Jaw-dropping TREASURES found Mudlarking old London!

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[@Sifinds]

Thanks for watching Mudlovers!! To see my best find of 2023 CLiCk HeRe! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqXHm5uYZtaohtEsi=uHPWu6_8AsfD85yb 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@ImaLeshLushnIcantgetmyPhil]

Si, have you seen Clem’s last video!?? Please talk with him, make sure he’s alright. Maybe help with a few digs? Possibly bring Nicola along? Detecting isn’t really her genre but, it would be a fun video. Worried about Clem, have never seen him like this. Was in shock at the end, then tears. Sure that sounds crazy, the look in his eyes broke my heart for him in the end. Thank you Simon

[@hannahpumpkins4359]

To me, it looks like the box cover says 'Jacob'. To me it seems clear!

[@Sifinds]

@@ImaLeshLushnIcantgetmyPhil I did. I’m sure he will post again

[@RobertWorley]

could the pink things and the white "marbles" be ceramic? are they a polishing media used to tumble the ridges off of the shot?

[@ImaLeshLushnIcantgetmyPhil]

@@Sifinds Thank you :-)

[@jamesschaaf5211]

The Pink 'Pucks' are made from ceramic and are used in a giant tumbler device in the post casting process of metal objects to remove die lines and to polish metal objects

[@simonmultiverse6349]

11:15 a bottle with LWD on it. ... probably London Woyal Dairies.

[@simonmultiverse6349]

34:04 That box at the end 309 years (1714 + 309) brings us to the year 2023. So it is 309 years old.

[@echopeus22]

I would bet most of the round metal objects are used to tumble -

[@johnhowarth4213]

@@echopeus22love

[@hjelme83]

i agree with this. Those "musket balls" your looking at is for a tumbler of some sort to smooth out other metals.

[@julierundlett2736]

How lucky am I! that's my tobacco tin you found! thank you! lost it back in the 1700s I'm really old as you can see. Peace and love Julie

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Still Smokin' Julie?

[@Athlynne]

I love how casually our English cousins find items OLDER THAN MY COUNTRY. LOL I mean, Si is excited about the tin, but if something like that was found by, say, me here in the States, it would be on the news or something. Great find, Si! Love your videos, they work better than my anxiety medication!

[@Sifinds]

Glad to hear it. Stay well 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@anthonyfloyd5759]

The town that I live in is also older than your country, (drogheda in Ireland was founded in 910 AD making it over a thousand years old and its a medieval town)

[@anthonyrees390]

its not exactly hard to find items which are older than the united states lol.

[@anthonyrees390]

@I am a beast no they are not lol, the land they are on is the same age but not the countries. lines in the sand that change with time.

[@cornemou]

my parent buiding was buit in 1720 lol

[@96GQ]

The "Royal" bar looks like a chainsaw bar minus the chain, interesting finds Mudlarking guys, and the Tobacco tin was made long before Captain James Cook was born, wow so entertaining. Thanks

[@stevewallis8197]

Yep, definitely a chainsaw bar.

[@onelegout]

Einhell Royal chainsaw bar 👍

[@chrisbrent7487]

The .303 case was from a MKVII Z. It was filled with nitrocellulose instead of cordite. Any round with a Z after the MK was a nitrocellulose round. They had a slightly heavier bullet with a boat tail instead of a flat base. They were used in machine guns like the Vickers rather than rifles. The projectile was from a cordite filled MKVII as it is flat based and was used in the Lee Enfield rifles.

[@michaelmayo3127]

These cartridge-cases I find in may garden, now and then, they are form the ww2 era and originate from fighter aircraft.

[@valerieconductor8430]

I do not know if anyone told you that the chain saw.

[@andriessluiter4269]

Yes and the firing pin indent shows it is fired by an Brengun.

[@chrisbrent7487]

@@michaelmayo3127 Which is probably where they came from given the location but what did spitfires and hurricanes have in their wings? .303 machine guns. Browning ones. BSA made ones usually.

[@chrisbrent7487]

@@andriessluiter4269 Given the location it probably fell from a Spitfire or Hurricane which had Browning .303 machine guns.

[@BallisticBBQ]

My father-in-law worked in a lab and he gave me a small mortar and pestle made of that hard pink ceramic that had been used in his lab. I'm guessing that those pink cylinders you found were used as the abrasive media in a large tumbler to help clean up the cannonballs and shot that the foundry was manufacturing.

[@20greeneyes20]

I believe your right!!

[@IratePuffin]

Idk… you are probably right but that seems massive for a piece of tumbling media. I’d think it was more likely used in manufacturing to crush chemicals or something similar and that’s why it’s so big.

[@Sifinds]

Very helpful. Cheers!

[@robertajanik513]

the pink shots are most likely grinding media for an industrial ball mill used in a mining/milling of industrial minerals. My husband has been in industrial mining for over 30 years and the ball mill media I have seen is the same shape as those pink ones, but white.

[@sharbean]

Yep

[@kathieprater2431]

That tobacco tin is a one in a million find! Congrats, Simon!

[@stephencrockett3803]

They used to use a lot off snuff back in the day more likley

[@stephencrockett3803]

For those off you who do not no what snuff is its a nasal concotion to sniff up ones nose to clea airways very popular more so than tobbaco,they used clay pipes for tobbaco snuff box is my guess!!! Anyone agree?

[@treverbooker2956]

I'm very surprised to see it full of mud and to be together still top and bottom great find I think it might be gold not to be rusty or rotten

[@frankcarter2730]

Hello Kathie

[@ellasannes9455]

Stephen, it is more like chewing tobacco. You put it under your bottom lip. I e never heard of it being used as medicine. Nor as far as I knew never smoked. Several of my older relatives used it.

[@ieatcrayons1999]

So awesome to see someone with such a beautiful find and it not be planted and faked for views. Hats off to you gentlemen... Outstanding

[@kathyf3656]

Fantastic finds! You're so fortunate to live in an area where you have access to such an historical treasure trove. Here's to more Luck In The Muck!

[@roxiegs348]

As an American, these old finds would be a dream come true. Very nice. Sure would love to explore with you.

[@frankcarter2730]

Hello Roxie

[@petrichor7121]

I learned about the law of specific gravity from Tom Burleigh's channel. It kinda explains why similar things are grouped in a particular area by the tides.. fascinating! Great finds Si.. Thoroughly enjoyed this mudventure! ❤😊

[@fiorenzaattanasio4796]

I love Tom …too

[@HotelPapa100]

The sea panning stuff out for ya...

[@joyceclark8476]

Hi Si, I’m so excited for you. The tin is such an excellent find. Congratulations. The shadow box will always be a reminder of the day you found the 1714 tin. Keep us posted if you get more information on the tin. Thank you, Joyce ❤️🇺🇸🙏

[@frankcarter2730]

Hello Joyce

[@nickday3541]

And not a swear word throughout... Enjoyable to watch indeed thank you!

[@GdHr-oz5ph]

That is nice, isn't it? 😁👍

[@davidjanssen1102]

shit yeah!

[@zeb33369]

You just had to, huh ? 🤦‍♀️​@@davidjanssen1102

[@FunkBallGX]

Well, fuck. Neither there was.

[@GdHr-oz5ph]

@@FunkBallGX Tee hee. Aren't you naughty.

[@willquinlan1731]

hi sci, great as usual, just thought it would interest you, I'm an american treasure hunter, and yesterday while just detecting my yard I dug a 1928 british silver sixpence!

[@PlatinumIrishrose]

You must be on the east coast?

[@terrysmithwade6658]

Simon, I always love the videos of Tim and you together. Living in Florida USA, mosquitoes are our nemesis all year round so I'm sending you this tip: "mosquitoes are more attracted to people in dark clothing than in light-colored clothing. 'Skeeters use sight, smell, and heat to find a blood meal, and those people that study mosquitoes agree that the bugs see dark objects more easily than light objects". Take care and wear white! LOL

[@lynettepacella9880]

That is crazy how the River sorts and group similar objects together! Another interesting lark! Thanks Si and Rob!💕💕WV🇺🇸

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Lynette. I have a feeling these were all dumped there, but have stayed there

[@frankcarter2730]

Hello Lynette How are you doing

[@nickclaydon2488]

Amazing finds, that tobacco tin is outstanding. The large shell case is an American 37mm round used on the M8 Greyhound, Stuart tanks and also a wheeled antitank gun, I collect U.S. WW2 ordnance and have several of these cases, the .303 case was fired by a Bren gun you can tell by the - shape of the firing pin indentation on the primer, a rifle firing pin is round •, I also have several examples of these cases in my collection.

[@Mogul25Years]

37 mm is getting on to 1.5 inch.....have you got that wrong?

[@Burt-lo8uu]

The "musket balls" are likely the ball media used in a ball mill, which is used to grind/pulverize clay for use in pottery or possibly some type of dry chemical

[@johndohe990]

Thats correkt👍🏻

[@Septurez]

or fishing weights?

[@83gt17]

You beat me to it. Ball mill balls.

[@ZoonCrypticon]

@@Septurez Thought of that too, because ball mill steel balls would have a smoother surface.

[@alanreid3063]

Ball mill balls I have seen are worn and smooth unless they have never been used. but even new ones looks like ball bearings

[@joshuaharris6735]

Here in the States I stumbled upon hundreds if not thousands of steel balls appeared to be cannonball to musket sized on a river bank. Turned out to be mill balls used in the production of Portland cement. The balls are used as media to grind the lime stone.

[@rosemaryjoynson7447]

Maybe the ceramic looking balls are residue lime stone shaped into balls by the steel ones

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

I remember finding myself in a small unwooded circle in the middle of a deep forest...... crossing through the long grass I walked into a 3ft tall stone carving, blooded my knee and...... there's a pre Christian carving, in Ireland in Wicklow, 25 mile's outside of Dublin. Such is life.......in 1750 there were 256 individuals, half male and half female who never met until making our ancestors!. Think about it?. How many 8th Greats have you?....2x2x2x2.......never ending.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

I remember taking a fall off a hike, falling and rolling under thick shrubs until I was looking at a "laughing skeleton"......lol it could be an ancestor!. No, it was a missing Canadian Hiker!. Missing 13 year's, good to have found the Gent!.

[@TheFiown]

Having a 'Smeagol' moment with Rob, you were lucky not to be strangled for that 'precious' find !

[@ericanderson2400]

Great tin, Si. Btw, you’re “Royal” find is a bar from a gas or electric powered chain saw.

[@Sifinds]

Righto. Cheers!!

[@frandrinkall846]

Royal einhell chainsaw bar

[@jennygibbons3245]

Yes that was my thought too. Watching going it's a chainsaw bar.

[@OGRH]

Yup that was the bar Andrew used to keep all the girls quiet! Just don't start looking to much deeper into the river! 😬

[@reneesteffen6118]

Hello from Michigan! Si, I appreciate and thoroughly enjoy watching, listening and learning from your channel. Up until two months ago I’d never heard of mudlarking. I’m a rock/gem collector myself but now I’m intrigued with what you find in a country with so much history. Thank you for sharing all your finds with us. I love to watch you create with your finds!

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Renee! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@frankcarter2730]

Hello Renee How are you doing

[@NorthernMudlarks]

Hi Simon - we think all the balls and the pink things are related to industrial polishing. They might have reused old shot for the purpose. We use a gem/jewellery polisher and the polishing balls (and other shapes) are still called shot. But WOW! THAT BOX!!!!!!! OMG! What a fantastic find! Amazing piece of history! Hope you manage to find out who it once belonged to! Love & Luck, Gail & Alex xx

[@joshuahorner8595]

The tan balls also could be waste stones. Used in old times to rid the waste from the water so that the ancient cities had clean water. Romans used them heavily and they came in all sizes.

[@local56]

What a fantastic hobby, very envious you have access to this environment.

[@EnergyAssessor-du3yn]

great that I get to see new areas, entertaining commentary, I don't have to cut my hands on broken glass, get disappointed digging out broken pieces. Best of all someone else carries it home and cleans it up. well done lads.

[@YsabetJustYsabet]

Out here in Arizona in the Southwest U.S., I found a streambed at an old mining town that was full of iron balls of different sizes much like you found everywhere; turned out that they were part of ore-crushing machinery from the 1800s-- you had the equivalent of a sort of washing machine that you dumped metal-bearing ore (probably copper) into along with the metal balls, and the whole thing tumbled and the balls broke up the ore. No idea if that's what you've got, but it did make me think of it.

[@Sifinds]

Fab info. Might’ve been used for crushing sugar!?

[@frankcarter2730]

Hello How are you doing

[@sarahhunnicutt3769]

Bagdad?

[@rockinfossils8025]

The "Small horn", is indeed a shell of a Dentalium genus gastropod; a type of shell often refer as "Tusk Shell"

[@gregadams5847]

Yep, I was excited to see him pull it out.

[@Sifinds]

Thanks!!

[@jameseden9380]

Nice info, thank you

[@tmc0964]

Fantastic day!! Love that tin! Please do a follow up after you’ve contacted the museums. 😀

[@wilhelmnurso5948]

You guys really seem to have had a nice day together. Lovely to watch.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Mudlover 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@pglover64]

The pink objects look like they once were a part of an old roller system used in the production process of the old musket balls. The musket balls would be too hot to touch once they were made. In order to keep the assembly production moving once the molten metal was poured into cast/mold they would be cooled and then the musket balls would be freed from their molds and emptied onto a roller system. The rollers would need to be made of something that could withstand high heat such as ceramic which the pink objects look to be made from. The ceramic rollers would act like a conveyor system for mass production of the musket balls.

[@cclyon]

That tin is the find of a lifetime. Absolutely smashing.

[@Sifinds]

I know right!

[@jakea1035]

What a wonderful Lark today. Great to go somewhere new with different features, what a load of balls!

[@Sifinds]

Haha

[@mimimitch327]

I was literally squealing!!! My husband ran in to me thinking something was wrong and I tell him look what Si found! Luck in the muck is right! Congratulations Si! Im so happy for you!!!

[@Sifinds]

Haha brilliant! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@charliewilde8250]

Good to see rob keeping himself out of trouble. Great episode ❤️

[@amyrugala246]

Seeing how you upcycle is one of my favorite parts of your video. You are so creative!!!! Keep on keeping on Si ❤

[@evverrette1]

there's a factory in my Arkansas town that makes wood handles for shovels and hammer and the like. They put the finished handles into a rolling drum with wood balls and add liquid wax to give the wood a smooth finish before shipping them out to sell. Some of the balls you see out there could serve such a purpose maybe.

[@TheTonialadd]

I’m in Arkansas too!

[@TheTonialadd]

I have some ceramic balls that were used in the aluminum foundry in Bauxite Arkansas.

[@IratePuffin]

It’s called tumbling media. They make it out of steel, hardwood, ceramic, glass, etc. Even corn cobs. Some are meant to cut, some to polish. I thought the ceramic ones might be that too until I saw someone else say they could have been used to make molds in sand to pour the molten metal to create the steel balls. That makes a bit more sense to me.

[@janetf9076]

Hi from Little Rock 😊

[@darlene1967]

Ready for the show 👍🇨🇦 hello from London Ontario Canada 🎉

[@theresac.3216]

Amazing finds! 👏 What a great day for you both!

[@frankcarter2730]

Hello Theresa How are you doing

[@staciolson9012]

That tin is absolutely amazing. Congratulations on your beautiful find.😊

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Staci 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@elizabethpaints]

Wow! What an exciting day you guys had! That tin or gold box was astounding, you definitely have the best mudlarking karma, beside Nicola! Especially loved how you composed your shadow box. This is my first visit to your site, so am hoping to see more of your mudlark finds in your artwork.

[@GS-kx1ys]

The "ROYAL" find appears to be a bar from a chainsaw. The "shot" are from a pelletizer for iron. Much easier to transport hematite on pellet form than dust. Tobacco tin, guys what a find! Congratulations to you both!!

[@samuelidredd8921]

I don't see anything on your channel but food an' bible ting's (oh and a phone review), what actually qualifies you to make these "appears to be" comments? why not get out there yourself if you're so good?. it's very easy to be critical, how about commending their enthusiasm? hopefully they do some research on the finds and then if worth it get them looked at.

[@samuelidredd8921]

Although you are probably right and its all modern finds (almost certainly). He did actually ask people to say if they knew what's what though so I an' I think the sarcasm is somewhat petty. Jah Bless.

[@GS-kx1ys]

@@samuelidredd8921 hope I did not come across as sarcastic or pushy. Sorry if I did.

[@HotelPapa100]

@@GS-kx1ys You didn't. Don't know what triggered the guy.

[@fritzwrangle-clouder6033]

@@GS-kx1ys Your post read as polite and informative.

[@Nvenom8.]

I believe your "little bone horn" is a tusk shell. It's a mollusk that's closest related to cephalopods, but is its own separate group. It's probably not part of the shell you found next, which is just a snail shell.

[@DrMelmo1]

Royal looks like a newer chain saw blade without the chain.

[@Sifinds]

Cool cheers! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@michaelr0x0rs]

Yeah a chain saw bar for sure.

[@callumrobertson2269]

Yeah it is, royal is a chainsaw brand

[@mathewgrover6455]

I had a marvellous day fishing. Here is the list. 2 adults bikes, 1 child's bike, 3 rusty scooters, 5 shopping trolleys, half of a metal gate, and a dead partridge that I think fell out of a pear tree. No fish though!! 😅😅

[@raymason5779]

The thing you referred to as a chisel is actually called an engineers scraper and would typically be used for scraping down the high spots on a lathe bed or any casting that required very flat surfaces. These days it would be more rare to find someone who could use one.

[@amywright2243]

I'm afraid of water, so that little boat scared me to death. But I'm fascinated by mudlarking so I watched through my fingers 😱😊

[@marykunselman284]

Funny

[@mandywhitton]

Bless you love I love water

[@cjcarver6290]

I'm afraid of water, too. That part made me nervous in the service!

[@karynbrown7519]

Loved this video Si! Until next time which of course I'm looking forward too!

[@TreasureHuntingNana]

Brilliant finds... The tin from 1714 is truly amazing

[@Sifinds]

I know right!

[@sbdiaries]

Such a lovely 😍 mudlarking trip with Rob, loved the old ammunition and the tobacco tin 1714 incredible find ❤. Thanks for showing us around Simon and Beth ❤️🙋❤️

[@donnaking0715]

I'm a new watcher of your videos, I truly enjoyed it. Thanks for taking us along ❤

[@BMAWG1968]

I think the various balls were used for grinding/polishing down or knocking scale off of stuff in a ball mill, kind of like vibratory tumblers but on an industrial scale.

[@yachty1949]

I used to work in a tile factory and we used ceramic balls, very similar to the ones you are finding, different sizes to grind up the clay from rough lumps to fine paste. The smaller the ball the finer the paste. These balls were perfectly smooth though.

[@Gulitize]

It could very well be the simple fact that they are waste and thus already ground down or if you mean the one you used simply better manufacturing.

[@vrccb]

Ceramic balls like this are used in pottery firing to rest items on and to separate items. Lots of them.

[@shakascloset1700]

It's 10:00 a.m. Ohio time, ready for Si & coffee ☕ 👍

[@Sifinds]

Woohoo

[@Rich77UK]

I lived all my life in Essex and never knew of such things as mudlarking. I would love to have a day at it...

[@TheCiaMKultra]

Very cool ! Truly a top pocket find ! Amazing history behind that lost item

[@jennywalborn7769]

Yeah, I'd say find of the year for sure! What an awesome find and day!❤Just imagine the unfathomable treasures buried under the soils of this great earth! Cheers to you finding more glorious lost history!❤

[@frankcarter2730]

Hello Jenny How are you doing

[@lindagomez3114]

Si's Sunday Funday!! Whoohoo! Let's go!!! The little bit looks like it belongs to a Sea Urchin. I AM IN AWE over the Tin. Drooling... 308 years old

[@Sifinds]

I know right 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@cindyluwho602003]

Congratulations, Si! Love the tin!

[@jonathanhart8570]

I don't know how I come across these channels but this is a gem,I guess living nr the Mersey in Liverpool will be my hunting ground,but summers coming I need a new hobby,this intrigued me no end

[@paulhamj6175]

Do it! As soon as my health allows I will be driving to the Thames from where I am, Sussex, and doing a bit of this myself. It's, like, my perf3ct hobby 🤣🤣🤣

[@watchvidjedi]

love your videos, I'm a fossil hound and @25.57 you have found a Scaphopod, a type of mollusc.It's Eocene in age (c.50MYA) Nice find!

[@delboywowsers]

Rob seems like a legend, the production quality and level of information in this video was incredible :)

[@simonmultiverse6349]

Information ... *AND* you have British accents! I haven't necessarily been over exactly this part of The Thames, but I've been close to it often.

[@rebeccarichardson6761]

You've saved me from boredom! I've got Covid and have been confined to my room 😔

[@amywright2243]

Feel better soon!

[@dianeriegel839]

Dear Rebecca, I'll say a prayer for you sweetie, you will be alright 👍 ❤ make sure to take vitamin D, C and zinc, it will fix you right up, the zine is the best to take to fight back with, and its cheap to buy, God bless you always 💖

[@monkigrl11]

I hope you feel better soon

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

Sending wishes that you get well, soon!❤

[@Sifinds]

Get well soon Rebecca!! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@elizabethscruggs1622]

The tobacco tin is amazing!! Such a personal item. It's just beautiful. Love watching you find great things Simon. Take care and we would love to hear later what the museums say about the tin. Hopefully you will give us an update later.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Liz, yes as soon as I know I will share! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@elizabethscruggs1622]

@@Sifinds awesome Simon I can't wait to hear.

[@frankcarter2730]

Hello Elizabeth How are you doing?

[@elizabethscruggs1622]

@@frankcarter2730 I'm doing well thank you and yourself??

[@frankcarter2730]

@@elizabethscruggs1622 I’m good Elizabeth Where are you from?

[@andymilic4093]

I love it when there's still a little bit of water,like a foot or less and it's sunny, seeing the shimmer and sparkle of an unearthed bottle,as the sand banks shift yearly here with the spring snow melt

[@teresasallam9526]

WOW what an amazing place to treasure hunt. So many artifacts there. That candelabra was pretty cool to be honest. That tin you found just beautiful and amazing. Great find.

[@repeatdefender6032]

I know those little pink barrels are ceramic things for polishing parts in a turning barrel, which makes me think the rest of the mystery balls were meant for a similar use, either polishing or mixing or something. That's my view, anyway.

[@edthe1owapyr020]

A ball mill

[@Sifinds]

Sugar crushing oerhaps

[@edthe1owapyr020]

@@Sifinds yes sounds like it could be

[@dianeriegel839]

Simon !!! What a awesome find 👏 I love your 1714 Tin !!!! And the shaver as well. Your friend did a great job too and, Congratulations to the both of you, injoy your finds, happy hunting my friend 😀 😊 ❤

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Diane!! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@ryanshorts339]

Wow what an epic location. Those ceramic balls could be used for making the negatives of the cannon shot in the molds. I'm curious if they are the same size as some of the shot you found around the beach. If the shot was made by sand casting they would have needed a ball to make a negative print in the sand that they could then fill with the molten metal. Just an idea, great finds!

[@patricialessard8651]

I had the same thought. Used as molds.

[@maddyf8398]

That’s what I thought as well.

[@Sifinds]

Like the theory Ryan!

[@craigpeers5676]

My thoughts too

[@e.t.1277]

Those clay marbles are for polishing off and smoothing the seams and other protutions on the metal balls. You put the lot in a tumbler and run it till smooth.

[@paulhamj6175]

This is the first video I have ever seen about this hobby and there is only one conclusion I keep returning to in my bed. I MUST DO THIS! So, looks like I best be going to those websites I spotted in the description because I want to make sure I do it safely and with heed of such things as tides of course. Thanks for a great and inspiring video! That run conjures up such images in the imagination, I simply love old things like that!

[@gavinthomas214]

Thanks for sharing your adventures it was really a pleasure to experience each find.

[@oitsamy]

Marvelous lark and what a treasure the tin is. I hope you're able to find out more at the museums. Also, I think the pink things might be fossilized marshmallows 🙂

[@HunterPeale]

i needed that laugh, thanks

[@ismewhat1234]

LMAO 🤣😂👏👏👏👍

[@Sifinds]

Haha. Cheers Amy! I don’t fancy putting toasting them x

[@Sharky142]

This looks like a lot of fun. I honestly have never heard of this hobby before but, I would definitely love to give it a go. I think you both are going to need a bigger boat. Hello from Ohio.

[@Sifinds]

Haha yes I think you’re right! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@lordsofkobol7385]

It used to be a full time occupation in the Victorian era on the banks of the Thames

[@dannydandaniel8040]

They have a long and cogent history compared to the u.s.

[@kellywalters2957]

Congratulations on the tobacco tin!! I also really liked the shadow box full of your other finds!! Great video overall!!

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Kells 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@allisonryder4781]

Hahaaa bloody Nora!!! Haven’t heard that one for years❤️🇨🇦

[@j.harkleroad3347]

My father had that kind of shaver. (U.S.A.). I gave it to his great-grandson who he never got to see. Father died in 1994 and great-grandson was born in 2000.

[@amywright2243]

Imagine that chair base upturned, a glass cloche in it for a bowl, and then filled full of those little turned balls ...you could mix in a few holiday ornaments and top with a poinsettia for a Christmas porch display!

[@Sifinds]

Or the wheel thingy with a glass top and glass bowl with the balls in!!

[@andreamyers6144]

Love the container find. ❤

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Andrea! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@karenpetersen1122]

Congrats on the beautiful old tin and thanks for sharing your adventures, Si!

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Karen! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@trevwalker8987]

Great video kind regards Trev Barnsley South Yorkshire England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

[@missmaryhdream6560]

What a brilliant find, the tin. I can't wait, till you find out, what it's history is, thanks for the video.

[@ickabod_crank]

Hey Si that find that had the word “royal” on it is the track for a chainsaw. And of all that ceramic and metal balls and the round cornered pink cylinder bits are used in the manufacturing industry for de-burring or polishing metal parts. Everything would be tossed about, rotated and vibrated in a big tumbler of sorts to polish,and smooth out whatever has been manufactured. And that engraved canister you found is freek’n amazing!! I mean WOW!!! I think the date on it was the letter “j” first (as back in the day the letter “j” was what first used in recording the date) to stand for Jesus Christ A D It is a conspiratorial theory by a lot of modern historians that would suggest the year was 714 AD not Seventeen~Fourteen. Just a little fun fact on the date. A lot of really old maritime maps had the letter “j” before the date

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Eric. I don’t think this tin is Saxon in date. Your right about the 1’s being J’s. It happens on Georgian coins too. Check out my vid from 3 weeks ago. It was dated J756 (or something close to that). The letter J was only introduced in the 1500s, and the old version used to sound like i, and was used in the numbering system too. It’s quite complicated how it all worked, but wasn’t anything to do with Jesus

[@ickabod_crank]

@@Sifinds thanks Si yeah I didn’t know 100% about it. But DUDE!!! HUGE FIND MAN!! HUGE!! Thanks for the details on the date. Another reason I like watching your channel. The history lessons.

[@juliebeans7323]

I recognised the chainsaw bar too. The rounded end, then the slot on the other gave it away.

[@cynthiaswearingen1037]

The shot and the clay marbles are awesome finds, but your tobacco tin is amazing!!! Well done, Si!💖

[@frankcarter2730]

Hello Cynthia How are you doing!?

[@cynthiaswearingen1037]

@@frankcarter2730 I'm fine, Frank, how are you?

[@frankcarter2730]

@@cynthiaswearingen1037 Good thanks Where are you from? Sorry for bouncing into your comment section

[@cynthiaswearingen1037]

@@frankcarter2730 I'm from south Georgia, USA

[@frankcarter2730]

@@cynthiaswearingen1037 nice place I’m from Norway but living in LA currently in Alaska So how’s work? Hope you’re not stressing yourself that much?

[@ste.h9825]

Well found Si.What a great find.The shell was amazing too.Can you top that this year?I don't think it matters.Good Luck to all the gang.

[@Sifinds]

I’ll try but happy with my lot!

[@bonniejeffery4070]

you are so lucky the box opened so easily after all those years awsome

[@lindasussman8695]

Tobacco tin is awesome. Good going. ❤from So.Florida USA

[@emilyquinn13]

My partners fathers name is bright, he was a mechanic in the navy and was his father and his father. This is really interesting! Would be utterly amazing to hear from you about th outcome

[@benbright4782]

I am a bright

[@LowPassMountain]

Awesome videos! Recent subscriber and I've been binge watching lol. Can't wait for snow to melt and get out on the river over here in Canada. Nothing like the historic finds of the Thames but an abundance of finds none the less. Happy mudlarking!

[@Sifinds]

Wishing you much luck in the muck! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@clairearstall5196]

Could the balls be used to move crates around . They cast balls like marbles in tombs so they can slide the coffins in easily. They may cast balls down to slide crates or large items along easier.

[@Sifinds]

A good theory 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@sandylipscomb7003]

IT IS SO WONDERFUL WHEN A FRIEND APPRECIATES YOUR FAN‼️‼️‼️

[@delvalunearthed]

Always enjoy these mudlarking videos from the Thames. 👍👍

[@Fafnir53]

Great stuff, guys. The little hollow "horn" you found is a scaphopod shell. Scaphopods are a group of molluscs, kin to clams and snails, etc. I'm a retired palaeontologist and used to see lots of these in marine sediments.

[@laurieleannie]

Always love your adventures Simon! Thank you for taking us along with you! Also always love to see your creativity - very inspiring to me. Keep us posted on the results of the tin with the museum. Wondering if you ever got a response on the horse DNA? If I happened to miss that episode I apologize. Keep up the great work and adventures. Good luck in the muck! ☺️

[@Sifinds]

Hi. Yes the result was about 6-9months ago. There’s a video on it. You need to press the notifications bell

[@5Albion]

The item you found that you think is a chisel is in fact a second cut or fine hand file that has been heated at the end and hammer to form a “ fish tail”. This is then ground using standard bench grinder. The resulting item then becomes a “flat” scraper that allows engineer, (fitter), to scrape flat a steel or iron plate. Had hand blister from doing the same as an apprentice and scraping steel plate 6 x 6 x 1 inch for 40hrs as a test piece. Oh happy days..

[@concaveeruption8266]

I like the shadow box set up. Nice to look at some old relics set up as a display. Interesting show. I’ll b enjoying more vids from you and your friends in time to come. God bless.

[@patriciaguillory8424]

I could go crazy digging around in that mud, I love it!!!

[@TheMikeTownsend]

The pink ceramic cylinders are known as "barundums". They are also used in media/ball mills to disperse pigment for printmaking. Those ones are huge and might have been used for earth pigments like yellow ochre or raw umber. The dispersion is moved from one mill to another, getting finer and finer as it passes through from coarse to fine media. Polishing marbles or shot is also very likely. I assume the old factory was close by, so check out inks, paints, etc to see if any manufacturers come up.

[@SKN1763]

Could the clay marbles have been used to make moulds for the different metal balls (shot) that you found? They look like the same size and shape with similar markings.

[@kimtoy6035]

Could those clay or marble balls be erosion control? Wave break type stuff? And I was thinking that the horn-shaped thing might be a type of coral, or a seaweed bit? Thanks for sharing another hunt!

[@Slangnegativ]

Two buds having fun in the mud. Love it.