Mudlarking What Find Made Us So Happy? Searching Scotland’s Biggest Victorian Dump! (Mudlarking)

Come along with us through the nettles to explore one of the biggest Victorian rubbish dumps in Scotland and find out what made us so happy!
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[@rogersmith6519]

Your Chinese ginger jar/wine /spice jar was made in this style from the Ming dynasty up to the late Ching in the provincial style otherwise made for the home markets. Many of these jars never had a lid, they would have had a wooden bung with a cloth & wax seal. I have collected oriental ceramics for over 40 years. But now I'm housebound & your channel saw me through the bleak days of the Pandemic, I thank you & all the other Mud-larkers who kept me sane God bless & thank you.

[@gibbersking6575]

I, too, found these marvelous ladies during lockdown of the pandemic and aren't we all so lucky and richer for it! Discovery was one of the very, VERY good things to come out of that period. Especially when collectors, enthusiasts and specialists share their knowledge.😊 I wish you many marvelous adventures through the universe of the internet. ~West Virginia, USA.

[@Karyn1000]

That was very interesting!! I love their videos also! You must have quite a collection!!

[@kathycruse6693]

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[@rogersmith6519]

@@Karyn1000 Before I moved here 20years ago I sold off 5000 pieces, but I still have a hundred or so pieces ranging from the Han to the late Qing. My Japanese pieces range from Edo to late Meija.

[@wildlifeathome]

My sentiments exactly, almost heroes in my book. I can't imagine how much joy they all were sharing with the rest of us during those couple years. They are why I started a channel of my own, to repay as many smiles as I can with the wildlife on our property here in Oregon, USA.

[@1minigrem]

The tea cup is such a remarkable survivor I think it should go in the window of wonders. ❤

[@heatherreinsmith8286]

Yes! I second that!

[@lesk8823]

Me too

[@LyndaHill]

It's exquisite.

[@gipsymajor829]

another vote for the teacup from me

[@lauriebolles3149]

That was my thought too.

[@tracybeil9668]

I love how you turn the tiniest finds into history lessons and honor the life of someone gone so long ago. Have a blessed day!❤from 🇺🇲

[@scottishscramblers9676]

The tiny panel bottle was shovelled out by us, we recognised our usual spot beside the huge bramble bush lol Some really nice finds you got there. We are heading out there again tomorrow, just can't stay away 😊

[@letticason8435]

How fun and marvelous, enjoy your day and wish you a great day of finds.

[@ТусовкисМедведьевичем]

Hello from Ukraine 🖐️😊 Video very, very good ❤😊👍 My Super Big Like for your my dear friend 😊👍

[@linzertube]

Fascinating that you found a Colgate product, PRE-toothpaste! I didn’t know that they started with anything, other than toothpaste. Thanks for looking up the history…it’s very cool! I’d like for the doll head and the figurine with headless cow in the window, so they can see the sun ⛅️, after being buried for so long.😅👍 Great digging, Gail and Alex! You both have eyes like eagles!

[@maidsua4208]

So much negative and difficult has happened in recent weeks, divorce and death in the family. I have sat here and cried my eyes red and swollen. Then I come here and get peace of mind. The joy you show at your discoveries gives me joy and I rejoice with you. Thank you very much for your good mood and creative abilities, you are treasures on this planet. Wishing everyone reading a very Merry Christmas!

[@kayesdigginit1519]

I don't care how old your videos are, I find every one of them intriguing. You find some of the absolute best items. Those beads 😍

[@ilonamollema6467]

The Dr.Erdmann swing stopper is definitely German. Love all the finds! Especially the little bone China teacup. This one deserves a place in the window of wonders.

[@BelowthePlains]

love that tiny bottle at the beginning!!.. idk why but i just have a special place in my heart for absurdly small bottles

[@marydegenkolb9603]

The Chinese Ginger Jar is a very beautiful addition to the window of wonder. Its subtle colors are soft and so typical of chinese home wares that were for local use, not trades.

[@karibirch7444]

You could make the pudding doll into a Mermaid! If you wanted to! X

[@Carolbearce]

I think the dove should go in the window of wonders. It’s beautiful!

[@ET-yp9vc]

Yes, I agree! Perhaps Gail and Alex make it some new legs?

[@khayes9591]

Great finds as always! The teacup would be lovely in the window. It’s so beautiful and unbelievable that it held up! ❤

[@YamIa3gypsy]

I thought the Chinese ginger jar had the hole on purpose, an air hole. The best way to store ginger is in sand in a jar such as this. No hard lid, guessing that it might have had a beeswax cloth to cover it? Too cool!

[@grittykitty8005]

The tiny blue bottle is so pretty , it has to be my favorite find of that day .

[@jelleveld]

Mine, too!

[@deloreslowndes762]

The tea cup and the dove would be my choice.

[@jaznz53]

Ladies I feel you should add a soft nail brush to your collection pouches. Then next time a head of an ornament or doll is uncovered in dirt you will be able to brush it clean without causing any damage. The tea cup for the window please.

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello how are you doing?

[@Nicole-coliebrobro]

Love that big ginger pot, I hope you do make something with it, but the tiny blue ink and tiniest panel bottle are the best bottles! I think you need to set that pudding doll into silver and make it into a mermaid tail...

[@Rose-jz6ix]

I like the teacup for surviving in one piece,yet my favourite find was the beautiful lady head & trunk. Once cleaned she stood out as a fine piece made well by a craftsman or crafts woman.

[@sherafrazier]

The little cobalt ink bottle could make an interesting necklace.

[@lauralake7430]

So lucky to have a mom who shares an interest with you. My mom thinks all my collections are rubbish

[@lindaleehulsey3167]

I used COLGATE TOOTHPASTE when I was much younger! Thank You for the memory of this, HISTORY.

[@johnwolff3562]

Well Alex, "lend me your ear/s"! To heck with Ceasar👍

[@lindacarlton2467]

So many wonderful treasures but I think the tea cup as it's an absolute miracle that it survived even the gilding on it is still virtually perfect my other favourite is the dolls head with its piercing blue eyes.

[@barbaraearle4194]

I vote for the teacup for the window. So astounding that it survived intact.

[@frankiecowsert9364]

The wee little bird sitting on the wee little blue bottle needs to go in the window. Gail love your hair. I wish we had dumps we could hunt here. Yall are amazing.

[@marisoljensen7083]

You are my favorite channel of all time. I love your adventures, the cinematography, the history lessons, your energy when you find something unexpectedly delightful. But most of all I love your relationship and how you share your love for mudlarking together. ♥ Thank you for taking us along.

[@jeannienash5249]

They are alll so very beautiful......I truely cannot choose for the window of wonders .....

[@mimimitch327]

Yaaaay! My girls are on! That ginger jar was much larger than I thought. What great finds. I’m a caretaker for my husband who has Alzheimers. You girls bring me so much joy! Thank you for sharing your adventures!!!

[@pamelamcfadden337]

Both of my grandfathers worked for Colgate in Indiana USA..I am almost 70 years old so that was a long time ago.

[@Simplycharlotte-s]

Ohhh what a treat this was, the ginger jar will make a wonderful craft looking forward to seeing how you transform it. As always love the history behind the finds, thank you both 🧡

[@pennyhoward3438]

So many goodies!! The little cobalt for the window. Thank you Ladies for sharing👍💙🎬🎥

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello how are you doing?

[@mamagigissafehaven]

Jersey City, NJ, is where I am originally from. I smiled when you read Colgate. The Colgate clock still works today. Ahhh how awesome!

[@lauralake7430]

I remember that from when i lived in NJ

[@deborahbaughman1366]

The cup and the big grey and blue crockery are my picks for the window ♥️♥️♥️

[@lesliel9791]

I especially like the Colgate bottle....a bit of history that we can all recognize

[@suefeige3531]

Either the ginger jar or the lone surviving teacup gets my vote this week.

[@annettewalter2273]

I think the cup should go in the window of wonders, so elegant

[@peggycomer1]

Hi. From USA West Virginia. Gail you look so healthy and happy. Your daughter always looks beautiful.

[@mollyswan-sheeran2670]

As ever, a very pleasing dig around. I am envisioning the basket pipe becoming a basket for the dolls. You always have such fun. Thank you for bringing us all along with you.

[@saddaddrummer]

I'll just stop by to say hello back, then settle down to watch you getting down and dirty😉😂

[@janvafa9959]

‘Ear ear’ for the Northern Mudkarks and all their finds!!!

[@johnmelissaziech6207]

Love the sweet little bird!

[@franceshurt3517]

I would put the beautiful teacup and the tiny blue bottle on display, I think it is amazing that you found a whole clay pipe despite its feet being missing, they bring the past into the present as do the damaged ones do, there must have been many folk who sat back of an evening in front of the fire and enjoyed a quiet puff after a hard day's toil, cheers from Oz !!🥰👍🦚🫖☕

[@johnlord8337]

That tiny bottle, considered a mini-wine or whiskey - could be a salesman sampler of ketchup, mushroom ketchup, walnut ketchup, worcestershire, A1, beefsteak sauce, chili sauce, pepper sauce, .... we have some of the same 2.5 or 4 oz bots here in the States.

[@susangosling6122]

Hi lovely ladies, what a lovely mudlark, 😍 much love Sue Gosling ❤️

[@tuto108]

I always look so forward to your videos. Your cheerfulness and appreciation for your finds make the journey so much fun. I love the things you collect and make. You have such keen and artistic eyes, I know that whatever you bring home will either be transformed into something with great charm and beauty, or simply be so happy to be useful and admired again! Thank you for such uplifting content!

[@charlenerichardson2623]

Oh, the bone China cup! I held my breath until it was completely uncovered. I just knew it would have a piece out of it somewhere

[@superbellabeau]

So many amazing finds today! I really loved the milkmaid, the tea cup, the cute doll's head, so many beautiful bottles and pipes! I couldn't choose what should go on the shelf! ❤️😀

[@denisepiekarski4159]

The tiny blue bottle and the doll head are my favorites.

[@deverereyes8619]

I think that the ginger jar is my pick to go in the window. I really like your videos. Seeing the wonderful mother daughter relationship is heartening.

[@Claycat4]

I love the little blue cobalt bottle!

[@deborahprovo3779]

the tiny blue ink with a fancy stopper

[@gnarbeljo8980]

"can't go wrong with a little pot." 🤣 I'd wear a oece of jewelry with that quote on it!

[@exscapegoatpowerfulhealer9685]

Each time you find an ear it reminds me of the movie called " Robinhood men in tights ". When he says something like," friends, countrymen, comrades Lend me your ears " & many of them pluck off an ear & chuck them at Robin. Haha

[@Original_Auburn]

The top of that damaged decanter stopper might make a pretty pendant

[@jeanettewolfenbarger1256]

The little blue bottle should be my pick for your window. It is so precious, such a small bottle, but oh so beautiful.

[@bonnerdebbie]

Great haul Ladies, I would like to see the wee blue marking ink and/or the bone china tea cup. Thanks so much, have an awesome week.

[@clairebuckley7377]

The pigeon deserves a place in the window 🕊 looking out over ur garden He won't miss his legs then 😁😄

[@nitabourne3042]

HI GAIL AND ALEX!! I LIKE THE JAPANESE JAR AND THE TEA CUP FOR THE WINDOW OF WONDERS. I LOVE THE PORCELAIN GIRL WITH PART OF A COW. LOVE ALL THE TINY BOTTLES SO CUTE AND SWEET. BEAUTIFUL COLOURS. THANKS FOR SHARING AND PLEASE STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY THANKS ❤️ 🙏❤️🙏

[@kristidavis9945]

The ginger jar is an awesome find I know the window it’s that big to hold a years worth but my first is the ginger jar then the small panel bottle and then the small blue bottle.

[@jilzer]

Those tiny, thin, tall bottles can make great windchimes if you have a surplus.

[@rockreader4298]

Good Day to you, Gail and Alex! What a way to start your treasure hunt. Wow! Sweet, sweet finds. You could place the bottom half of the pudding doll in a cup of pudding, made of painted (Milliput?) or perhaps a bubble bath in a basin. The bone shaving brush could be placed w/bristle-side up, w/weighted base, and made into a mini vase, by sticking oxidized copper wire or nails, into the boar bristles, as stems. Beach glass, half-beads and or garnets would be perfect flower parts & petals. Right? Your talent of designing things makes them uniquely your own and always a Delight. So many pipes for possible shrooms and a fine mini-bottle collection. Reinforce the crack and hole with glue (on the inside) of your Stunning ginger jar, then it's good for a lamp, plant or simply display. So Happy you saved the large Gin bottle from Holland. (In the window, please?) ( :

[@carriemalizia6590]

The bird, I wonder if you could stick toothpicks in the leg holes and reuse it as a cake topper. Also my vote for the window

[@johnwolff3562]

Sure guys aren't Frankenstein family collecting arms & legs & bodies? Hope to see a fully assembled doll one day.

[@baronvontourettes]

I have relatives named Dalrymple that settled in Peoria County, Illinois. Funny that name came up in your video.

[@skipragsdale3565]

WoW! Nice finds. The teacup and tiny coloured bottles would be quite nice on a window ledge. We got a chuckle seeing Alex at the end with a bit of dirt on her face, she certainly loves her work! LoL!!

[@alisonpiggott4157]

The little cup because it’s beautiful and I can’t believe it survived X

[@kathieprater2431]

Love this adventure. Oh how I wish I could be there! I vote for the tiny blue bottle and the bright, blue eyed doll head for the window of wonders! Keep up the fabulous work, Gail and Alex, and thank you for including us!

[@jelleveld]

I agree with you. The tiny cobalt blue bottle is simply wonderful, as are the little doll head and the little bird!

[@izabelabhering7041]

Your videos are always heartwarming! I love the ginger jar, I think it became a lamp at some point. I would love to see it become a lamp again!💐🌟💐

[@tarirouen5592]

I think your teacup is amazing. All in one piece. Wow!!! That would be wonderful in the window with some silk greenery or flowers.

[@labratamber]

I feel sorry for all the little girls who had to throw away their Dolly friends in the rubbish heap

[@jennifertucker107]

The pipe bowl you found just after the arm looked like a bird when you turned it upside down. Maybe you could make birds as well as gnome houses?

[@bethsands7665]

You are awesome in treasure-hunting and then researching the facts of time and sharing the wonders of discovery.

[@kerrykuss642]

I like so many of your finds today. The one I'm most intrigued by is the little pudding (?) doll. Alex mentioned maybe making new legs for her, but I immediately thought of a mermaid tail. Oh, please! Make her a mermaid tail and put her in your window. Maybe you could even find a ceramic fish you could steal the tail from and just glue them together. Thank you Gail and Alex, you make me want to go out and dig in the dirt!

[@JennyWinters]

Whoa with a couple of nice corks that foot warmer would be heaven in the winter. I really would love to find a footwarmer somewhere that I can afford

[@sheridanbazen948]

Let stand it tall in the Window! PROUD. That beautiful Schiedam bottle. AS a Dutch woman I have to pick it !

[@kerryogorman7390]

I would think the little bird would love to sit in the window and watch the world outside...what a precious find!

[@DarrellBeckford]

Not sure how I found your channel, it is nothing like most of the ones I watch, but following your adventures has become addictive. Thanks for the entertainment, history and some simple fun in these trying times.

[@ChristianThomas-wf5dl]

What an amazing array of finds ladies, the tea cup is so amazing to find undamaged. Nice to see your safe and healthy. Cannot wait to see how you use the objects you found in art projects. It is a shame that old taverns like the one on the pipe are gone. Can you imagine if that pipe could talk. Be well ladies!!!

[@deeannmcginnis2115]

I love the ginger jar! It will make a lovely plant pot; or a dry vase for pea fowl feathers.

[@jonihenry8124]

I loved the little bird and the tiny blue bottle!!! They were all lovely finds, though!!!

[@jomoseley48]

What a wonderful time you all had! I have never seen you all find a cod bottle before, though. And I couldn't believe you left that slightly ? damaged one behind! Do you have a collection of them? I'd love to see them! And how do they actually work with the marble inside! I love your videos and I look forward to each one and I imagine how much fun I would have if I were there with you. I've never been to your country so I love the scenery also. I'm a beach comber from Florida so I love to explore what I can find on our beaches but the items you all find , the old bottles and pipe bowls and frozen Charlottes are amazing!! Keep up the wonderful videos and history bits!

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello how are you doing?

[@dinahjackson8146]

Ginger jar is BEAUTIFUL ! But, it needs some sunlight in the window... 😜😜😜

[@carolekinsey7835]

I love it when you find things you don't usually find whole. Its always so amazing that after so long at a tip site, they don't have chips or get broken. That bone china cup was in great condition. Plus that ginger jar too. I'd love to see that made into a lamp stand again. I was going to say put the perfect dolls head on the window ledge of wonders. Ha, but i really want to see a doll made from that. So keep that one aside and please, please make a doll from the spare parts you've collected. So this week i vote for the tiny blue bottle. Its such a fabulous coloured beauty. Ideal for the autmn sunshine to shinevthrough. Wow and what a collection of pipes and ink bottles you found. Amazing. Thanks for another lovely lark ladies and history lesson too. Always very interesting. I so enjoy our shared larks with you both. Thanks. X

[@tomfisher2103]

Not much of a crafter like yourselves, but taking the larger wine and other bottles,cleaning them up and putting string lights in them for decorative lights as become pretty popular here across the pond.

[@donnabrewer4971]

I'd like to see either the beautiful teacup or the ginger jar go into the window of wonders! Another enjoyable 'lark!!!

[@barbaraflory3444]

I asked my friend how she stays so happy and she said I enjoy the little things in life. When I come home from seeing my husband in memory care I look forward to watching you both getting excited. Did cod bottles hold cod liver oil? Do you ever find anything marked Glasgow?

[@juliabutterfield3973]

If I remember correctly they contained lemonade. There was a lemonade factory in Beith, Ayrshire in the early 20th century which caught fire resulting in the cod bottles exploding. It was a case of dodging the marbles as they shot into the air and it was quite dangerous as they would cause injury to anyone they hit. I can remember my grandfather relating the event to me when I was doing a bit of digging for bottles back in the 1980s.

[@marilynpetry5263]

I really like the tea cup and bird for the window.

[@fairyacorn4854]

It just has to be the tiny blue bottle for the window of wonders. Great finds today and such a great haul. Stay safe.

[@lorrainewhitlock5377]

🤩💕 I love your channel so much that I've been watching since the beginning. I hope you will put that smallest cobalt blue bottle on your window. It would be a nice addition

[@janetwheeler4210]

Love the lil bird 🕊️🕊️🕊️💕

[@krazedvintagemodel]

I cannot choose just one find for the windowsill. My favorites are the ginger jar, so large to have remained in one piece, and the dove or pigeon bird, also whole. I have never seen a tiny bottle with a spout as you have found. Peace and Blessings 🌻

[@Katseye102]

In the window….your beautiful cup, and tiny blue bottle….great finds girls, take care…❤️❤️❤️

[@coraleeolazabal3837]

It is always so hard to pick just one thing for the window. I pick the ginger jar, or the blue bottle, or the dove. Any one of those would be fine. Happy hunting, or I mean happy mudlocking. CL

[@joanneturnbull5640]

Wonderful day😃 with so many lovelies ! I would choose the tea cup for the marvellous window of wonders 💕Elegance survives🦆

[@janeenclark8728]

I’d say my favorite is the Two of You. Always fun to go along with you. Love the little bottles too. Stay Well❤

[@catherinewilliams3850]

What a wonderful place to look for treasures, I love the tiny bottles especially the blue one.

[@kathryndeloria1834]

The cup would be nice for the window.

[@karenknapp4918]

The tea cup for the window!