American Colonial Plantation coin found Mudlarking in London

Join Si - a full Thames Mudlark while he searches the foreshore for relics from history. He lucks out when he finds a wonderful American Colonial coin with an amazing story! Other awesome finds make up another epic episode to remember!
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[@McChrister]

WoW, what are the chances of finding those two coins ending up together like that! The Thames(and your eyes) never cease to amaze me!! Another great piece of entertainment...and history. You lucky devil you! 🐞🙌🏼Cheers from Canada.....🙏🏼🍀❤️👍🏼🍻

[@christymickelson6965]

Beeen going back and watching some of your old videos. It is such a pleasure watching your videos and the history behind your finds.

[@dinahjackson8146]

That clothes fastener looks MIGHTY DANGEROUS !!! 😀😀😀 What GREAT finds ! 😍😍😍

[@valerieg.1953]

Love your videos, found you watching Nicola, amazing coins, nice scenery!

[@teacheraprilrogers]

As a historian I am completely amazed at the finds. I just want to dig and look too. These little treasures make my heart so happy.

[@Robert_Is_Me]

I'm always amazed at the history that lies in the mud of the Thames. Such an abundance. I've walked the beach on the East Coast of the US for many years and I know the ocean sorts things. Where you find one of something, you are much more likely to find similar. I love that the Thames leaves all the copper nails in that one spot!

[@desertrose2059]

Simon, I really look forward to all your new videos. I so enjoy your knowledge and personality. The history lessons are just the cherry on top!

[@Sifinds]

Thank you! ☺️

[@SmallWonda]

Excellent Si, well done - CONGRATULATIONS! Another happy day on the river... So much still to find... 😉💍🐾🙀🍀🤞

[@janelovesy2399]

Most enjoyable ! Thanks Si

[@moirablack3768]

Such great finds🤩 well done👍🤗

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Great video! That plantation coin is amazing

[@PinkPowerAllyTreasureHunter]

Absolutely EPIC recoveries!! Congrats!

[@redfog42]

Some interesting finds. Thanks for sharing x

[@Starsk25]

Wow, those are some amazing finds!

[@mistyscheidt7483]

Thank you for adding the history behind the coins! Love it!

[@tomshively5419]

Really cool coin and tokens Sci! I'd love to go digging some day, Thames or otherwise! You and Nic are great artists!

[@bridgetteleadbitter7899]

Good video si I liked it because we could look forward to the reveal instead of washing it and telling us about it each find really enjoyed x

[@achilliaroberso9366]

Nice finds , thanks for sharing.

[@steveshepherd2712]

Very good hunt Si, fantastic coins and that little hook fastener is simply wonderful, looking forward to your next adventure 😉

[@tereselapree222]

A fantastic day for a lark! Love the history. The Farthing, ball button and the amazing fastener are my favorites of this muckery. The dress fastener is like a hook and eye . It would have been sewn on. The opposite side would have had a round or D shaped bit to hook into.

[@lisafarr2317]

Another awesome lark. Fab finds.

[@sherryrector2275]

Oh more garnets. Well done

[@pigoff123]

Thank you. Your videos always brighten my day an make me smile

[@Sifinds]

pat goff aw thanks Pat. That made me smile!

[@pigoff123]

You make me smile so we are even

[@danafredrickson42]

the glass and copper(?) button is super cool that is a rare find too ive never seen one like it.👍

[@UrbanDKaye]

Thanks for the backstory on the plantation token Seems the Thames mud preserves everything. Even tin.

[@Sifinds]

It sure does - thanks for watching!

[@carriep5072]

WOW! You found some amazing treasure So⛏️👍

[@dianeaylesbury3072]

Hi Si, thank you for your time and effort and videos. Awesome and amazing. Diane from Southampton UK

[@Zandain]

More garnets! Love the coins, but especially the button & the clothes fastener!

[@keithlindsey4132]

Great video. Been watching Nicola and found you through her!

[@brianjessop5257]

you find some good finds si, love to know how much things are worth , just for the know

[@beachgirl7874]

Love your style for the round up. Thanks for the history lesson. 🇺🇸

[@Sifinds]

Thanks! 😎

[@rhiannondj6184]

I love seeing all this history 😀

[@MsTilda2]

Me to 😊👍

[@RobertWorley]

what an awesome day for coins! that glass button is sweet

[@purpleplump6650]

Loved the message in the bottle but nor as much as the amazing plantation coin, wow. ! Love your channel 😀

[@Sifinds]

Thank you! 🙏

[@philsmith6583]

beautiful history saved, well done

[@thomasnathan7328]

Hello Simon, i am Tammy from Malaysia. I have been watch your videos for quite a while now and enjoyed everyone of them. Keep them coming. God bless, Tammy🌻

[@justdustino1371]

I like those coins! The 1690s are interesting.

[@Andrew-bp5cg]

Love good old colonial

[@carolcourtney1122]

Sure enjoy your videos. I'm in California but you and Nicola and others transport me to the Thames and elsewhere to have great adventures without ever getting my feet wet. I, too, appreciate that you research and share the history of your finds when you can. Thank you.

[@Sifinds]

Carol Courtney Aw thanks Carol. Sweet words! ❤️👍🏻

[@ritamilford3129]

Fabulous finds.Thank you.

[@MissMaggie246]

Thanks so much Si! I always enjoy your videos, and am amazed at the treasures!

[@sharonclifford7539]

Another cracking video with terrific finds, thank you

[@jackiebeans2689]

Absolutely amazing finds! You know so much history! Great to see more garnets! Cheers!💕

[@MrVxrman]

Great video Si with some fantastic finds Fore Shore 🙂🍻👍

[@Catmoore60]

What a thrilling set of finds! I got Uber excited when I found two Indian head pennies in the dog yard of the kennel I worked for, and those were only a bit over 100 years old. Turns out it was built on the site of a very old (for the US) chicken farm, and the dog yard was over their dump. Well before organized garbage pickup...everyone just pitched their detritus onto a heap somewhere on their property. I also found a silver dime, but lost it when a overly playful Newfie knocked me flying. I would be over the moon to find anything as old as the coins you find regularly. Your channel is so much fun!

[@Sifinds]

Catherine Moore Thanks Catherine! Glad u enjoy it. Your treasure hunting sounds fun too. It’s not the find that counts it’s the hunt! (The Find is the cherry on top)!

[@aduncan2911]

Great finds today Si as a coin collector the best finds are the old coins I’m quite envious lol only joking well pleased for you Alan👍

[@davewhittington1368]

Excellent finds !!! Great history in your hands. Info magic . Thanks so much for sharing

[@conitorres9774]

I love how you get so excited over some of your finds. You make me sit up at the edge of my seat. Today was no exception, wonderful. Could your clothes hook be for a cloak as it is too large for a dressI believe

[@Sifinds]

Coni Torres Thanks Coni! Yes it’s a clothes fastener, could have multiple uses.

[@tonydeltablues]

Some v nice finds there, fella!

[@ronaldgreen5119]

The masters of mud.....Simon, Nic, and Chill Bill

[@mirkatu3249]

I love the history on the token, it's incredible you found one!

[@emilyarchibald1900]

I've wanted to visit England before but now I really do to go mudlarking.

[@debsmclaughlin6521]

Made my day seeing this video. Fab finds Si. Especially love the button and clothes fastener. Just watched Nicola's vid. You both had a good week!! Glad you got to have a cuppa together from the ABC teapot. Great stuff!! X

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Okay, Simon, this one has your best intro yet! triple exposure, if my eyes don't deceive me, color washes, too (we're not worthy haha)... Very creative and energetic start to the video. *And what a day you had* !! You must've had a premonition the way you charged down the steps rubbing your hands together like Ebenezer Scrooge; that did make me laugh! Great research and your always interesting running commentary make these videos a treasure.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

haha! I see you're wearing a different hat on the steps ... I've been duped by stock footage! ... even so, doesn't change my opinion one bit :) great stuff ... I wish I worked for the BBC, I'd order up a season of these at an exorbitant price

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

Nice hunt and finds. Amazing coins and Token. Thanks for sharing the history at the end. Take care.

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Great day mate.

[@mattsergel5704]

That plantation token is got to be extremely rare find.

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

Great Finds Si Finds! What a great video! I'll have to email you some pics of the half pennies I found here in Pennsylvania metal detecting sometime from your neck of the woods. Thanks Kindly! Love, Light, Peace and Luck Inna Mud! DaveyJO in Pa.

[@tracyroberts7918]

Love your videos Simon, keep up the good work

[@keithcraig7736]

awrite si m8,how you doin,,,well you never fail to amaze si,cracking good finds as usual and loving the plantation coin man,great channel si and very informative too,cheers m8,keep them coming si,,we love em,cheers,kc,keith,uk,be safe bud,👍 ; )

[@tandyjenkins5333]

Thanks for another fun video.

[@66CLASS]

nice little collection Si keep up the good work

[@shelleythornton7520]

Love it thanks for giving us a little history with your videos. And keep up the good work.

[@padraicodomhnall2146]

Great lark Si, with some fascinating finds. Thank you for sharing.

[@jeansprettypups]

excellent finds of history

[@higgybee6509]

Wonderful finds!

[@alexcarle8086]

Fab as usual... love the history research x

[@sallya.2412]

Excellent finds and what history behind them. I didn't know you had to get a permit to mudlark there. Interesting to know.

[@lsxtmt4910]

Congrats Si,the KR album makes me laugh.

[@lindaodellvt]

Love, love, love your videos!

[@Sifinds]

Linda Odell Thanks Mudlover!

[@LuvBugCrafts]

Hi Si, great finds once again. The coins are very interesting historically for sure. When you showed the clothes fastener I immediately thought that it was large enough to hook a cloak closed :) love it! guess we will never know. Looking forward to the next one!

[@Sifinds]

LuvBugCrafts Hi, it’s been recorded by academics as a clothes fastener, and used for cloaks etc (that’s where the diagram came from) 😉👍🏻❤️😊

[@LuvBugCrafts]

Hi Si, how wonderful is that?! I just took a guess as to what I thought it may be and so pleased that I was right in the ball park :) thank you for letting me know. I am looking forward to this weeks video too!@@Sifinds

[@CoinsAndCapsaicin]

That's an awesome coin!!!!

[@Sifinds]

Drew G cheers!

[@gabrielboudreau6701]

If you found that colonial coin in the mud ? All I can say is, Holy crap !!! Do hold on to this because it's definitely a rare find. Bravo brother

[@Sifinds]

Gabriel Boudreau Sure did! Rare for sure! Cheers!

[@gabrielboudreau6701]

@@Sifinds cheers back to ya 👍😀

[@kencarter190]

Nice finds well done good eye. KEN.UK

[@marydegenkolb9603]

Great finds on the foreshore this video.. I love the coins, so much history. The fastener is lovely, but looks like it would hurt if caught wrong. Great history lesson as well.

[@lorrainenormanton9316]

Love your videos just found your sight, here in New Zealand, we don’t have the history that England has of course being such a young country, but you find the most crazy wonderful things love it

[@andreamatheson5760]

I'm in NZ too and would love to go hunting for treasures here too! But wouldn't find much sadly.

[@beckyholmes8519]

Wow super finds thank you for sharing the history and the finds. I live in Oregon USA and have never heard about the plantation coins until watching your channel. Again thank you for all the work you do to bring this to us!!

[@jeriannroberts1816]

Bravo brave mudlark Si. Blessings

[@abkotschw]

1. Great video production 2. So sad that the moment I went looking for your bottle candle holders they were all gone! 3. Like so many others, can you show the garnet finds? 4. You and your channel are AMAZING!!!!

[@Sifinds]

Ah thanks for that - more lovely bottle candle holders on Etsy soon!

[@PeachSt8Digger]

Thank you, Si, for sharing. Stunning button and fascinating token (coin). I just love the finds on the Thames. So full of character and history. Your work is much appreciated....even in America!

[@northernerinnc3179]

I enjoy watching your Si-finds Thames Mudlark videos. Do you ever phone the London Museum when you have found something so heavy or big you cannot take it to them? I know you have found skeletons of boats and a very big wooden wheel. Or do you ever report where the finds are to the museum?

[@WildWestGal]

Fantastic finds, Si!!! Well done, you! Looking forward to the next larkabout!

[@mymagiclieswithin]

Such a lovely lark with you today. Great finds! I see your Etsy shop is empty again! I can't catch a break...but I will, that I promise you! I love the bottles and jars too much to give up!!! Take care, til next time! xx ~Jen

[@willbejamming1532]

Stunning finds. I will send you my address so as to facilitate the intended American journey of the plantation token. You know, for good karma and all. Glad to help out. Really, not a problem.

[@suffolknewlarker3608]

Thanks for the share Si. Just love these uploads from yourself and Nicola. I need to get myself to the Thames and of course get myself a permit. Keep the finds coming

[@lucyb15]

the small metal bulbous button is probably from a shoe, circa the early 20th C. , 1920s? A shoe hook would be used to fasten it...about 3 inches long, also of metal.

[@MegaDknox]

Cool finds. When you found the bottle it reminded me about some jars i had found in a friends garden. A few years ago he told me he was tilling his garden and found 2 jars with letters from the 1960s. I went over with my detector and found 15 or 16 more jars all with letters from a veteran. Sadly he had written all the letters but didn't send any of them. The house was located aross the railroad tracks from a veterans hospital. I never understood why they would be buried.

[@Sifinds]

Dennis Knox Fascinating! Thanks for the story!

[@BrianClunie]

That is awesome!

[@jaybales3160]

Excellent discoveries, congratulations. Thanks for the history.

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

Simon -- tell me more about the garnets -- why so many in the Thames? Natural? Garnet farming upriver? :-) Thanks for taking us along!

[@Sifinds]

Aengus MacNaughton I plan to do an episode on it soon

[@banefoor]

You need a soft toothbrush for the coins.

[@buckinthetree1233]

Thanks for the video.

[@lisaroach3165]

Love that plantation coin!! Great hunt as always si!

[@rogerdempsey7227]

Awesome finding that bottle there with a note in it that's pretty cool sorry I'm a little late watching your video I've been busy my brother passed away Sunday I've been taking care of that are you stay blessed and I'll see you on the next one

[@Sifinds]

Roger Dempsey Sorry to hear that Roger, my thoughts are with you pal!

[@rogerdempsey7227]

@@Sifinds thank you so much appreciate that stay blessed and keep those videos coming out enjoy them a lot

[@williamfox4041]

Hey Sci, next time you go mudlarking try taking with you one of those 2 gallon pump up sprayers that are sold at any home and garden store's. Fill it with water and then when you find those area's where that muddy sludge is keeping you from seeing the finds you can spray it off. Bring along a couple of coffee filters so you can refill the sprayer using water from the Thames. Looking forward to seeing if you use it and how it works for you. Well good luck with it and may your finds be many and great. God Bless and be careful in your adventures. Bill Fox of Desert Fox Adventures

[@cplatter38]

Just wanted to say thank you for the great videos! It seems that you and Nic are becoming a thing...she seems like a great gal :)

[@SouthCoastDetecting]

Fantastic finds Si well done buddy!

[@Sifinds]

South Coast Detecting Cheers dude!

[@Betharoot]

Can scrap metal be sold in the UK? The Thames foreshore would be picked clean of all the copper nails if it was in the US.

[@algiordano9214]

Some more great finds Simon, enjoyed sharing your adventure. That ABC teapot you gave Nicola really cleaned up like new. Tell the truth how did the tea taste? Stay well mate and keep up your great videos. Al, USA.

[@davidprentice6339]

the coin with the man on the horse has a standing cross on the back which was used by the knights Templars I'm the early 12th to 16th century you would have to research more but I saw that symbol on the oak island tv series