NO WAY! 400 year-old coins found Mudlarking! Part 1

Joing Si as he prepares to help a friend find a lost ring. Before he gets there he decides to pop down the river and try his luck, but what he finds leaves him in shock! More Mudlarking • What's in this 500-YEA...
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[@Sifinds]

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[@screwthecabal6453]

Bro, you have such a good eye, I need glasses just to find my glasses! And I'm only 54 going on 45! Kidding, I hurt my eyes in a welding accident 20 years ago so now I can see through women's intentions!

[@janicestevens8469]

That 1604 coin is stunning! 🥇

[@georgiewalker1069]

Brilliant Simon. I really enjoy your historical knowledge of your finds and informative shots of what they first looked like. I am a fan! I’m a subscriber so I have lots of footage to enjoy. 1604! Awesome find

[@Sifinds]

Georgie Walker Thanks Georgie! Enjoy the channel - and pleaseshare them too if you are able x

[@sillystephys7123]

I love how excited you are! I get that same feeling when I’m sea glass hunting and come across a good ole run of it! I go to a place that was once a boot legging spot during the prohibition era. I get a kick outta collecting bits of history

[@Sifinds]

Kindred spirits!

[@sillystephys7123]

Indeed mister. If ever you find yourself in foggy Nothern California I’d be delighted to take you out collecting. No camera though, it’s a secret spot 🤫

[@wifeofagrumpyoldmarine428]

Sillystephy S I love sea glass...I’m in SC, and I don’t find much of it, sadly.

[@janicescragg2388]

Of all the video's you have made I this one is my favourite one so far. That is the most excited I have ever seen you be. It's probably a good thing the tide limited your time there or you would have been late getting to your destination 😁. I know I would have had a lot of difficulty leaving at all.

[@lissymoz959]

Almost unbelievable Si!! Very exciting, so many awwwsomeee finds! I've been very unwell lately and have had the pleasure of learning about so much from you and your friends; this video has to be one of my favourites so far! The quality and passion of your work are invaluable 'extras' considering all that you are already doing to save and share our own, almost lost, history. It's epic! Thank you!

[@wyldchild346]

I could pic pic pic pick up those lovely copper nails OH I am Thrilled... Si and Nic I need to make you a leather holster for a skinny Spray bottle so you can spray the coins and NOT RUBBY THEM

[@pigoff123]

All the finds are a reward for helping your fried out.

[@lindagomez3114]

Super finds for Si -Finds

[@mctron22rd]

To me any penny from the 1800's is an awesome find! I would have picked up as many of the copper nails as I could. I think they are pretty cool. I am curious Si, Have you tried getting your fishing magnets on the foreshore?just by holding your magnet above the surface of the ground or just gently putting in down on the ground, while holding the rope to see if there is any metallic pull? Or just to see what the magnet may pick up? I have been wanting to see if anything, that a very strong magnet could possibly bring metal items up from underneath the mud. Just curious thank you for sharing your life and talent with all of us! the ground

[@WildWestGal]

Oh those coins -- old, silver, hammered and all!!!! 1604!!!!!! Fantastic day at the River Thames, well done, Si!

[@Sifinds]

Wild West Gal Thanks! I was very fortunate

[@juris3197]

Its a paradise there! I wish i could be there

[@noradaniels470]

I love your videos. Mudlarking looks so fun.. Great finds Si.

[@craftylittlerthings]

It was so nice hearing someone saying a thruppeny bit, instead of a three penny coin. Lol I loved getting a thruppeny but when I was a kid, even better a sixpence, known to us as a tanner, not sure why!!?

[@Cate7451]

The sixpence was issued back in the time of Edward 6th due to the debasement of coins. Coins at the time were supposed to contain enough silver to represent their actual value. Thrupences were a very useful coin at the time but the sixpence gradually took over. A mister 'Tanner' was the designer back in the reign of George ll so that is perhaps the origin of the word, tanner, or an even older Anglo-Roman origin from a corruption of a word meaning 'a little piece'. Love the word - tanner.

[@debrandw246]

I can't believe you find so much stuff. I look for sea glass but I never find the things you do. I love the copper nails. Wow. Well done

[@douglashurrell4766]

Si if a mobile power magnet went along the Thames banks it would clear a lot of iron and steel And it would be better for the environment

[@inktherabbit1414]

love your content! mudlarking vicariously through your channel!

[@tinaharbit1806]

Cool finds. I could swear you missed a coin! Wish I could share a screen grab and see

[@Thebigmanmetaldetecting]

An amazing hunt si they don't get much better than that my friend well done GL&HH Simon

[@Sifinds]

The big man Aye, Cheers big man! Lucky sod aren't I!

[@Thebigmanmetaldetecting]

@@Sifinds hahahahahahaha definitely lol

[@clockwork9827]

Si ! You HAVE found a lovely sort if metal dump there. Definitely worth a few visits to sort out what us hiding in there ! Congrats on your rose farthing and hammered (?) Sixpence. Very nicely made coin. Looks like the two sides of the coin are weathering at different rates, cos one side is peeling away from the other ! What a good day out you have had !

[@kennethgantt2419]

those copper nails could have been used to hold the copper on the bottom of ships from the 1700"s to help keep weed from sticking as easily and to increase the speed of those ships.

[@marydegenkolb9603]

Copper nails galore!!! and the old coins are so special.. I think I saw more as you were scanning the nails. But, yes 5 pounds of copper is not to be trifled with! Great hunt. Can not wait for the next one.

[@JacobafJelling]

Good job getting all those nails. I'd be doing nothing but go get em

[@wrxs1781]

Well done Si, your videos along with Nicola's are much anticipated every week. The coin bearing the Tudor rose is a real piece of history.

[@TheScottybob]

Super cool video. I saw your video with your homemade bowl decorated with brass nails and have been thinking of other uses for them. Can’t wait to get back to england and hope I can find as many nails. They would look great as decoration on a piece of furniture.

[@aropals672]

Those copper nails would make beautiful furniture or shelving of drift wood. Or other types of frames for the finds like shadow boxes and such.

[@Sifinds]

Yes, I'm still thinking what creative thing I can do with them... hmm

[@wifeofagrumpyoldmarine428]

Shrapnel finds always make me sad. But the rest of the finds made me smile and I was thrilled with the rose coin and the other 1604 coin! Those were some finds😃 one more edit: did you need to turn in the really old coins or did they let you keep them?

[@edwardneilloftheclanmacnei7057]

Those nails could be useful for making a Viking long boat

[@kayegb7938]

"Sometimes the best moments are the ones you don't plan!.... Great finds 🤗

[@yvonnepagan9912]

Those nails....Copper is worth real money: you could recycle them in your craft too. Unbelievable luck! Do you ever get a really tired back or knees bending and squatting all the time?

[@jakethedude100]

I’m going to be metal detecting around Anglesey when this lockdown is all over. So excited!

[@Sifinds]

Sal Love awesome! Can I come? 😉

[@a3kid]

I always think he should drag a strong magnet behind him too. Maybe take one with you

[@bobstar76]

“A rose farthing. there’s the rose on that side, and there’s charles fart hing on the other side….” 🪙 😂

[@whiteydaz4131]

Cool finds. If London counsel cleaned up the Thames they would make a fortune. I'm glad they don't though or our past would be gone forever !

[@thatswhatshesaid.literally737]

😊👍 That's $13.75 worth of scrap copper in that bowl of nails. Not bad! ☺

[@Laura-Kitty]

Great finds Si !! Such a wonderful day out mudlarking. You have the best luck. Thank you for sharing. ☺💱

[@mctron22rd]

Everything that turns up on the shore they is always a few of them and in multiples. I think its the specific gravity of the precious metals. All of the metals there can be reycled, I would totally pick it up and take it to a recycling center and make money for my little expeditions and batteries!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Great video Si. I love nails too!

[@Sifinds]

nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art Cheers Nic! I need a project for them now!

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Nailed it.

[@Sifinds]

InnaSoulSounds 👏🏻

[@jeffbecker8716]

With all those copper nails, obviously from a shipwreck, there's bound to be treasure near. Aaarrr matey!

[@steven2212]

Collect all the copper nails, melt them down and cast something cool.

[@Sifinds]

Steven Shiner Good idea. I don’t have the tools for that though....

[@sarahstrong7174]

Thankyou for sharing.

[@moirablack3768]

Great video🤗just shows you what’s there👍 thanks

[@TheManWithTheHat]

Having KZbin BINGE and your first on the list.

[@Sifinds]

The Man With The Hat Haha hope you enjoy them! You'll be sick of me by the time you see me!

[@willbejamming1532]

I knew you Brits were a tough lot, but tucking into a big bowl of copper nails is impressive. Bon appetite.

[@Sifinds]

Will Be Jamming 😂 🤣

[@SmallWonda]

Fantastic hunt - probably worth you collecting the copper for scrap if nothing else? When Nicola and Clem where there the other day, it was the same - weird, eh? Super coins! Lucky you! Happy hunting 😉👍

[@Sifinds]

That was a different spot, and they filmed that about a year ago, he reposted it. You do get similar patches though. Thanks for watching!

[@SmallWonda]

These cheeky KZbinrs!! (That's why I like it when they put the date on videos!!) I suppose some of the nails & staples would have come from long-gone structures or wrecks, but I guess it shows how much stuff was lost during boat-building - perhaps there's been some new dredging to stir this all up? I also wondered how come so much was still around, as back in the Day, the original Mudlarkers would have been looking for just this kind of convertible loot, as you were saying why the stuff wasn't saved to be melted back down? Is a conundrum...? But good you can share! 😉

[@Sifinds]

They are doing a lot of construction on the river for the new Super Sewer, so I guess the flow of the river is changing bringing new things to light, could be a good thing for us Mudlarkers!

[@SmallWonda]

Oh aye - where there's muck there's brass (copper, silver, gold, coins...) Exciting times! 👍😎

[@HammyHunting]

Good morning for you there Si look forward to the ring hunt in part 2 GL&HH Alex 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

[@clauwilla]

Buenas noches Simon, estupendo vídeo ,gracias. Hasta el próximo ,saludos.

[@ChillBill1]

What a fantastic session! Congrats Si

[@Sifinds]

Chill Bill Thanks dude!

[@Tonyblack261]

Copper nails for nailing sheet copper to wooden sailing ships

[@billiekruse7704]

Good for the coins

[@davewhittington1368]

Quality finds !! Thanks for sharing.

[@silversniffer-kv5vj]

Well done Si great video, keep um coming. ATB HH Andy

[@kevcox5585]

Vids are top notch Si, staggering finds! I'd go back there mate..

[@Sifinds]

Kevin Cox I did, a week later but it was covered in sand again and very hard to work

[@martybear2995]

Oh it's just great int it we get so excited like we have found a jewelry shop. great video it made me want to get out there.

[@scottgregory9672]

13:10 coin

[@michelemcgarvey7517]

Way cool!!

[@Palifiox]

Congrats on the coins. I'd be picking up all the copper, brass, lead and other non-ferrous metals. Copper & brass in particular and going back to the same area after a few tides. US $2 per pound. Not worth the trouble for only a few pounds though there is likely to be far more than that along the banks .

[@starwonder54]

Hope you do another video with Clem and Nicola soon...

[@TeamGGgaming]

With that much copper left on the shore you could easily make a mint on recycling them if they arnt of much historical importance

[@phyllisdeninger2095]

I love your accent.Watch that finger for blood poison.

[@conitorres9774]

wow. Beautiful finds. coin has 1604. fantastic! congrats.

[@bevsanders7549]

I keep wanting to scream out "STOP Go back you missed something". I'm sure I saw some interesting finds myself. :-)

[@briggs5534]

short copper nails often used for attaching copper sheathing to vessels.... maybe a boatbuilder worked on that stretch of shoreline...

[@screwthecabal6453]

Just think of all the coins that are buried just beneath the surface that you don't see...........

[@wendysimpson606]

@7:32 top left hand side, it looks like a gold ring

[@tereselapree222]

Great luck on this hunt! Looking forward to the ring hunt!

[@michaelhopton6841]

great finds !

[@jeffbecker8716]

Only 5.5 lbs of copper? I'd be there with a flat-bottom boat or raft loading more of that and all the scrap iron and just going up and down the river all day collecting it. One could probably live off of the scrapping proceeds and you'd be able to keep all the cool coins and other good stuff that was found with it. What are the watercraft rules in London?

[@wyldchild346]

Can you take metal in for scrap to cash over there? Recycle it.... I so love the scrap it would make such cool art

[@Sifinds]

Wyld Child Yes we can, but I plan to use the small interesting pieces to make some robot sculptures from one day

[@TheManWithTheHat]

Very interesting tokens Simon

[@digofthedump]

maybe colect n scrap the metal from 1 section and see what appears after?.gl

[@Tob2n]

I've enjoyed that, Si. You missed two coins though. :=) And a nice padlock ; - O Keep on rolling!!! Well done.

[@Sifinds]

Where? : ) . Name the time...

[@Tob2n]

Si-finds 7:55-8:00, and 12:42.

[@debspils1091]

At the 9:56 mark to just the right of your thumb and forefinger.....is that the short blade and hilt from a bayonet??!

[@bronwynmcentee76]

Maybe an old sail awl.

[@tomcastonguay2847]

Cool finds those tokens are a nice bit of history as are all coins Peace love & jello TomCat

[@mr.smiles3756]

My dad has a coin from 1721 and I’m trying to find out a bit more about it

[@johndaut7128]

Why did you not pick up the hand forged Rosebud spike, dates to the 1600's.

[@M0M0F2P0Ms]

it would be really interesting if you could do a video of taking items into the Museum and having the commentary from them on your items too :)

[@smallsthetimelord4066]

Thats a lot of awesome finds!

[@theresac.3216]

Enjoyed watching your video over my lunch hour at work! Well done! 👍

[@Sifinds]

Theresa Coonen Thanks! Where in the world are you watching from?

[@theresac.3216]

@@Sifinds I live in the US but, I've been to England in the past. I've walked along the Thames many times, wandered old grave yards in London and in the counrtyside and hiked through many fields enjoying your beautiful country. One day I hope to visit again.

[@N.I-Detecting]

Nice hammered, tokens. plenty of copper nails, just as well you weren't detecting, would have been a headache!! HH GL

[@20greeneyes20]

What a great eye you have to see the small 1700 coin it blended in with the sand so well. You were ment to find it....

[@hardyakka6200]

I love those rose farthings . And it is hard to get a good one.

[@Sifinds]

hard yakka Yes it is! Thanks for watching!

[@shellyrourke8994]

Friday night, bottle of Merlot and Simon. That's how I roll! Nice finds you jammy geezer.

[@Sifinds]

Shelly Rourke snap! Although I'm on Cabernet Sauvignon 🍷 cheers!

[@shellyrourke8994]

*clinks goblet* Have you tried Jam Shed Shiraz? It's like liquid plum jam. It's my favourite but I couldn't get it today.

[@Sifinds]

Shelly Rourke no. Who makes it?

[@shellyrourke8994]

No idea. I just loved the label so I bought it, ages ago, and now it's my go-to. Never had a hangover with it either, even after drinking the entire bottle. I get it from my local supermarket. www.google.com/search?q=jam+shed+shiraz&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIM800IM800&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjavrDJqZPeAhWGOcAKHb69DkwQ_AUIDigB&biw=1366&bih=657#imgrc=BDEeDjJ67nXHMM:

[@karenb3690]

When you found the farthing was that a clear marble , at 3::09 right above the farthing?

[@brianpetersen2364]

8.35 looks like you exposed the edge of a small coin....

[@rmzozsener]

Yes I noticed too..

[@nickelvins8272]

Hi Si ! Found you on Nicola's channel. 🤗

[@chedzimages1474]

I believe the copper nails are from small boats or even large ships

[@sherryrector2275]

1604 wow.

[@heramackiernan5619]

Cool coins! Can visitors get a permit or do you have to live there?

[@Sifinds]

Yes I believe so, check out www.PLA.co.uk for more details. You will need an export licence if you plan to take anything older than 50 years out of the country.

[@heramackiernan5619]

@@Sifinds Oh wow cool! Thanks!

[@d.e.s4432]

Are you allowed to bring a small screen or some kind of sifting device under your mudlarking permit? Seems like that might be a good way to collect more nails without having to pick each one up by hand.

[@MegaCozzy]

Did you find the ring for them people ? Thanks

[@sherryrector2275]

Really. They should be recycled oh my word.

[@user-kz7je5nf8l]

Хороший канал! Смотрю каждый день! Привет из России! 🏺🏺🏺

[@shellyrourke8994]

SI! At 9:55 I yelled, "What's that in the top right of the screen???!"

[@Sifinds]

Shelly Rourke No idea... lump of rusty tat

[@shellyrourke8994]

I'm good at tat-spotting. It's my forte.

[@alexwillclapu9997]

looks like something interesting

[@nlo114]

Most of the copper nails look used, so could it possibly be some shipwright's scrap-bin that fell overboard many years ago?

[@Sifinds]

nlo114 possibly, they did break up lots of ships in the area, so I think they just pulled them out and threw them away. I've seen huge piles of encrusted nails too, they really didn't care about the loss

[@corbinbacon9043]

Is there a quick link for "part 2"?

[@Tonyblack261]

Could it be that you were at an old shipwright's? The copper nails would be used on the copper bottoms of old sailing ships.

[@pamcolechadwell1302]

what do you do w the copper nails?

[@razzorbladz]

good scrap metal price on copper every nail is probably worth digging up