HELP ME SPOT THE THAMES MUDLARKING FINDS! Mudlarking the River Thames with Nicola White

Join me on the Thames foreshore as I search for pieces of history. I never know what I am going to find when I go down to the River Thames at low tide, but I do know that I will find something - even if it just a button or a piece of pipe stem. In this video I find a few interesting objects from different countries. As always it is fun to do some research and find out as much as possible about them.
Thank you for watching - and for your comments and feedback.
You can follow me on twitter and instagram @tidelineart
You do need a permit to mudlark on the River Thames and you can find the information you need on the Port of London Authority website here:-
www.pla.co.uk/...
Thank you.
Nicola White
www.tidelineart.com
instagram @tidelineart
twitter @tidelineart

[@kylierichardson6252]

Thank you for posting videos during these anxious times. I hope you are safe and healthy.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Kylie! Hope you are well. We will all get through this - hugs to you x

[@dr_steve]

Nic: with all the uncertainty and anxiety abounding in the world just now, it is so refreshing to be able to relax and de-stress with your videos. Not sure how long you guys will be able to continue mudlarking the Thames, but here's hoping you will continue to do so for as long as possible. We need you right now more than ever! Please stay healthy!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Hi Steve. Thank you and oh I know, it's just awful everything that is going on at the moment. Sending you big hugs from London x

[@dr_steve]

@@nicolawhitemudlark Thanks, Nic! As long as they are virtual hugs, I'll take them!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

@@dr_steve ha ha :) absolutely. corona hugs

[@ritamilford3129]

Steve H, just start back at the beginning again of Nicolas videos.I am.

[@gurunpetreagunnarsdottir8192]

So agree steve, it's been hard winter here in Iceland and this C 19 😨, i was thinking that it would be ok to have a polarbear at your door than this pest!

[@PublicGlassWorksKansasCity]

The punt is possibly derivative of pontelo, an Italian word meaning “little bridge” which is the connection between the pipe and the glass piece you are working on. When the pipe is removed after the piece is finished it’s called a pontil mark. Common on handmade bottles and marbles. We try to either fire polish or cold work them after, harder to do with such a deep recess.

[@JESSLYNW1]

That bottle looks like a work of art! Lovely.

[@loungegourmet]

Gracias, por hacernos partícipes de tus búsquedas con tanta calidez y entusiasmo. Saludos! 😃✌🏻

[@leesouthard7818]

I am constantly amazed by what that Great Rivah gives up!

[@lynellesukalich4737]

Hi from Wisconsin, USA Thanks for the adventure tonight!

[@cursedwithcuriosity6464]

I'm in awe of the scenery there, to mudlark the Thymes with you is on top of my bucket list! 😁

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Rachel x

[@Enskoennedag]

Thank you for doing your bit to clean up the environment Nicola.

[@petecrocker2974]

Great video and information yet again Nicky, really love the way you edit your footage..

[@karlasheives2865]

I loved playing "I spy" with you today!!! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Karla! x

[@petewatson4353]

AOD Advanced Ordinance Depot. Used when a force is deployed away from the UK, used in places like Singapore where ANZUK Forces were deployed right up until the late 70s. The term ADVANCED meaning it had advanced from its Base in the UK. I hope I haven't confused. I do enjoy your meanderings here in Taiwan.............

[@petewatson4353]

To add further, the broad arrow is called a crows foot in the Aussie Army and that number will correspond to an inventory number, it may well have been attached to a crate or a box.

[@normplatt7549]

You! Queen of the mudlarkers have done another great show ! COOL! ! Love it! Thanks for sharing Old Bean!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Norm! x

[@almabean5811]

norm platt Old Bean! is that a term of endearment?

[@normplatt7549]

Wouldn't have it any other way!

[@normplatt7549]

yes! no other way ment ! have been a fan for some time and sorry if it bothers you I will just use Nicola!

[@normplatt7549]

OLD BRITISH SAYING?

[@peterkarargiris4110]

Hey Nicola. I have exactly the same pfenning. The coin tells you that '360 pfennings = 1 thaler'. The thaler was the equivalent of the pound. You should have a close look at the Paris medal for a makers name. It looks like a fine quality one from the 30s. The French often signed their medals and some were the products of famous sculptors. Wonderful video as always Nic.

[@petervictoria5865]

thanks for this video. the german coin is so cool. best whishes from munic.

[@NALEtheridge92]

Nicola, I could watch you all day. If you and Si had a TV show, it would be a massive hit.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you! Yes, we could have a good tv show :) x

[@Cate7451]

Chatoyancy is the lustre on the beautiful jar. Bars of changing color caused by inclusions and light reflecting thereof. From the French for 'cats eye'. Might be a sprayed on effect like a glaze. In a low fire rake glaze this would be achieved by a metallic glaze. So a bit tricky but lovely when achieved!

[@jackiebeans2689]

Lovely finds! Love hearing the history you discover! 💕

[@MrJarendell]

Hi, A suggestion for the mobiles. If you know of a carpenter who also works with resin, maybe a coffee table with the mobiles set in resin might be an idea...

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

I really love this idea James. Going to look into it. Thank you

[@MrJarendell]

@@nicolawhitemudlark glad you like the idea, wouldn't it be nice (but almost impossible) if each screen had a text message!

[@kanewanharris2424]

Hi Nicola, have you ever been mudlarking along the Mersey?

[@cherylswanson275]

For the phones how about making a payphone collage.....

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Great idea!

[@Sir_Baddington]

upside down cross(Cross of Saint Peter) with flames, That's interesting.

[@joecook-giles9851]

Hey Nicola, is there a type of pipe that you have not yet found that you are really hoping to find?

[@kimby12able]

Do you ever find old keys?

[@cynthiarowley719]

New one, that was missed before, but I recognized that bird eating the eel(?)😂 Sad bird, needs a knife and fork, and hands.

[@JudyFrankenbutt]

Oh! I know that foot! It's an Archie McPhee (or knockoff) Finger Foot!

[@Mike14G]

Who are the ones giving “thumbs down” to Nicola’s videos?? That’s not right!!

[@doridear1604]

Fat fingers on small touchscreens

[@davidspinney2664]

who would spend the time watching this kind of video if they don't like it

[@terryt.1643]

I think negative comments and thumbs down are from sad unhappy people who want others to feel like them. I myself hit the like button immediately because I find these wanders wonderful. I usually can’t see what she zeroes in on, 😂. Love the background information she gives and her art, all very upbeat and happy. 🥰💕❤️👍👍

[@Toche44]

The real treasure is being able to spend time with you Nicola.

[@bvcxz47]

you can build Phonehenge

[@chrisosh9574]

I'm curious as to the process that makes bottles and glass iridescent in the Thames, is it some kind of reaction with the salts and minerals in the water? We are on lock down since yesterday here in Spain, luckily I am retired and my wife is here with me, so we will just work on the house, that will last longer than any epidemic. Everybody take care.

[@YsabetJustYsabet]

Excellent video; I love how you incorporate the sounds of the waterbirds and waves into everything, to me it makes it all so much more present. And I watched it with two of my pet Bearded Dragons on the couch with me, and as soon as the sounds of the gulls came up they both went on the alert-- if you're a lizard, birds are your major predator. Just a suggestions about what to make with that collection of phones: Two fish linked together, the image of Pisces. You could make such wonderful scales with the fronts and backs and other pieces of the phones! And the two fish, tied to one another... there's a nice little image of communication. I'm not big into Astrology but I do love how we're hardwired (depending on our cultures) to read certain meanings into symbols, and the houses of astrology offer so much fun to play with-- you could do a whole series with what you find. ^_^ Or just Pisces, for the River Thames; either/or. Whatever you choose to make, I'll bet it'll be wonderful. This sad bit of history about the button-maker's trade was pretty appalling; I wondered if the poor boy whose details you gave had a family that had fallen down in their finances, since he had once had a little schooling but it had stopped. Poor kid; I hope his life improved. Lastly, that bottle was just glorious-- it made me think of dragonfly-wings! Gorgeous.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Ysabet. Great phone art suggestion. Can you send me a sketch! Im intrigued. And yes, poor George - and I do love the bottle.

[@Gardeninginpearls]

Your charm and excitement when you find something is contagious. That might be a poor choice of words at this time in our global history, however, after watching your Videos I am very happy.

[@zw5509]

I believe you have a devotional cross there, The Cross of St. Peter. Paris has a long historical connection to St. Peter and one of the oldest churches in Paris is the Church of Saint Peter of Montmartre. Peter, of course, was crucified upside down on a cross.

[@samanthafinn4544]

Poor little George Smith the button maker.

[@sebastiankrause6031]

The "Scheidemünze Pfennig" was coin of the Kingdom of Prussia and minted in Berlin (A). "Scheidemünze" means, that the facial value is higher than the coin's material value.

[@levinlisec9142]

Danke für die Erklärung.

[@monikawiedmann8594]

Hab' mich schon gewundert was Scheide Münze bedeutet.

[@bennyt.christensen3970]

@@monikawiedmann8594 Und vor allem das 300 Pfenninge auf einen Thaler gingen, na ja ich habe auch einige gefunden.... :-) Benny aus Dänemark

[@monikawiedmann8594]

@@bennyt.christensen3970 allerdings, wusste ich nicht. 🤩

[@delukxy]

@@bennyt.christensen3970 It had 360 on it which made me think that 1 Pfenninge = 1/360 of a Thaler? 360 is an unusual number for part of a unit.

[@willbejamming1532]

Based on George Smith's story, the use of "cute as a button" probably did not originate from 19th century child labor practices.

[@RobSchellinger]

Hi! Fairly brand new here watching from the states. Regarding the medal with the Paris coat: Didn't fraternities or men's clubs have a "key", with the same sort of shape, that a gentleman would wear on a chain or watch chain? I could be completely wrong, but it's what comes to mind.

[@raeannuria5691]

It a glorious day whenever you post one of your videos! Thank You, thank you, Thank You for all your hard work!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you! x

[@AtheistOrphan]

I remember those railway buttons on my late father’s uniform!

[@annsmith4721]

You could make a TARDIS collage from all those phones, since many of them are blue.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Ann

[@bennyt.christensen3970]

@@nicolawhitemudlark Or maybe a phone fish? The sky is the limit for possible creations! ( I worked 32 years for a phone company)

[@Cate7451]

Benny T. Christensen either way I'm gonna call

[@megz_85]

Thank you Nicole great vlog again. So sad about the children working so young and in dire straights in the factories. Great and interesting finds with history. 🙂

[@jayman2145]

Hello. I like your finds. I think they're pretty and I want to be a mud larker because you inspired me. Edith age 7 ❤️🦄🤩(on my dad's KZbin)

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

That's great Edith. I'm very happy you enjoy the videos. Mudlarking is a lot of fun. Its a bit like treasure hunting and everything you find has a story you can find out about Love from Nicola xx

[@Zandain]

Lovely zen-video today! such a lot of small bits 'n bobs, all pretties! Especially the little pilgrim token, that was a huge surprise! - the bottle was a fun discovery, too 🤗 love from Denmark 🇩🇰

[@justdustino1371]

Hey! Any chance of you responding to my comment about the origin of the word "dollar" from the word "thaler". The Dutch are claiming they did it. But I think it came from Danish.. I could be wrong. In the US they teach us that the word "dollar" came from the Danish pronunciation of the word "thaler". Either way, plenty of people of Danish ancestry where i am from. Deep South, USA!

[@muffassa6739]

My Grandfather was born in England, Surrey in 1888 I grew up hearing about his childhood, I love watching your videos good luck Mudlarking 👍 from Michigan USA 🇺🇸

[@aloo5017]

Very lovely finds! Also, is just me that is always looking at all the rocks in the background? Lol! I'm an avid rockhound! Thank you Nicola for sharing your finds!

[@reginagibson3847]

Always love your videos. I especially love the wrap up in your studio. Always informative and interesting. Here in northern California people over 65 have been advised to self isolate especially if you have a medical condition that effects your immune system. So I will look forward to your future videos to take my mind off of this virus that is freaking all of us out.

[@northernerinnc3179]

I was very struck by the 1840 report on Mr. T. H. Hasluck and young, hungry uneducated George Smith. Charles Dickens' father was put in debtor's prison for not paying bills and 12 year old Charles worked in a glue factory pasting labels on bottles. That he wrote about so many children in such dire conditions as George Smith had to have come from his very own experiences. Dickens' books helped to change the awful child labor laws. "A Christmas Carol" with the two children "Hunger" and "Want" --- as well as Oliver Twist and Little Dorrit et al. Mr. Hasluck's name even sounds like one a Dickens' character would have.

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

A beautiful Springlike day here in Pennsylvania! And with your video Nic it only added to this beautiful day being outside and reorganizing for Spring. And a wonderful Spring Equinox to you as well. Surely it must be a magical time to explore the shores of the Thames! Thank You Kindly! I always enjoy the information you find out about the things you find. Like little George Smith, shivering and hungry and making buttons for barely enough to keep him alive. I wonder how his adult life turned out? Love, Light and Peace! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[@luckymindy1]

Ah, thanks for the fix. I had the opportunity to be in London last Saturday after my metal detecting tour ended, and spent a couple hours by Oxo Wharf. Pottery and bits...no pipe bowls, unfortunately. My late March trip to London and daily foreshore walking for me, has unfortunately been cancelled as are most other travels these days. When we reschedule, I'll be back (hopefully this year) and plan to put my new 3 year permit to good use. In the meantime, I'll sit here and drool over my keyboard as I watch your absolutely lovely videos. Again, thank you!

[@mmme9671]

Love love your videos! I love your nature shots, they are so cool and arthistic... learning so much from you and your finds... enjoyed seeing you on Si-Finds too. Great to see you and stay healthy! Hi from Canada! Wow! What a beautiful coin/crucifixion scene... Easter appropriate. It was meant to be saved, and you did, cool!

[@marydegenkolb9603]

I saw the phenning and knew what it was. I knew it was a German/Prussian coin. The silver scene coin/medal could be a pilgrims medal from visiting a holy site like Rome. I love buttons. My grandmother worked as a spinner as a young girl. But not the ages of the children in some mills in the 1800's. So nice to watch and forget the virus. I hope you and yours are well and safe.

[@christhompson4270]

Hi there from Western Australia, thank you for sharing your videos and keeping me sane while Australia is going barmy over of all things toilet paper 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@cynthiawilliams3873]

Hi this is Cindy from Virginia in USA. Enjoy your videos very much. Could you make a telephone booth with the phones you have found.

[@charlessmithjrbuddy9980]

Hi from the USA I really enjoy watching your videos ❤️❤️❤️

[@Mike14G]

Was there a button you missed at 3:22 just above your fingertips? Mike from Buffalo New York

[@basa364]

Hello Nic, I've been binge watching your videos and they're brilliant , I like the format of the newer ones where you sit in your studio and show us the cleaned finds and give us all the info on what you've found. I really enjoyed the Fred Jury story . Can't wait for you to get back out on the foreshore

[@Sifinds]

Great vid Nic. Hasluck would be a good surname for a Mudlark!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Hasluck Inthemud !

[@davedruid7427]

Hey! At the very beginning, there was a Canadian Flag on that Warship! I guess Thames was getting a visit from the Canadian Navy then.

[@tanjagunkel4734]

Hi... I think the bottle is very interesting... I hope I can describe it right because English is not my mother language... The waiter wasn't allowed to touch the neck of the bottle.. (I hope you know what I mean) .. so they have to put there thumb into this hole from the bottle and hold it into one hand to pour it into a glass ....

[@steveoszman8746]

What a nice way to end a Sunday church walk the dogs a big Sunday dinner and time with Ms White queen of the mud larks, refreshing!

[@richardwarnock2789]

Nice finds enjoyed the views Thank's again Nicola!!!; )

[@jamiesuvo7420]

With your metal objects because they've been in the water for so long do you heat them up with wax so it seals it and stops it from rusting anymore so you put them in the oven with the wax and you pull it out when it's stopped bubbling and protects the steel I was just wondering if you do that

[@advenzures]

Another great video. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@bishopburnboy416]

Punt , is also called “the sommelier’s thumb”

[@martic51]

What does the little chewed up foot have on the bottom of it? I could see lettering, but could not make it out. Thanks!

[@juliettechappel1256]

How about creating a collage of the Thames embankment using the phones to interpret all the tall buildings etc., along the shoreline. Love your artwork and creations, and the mudlarking, of course 😀

[@barbaraverdoorn9076]

How very sad for those children of the button company!

[@henrypallmerine8317]

Another relaxing day on the foreshore. For whatever its worth, on the bottom of that little foot there appears to be some printing, at least on my screen. Thanks again for a wonderful Sunday afternoon. Your friend in Missouri, USA.

[@emilybemmilee531]

Hello Nicola! In London this weekend for the first time. I was intently looking for mudlarkers down on the foreshore over the past couple of days. Was hoping to see you or Simon! Couldn’t get my license in time for our trip, sadly. I must get my hands on a pipe and coin one day! Not sure when you filmed this video but I was so excited to know that I was here and could’ve been in the bus driving by on Tower Bridge while you were below! I’m a big fan!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you! And I hope that next time you can have a lark x

[@jamjams690]

Nicola you can put you locker tag on your small foot you found then you have a foot locker

[@olderpennsylvanian-op2368]

Thanks as always for being a bright spot and a relaxation point for my day. Thankfully I get to spend lots of time outdoors walking with the dog, and do occasionally find things in parks and parking lots. These days my dog is happy to give love to anyone we meet and leash length distance is perfect. Stay well Nicola and all viewers!

[@4sstg]

Darling Nic, goddess of the Thames, thank you for the break in my dark day, watching the world collapse . so happy to see things that survived in the mud, the bridge, the gulls, the needle, all the things you find, give a few moments of hope.

[@erwinrommel7008]

You are the best. Thanks for the history

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you

[@MissMellyVee]

Nicola what exceptional finds, the Paris medallion so pretty! But that bottle is knockout ♥️♥️♥️Thank you for this relaxing respite, watching you comb the shores takes one mind off our problems 🌎. Stay safe and thanks again 🤗

[@PolyvoreThea]

Thank you for your channel and the things you share

[@suetaylor5186]

You cheer me up so much xxx thank you Nicola

[@mariavazquez3277]

Me encantan sus investigaciones historicas sobre los objetos encontrados me hasen himajinar las epocas pasadas.

[@wesbyron8967]

It would be exciting to find out more about George Smith. Perhaps he went on to live an exciting life. You just never know what maybe uncovered. Good video Nicola. Best wishes from the USA

[@rlchick5774]

Your story about the little boy made me nearly cry

[@jeffstrong4311]

I don't know if you have a Walmart in London or not but here in the states they have a machine that you can put your old phone in and it will pay you some money. The minimal amount here is $10. So you might have enough phones there to go on a shopping spree or take your Mum out to dinner.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Jeff Strong - We don’t have Walmart in the U.K but that machine sounds an excellent idea!

[@SocialStudiesMane]

Your videos are so beautiful and have a meditation flow to them ✨💜

[@marygarner5249]

Love your Adventures they are always fun love how you explain the history of each find thank you for taking us along with you 😁

[@chrischris8550]

A great Corona busting video.

[@Jason1975ism]

The brass token with the triangle hole from the ordinance place reminds me of a miner's tag. 2 identical numbered tags hung outside mines to track who was above ground and who was in the tunnels. Perhaps a poor fellow would be blown apart in the ordinance stockpiles and this would I.D him?

[@joealtmaier9271]

For the phones, here's a lowbrow idea: a resin tabletop with phones paving the surface. E.g. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaS5fZuhapqjja8

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Brilliant Joe. Thank you. I love this idea. Someone else also suggested it. Im going to seriously look into it.

[@Cate7451]

nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art curiosity inc did it with pennies.

[@aleta5873]

...with some type of back light, colored or...

[@delukxy]

The chewed foot has a name on the sole. It's upside down in the picture and maybe the first letter or two has been lost but there should be enough to go on for research. Might be the foot from a child's artificial leg? The underside is rather more accurate than you would normally see on a doll I think.

[@astrolingus]

Love the sheen on the bottle! For the phones, maybe a school of fish. A kinetic ‘mobile’ lol. But call it a ‘Finetic Mobile.😀

[@GhostLivesMatter]

Hello Nicola. I absolutely love your insightful and relaxing videos!! I'm 52 and have only been mudlarking for a year but have some very precious finds. Tho I have a lot that I can't identify lol. You should come to Langstone in Hampshire. There was a Roman settlement near here and the shoreline is vast and beautiful!! Anyway thankyou for sharing your videos and your knowledge!! Rebecca.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Rebecca! I'm so glad you're enjoying them. Yes I must pay a visit to Langstone. Do you mudlark there?

[@GhostLivesMatter]

@@nicolawhitemudlark omg I can't believe you replied!! ❤️ Yes I do mudlark there! Tho I sadly haven't for a while because I have anxiety. I love watching your videos tho because it makes me feel I'm there! If I could go with someone I would tomorrow. It's such a lovely way to just chill and pass the time!! Thank you for your videos!! X

[@maridanez]

Poor little George Smith :'(

[@beateheinze9858]

I was in London from Germany and was looking out for you. Actually just where you where filming. Shame I didn't see you.

[@aleta5873]

Loved that gorgeous bottle.

[@brendaseverance5174]

How long has it taken you to compile your Mudlark collection. I find Mudlarking very interesting, the thought of finding pieces from the past is exciting just to see how they lived. Thank you and keep on MUDLARKING!!! My favorite item is the PIPE.

[@michaelmcgarvey1985]

Love your videos. Great great clean ups and I’m jealous I can’t go with you some time. Between you and Si would love to visit from here in America in Florida

[@Michelle-tk9jq]

Oh needed this tonight hurrah!

[@carolinewithers531]

You have such a gentle voice. I love hearing you as you discover your finds and, at the end when you figure out some of their histories..

[@albertinadebeer4309]

yes.lockdown here in Holland.strange

[@justdustino1371]

Are ya Dutch? lf so respond to my other comment, about how the word "thaler" evolved to "dollar" in English. I say the Danes, others say the Dutch!

[@dondy4697]

Looks like the Paris medallion is on an inverted cross or St Peter's cross.

[@nebbindog6126]

If enough lost phones could be gathered, it would be fun to fashion then into a phone booth.

[@federicosandri1203]

Nicola you are a shine star in this bad moment! From italy

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Federico. sending you and your family much love from London x

[@superbellabeau]

Great finds as always Nicola! The bottle is so beautiful! All those poor young children making buttons. We forgot how privileged our kids are.😊💖