London Mudlarking near Execution Dock - Tudor & Medieval finds

Join Simon Bourne (Si-Finds), Stephen Auker (The Man with Hat) and moi as we mudlark along the Thames at Wapping near the site of Execution Dock - where pirates met their sorry end.
You can find Stephen's KZbin channel here:-
/ stephenauker
You can find Simon Bourne's KZbin channel here:-
/ sxsi81
It was Stephen's first mudlarking outing and it was a beautiful, hot summer day. We found a lovely variety of finds from different periods of history, and Simon also bought a few of his impressive previous finds to look at over a beer at the Prospect of Whitby after our mudlarking expedition.
Jonathan Beamish of Local Colour was also with us for a while and provided us with some super drone footage. Thanks Jonathan!
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If you want to try mudlarking, you do need a permit and you can find the details on the Port of London Authority website
www.pla.co.uk/...
Thanks for joining us. If you have any suggestions, ideas of comments- Im always happy to hear from you.
Thank you.
Nicola
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[@johnorbea2049]

Dear BBC: give Nicola an 8-part series of hour-long episodes immediately - this is fascinating and she's as engaging as she is articulate! My new favourite KZbin channel!

[@ninamoores]

I second that!

[@celticc3003]

Nicola! I stumbled upon your channel and I’m absolutely fascinated! I live in North Carolina in the US. We are happy to find anything that’s even 100 years old 😆. These objects from the 16 and 1700’s are truly treasures! I am definitely hooked on your vids and I will be watching! Cheers from an American “cousin”! 😉🙂

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you. So glad you're enjoying ❤️

[@banginghats2]

Being the first person to touch these things for hundreds of years, or even the first since the original owner, must be a real thrill.

[@charlesperez9976]

Good heavens,for a moment my heart skipped a beat! I rushed over to my box of finds and gifts from you,I thought that the Bartman piece that you found was the one that you gave me!! But no,a different piece,and a piece that I am so very honored to have! Thank you,Nicola!🥰

[@maryhelen1011]

OMG, I loved this video so much! I can't think of a better way to spend a day than mudlarking with friends! Lots of love to all of you! Thank you for sharing your adventures and treasures!

[@helleyjones6541]

What a wonderful way to find old treasures I come from New Zealand we don’t have the extent of history that you guys do. I love watching you and seeing the lovely things you find. I would love to come over to the UK and go mudlarking 💍

[@twitchbiddy6880]

I know just how you feel also being a NZer. You don't by any chance live in Ashburton do you?

[@dreamart3395]

Just discovered "you" and your KZbin videos ... I am hooked. Love love love the pipes you find. Keep up the mudlarking ... I'll be watching.

[@brandyrose9997]

"A million squillion years." Bless you, Simon.

[@yukonphibes2963]

I so love watching you all mudlarking around the Thames. I'm a historian & all the things you find just perk my interest every single time.The half brick, pins & later, the top of the Bellarmine jar I'd say were what was left of someone's dwelling & yard along the Thames after the fire of 1666, when the foreshore was farther out. I wouldn't be surprised if the pins were put in & buried in the very same jar that neck belonged to. The jar broke & after a while the Thames came in more & the pins got well,....pinned under some rock. Just a theory, but it thinly makes some sense of their relative locations where they were found.

[@mainlyfine]

I am new to your channel and absolutely addicted. I love the way you give your viewers the historical context to your finds.

[@brandyrose9997]

Rewatching this 'cause it's awesome 💗

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you. Not do what?!

[@theresac.3216]

Great video! Love all the great camera views, the music, the history, the comradery and the treasures found! How fun! ♡

[@tanithkershaw]

Brilliant, when I come home from Australia I'd love to go mudlarking, it looks addictive ! X

[@sunnydavidson297]

You can go to any coastal area and find things of interest. 🤗🇺🇲

[@hunterr.9594]

was a mid to late 19TH century button - a victorian picture button to be exact with an oriental bamboo design - Thank you for such amazing videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@YonderFanj]

Went back to an old episode and really enjoyed it!

[@TomTom-rh5gk]

This is great because you show the surrounding area and we can learn something about where you are.

[@tandyjenkins5333]

Just found your videos and they are so much fun, I’ll have to watch all of them. I like that you give the history of the pieces you find.

[@kennbiggs9311]

I have viewed your videos for a couple of years now and have always enjoyed them. I love history and you just don’t see the items you find in London in Indiana, USA. Very interesting always! I also like the new formats you’ve been using to present the Mudlarking adventure and explanation of the treasures you find! Thanks Nicola, and friends!

[@kevinclark8935]

I'm hooked! Found your interesting vids on here-and can't stop watching them. So much history there.Well done and thanks.

[@cogidubnus1953]

What a cracking film...two of my favourite KZbinrs (Nicola and Stephen) plus someone new to me, who I think I'm going to like too (Simon)...thanks so much Dave

[@MultiMisstink]

Glad I’ve found your channel, fascinating stuff xx

[@kingkong9542]

The 5c square coin is from the Dutch Antilles, still in use in Curacao. Untill 2010 "dushi" Bonaire did accept the Guilder, but now has the US dollar.

[@michazeegers]

1923 5 cent Dutch.Not Antilles (did not exist yet).They did reuse the same design later on.

[@gaylenealis7268]

I never knew there were square coins!

[@michazeegers]

@@gaylenealis7268 there are square coins all over the world (just Google it and you will see).There are coins in many different shapes not just round (triangular,octagonal,etc.).

[@shawnablake5102]

Love it! Thank you for sharing the history!!!

[@Victorialands]

Really enjoyed listening to the history and watching the 3 of you search out your finds. I just love it when you find boots! Treasures, all of them.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you x

[@territheoldneedleshop996]

Such a wonderful way to start the day! Great finds!

[@sarahjudd2795]

I am intrigued by all these little pipes you find.

[@margiismith8413]

Terrific adventure, three very amazing people together in one spot, well The Man with the Hat is now officially a mudlarker too, interesting finds, cheers for sharing, 💐👍🏻👏👏👏👏🎁💖💖🇦🇺

[@chefboy2160]

Wow such great fun you have and thanks for bringing us along and sharing the adventure......

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks for watching!

[@benjilee5279]

Love seeing Simon in your videos!

[@Tob2n]

Another pleasant video to watch. Well done to Simon, Stephen, Jonathan and to you. ( and keep making the most of this good weather ).

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Tobias!

[@Katseye102]

Mudlarking with friends! Makes it more fun finding "bits & bobs" I think! Great video! Always love seeing The Man with a Hat too! What fun! ❤️❤️❤️

[@metaldetectingengland]

totally superb hunt guys ,Adrian here ,one day me and my friend simon would love to share a day out ,with you on dear old Farther Thames if you would be kind enough to show us the ropes , ,i was ill in bed last year with health problems for a long time and honestly Nicola and SI your channels kept me going along the road to recovery ,,nice to see you all haveing a grand day out together with Steven your friend .blooomin top notch guys as allways .ps please hurry and find another Battersea shield !!! make the world news i honestly think you will one day !

[@lisawilson2912]

Sick in bed all week but working my way through all of your older videos. 😊

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

I hope you get better soon. Sending you lots of love. Enjoy the videos. xox

[@PompeyChris71]

Be a good idea to take a magnet and pick up loads of pins at once, lol.

[@unchaleekate6746]

I moved to Thailand 14 years ago, and this malarky has got me truly homesick..i did a bit of metal detecting..and traveled the UK selling my own craft works...those Thames pebbles are superb for pebble art. regards John.

[@sunnydavidson297]

Utterly fantastic! Years ago I was on a crop circle tour in England, in a formation. My guide handed me a flint she'd found on the ground. I will have to locate it in my still packed boxes from moving.

[@evergreen8965]

Stephen was hilarious! A nice addition.

[@judylutz1702]

Great video! One of my favorites, with 3 of my favorite tubers!

[@diggingnashvegas]

Love the videos, don't sweat the wrinkles, your gorgeous

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Harold Perry thanks Harold. you are officially my favourite person

[@trwhitford65]

A Mudlarking T-Shirt is a great idea. Nice video and I really like the use of the drone.

[@clive.r1414]

A well earned pint at the end! Thank you for sharing your interesting and educational adventures. Well done to all!

[@kmaterne]

New to your channel and I’m utterly fascinated by what you guys find on the Thames. The episode with the Neolithic deer antler hoe was remarkable. I’m a rock hound and I love imagining what things were previously used for.

[@tnbigdave4563]

Great video,Nicola,really enjoyed watching and waiting for Stephen to get stuck in the mud. Liked that forgive to forget shirt, how true,so simple but so difficult for most,glhh

[@sylvianedubray8011]

What i like in your video is the story (or history) behind each find. Thanks a lot and take care. 😊👍👍👍

[@bridgettejones3292]

Just started watching your videos (from USA). It is amazing to me how many old pipes y'all find!

[@333Hogwarts]

Wonderful dear lady !! Always a story to be told when hunting for the past. History is a most valuable tool when predicting the future. Warm regards Albus

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Albus Dumbledore thank you very much Albus.

[@patio87]

The chainmail is amazing.

[@sebastianverney7851]

this is marvellous and the high quality of the video makes all the difference. millions of years of history picked up on the banks of the thames. perhaps we should send the elgin marbles back to greece, thanks very much for the loan, and start looking in our own backyard

[@shawpaperiekas600]

I grew up in a house that used to have a pharmacy in the basement in the 1800s. So we’d find old medicine bottles from time to time when we’d be digging/playing around in the back yard. And we found a whole wagon wheel once too. Like, horse and buggy type wheel. I was in elementary school but I used to love finding stuff like that. A peek into history!

[@georgealderson4424]

Glad you did not find a horse skeleton to go with the buggy!

[@seanlohan4713]

I only came across your channel recently and I'm enjoying all the finds along with you and your Mud-larkers. Their always interesting when you look in to the history of an item. Cheers!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Sean I'm glad you're enjoying them

[@mallow173]

this is so cool! such an amazing history lesson and fun at the same time! Gotta go!!

[@cjhobbyfly8597]

Wow that Zeelandia coin is amazing... 1790's Dutch (Colonies, maybe Guyana?)

[@MrMarsBlades]

its 3am in Australia, cant sleep, so great video to take me to another place

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Glad to keep you company in the wee hours! hope you sleep well now x

[@tractorguymark7726]

Wonderful video once again. Really enjoy the history. Thank you for sharing the experience.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Mark!

[@itrack4u]

Excellent mudlarking. I very much enjoyed the music. Thank you.

[@TS-bn7zt]

Really enjoyed that!! Loved the finds, history just waiting to be found. Many thanks.

[@clockwork9827]

Very pleased you are all enjoying 'Caribbean weather! on your mudlarking trip. Good to see you all together. Some fascinsting finds, although that chain-mail looks painstaking to make...Grwat days on the water

[@maryleblanc1788]

Some really great finds. Really interesting video.

[@Thatsinteresting363]

Simon is adorable. Truly.

[@donaburns7912]

I enjoy both watching and listening to your videos. That you behave with kindness to those around you ensures my regular return.

[@JoannaLamont333]

I loved that little square 5c coin. I’ve never seen a coin that shape before.

[@evverrette1]

I'm so happy you pointed out the gallows at Wapping. I've read that the word 'whopper' for when you catch a large fish came from the corpses of executed people dropped into the Thames at Wapping and I guess fisherman would get one on their hook sometimes. So when someone got a large fish they'd say they got a Wapper.

[@LJinx3]

Si talking about a tudor brick when there is a great big anchor just hanging on offshore behind him, lol.

[@pabloposadapernikoff8229]

Hello Nicole, it"s a pleasure to go virtually along the Thames with you ! The copper object with bamboo design cut out look very much like the cover of some incense burners I've seen in Asia

[@Bluewolfdude]

I love history !!! Especially European,finding those relics is so cool !! I have learned allot from you.I am a grateful pupil !! TY !

[@robertbennett6898]

I so wish I was back in England. Great video as always.

[@dannywilliams5192]

that red glass looks like a jewel out of something what a lovely day there🦘🦘🦘 Danny Australia

[@Dutchy1980]

At 9:10 its an old dutch coin, From the time our provinces had their own coinage. Zeelandia, is from zeeland, 17th century?

[@bertptrs]

funny, the next coin is Dutch as well, but it says 1923.

[@aztib]

Correct it is a 17th century coin from Holland from the V.O.C so very very nice find. And the other one the square one is a silver 5 cents also from that time good find

[@zombieguy16]

@@aztib Zeelandia is from Zeeland province, V.O.C. had their own coinage. Also, the square one is a nickel 5 cents from 1923, not silver unfortunately.

[@jacq135]

@@zombieguy16 you are absolutely correct 👍👍

[@s.brouwer5264]

Text with the weapon of Zeeland is most probably "Luctor et emergo" : "I struggled to emerge" To this day the official motto of the province of Zeeland !

[@justanotherfreakinchannel9069]

Nice finds, but my favorite is definitely the silver 1727 Zeelandia 2 Stuiver coin!! Keep the videos coming, GL&HH!!!

[@justanotherfreakinchannel9069]

Zeelandia is the Netherlands, by the way, so with the 1923 5c that makes 2 coins from the Netherlands!!

[@kimjameson7979]

What fun and a pint well deserved. If you have "Shoe Goo" in U.K., you might consider keeping a tube in your backpack for on the spot Wellie repairs when needed. Thanks to you all and all the best.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

I need two tubes of Shoe Goo! Thanks for the suggestion. I will get some :)

[@Catmoore60]

nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art Or duct tape...1015th use for it...patching up Wellies!

[@mrhuffler9791]

Lovely day out! - thank you for sharing it with us. ;)

[@adrianford2336]

Another great mudlarking video always enjoy them.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Adrian Ford thanks Adrian!

[@derekstynes9631]

You Guys work very well together and it was that much better , You should Collaborate more often .

[@suemount6042]

The brass thing with leaves is the top of a potpourri jar I had one exactly the same

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

ah, thank you!!

[@casperrah220]

So is it old?

[@maxinemcpoo1547]

@@casperrah220 Could it be Aesthetic Movement brass? 1860-1890? Much influenced by Japanese culture. I have a Worcestor vase in the shape of a hollow bamboo log that is AM porcelain.

[@Sifinds]

Amazing vid Nic!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Si! Thanks for your input and expertise!

[@deidrecruickshank7975]

That's definitely not a Kiwi, the break is not long enough. A kiwis break is at least 3 times that long. I'm from NZ. I love your channel 🧡

[@metalhunterjonathan1600]

The Square Five cent and the Duit from the Netherlands are beautiful. I Found one 5c with my detector in terrible condition. bud never found a Duit. And you guys find it in another Country,😃 Nice job. 👍 Greetings from the Netherlands, Jonathan

[@pawpatrolnews]

Wow, you got this video out fast! Filmed less than 2 days ago. I love the drone shots, by the way.

[@superbellabeau]

Great finds Nicole. Love the chain mail! 😊

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

superbellabeau yes I'm envious of Simon's chain mail

[@todorhadziyski6456]

Great finds Nicola!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Todor

[@betweenthepoles]

I’m sad that I can’t find such cool old stuff on the Chicago River. 😩

[@marcg1314]

Really interesting finds and vid is well put together, this should be on bbc4!

[@jaynehorn4753]

Nice to see the three of you together.

[@barbzingz]

I found this on TripSavvy: London may not have a beach, but the River Thames runs right through the city, and since it's a tidal river, the river banks are uncovered every day. In the 18th and 19th centuries, many poor people in London searched the riverbanks for trinkets that had been dropped into the water and cargo that had fallen off passing boats, and they would sell the treasures they found. Being a mudlark - someone who searched for these items - was a recognized occupation until the early 20th century. But mudlarking these days is more like beachcombing or treasure hunting for those interested in London's history.

[@diggitallindadirt3283]

More great finds 👍🏻

[@o0motorpony0o]

I wish I could go mudlarking at the Thamse too.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

i don't blame you! :)

[@DOUBLEDEFENSE]

Looks cheap all you need to do is be there

[@MrTtvvt]

@@DOUBLEDEFENSE lol. 'being there' is, let us say, not practical from Australia, at least in the short term. Sigh...

[@DOUBLEDEFENSE]

@@MrTtvvt Nothing is practical but you have to see it happen even from Australia best of luck

[@debrataylor1813]

Being there from Florida isn’t feasible right now but I’d love to do this. I will too!!

[@WonderingGreenMan]

Great finds! Love that bellamine they are so cool!... At 24:40: It is sad that solo bootie lost its sole supporting soul, pity, no resolve to be resoled and sold; it would be consoled with solace!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

very good :)

[@lizlunch7066]

Nicola - a great job on all your videos - calm narration, lots of information and follow-up!

[@rum1pole]

Hi Captain Nicola and your great crew , lovely river finds & well deserved drinks in hot Caribbean weather . bye

[@Moicbambi]

2 dutch coins in a row, funny :D Nice discoveries again! Thanks again for those nice images

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you. Yes strange coincidence, and a couple centuries apart too.

[@Catmoore60]

Moicbambi Maybe they fell out of a pirate’s coin purse...they would have had a lot of disparate coinage from their booty.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Ah ok Elizabeth. I shall reprimand him. Sorry.i hope you can get over that! Xx

[@philjones6054]

I've just stumbled across these fascinating programmes by Nicola White, and have subscribed immediately. Thoroughly looking forward to watching all your other programmes, and indeed to all future ones. Thank you so much.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Great. Thank you Phil. New one out soon. Nicola

[@cammiecarpinetti6010]

Wonderful I'm finally catching up...another stay away from home has put me way behind but im tryin....love and cheers use friend

[@deniseflower4026]

As soon as I saw the red bead...I thought FISH EYE for one of her lovely glass collages.

[@StokesTrains]

I’d love to have a go at this!!

[@welshrelics2983]

Great video I would love to come out for the weekend with you guys you should do trips People would be happy to pay a fee for you to take them to good spots. Good luck buddy 😉

[@w762nato6]

Thanks Nicola for shareing your adventures!

[@Canuckmom128]

@Welsh Relics On one of her videos, Nicola has put a link to the Port Authority Licensing Office. Mud larking is highly controlled, and you have to buy a licence which only allows you to dig at a very shallow level. You have to be an Official Mudlark to dig deeper and they have an annual licence and are part of the Mudlarking Society. There are also MANY rules about reporting finds to the appropriate authorities. A one day licence is 35 pounds.

[@wrongwayconway]

In January I booked a "Beachcombing on the Thames" excursion. The fellow never showed up and the meeting place was at Tower Bridge Tube station...at high tide! I went to Gereenwich and mudlarked on my own later that day.

[@debrataylor1813]

@wrongway Conway if that persons business is called something other than beachcombing on the Thames you should post it to help others from beings victims also!

[@NotMykl]

The center bit of chainmaille is in the Euro 4-1 weave (European 4 in 1). Each ring has four rings connected to it and is probably the easiest of chainmaille weaves.

[@gmagain]

You know what could be super cool? To open a museum exclusively on Thames finds!

[@lisahinton9682]

Hi, Nicola. I went on and Googled about mudlarking and it would've been too long an explanation for you to do so I understand now. Thanks for another terrific video. By the way I think that roundish item with the bamboo is from the modern day. It looks just like the design of the top of a glass jar that held potpourri back in about 1995, except mine had daffodils.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Lisa. So glad you enjoyed it. You got me thinking though. I think I'll include in a future video where the word mudlarking comes from as I expect lots of people don't know. Have a lovely day and thank you for watching 😘

[@lisahinton9682]

@@nicolawhitemudlark You're so kind, Nicola. Thank you for being a class act. I look forward to the explanatory video, and all your videos.

[@jan-reiniervoute6701]

The coin at 9 minutes is a 'stuiver' or 5 cent piece of the province Zeeland. The provincial motto is 'luctor et emergo' which translates as I wrestle and emerge (above water as the lion of Zeeland does).