MERMAIDS TEARS, Tiny Glass Button & Tiniest Stopper! Harvest Moon Beachcombing & Mudlarking Scotland

[@SuzyEH]

The stopper looks like a wee tiny glass mushroom. So cool.

[@scottishmudlarking]

It does!! It's so tiny and super smooth - must have come from a perfume bottle :)

[@larisaz6967]

I swear I saw some Red pieces of sea glass in a few frames! Love this, perfect day. Thanks for my woodwards bottle, received today! ❤

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks ever so much Larisa! So glad the bottle arrived so quickly :) Brown sea glass tends to look quite red depending on the light... hopefully we didn't miss any reds! x

[@elainerichardson7465]

Red piece about the time of the little stopper.

[@sisD]

Such a perfect day! Oh the button and teeny tiny stopper are the ✨star✨finds! Wish I was sitting there on that rock too. It’s so peaceful. Thank you for the amazing day out! I saw a multi colored bird nest pendant in your finds! Nicole & Craig thank you. You’re both the best!! ❤ xxoo

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Sissi! We had the craft sea glass listed on etsy as a lot and it's going to a loving new home :) We will be listing a few lots every week from our previous and upcoming adventures! I have listed nests on my page but you are right, the tiny pieces are perfect for nests!! x

[@terribryant9996]

What a beautiful location. Thank you for taking me to the cove.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Terri! It's a lovely and serene place :)

[@terribryant9996]

@@scottishmudlarking it looks like it. I wish I could visit there one day.

[@terribryant9996]

My cousin's daughter just had her "destination wedding " over there at Brodie Castle. I think her new husband is from the area.

[@ruthabrahams7821]

So wonderful to be at the beach with you two! The mermaid tears are so lovely- and so plentiful. That tiny stopper is a treasure!! Loved the waves, the music, the glass, and your gentle banter as you enjoyed the day. Thanks so much! Take care! 🙏💕

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks ever so much Ruth! It's such a serene place to be at and the sea glass is a lovely bonus :) Have a lovely week ! x

[@fairyacorn4854]

Wow what a lot you found and a lot you missed. Wish I could come with you and search for some for myself. Lovely greens one of my favorite colours.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much! We leave lots behind and tend to just take a handful of glass / pottery where we go :) It's such a lovely and serene place!

[@christhompson4270]

Love the tiny stopper and all the mermaids tears, beautiful scenery and sounds. Take care and thank you for sharing 👍👏❤️

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Chris! The tiny stopper is such a gorgeous wee treasure :)

[@christinekeay8456]

Nice to see you back on the beach, and those two special finds, the tiny stopper and the little yellow button

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Christine! We are planning on coming your way when it's colder and hopefully the seaweed will have gone by then... The tiny stopper is my favourite ever stopper too :)

[@christinekeay8456]

@@scottishmudlarking the Council are coming on Monday to clear Castle Street beach, the smell was truly revolting when I went down to the chemist yesterday like the worst drains you ever smelled! I don’t know how bad it might be at our special beach, I haven’t been able to get along that far for a couple of months. 🤞it may be clear.

[@sionaharrop4486]

Lovely blue sea and sky, such an excellent video. What lovely finds, of course the tiny stopper and yellow button are on top of the list. Look forward to your next video ❤🇦🇺 xxx

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Siona :) The tiny stopper is my absolute favourite stopper ever !! See you next week!

[@kariannecrysler640]

A beautiful day at the beach. So many tiny teardrops. Your minuscule stopper is precious. I do adore the two of you treasure hunting 😊

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks ever so much Kari Anne! The tiny stopper is my absolute favourite ever stopper too :)

[@Tammie-Burns1961]

The tiny bit seaglass that you can't dill into could be put into little bottles and sold.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Tammie! We had it listed on etsy as a lot and it's going to a loving new home :) We will be listing a few lots every week from our previous and upcoming adventures!

[@terriatwell4041]

What an amazing amount of sea glass! That would be heaven. The tiny stopper may be my favorite find ever. Thank you.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Terri! The tiny stopper is my favourite too - never found any stopper so dainty before :) We had the sea glass listed on etsy as a lot and it's going to a loving new home :) We will be listing a few lots every week from our previous and upcoming adventures!

[@59tante]

the tiny stopper is the best!

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Laura! That's my favourite ever stopper :)

[@mirkatu3249]

I've never seen a glass stopper that small! What a sweet treasure! :-)

[@scottishmudlarking]

I know right?!?! It's my favourite ever stopper I must say - sooo tiny :)

[@elainekayes8087]

What a beautiful place and some amazing glass finds Nicole and Craig I love the baby stopper thank you xx

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Elaine :) The tiny stopper is my favourite stopper ever !! x

[@nancycarlson6183]

What a beautiful day at the beach! thank you for taking us along. So, so much perfectly worn sea glass - unbelievable beach full of treasures. The little stopper was the cutest ever!

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Nancy! The tiny stopper is my favourite stopper ever :) We had the sea glass listed on etsy as a lot and it's going to a loving new home :) We will be listing a few lots every week from our previous and upcoming adventures!

[@leilalazarus5828]

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[@florencelavorelsimon7930]

This tiny and cute stopper is my favorite Very well spoted ! Happy to have you back

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Florence :) The tiny stopper is my absolute favourite stopper ever !! We will be back at the beach around once a month from now on ... x

[@patifagan6774]

Beautiful day, beautiful scenery, beautiful finds

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Pati :) It's such a lovely and serene cove !

[@joankolek8373]

That's a fantastic beach.

[@scottishmudlarking]

It's such a lovely and serene place to be :)

[@terrylschumacher-levy5150]

😮That wee yellow button goes along with your Harvest Moon hunt 🌕❤️

[@scottishmudlarking]

Aww yes it does Terryl! It's like sunshine in your hand :)

[@rosemarietsutsumi1029]

Beautiful sea glass finds. Also enjoyed the sound of the waves. 🌞🇺🇸

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Rosemarie! We will be back at the beach at least once a month from now on.... :)

[@jomoseley48]

What a beautiful beach and I've never seen so much sea glass on one beach. Thank you for sharing your day with us!

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Jo! We had the sea glass listed on etsy as a lot and it's going to a loving new home :) We will be listing a few lots every week from our previous and upcoming adventures!

[@nolasdollsandaquatics9386]

I'd be hauling out pounds sea glass...lol 😆

[@scottishmudlarking]

Hahah we only take what we can use and that's usually just a handful of glass from one place :) x

[@susanbarnett2590]

Nicole and Craig. We loved the introductory for the mudlarking at Mermaids Tears. Ralf and Susan Atlanta GA USA

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Ralf and Susan :) Mermaids Tears are soo lovely - do you remember the story about Mermaids Craig did when we were at this beach a year ago... it's so lovely ! x

[@julymoon4815]

Hello, Nicole and Craig thank you for taking us back to the beach again, i've missed it. I haven't even had a chance to visit the beautiful Norfolk beaches this year so its good at least to see the sea on your wonderful film. I kept spotting fossils as Craig was searching for the glass and what a heap of beautiful glass you found. Wishing you a good weekend. x

[@scottishmudlarking]

Hello! :D So glad you enjoyed it... We're so lucky to have some of the best weather of the year in September, and it was a a lovely day for the beach! Hope you can make it along to the coast before long! :D We'll have to get along to see if we can find some fossils soon! :D Thank you so much, have a lovely weekend, best wishes, Nicole & Craig xo

[@tarrasams7423]

Hello 👋 from New York USA Thank you for Bringing me Along with you Guy's I can't wait to see What you Find Next 😊

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks ever so much Tarra :)

[@charlesperez9976]

I just got back from my trip to London,made lovely finds,and spent a few precious days with a friend😁 That yellow button,such a beautiful example of a Czech Prosser button. The Prosser brothers made a button making machine,to huge success,and delved,also into trade bead making. To this day,their beads are legendary. To find a Prosser button,what a super thrill to see! BTW,there are a few precious Prosser machines,still in use,to this day,making beads of all shapes and styles.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Charles! Oh I hope you managed to meet Nicola or Si? The yellow button was a favourite find for sure and yes of course the Prosser brothers machine!! I have read how it works in one of our bead books :) I didn't know that some of those machines are still in use today !!

[@charlesperez9976]

Yes! I met Nicola,we had dinner one night,then went mudlarking a few days later,and on my last day,I visited her legendary studio,wow,it was mindblowing!!!

[@lilliebarton5567]

Love watching you two! I lived in Thurso Scotland for 2 years, more than 50 years ago when my husband was in the navy. Love that country. I always felt at home there.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Lillie! It's a lovely place that cove, serene and peaceful :)

[@woolaminajunkjournals]

I absolutely love the little yellow pendant necklace!

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks ever so much :) I was so happy the button fitted into that gorgeous crown setting ! x

[@janethuffman5280]

Beautiful sea glass!! I'm not sure if you picked up the lavender/purple piece at 30:28 but I was saying out loud look to the left look to the left!!!! LOL. Thank you for another relaxing video. Have a good week!

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Janet! Oh it's always surprising to see how many pieces we missed when Craig edits the films :) It's worst when you can see you left a marble... Have a lovely week x

[@margaretlast44]

Received my necklaces today and wore one tonight. Thank you so much love, love them. Love the story and history behind them.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Margaret! So lovely to hear you love the necklaces :) They are little pieces of history! x

[@YvonneWilson312]

Oh wow, that adorable tiny stopper is the cutest little thing!

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Yvonne :) It's my favourite ever stopper!

[@teeteepalooza]

excellent harvest! the yellow button is so buttery 😊

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much! The button truly is like sunshine in your hand :)

[@lisajahn6839]

The ocean sounds really add to this!

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Lisa! You can always tell when the tides start to come back in when you can hear the waves :) it's quiet during low tide! x

[@deansinger8285]

I took the photo back in the 1980s(in an album stored away somewhere) - Forth bridges....I've heard of Burntisland! March on to 10K !

[@joangeddes380]

I can’t pick a favourite as love it all ❤❤❤

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Joan ! We had the sea glass listed on etsy as a lot and it's going to a loving new home :) We will be listing a few lots every week from our previous and upcoming adventures!

[@phylliswilliamstn]

Gorgeous finds and scenery 😊

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Phyllis ❤️

[@lauraallison4697]

Nice to see you back on the beach again x

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Laura! We will be at the beach at least once a month from now on :)

[@peggyreid6836]

Hello Nicole, hello Craig, what a marvelous day of Mudlarking. Thank you taking us along. You both found so many nice pieces of sea glass and mermaid tears. I just love the yellow button necklace. I do hope your wishing stone wish comes true. Happy Autumn. Greetings from North Carolina U.S.A.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Peggy! We had a really lovely day out and are so happy with the tiny stopper and button :) The wishing stone came home with us , so it's now sitting next to a couple of rocks we have been taking - like mopey and a rock that looks like a mermaid sits on it!

[@juneyshu6197]

The Kelly green large really looks like a lovely leaf. The tiny blue heart could go inside something? Will see! Lovely vid.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Juney! We had the sea glass listed on etsy as a lot and it's going to a loving new home :) We will be listing a few lots every week from our previous and upcoming adventures!

[@gabrielebehr563]

Nice video. Beautiful area. These tiny stopper have I seen in your short spot🤓. A lot of pretty seaglas.👍

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Gabriele :) The tiny stopper was featured in our shorts you are right ! x

[@tinacluff2793]

I kept seeing brown pieces under and between the rocks and I was like you missed a red piece. Then realized it was actually brown.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Tina! Oh yes that's so true - brown looks like red in the sun - it's such a lovely colour actually, like amber and gold :) Carnelian is worse, it looks like orange sea glass ;)

[@tracey6038]

Hi from Australia. I so enjoy watching your videos . I have found the most gorgeous earrings in your etsy which I just have to buy.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Tracey 😃 if you have any questions regarding the earrings just drop us a wee message ❤️ So glad you are enjoying our videos!

[@tinaanderson7283]

I would also leave with a bunch of shells and rocks that I think are pretty .

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Tina! We take shells when we are looking for a project but mostly sea glass for jewellery making :) We did keep the wishing stone!

[@deedorothypapineau6920]

What a peaceful day by the ocean in contrast to the destruction the east coast of Canada is experiencing with hurricane Fiona!

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Dee! Our throughts are with everyone affected by the hurricane ...

[@countesscable]

What a beautiful place and lovely day as well. Beautiful pieces as well. Are you allowed to say where this place is?!

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much! We can certainly share where this beach is - it's just along from Burntisland across from Pettycur Bay :) It's not visible during high tide... Glad you enjoyed the video! We have been there before and made a video with a lovely Mermaid story and one with a history on the Vitriol works that used to be on the hill behind the beach ! x

[@countesscable]

@@scottishmudlarking I will have to look for that episode!

[@59tante]

I'm not sure if you were talking about cleaning bottles. I used 1 denture tablet in water overnight. It works

[@scottishmudlarking]

That's what I use too :)

[@deansinger8285]

I see, the trip to the beach was to stage a blitz on the glass then another six months on the DUMP - yeh? Got enough to last a while with the jewellery making ! No one around is peace for the wicked - not far from you I took a photo of both Forth bridges with a low mist, years ago ! Near 8K - roll the drums!

[@scottishmudlarking]

Swooping in to sweep up the sea glass!! :D It would be a crime to hide under the trees on such a lovely September day! We decided we would try to get to the beach once a month, at least! Those dumps are too tempting! lol Oh! I'm wondering where you took that photo - we were in a place called Burntisland - its not an island and its never, as far as we know, been burnt... We hit the 8k!! Onwards and upwards! haha!! Very best wishes for a great weekend, Nicole & Craig xo

[@Thewestside4]

I wish I could be looking for mermaids tears I use to enjoy it but now my knees don’t allow me to do it. But, I met a older lady years ago on Narraganset bay I wondered what she was doing looking at the sand so close. She said, oh me and my grand children collect mermaid jewels. See they are to young to buy jewels. So I taught them how they can sometimes find jewels swept up by the waves. That mermaids sometime lose them for you to find. I have loved looking for mermaid jewels! 😊🧜‍♀️ jewel 💎 I saw a beautiful shell you missed I was go back go back but you couldn’t hear me. Lol a little bottle with a few pieces of small jewels and little sand would make a lovely pendent.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Ruby! Craig did a history section on mermaids in a previous video in this location - it's really lovely :) Sometimes it's nice just to sit and sift the sand ...

[@59tante]

that was a Solent Green

[@scottishmudlarking]

Sooo many shades of green....

[@lotusdolphin]

This was such a great video. Totally relaxing but kept seeing so many pieces. Are the reddish brown is that amber or what is that I noticed there’s a lot of it in Scotland watching you go over all the red pieces maybe brick I don’t know. It looks like carnelian. The little stopper is adorable! Can’t wait to see what you do with that. Thanks so much to both of you!💜🤟🏻😎🇺🇸

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Liz! We do have lots of Carnelian / Agates and they disguise themselves as orange sea glass from time to time ;) Brown sea glass can also look a little red when the sun shines through it! The tiny stopper is my absolute favourite stopper ever :) x

[@lotusdolphin]

@@scottishmudlarking Oh my gosh thank you so much for telling me that those are carnelian’s. I thought I was losing it! Nicole that is the cutest little stopper I have ever seen! Never seen one so small

[@59tante]

it's all about the glass, about the glass..no metal. couldn't help myself

[@scottishmudlarking]

That sounds like a fun song :)

[@59tante]

such a talented couple. would you happen to be Educators?

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much Laura! Craig used to be a university lecturer and I studied architecture and worked in interior design :)

[@sylviawatts4027]

What are mermaid tears

[@scottishmudlarking]

Many thanks! Mermaids tears refers to small sea glass - some say its sailors folklore, but that too may be attributing a new idea to an old vague historical reference - which is very common practice... In many respects the story seems quite closely related to other stories that tell about the troubles caused by breaching other worlds - the Selkie stories common in Scotland and Ireland have similar themes of loss and desire. We recounted a version of the Mermaids Tears story in the video I have included a link to - you will, no doubt, recognise the story, not least so because it recalls the Hans Christian Anderson story, The Little Mermaid, though, Anderson's mermaids could not cry... Thank you so much, best wishes, Nicole & Craig xo kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmKuiXiPibypja8

[@meganseastrom5467]

Question: does it help monetize your channel when we comment and not just hit the Like button? I rarely comment but if it helps I will

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thank you so much! That's a good question - the analytics are a bit of a mystery to us! I think comments help tell youtube to show more people the video thumbnail. The ads are the only thing - we think - that directly provides any revenue, to be honest, we make just enough to cover travel costs from youtube. That's very kind of you, we are so glad you enjoy the videos, ad we hope you keep on enjoying them! :D Very best wishes, and thanks again for your very kind question! :D Nicole & Craig xo

[@bilirkisi7819]

Good luck to you

[@scottishmudlarking]

Thanks so much :)