glass. He said later ones around the 1900s would have been clear glass windows with the gems mounted on the sdies for yachts and sailboats, smaller vessels.
He was telling me something about a boat in a movie. I am not sure if it is "Some Like it Hot" or some other movie with Lloyd in it. I kept losing his train of thought. I refrenced several old black and white movies that he told me to see if they had them but were probably too new of yachts then to have that exact lamp.
Oh well I really loved finding out more information on this one THANK YOU FOR THE JOURNEY!!
Nic, the plns you show are probably nailing plus as used in the manufacturing of fur garments,hundreds would be use in the making of one coat,love your videos,thank you