Mudlarking in Kampen

[@NorthernMudlarks]

Great mudlarking trip - you found some interesting stuff! Looking forward to more videos! Gail & Alex xx

[@findcreate6174]

Thanks Gail and Alex. I really appreciate your kind comment, I'm one of your subscribers so great to hear from you about my video

[@murfling]

This is the first time I've ever seen anyone mudlark flower beds & roadwork. Cool.

[@findcreate6174]

Haha, yes i look everywhere, always head down looking for "stuff". Thanks for your comment, enjoy the rest of your weekend

[@MudlarkingWithKitCaboodlers]

The Bartmann jug pieces are beautiful! Always love a Bartmann:)

[@findcreate6174]

Thanks so much. I love watching your videos and appreciate your comment on mine 😃😃

[@vikypixie5489]

Well, i enjoy the videos and craft works of both of you now, but then when you join like this, its so nice 🌍 🌈

[@findcreate6174]

@@vikypixie5489 Thanks again Viky

[@tarrasams7423]

Hello 👋 from New York USA you Found Some Amazing Finds my Favorite Definitely Was the Pipe Bowls and Pipe Bowl stems Thank you for Bringing me Along with you I can't wait to see What you Find Next 😊

[@m.j.dorgelo3548]

Hello, I live in Kampen and happened to come across your video on you tube. Nice to see a part of your city in a different way. You were lucky, just a few months earlier the street had been broken up for a new sewer system.Then they also found a whole piece of the old city wall. the Archaeologists have been researching it for a long time.

[@janelovesy2399]

What a lovely video ! I really enjoyed it ! You found some great things in a very nice location ! I liked the bird song and pictures too !

[@findcreate6174]

Cheers Jane, the birds really we're having a lot to say. Kampen is beautiful, so much history there.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Hi James, we've just subbed after watching all your videos. We heard of your channel on Tom's video and then one of our subscribers, Pamela Chadwell, also mentioned you. Welcome to the mudlarking KZbin world, you're off to a great start, with confident presentation, excellent content and interesting concepts, from mudlarking in flower beds to tiling the toilet with pottery finds... absolutely brilliant. Our first videos were pretty dire, so with such an excellent debut, we're sure you will go far and fast, and we'll do all we can to spread the word. But I must say that we'll be warning people that watching you can lead to problems, as now, thanks to this marvelous video, it's no longer just rivers and streams that we can't pass by, but we're even looking for finds when walking on the street. Lol... All the best for what we're sure will be a successful KZbin experience 😎🙂🐼 Phil, Caroline & 'Manky Panda'

[@findcreate6174]

Thank you both so very much for this comment and for subscribing, I really do appreciate it!! I am working so much at the moment (6 and a half days a week) that I am struggling to edit new videos. I have one almost ready and will upload soon.

[@ilonamollema6467]

Gail and Alex advised me to watch your video's. I never knew that it was possible to mudlark in the Netherlands. And watching this video of Kampen makes me want to jump in my car and drive to that city. I live nearby in the city of Zwolle. I wish there were Victorian bottle dumps here in the Netherlands. I really envy the Nortern Mudlarks for digging there and finding great stuff. But you've got a new subscriber. Now I'm going to watch all your other video's and get more inspired to mudlark here in the Netherlands.

[@findcreate6174]

Hi Ilona, I'm in Epe so not far from you! You can come with me to the dump site if you want and I'll show you where it is (it's an hour from you). Thanks for your kind comments (I see more to answer) and I didn't realise Gail and Alex were recommending me. I must thank them. I'll read your other comments now.

[@babybyrd2121]

I am so fortunate to be traveling the world with my favorite kind of people! Mudlarks! That was an amazing trip...can’t believe all the wonderful things you found! Your videos are beautiful and so entertaining! Thanks so much!

[@findcreate6174]

Wow Lynn, Mudlarking around the world (or being with Mudlarks) must be fantastic. Thanks for your kind comments we have fun too and like finding pieces of history that spark the imagination

[@lisascenic]

It is astonishing to see so much history churned you by routine municipal work. I live in California, and our historical timeline runs so differently.

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

good finds enjoyed watching keep It up

[@catherinemoore1426]

I just love this , the piece of Bart,an is amazing ❤️🇨🇦

[@findcreate6174]

Thanks again, yes I'd love to find a whole one!!

[@gypsycatharina]

Prachtige oogst ! Leuk om mudlarking in Nederland te zien. Lieve groet RINI

[@findcreate6174]

Heel erg bedankt Rini. Nederland heeft zo'n geschiedenis, ik vind het leuk om te vinden. Fijn Pinksterweekend

[@RMBlake007]

New Sub here after watching Tom B. You are doing what I long to do. Not only enjoy the process of finding the "treasures", but making something beautiful & useful out of them. Greetings from USA - Colorado.

[@findcreate6174]

Thanks a million and terribly sorry for my really, really late reply. I have been so busy with work that I had to put KZbin on a bit of a hold. Back now tho, so thanks again.

[@RMBlake007]

@@findcreate6174 No worries; appreciate your reply!!

[@noraleestone2859]

20:22 I rest my case! lol The town ought to have an archaeologist seconded to these construction crews, to check what comes out of the ground when they dig.

[@amandabell8827]

What a wonderful collection! Pipes, Delft, Bartmann….like being on the Thames without the mud 😀 x

[@findcreate6174]

Thanks Amanda. The river IJssel at the other side of the city, which I should have shown, is the equivalent of the Thames and used to be tidal, the same. When the Dutch built the Afsluitdijk (started in 1933) it controlled the flow and stopped the tidal effect. Imagine that happening to the Thames after a million years!!

[@amandabell8827]

@@findcreate6174 That would be tragic! X

[@sisD]

Hello from Texas! Great finds without even having to dig! I really enjoyed the peaceful video and scenery. Look forward to more videos. 🦋

[@findcreate6174]

Thanks very much for the kind comment all the way from Texas. Have a great week!!

[@lunakatt429]

Very interesting way of finding pottery shards , lovely pieces and historical from Kampen . Good to see videos from other areas . I hope you can go back and find other pieces of the jugs . Tom B. suggested your channel .

[@findcreate6174]

Firstly thanks for the kind comment and for hopping over from Tom's channel. Kampen is gorgeous and I could and should have shown the city more. Ive been a few times and never filmed but I will film again for sure. Kind regards - James

[@lunakatt429]

@@findcreate6174 Thank you so much for responding , it means a lot .

[@carmenm.4091]

The Netherlands is full of this stuff. My mothers childhood back garden was full of it too. They had a farm. Many clay pipes from the 1600 and even Roman bits and bops and of course delftware tiles and pieces of other pottery and even a mammoth tooth.

[@juliet5114]

Hello from the USA James 🙋. I'm another "convert-ee" from Tom B's channel 😁. So happy he gave your channel a "shout out" so that I could find you and subscribe 👍. Looking very forward to watching your new videos and seeing your channel grow. Your doing quite well already, my friend 😊👍. Remember, it's a learning curve, lots of trial and error. Relax and have fun with it😉.

[@findcreate6174]

Hi Juliet, thanks so much and sorry for the late response to your kind comment. I have a new job and it's manic at the moment. Really appreciate the message and advice - Regards James

[@juliet5114]

@@findcreate6174 No worries on the response time, James. As your channel grows the comments can get alittle overwhelming, I'm sure 🤪😵😜( practically a full time job it's self!!). I'm in Oregon(West coast of USA) and just started back to work (second week of relaxing lockdown, Phase 1). I'm a Veterinary Nurse and there's SO many safety steps now. Alittle overwhelming and keeps you off balance. Respond to comments as you can. We shouldn't expect you to "re"comment EVERY TIME. You do have a life🤷.

[@pamcolechadwell1302]

I am still in shock you found so many pipe bowls. I think it's really cool when people find fingerprints on the pottery.

[@findcreate6174]

Yes Pamela there ware a lot that day, I've been before and only found one, it was a lucky filming day. It's amazing that people broke things by accident one day and threw the pieces on the banking and they stayed there for 300+ years until I came along.

[@pamcolechadwell1302]

@@findcreate6174 yes very cool, I would be doing the same thing.

[@wendyharper2154]

Hi James, Love the Delftware piece with the house and the slip ware. Really interesting hunt. Cheers Wendy (Australia)

[@findcreate6174]

Hi Wendy, Thank you, it was a really enjoyable lark with loads of old stuff. I love the piece with the house and it will be used in my features tile on my next video. One day I want to visit Australia, can we mudlark there?

[@wendyharper2154]

Sure can but we don’t usually find anything older the 150 years. I have been contemplating making a coffee table top with my finds and have been inspired by your tiles to proceed. Cheers

[@FlorenceFrazier2002]

You found lots of nice things!

[@findcreate6174]

Yes Flo, It's the most rewarding location I've found in Holland yet. There's stuff all over. Thanks for the comment

[@sunitasurendran2001]

Was just thinking clay pipes& hey this episide has clay pipe finds ...Love it ..Seems like you got some real good history places out there..Looking forward to your channel which by the way came in my recommended list ..And am all the way around the world from India.🖐️..Thanks for taking us along ..👍

[@findcreate6174]

Thanks again Sunita and I'm glad my channel was recommended by the system. Greetings to you in India from The Netherlands

[@phylliswilliamstn]

Love the maps and comparisons

[@findcreate6174]

Hi Phyllis and sorry for my late reaction. I am working almost 7 days a week at the moment and finding it hard to keep up with the lovely comments. Thank you very much for the kind comment. James

[@phylliswilliamstn]

@@findcreate6174 hey, it's good to be working! No problem

[@debbrabossier7284]

You're so lucky to find so much on top of the soil.

[@findcreate6174]

Hi Debbra. Yes it's strange to think that things discarded 300 -400 years ago are still there just on the surface. Imagine you drop something now and it stays there for 400 years, ignored by everyone.

[@GM1945CW]

Leuk, een Nederlandse mudlarker. Wij zoeken ook , waarschijnlijk al voor het woord mudlarken bestond.Nijkerk, waar wij wonen, is ook een interessante omgeving: in het verleden veel tabaksindustrie, dwz veel pijpekoppen. Succes!

[@findcreate6174]

Hallo Gijs, Bedankt voor de reactie en de tip over Nijkerk. Klinkt zeker als een plek om te bezoeken. Groeten - James

[@Bebbis77]

How wonderful to find so many things on the surface! That lovely at 19:54. I wonder if you could obtain permission to enter a freshly turned field in the area. Imagine the finds!

[@mudlarkingmarionette]

seen all four ; looking forward to the next one when it comes

[@tatjanakaiser9120]

Kampen is a very nice ancient place to lark, but next time you should try Urk and Elburg, too. Due to the netherlands efforts to build 'new land', you should look at old maps, to find out where they haven't already turned the groung upside down.

[@findcreate6174]

Hi Tatjana, I live near Elburg and was there 3 times last week but there's nothing to be found. Everywhere else I go I find things but apart from a clay pipe bowl on wednesday, I can't find things. Urk is a good tip thanks, I was a Naarden yesterday too and got lots for another video. Kind regards - James

[@essiestardust3892]

Ahh kampen I lived in that street More than 30 years a go 🙂 and did some digging’s in zwolle great times

[@marciajohnson6767]

Great video

[@debbrabossier7284]

That one piece with the white twirls I believe was a piece of a tile.

[@findcreate6174]

Sorry Debbra for not replying earlier. I don't know why I missed your comment? Yes me too and probably very old. I wonder what the house was like that it came from.

[@juadonna]

The black horse looked to be a Friesian, one of the Netherlands native breeds. They are very photogenic! The small tooth is a horse's incisor tooth. Probably a juvenile tooth. The Kampen, indeed, is very rich in artifacts.

[@findcreate6174]

Really appreciate your help with the tooth and I didn't know the horse breed either so thanks for the info. Kind regards - James

[@theresac.3216]

Well done! 👍

[@findcreate6174]

And thanks again :)

[@mariat.3961]

Great finds! You should check out Richard Hemery's KZbin channel, he is very knowledgeable about pottery, he's even written a book about it. Looking forward to more videos :)

[@findcreate6174]

Thanks for the kind comment. Your profile picture looks very pottery shard like! Nice. I subscribe to Richards channel, yes he's a really clever knowledgeable guy. Thanks again

[@sf55514]

What a shame the diggers and graters might have broken the pots rolling over the area.

[@filipar949]

Shout out to our moles 😜

[@findcreate6174]

Hi Filipa. I saw your comment pop up on my phone earlier today whilst filming another mud lark, so I said on camera "shout out to moles". Might be the slogan on the merch in a years time if I can grow the channel.. haha. Thank you

[@anonymouse4850]

Jug handle.

[@findcreate6174]

Thanks Annie. And probably the last person to hold that handle was 300 years ago!

[@anonymouse4850]

I am a potter and when I ws at Derby College we did a project on Medieval pottery,we had to build our own kiln and make the pots to go inside it,love medieval pots,so rustic and the glazes are so toxic,like lead,,what were they thinking of??/

[@findcreate6174]

That sounds really good to do, certainly something I'd like to try. I'd like to use the pieces to recreate a whole example to show people the full pot/plate/jug. Yes they did health hazard stuff, no wonder the life expectancy was so low

[@murfling]

Who's that with you?

[@findcreate6174]

My partner, she doesn't want to be on the videos 🙅🏻

[@noraleestone2859]

The prohibition on digging seems a bit hypocritical when one sees the carnage perpetrated by the municipal infrastructure folks. :o You ought to at least be allowed to scrape in the areas where they've dug significant holes & refilled them higgeldy-piggeldly. :/

[@findcreate6174]

The Dutch have rules for everything. I totally agree with you, scraping is ok but from what I understand digging is not

[@trvlaqwst7570]

Can barely hear you

[@findcreate6174]

I will invest in a clip on microphone, I realised afterwards that it's too quite. Thanks for the kind feedback.