Messing About In The River, With Kit & Caboodlers. A Summer Mudlarking Adventure.

In late summer last year, I met up with Kit & Caboodlers for a river wade and dumpsite treasure hunt with glass bottomed buckets.
Not many wonderful finds for me, they got almost all of them, as it was meant to be... still, had a lot of fun messing about on the river with wonderful people.
Their video from the day: • Mudlarking With Tom Bu...
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[@terriatwell4041]

It just was so kind to let Kate, Fleur and Oscar have first pickings. Kindness given comes back to us as well. Lovely calm video-thank you.

[@gilltaber2187]

Always a joy to see a video from you pop up, Tom. To be truthful, you could find nothing at all and I would still enjoy the video for the scenery, the sound of running water, and your ever soothing voice talking about anything and everything. How about making a new set of lead soldiers from all your finds?

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Gill, that's a kind sentiment. Afraid I'm not keen on melting the lead I've found, it's a bit dirty and gave off fumes when I tried, that I can't be sure are simply the soil burning off; don't want to poison myself if it's one of the surface compounds of lead, like lead chloride, or oxide.

[@Multiverse10X]

@@tomburleigh9261 You are such a lovely human being, demonstrated often and most definitely in this video with Fleur & Kate!! I’m sorry you got hurt and hope you have recovered well. Im so happy you found the little dove! Thank you for sharing your time with us. Best wishes, always!

[@Hippiechick11]

Always a pleasure to see a new video from you Tom. The scenery is so beautiful,I've to see the country side. Hope your back continues to heal and stay safe. And thank you for your videos.

[@njlayouni3501]

Yay! 3 of my favorite mudlarks in one fantastic collaboration. Lovely! ❤

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks NJ. I hope you enjoyed their video from the day too, (about 8 months ago now). 🙂

[@helgavoorneveld1530]

So good to see you clean so much plastic and lead from the river not many mudlarks do so you obviously care a lot about your environment which is heartwarming and make me enjoy watching your videos even more ❤❤❤

[@juneyshu6197]

Im so fond of the swans, every bit of lead mudlarkers pick up makes me smile!

[@jackiejames4551]

Tom it doesn't matter to me if yoj find anything or not im here for the walk and the scenery and the lovely sound of your voice. Please take care of your self back troubles are no fun.

[@bonnerdebbie]

Thanks for sharing your lovely day with K&C plus your packages. I enjoy your videos no matter what you find, the sound of the water, the scenery, your voice and thoughts and the fact that you pull lead and plastic out of the rivers. I hope this finds you well!

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Debbie, I'm glad my videos can survive a lack of good finds, and remain enjoyable 🙂. I hope you're keeping well too.

[@shirleymolldrem2715]

One of my greatest pleasures is seeing you skip stones. My dad, many moons ago tried to teach me but I could never master it. Now 75 and will just watch you?

[@cyndirose9775]

Thank you for another soothing lark. Having Kit and Caboodles with Oscar. They are also very nice people. Your little bird is so precious. Take care ♥️👩‍🦳🌺

[@agnessi2286]

Thank you particularly the scenery and stone skipping at around the 13th minute mark. I felt I shared the joy of being outdoors in a river with all of you. I too appreciate Fleur, Kate and Oscar.

[@ruthbaker5929]

Always a pleasure to see your videos, and to hear you speak. Such a soothing voice.😸🇺🇸

[@monicaeberle8505]

Your narration is poetic and mesmerizing, and like poetry, a journey of the mind.

[@lisewarren2292]

The creepy doll is a bit terrifying. I liked the info about the toppled trees. I'm pretty sure it will make people think, I hope. In my little rural dump, there is a crude stack of rocks that holds the path above it. The oldest stuff is there. But I wont touch it, its part of the landscape now. Sooo frustrating! Sometimes, the cycle of winter and summer pushes things out of it. I found glass lenses, and an actual pair of gold rimmed glasses. They are minuscule, and in fairly good condition. Amazing stuff moves in weird ways, be it in rivers, or in the movements of frost pushing up the earth.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Lise, I hope it makes at least some of the bottle diggers think, I know that one of them saw where I pulled out an intact codd bottle, went there, camped in that spot and dug out the entire banking. Feel a little guilty about having led them to a promising spot, but hopefully if they watched that one, then they might watch this one too and take notice. At least that person didn't topple any trees, that I know of. And I'm glad you're considerate of the path, and glad too that your respect for that and your patience is occasionally rewarded . 🙂

[@bryanstonall16]

Thank you tom for another relaxing video i have been waiting so long for your relaxing voice.

[@becky8571]

It’s so peaceful listening to the river flow and gurgle!

[@tomburleigh9261]

That's what pulls me in, and turns the thoughts dial down low towards peace. 🙂

[@sadielevens1144]

What a lovely place to hunt!❤❤❤❤❤

[@marydegenkolb9603]

As always a video from you is a joy. I think I heard you put your back out! Oh Tom, that is misery! I hope you are on the mend. I too have a sad back. And nightly enjoy a warm heating pad. Again, many thanks for cleaning the river of lead. It is not good for any of us. Its been warm here as well. We have had every day for almost a month with severe rain storms. And now, temperatures over 110 degrees fahrenheit. But tomorrow, I will be going to the island near my home, St Simons Island is an hour away. And I hope to spend the day there.

[@guadalupeknippen528]

Tom, those fossils are fabulous!! What a terrific gift they are. Thank you for taking us along this adventure. 🙏🌻🐕🥰🇺🇸

[@christhompson4270]

Any time you make a video is an amazing day out, the scenery, rivers and the serenity of your walk is awesome, the finds if any are the icing on the top of a cake. Thank you for taking us along and please take care. Great finds and gifts though 👍🙏❤️

[@KarynDale]

The best people find one another and they certainly have in this case. Lovely to see you Tom, and a delight to see you with the K&C Family. 🌼🥰

[@deborahjohnson1480]

It's always so calming, just what I need at the moment. Even the music is chilled, thank you

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Deborah, I hope you have other stress reliefs easily available to you too. 🙂

[@amandabell8827]

Lovely video Tom, looks like you had a fun day out. You are so welcome to all the stuff, I know you will make better use of it than me 😁💗 x

[@bcldavis5085]

You are such a lovely person. Such a kind gentle heart.

[@peterbarton9856]

Wonderful as always, Tom. I saw the Caboodlers video so this nicely ties up with that. They do sound as if they are a most pleasant family. Thanks, Tom.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Peter. They've been a pleasure to know since they'd just started, and my channel was fairly well established... lovely to see them succeed, it's well deserved. 🙂

[@suebt8794]

Tom you really are excellent! I'm so proud of how you clean up as you go along. X well done you

[@kimberlymolitor354]

I'm with you! I can't handle the heat either!!! Glad your back is doing better!!🥰🥰🥰

[@noraleestone2859]

20:14 🤣🤣🤣 Priceless!! I'll have to try to remember that line. It's a good'un! 😁

[@charlotte0069]

A notification from Tom😀, time to relax and drink it all in. So lovely to see you, Kate, Fleur and Oscar larking and you sharing your knowledge of the area and guiding them. You are a true gentleman. Enjoyed the unboxing of fossils and Amanda’s gifts… all gorgeous but that escutcheon was amazing my favourite 🙂. Thank you for a moment to forget and relax😌

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Charlotte, I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and the extra unboxing and round up. I agree, that escutcheon is a wonderful thing, I hope Amanda can tell me more about where she found it. 🙂

[@photopenny]

you could collect a bucket full of brown rocks and i’d still find it enjoyable! great video. can’t wait for the next one! 😁

[@debcattell7059]

Another amazing video Tom 😊 love the collaboration with Kit & Caboodlers. I hope you hand healed ok. And hope your back heals well too, not good to have a bad back. Thank you for sharing your video and the treasures you found, so cool 👌😎. Have a wonderful week and hopefully we'll see another of you videos soon 😊

[@hazel3564]

Wow, you are really good at skipping rocks! It’s really good to hear from you Tom, you and the running water, it’s one of my favorite sounds. It’s kind of amazing the number of watch winders found by mudlarkers, they are so small. Thanks Tom!

[@zbigniew.8261]

Obejrzę na wieczór, ale cieszę się, że jest nowy film. Pozdrawiam serdecznie 🇵🇱 Ps. Goście 👍 uwielbiam ich filmy.

[@solanisomeni]

Thank you Tom for yet another wonderfully beautiful and soothing video. Please don't fret over not being so "exited" when finding your more special, rare, unique and/or just finds that really appeal to you, reasons be damned... Everyone has their own style and I've come to love yours. Just listening to your calm voice, your "chatting" about this that and everything in between, be it history, comments about your finds or, whatever you feel like verbally sharing with us out here while you're out and about, is always welcome. I have my own personal "issues" and have found that while "joining" you on your larks, watching your "hunts", finds, listening to your voice and taking in what you are talking about, really puts me in a calm state of mind. (I have PTSD) I also love Kit & Caboodlers along with The Northern Mudlarks and yes, I do love to watch and listen to them when they become overjoyed with some of their finds. Reason? You can tell that they are not faking it. It is their real feelings/emotions, something that unfortunately is rare to find nowadays, both online and in real life. After having watched most of your videos/uploads I've finally gotten over my procrastination and subscribed. 🙃❤ Stay safe and happy //Solani

[@kathleencallaghan4867]

It’s amazing how much metal you pull out of that river.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Yes, it's an amazing place for metal. I'm surprised the council that owns it hasn't considered shutting the playing fields on top, and selling it to a mining company for all the metal that's in there. I've found lots of copper, lead, aluminium, iron, and some silver and gold there. 🙂

[@msmoe8687]

I always enjoy it when some of my favorite larkers get together, I bet Fluer and Kate found lots of bits and bobs for dollhouse projects. I especially find your bits and bobs interesting because they make me think of Nicolas fish!👍

[@lazyncrazy07]

My two favorite mudlarkers!

[@kitzeesw]

You're one heckuva stone skipper! Well done!

[@FlorenceFrazier2002]

A pleasure as always Tom. Looked like a lovely day out!

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Florence, it's always lovely to see that family, and it was great fun messing around in the river with them. 🙂

[@FlorenceFrazier2002]

@@tomburleigh9261 they are a lovely family. I watch both of their channels.

[@maggiebrown9690]

Such a lovely gift in the mail and all the nifty odds and ends. Thank you for another video and the beautiful music!

[@sisD]

So peaceful there! So much metal in that river. Nice to see Oscar with Kate & Fleur. ❤ Great day out. I agree with the heat. I stay inside here in Texas when it’s over 100 degrees! 😎

[@christinegreywolf]

If I had a choice to watch you picking up metal bits and someone picking up bottles, I would pick yours anyday. At a point bottles just get boring to me. Now metal bits are always different and can be used more ways. I also love that you pull lead out of the water! You need to work on more positive thinking. You are awesome!

[@tanithmessenger3581]

Always great to watch a video of yours, matters not if you find anything or not. A pleasure to see the surroundings, listening to the river and hearing your thoughts on things you do find or the area you are in. Also love the view from your window 🙂

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks tanith messenger, I'm glad the videos where I don't find much can still be enjoyable... I follow a few walking channels, and they don't do all that well, so, got it into my head that it's the treasure hunting element of my videos that brings the value and elevates the enjoyment over simple walk videos. 🙂

[@tanithmessenger3581]

@@tomburleigh9261 So very welcome. It's a shame they don't do so well, I find any video that takes you on a journey to be interesting. It's always nice to see a place from someone else's perspective, even places I may have been before. Treasure will always be a joy to see, but the surroundings and hearing your thoughts are just as joyful. Have a wonderful rest of the week.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thank you, I hope you have a wonderful rest of the week too. 🙂

[@tanithmessenger3581]

@@tomburleigh9261 thank you ☺

[@doreenurquhart3001]

Lovely to see more videos of your mudlarking , I love that part of the porcelain doll face

[@debrajohnson8030]

I agree it's a pleasure seeing the surroundings and I enjoy the things you find no matter what they are!!

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Debra 🙂.

[@Gloria-qy3dd]

I have missed you.,live the lake myself,it's a beautiful way to feel relaxed and daydream..I love Kate and fleur,I always feel like I am there with them.

[@catatonia2001]

Ammonites are my favorite fossil

[@cynthiaswearingen1037]

I really enjoyed your lark with Fleur, Kate, and Oscar, Tom. What nice fossils you received, ammonites are so beautiful. And your fellow lark gave you lots of lovely finds!❤

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Cynthia, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

[@umich79]

Have been looking forward to this collab for a long time! Very delightful lark with some very delightful larkers! ❤ Your videos are so relaxing. What a wonderful narration voice you have! The little bird was a great find. Yay for the typeface. Sending you all the best from Michigan, USA. 💕

[@MaryABaker-rd3mm]

How beautiful a mudlark! I can understand why you enjoy the nature, salatude and quiet of going on hunts by yourself! I love the country any we live only a few miles from some of the most beautiful country in the United States, right in the north east corner of Kansas, tithe Flint Hills! I enjoy your videos! Please be careful and stay safe!

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

I’d love to see what it is you do or make with your found objects, but regardless I enjoy each and every video adventure you share with me. The little bird is very sweet isn’t it. Thanks, much appreciated. 🙂🐿🌈❤️

[@fernbrisot325]

Stone skipping skillz!

[@irenejoseph9547]

Love all of your videos. I grew up in the mountains of eastern Kentucky in the USA. I loved wading in the creeks and rivers around my home. There wasn’t any hidden treasures to lark, just minnows and crawdads to chase. I especially love the music in your videos. The soundtrack immediately starts to soothe the ragged edges of the day. I look forward to more picturesque adventures in the future. Be well.

[@daphne4983]

Your voice is making me 🥱

[@karenpugh5292]

Lovely to see another one of your videos they are always Delightful to watch

[@peterkordziel7047]

If you were wondering, I think the small bird is from the Model Home Farm series by Britain's Ltd. The odd leg is also from the same company, it looks to me like it's from a Zulu warrior. Nowadays it's odd to hear these toys referred to as "lead soldiers", traditionally, they are known as "tin soldiers". Although there is some lead in them , it's alloyed with metals like zinc, and tin of course. Every company, like Britain's, CBG, Crescent , etc, had their own formula which they kept secret from competitors. The Model Home Farm series was an outgrowth of the military toys, which had lost popularity following the first world war. All were to a common scale, based on the No.1 guage trains of firms like Bing, Märklin, etc.( Britain's even made the things to build entire garden scenes!).

[@juneyshu6197]

I thought the leg was barefoot and poised in an assertive manner!

[@peterkordziel7047]

@@juneyshu6197 I like that. Yeah, they're barefoot, and very war-like, AND on the trot.

[@charlesperez9976]

A fantastic video!! The fossils amaze me,I also wonder what these Ammonites must have looked like,tiny Nautilus,I suppose. I have a small collection,mostly Pyrite,but also sacred Hindu ones,where if you have 200 or more,it automatically qualifies as a pilgrimage site! I don’t have 200,so,thankfully,nobody is knocking at my door,but I have a few nice ones,as my part of America was a shallow sea back when they were doing their thing. Aww,Kit and Caboodlers,they seem so sweet and genuine in their reactions,and you have confirmed this,I never doubted. Kate and Fleur,they,whether they planned or not,are one of the great Mudlarking powerhouses! It’s nice to see creative people meet up,and see what happens!!

[@judysparks1132]

Lovely to see you all larking Tom and fab video as always ❤

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Judy, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

[@naomimakin1908]

Hello Tom Fantastic to see you with the K&C crowd, another lovely lark in a well loved location. Have you thought any more about the reading of poetry.... When you were walking in the water as you spoke your voice and the water brought to mind the cadence of Wind in the Willows😊

[@user-yu5eu9rd8e]

I don't see the sheep anymore out your window!! Nice bunch of stuff you found!! Very interesting. I miss ya when I don't see you for awhile! Great fossils!! In our lakes and we have many inland lakes here in Michigan USA we have little tiny shell that resemble these bigger ones. It's all so interesting!

[@tomburleigh9261]

The farmer moves them around, and is letting the grass grow to harvest it for hay and silage. They'll be back once that's done. And thanks Linda, I wish I could manage to post more regularly. I've at least made some decent progress on the next one already. 🙂.

[@lmb423]

❤lovely video tom burleigh! Kit and caboodlers and you are my favorites all together ❤️ loved the little bird you found, and the little ,possibly a pin holder gifted to you is amazing! I love tiny little containers:) was a lovely lark , hope your feeling better, keep cool, its been 105* where im at all week !!! The heat wave is passing now thankfully!

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Lorith, I love tiny little containers too. It's cooling slightly here too, and I've been enjoying watching a family of swallows fledge on our washing line the last few days. 🙂

[@iansuehooper7542]

Good to see you back Tom. Trust you had a very enjoyable holiday in Scotland recently? Once again, your commentary wa s a pleasure to hear as you splashed your way along that beautiful river. Couldn’t ask for better company in having Kit and Caboodlers join you. Hope your back is sorted. Take care.

[@AndrewRobinsonDirtDiggers]

Wow, such a lot of lead. I take mine to the scrap man. Useful pocket money. Nice mudlarking adventure Tom.

[@lisafarr2771]

Great vid Tom. Lovely to see you out and about again.

[@clarefoskett9959]

Oh, what a lovely little bird you found. It's treasure. I enjoyed this recording very much and it's always great to see you friend's too😊

[@richardserridge2767]

Sadly, a lot of bottle diggers make a lot of money from bottles... In the thousands sometimes and they completely miss the joy of collecting. Once again, money destroying the environment. I'd love to meet Kate and Fluer and yourself. That little brass finial is a cool thing. I REALLY like the little dove too! It'll be the same sort of scale as my model tractors I think if it's Britains. Hoping to find lead animals when I get more active with searching again...

[@tomburleigh9261]

The high end bottle diggers who know where to find the expensive bottles tend to avoid that site, it's not as old as the ones they like to dig. So, the ones cutting roots there really are mostly only finding ones with zero to mid-range collector value. I'll still have the dove whenever you head this way, (or when I head over your way (I'm planning on visiting Blitz beach sometime this autumn, is that somewhere you ever get to?)). Whenever, remind me, and the dove shall be given. I've a few other lead animals that might be to your taste too. 🙂

[@richardserridge2767]

@@tomburleigh9261 are you sure? I don't want you to feel like you have to gift anything! Erm, I've thought about going there for a while and if you do go, let me know and I might be able to join you. I think it's about an hour away in the car from mine. To be truthful I've not been out alone much recently sadly as I get very anxious around the general public and everywhere is so noisy and busy in the 21st century, but I'd happily meet with you for a lark! I have a local dump that I plan to dig at soon, but I don't like doing it alone so waiting for my friend Jack to visit from Scotland. There are some occasional novelty bits left on the surface from time to time though.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Yes, I'm sure. I like giving away the things that I don't have room to display and don't want to melt. I'll try and remember to arrange something with you when my plans are more firm... I do have a tendency of doing things without plans, but a trip to Blitz beach will require plans. I think the car park near blitz beach may be quite busy and possibly a bit stressful for you, (it's shared with Crosby beach which has Anthony Gormley statues in the sand), but blitz beach itself is quiet and the other mudlarkers keep to themselves. I went there with Caroline and Phil once, pre-pandemic, and no-one talked to us, or even came close. 🙂

[@nobodyowens8159]

I've not met one greedy bottle collector ,they work hard and make surface finds available to mudlarkers . Tbh it's some you tube mudlarkers I find more greedy and annoying , They speak.of bottle diggers very strange too as if they are aliens. Luckily some you tubers get it right and nail it ,like Mr Burleigh.

[@richardserridge2767]

@@nobodyowens8159 I agree that most are genuinely interested, but the ones who topple trees and leave giant pits... Of course it isn't just "evil bottle diggers", It's a select few careless ones that give the rest a bad name.

[@rikspector]

Tom, I watch Yorkshire fossils on You tube, a very nice family and in your neck of the "wood", so to speak. I would really like to have some as things of interest here in Northwest Washington, but shipping has made that prohibitive as far as purchasing from them. Those are really nice ones. 180 million years, give or take:) Beautiful weather and water. Cheers, Rik Spector

[@judymarkel8029]

I love the dove😊

[@georgiaware3248]

Oh Thank Goodness For your video, perfect timing 😮 This world has gone mad ,

[@tomburleigh9261]

It's certainly interesting (mad) times. Glad my videos can be a little respite for people. 🙂

[@user-zp8mw4dz1n]

Steampunk coo-coo clock would be interesting from all your wires and gears found.

[@Joemamma664]

I'm looking forward to your next relaxing video

[@ManchesterMudlarks]

great video tom, good little lark and nice finds

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Mick, or is is Sarah? (I can usually tell, but can't today). 🙂

[@milliesimbeck7108]

Always great to catch up with your videos! Take care.

[@emilyjayne77]

🫶🏻 Yey welcome back Tom 🍾

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Emily 🙂

[@juliebates5315]

Beautiful journey up the river❤🦘

[@sevenjane1]

Hi Tom, my partner identified the big cog item at the back of your collection of finds in the window, the round wheel with the long ridges. Its a bearing race, in brass, the ball bearings sit in the channels x

[@davidwelch6796]

Just a suggestion; how about making a mould from an ammonite and using it to cast aluminium copies? I suggest aluminium because it can be polished to a high shine and may make an attractive and curious finished item.

[@martinmarsola6477]

Another interesting video today. A different perspective today. Thank you for the video. See you on the next Tom. Have a cracking weekend and week ahead. Cheers Tom. 🇬🇧👍🙂🇺🇸

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Martin, I hope you have a cracking weekend and week too. 🙂

[@wmarian5027]

Thanks for a river day. I would like to see creation of a desk gnome tribe from your finds, perhaps with finial caps. :) take care.

[@LancashireLarks]

Nice video Tom. Particularly liked the unboxing of the fossils. Very nice 👌 🙌

[@tombrooks3812]

Hi Tom nice to see you on the river with the girls and Oscar. I watch K& C often. I find it interesting the different things people collect. They are mostly looking for smalls for their dollhouse. And when they put it together its pretty cool. Other mudlarks only look for bottles while others are interested in coins. Its absolutly amazing what can be found on a walk down the river😊. On a side note the next time you get a chance to skip a rock or two try this, we used to find the thinest skippers and stack them then try to skip as many as possible. My record is 5 and it was a perfect skip with all 5 skipping about 8 times. Have fun and stay safe thanks✌️

[@tomburleigh9261]

Wow, you mean throwing multiple stones in a stack? I'll certainly have to give that a try. Yes, I seem to be one of the least specialising mudlarks... some days I fancy a coin hunt, sometimes a bottle hunt. Always on the lookout for unusual things, or things I haven't found before; always looking out for wildlife too, and of course, ingredients for crafting and small things for other mudlarkers. I agree, it's certainly cool when K&C put their finds together creating dollhouse things. Hope it's going to be cool too when I finally get some crafting videos finished and out. 🙂

[@tombrooks3812]

@@tomburleigh9261 if its anything like that view from your window then it will be spectactular✌️

[@kathykeith2203]

I finally got a notification ! Awesome video !! 😊😊😊

[@samwright8599]

Was lovely see you Tom xx😊

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Sam 🙂

[@MaryABaker-rd3mm]

Hahaha, I like e Kit H Fluar!

[@TheMskittyb2839]

Music is great

[@toniahampton207]

I think I would've loved to of seen the key that went in that hole! I know I'm a little odd for a female, but I'm a diesel mechanic, and now that I'm disabled I sit and make things out of copper and I repair jewelry and I'm just fascinated with things that you guys find thanks for sharing Tonia, Utah, USA

[@RibblefindsandCrafts]

May be a casting project for the brass and copper is four elephants on the back of a turtle with the Discworld as a sundial on top. Lost wax and sand casting moulds for the bits.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Steve and Mary. That's been in my head as a possible project since I got the forge, think it's one I'll need to work up to though; a multicast project of quite some complexity. It'll most likely be one for if/when I can afford a workshop space. 🙂

[@RibblefindsandCrafts]

Tom may be just start with a small Discworld sundial for now to get your mould making and casting eye in. One of my friends from school and work used to work in the local foundry in town before it closed down as a patten maker/sand mould maker and did cast a few bits and bobs for me, some bike badges and such.

[@debrabrooks6138]

It is so nice when you can meet up with friends and do the things you love to do! Such wonderful area to lark in and interesting finds! I was looking at your bucket and thinking it doesn't have to be so deep. I watch a lot of videos of metal detecting and river walking, and there is a few people who have made their own "window" using a medium to large plastic bowl and some plexiglass, the idea seems good as in another friend who uses those kid float tubes around some pvc tubes shaped into a square and uses a net stretched across it so it is easier to hold and sift sand for finds. I would think it would float in creeks too and would allow you to use the glass bottomed bucket better more hands free. It was just a idea I thought you might be interested in. :) I Love your videos as always.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Debra. I agree, my bucket is probably too deep. I just used what I had, and might try again with something else. When I met up with James of Find & Create, he was using the glass part of a door off a washing machine🙂. Interesting what you've suggested, I'll have a think and see what I can come up with, with the materials I've got. 🙂

[@Katseye102]

I love your videos! Think I’ve sad so before, but it’s been sometime. Sorry you hurt your back and was layed up, I swear there’s nothing worse than back pain, since I do have a bit pain in my lower back. Funny how when I was young I never suffered from that, and now….age creeps up! Take care! Can’t wait until your ready to post a new video. It was a joy to see Kate and Fluer (sorry spelling). They are such fun to watch!

[@peterkordziel7047]

The tank is a Renault, possibly by CBG or Britain's Ltd. 'not sure which.

[@toniahampton207]

You really are a great rock skipper

[@pigoff123]

Thanks Tom. I needed to go on a tour with you.

[@cieradriver3940]

Thank you for a beautiful relaxing video. Sending luck and good fortune from Phoenix, Arizona USA.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks cieradriver 🙂. I hope you have luck and good fortune too.

[@cindydickson3379]

I always love your videos. Nice that you got to go with kit, fleur and oscar. always a joy to watch

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Cindy, it's always a pleasure to meet up with that family. 🙂

[@kathryndeloria1834]

You live in such a beautiful spot!

[@peedoubleyoo]

Another lovely piece of work. A gift even. Thank you Ps Brass sinker appears to be a pike fishing lure minus the hook

[@angelamillard6418]

So happy to see you again! I truly enjoy your wanderings. Anymore poetry readings?

[@jeannienash5249]

Lovely show today ! 💖Luv ya bunches, Tom, Kate and Fleur 💖

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Jeannie. 🙂

[@Cali-at-the-beach]

Hi Tom! What exactly is Black Jet? Glass? Also, this was a different Lark....you were so generous with your time and knowledge. But, I missed your tag line..."I like it, I'll take it!" Happy summer to you and yours!

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks caliathebeach, I hope you have a wonderful and happy Summer too. Jet is a form of fossilised wood, somewhat similar to coal but much rarer, less brittle, can be carved and polished into jewellery. There's one place in Yorkshire that's famous for it; Whitby. Don't know of many other places it's found. 🙂

[@Cali-at-the-beach]

@@tomburleigh9261 interesting, thanks Tom! -Cali

[@Mick_Holland]

Hello Tom, I 're-stumbled' upon your channel today. I was a subscriber some time ago but for some reason fell away, so I'm very happy to have found it again and resubscribe. Cheers👍🏼

[@mary-anneswanson1428]

Hi Tom :) It was s pleasure to watch your quiet and thoughful style of video :) I shall have to pop over to Kit and Kaboodle's channel and see this lark from their view too :) I hope your back is feeling better and it is my turn to deal with the ouches in life as I've pulled a muscle in my neck and it is throbbing at the moment . It wont stop me from attending the RCMP Musical Ride performane this afternoon though :) Have a wonderful day-evening :)

[@Cate7451]

Where do you live in Canada. Must have been lovely to see the show!