RARE finds in a DRAINED canal + GOLD leaf upcycling!

[@Sifinds]

For more drained canal action click here kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKLFqZSImdKtpsk

[@davidlong5825]

Is that yalding

[@christybriggs1737]

"Waders of the lost Arc" 😂😂😂 I love it!

[@dudley8671]

😂 good one, Christy.

[@janelovesy2399]

Daft Wader

[@icerazar713]

🤣🤣🤣

[@stuartwilliams4898]

Me too, gave me a chuckle.

[@brendahenderson3418]

Your ballerina was the backing panel for brooches sold from Woolworth's after the war. I still have one! As a child I was thrilled to have some 'real jewellery' - and we all wanted to become ballerinas!

[@Sifinds]

What were the holes for? The clasp?

[@itsbehindyou6554]

I’m SO happy you have both collaborated!! Kris is hilarious and a genuinely nice guy. Please, please more of this!!!

[@debraboyea7776]

I agree!

[@Sifinds]

I’ll give you one more (maybe two) 😂

[@cyndicunanan400]

In my pajamas, drinking coffee, watching you dig in the mud. Perfect Sunday.

[@ickabod_crank]

Me too! 😁 cheers!

[@Sifinds]

Enjoy!!

[@MiniatureMadnessofcherylg2696]

Some great finds today! Love seeing Nelson, he is so adorable! Also, thank you for doing your part for the wildlife, picking up the rubbish that is dangerous to them. Happy Easter!

[@Sifinds]

My pleasure 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@rodvickery9169]

Hi Si, the shotgun cartridges have been cut so only the cap fires without lead or powder. Probaly used by some villian to scare people without injuring or killing them.

[@yendub]

And, for you unfamiliar with them, the powder is in the back of any cartridge (shotgun, pistol, or rifle) next to the primer which sets it off. Not at the end like the folks mentioned.

[@Sifinds]

Ah cool

[@Shadytradie6.9]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@mbak7801]

Modifying a shotgun cartridge is actually an offence. Loading one from scratch is fine. Taking one apart is illegal. Brain dead laws as usual.

[@burningone354]

"Cut shells" is what they are called.

[@lovelyskull3483]

Best way to start the day with Simon and coffee. Happy Easter Si.🇨🇦☮️

[@Sifinds]

Awesome!

[@iamshotty]

My midnight viewing of the ever awesome Si-finds 😂 Love from Australia ❤️❤️❤️

[@Sifinds]

Enjoy!

[@jennywalborn7769]

What an awesome ring he found, congrats!

[@Sifinds]

Right!?

[@avalonjuice8613]

'ooo look at that pretty little cup'........coffee splattered screen!!!! That livery button looked amazing!

[@Sifinds]

Cheers!!

[@drunkdunc8738]

Shells were obviously from a sawn off shotgun Si 😝🍻

[@Sifinds]

haha!

[@future_me_6067]

@@Sifinds I would speculate that the shotgun shells were cut to either destroy them or to collect the powder and primers. 🧨🎇 Thanks for sharing the adventures.

[@susiepoulter4548]

🤣🤣🤣daft wader.!🤣🤣🤣 Love your videos, you have some funny friends. You have a great way of explaining each find. Thanks, Si. 😊

[@Sifinds]

Pleasure x

[@annewinchester6945]

The gold leaf on the livery button made it look spectacular. Nice!

[@amnas69]

They kept the powder and primer and discarded the wadding and pellets.

[@tomjourneysadventures7021]

Home Made blanks

[@yvonnepagan9912]

Once again a fab video! Chris was a fresh face for all. He was obviously rapt with his finds. Poor old Stu. Ya have ya good days and ya bad. Better luck next time. I look forward to your (and Nicola’s) vids every week.

[@emmalouize]

Thank you all the way from New Zealand for caring about the wildlife and not just about finding the treasures. Been a fan of your channel for a while, it’s completely addictive and there are only a couple of you that film in a way that doesn’t make you dizzy watching. You are always so entertaining and educational. I bought myself a perfume brick after I saw one discovered on one of your expeditions to a bottle dump!

[@chewskewsme]

Me too, living in Auckland now but I was born and raised close to where Si does most of his mudlarking, so I get the added bonus of recognising many of the landmarks. He even speaks my lingo!

[@chewcharlie32]

Wow 🤩 absolutely fantastic video ......,, Kris has awesome 👏 sense of humour .... as you do too Si 🙌🤩 perfect team ...... so so fascinating to see all goodies you find ❤️ it x I’m a bit scared of the sinking muds to try mudlarking haha 😆 awesome thruppeny ring and I love all the vulcanite stoppers ........ haha Fork off ...... 🤣 ...... nice lamb pin find .. for Easter ! Kris having a fab day .... lovely torpedo bottle .... fantastic history and knowledge you have SI 💕💕 love listening to you x you know your stuff ...... 👏🙌🤩........ Lovely finds Stew ..... 🙌🙌..... love buckles still to find me one ☝️..... strange cut caps ......dodgy so many lying about down there ? Lovely livery button !💥...... haha loving laser gun Kris .......... hahahha brilliant a wet sack 🤣🤣🤣🤣 lol ❤️ it x ...... loving the compact with the tree design ...... 👏...... lovely hunt 🙌 Lads !!! Didn’t know about the livery buttons... good to know ! WOW 🤩 loving the gold leaf .... one penny is looking beautiful 🤩 haha should do a competition to win them .... my word they are absolutely stunning 🤩 with the gold leaf .... you have done an amazing job SI 🙌👏☝️🤩💥💥💥💥💥 The ram brewery history is awesome 👏 and it looks fab ! Cracking tool ! Very handy indeed .... need have a look at Amazon got one of them .. good tip with grease as I had one similar and it got stuck with sand and then rusted lol 😂 ..... I want that for sure ☝️awwwww Nelson looks like my Belle 🐾🐾🐾 x multi tool is so handy when camping 🏕 too x 💥🙌🤩☝️

[@Sifinds]

Thanks for the kind words 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@elcampellodetectoristintheUk]

17.10 its great to see kris out with you . Another cracking video bro. Totally enjoyed watching you Legends 🤜🏻🤛🏻thks again for sharing. TC SS GL&HH

[@kathybell7407]

Happy Easter from Washington State 🌺🌸🌼🌻 my favorite find today was the livery button and the history of them!!! Thank you for another fun video!!! Kiss Nelson for me 🙂 Kathy

[@Sifinds]

Will do. Cheers Kathy

[@morgan4212]

Raiders of the lost Lark. I’ll be here all week

[@pjwo40]

I love that you're taking out crap that could potentially harm wildlife. Thank you!

[@steve-ph9yg]

Thank you for taking out the trash out helping save the wildlife 👍

[@pollycatwoman]

Good morning, I love watching your videos Si, this morning I watched you making a bowl from driftwood, loved the cat and the chickens, you make it all look so easy!

[@deereating9267]

Saw pictures of you and the other canal cleaning volunteers on the BBC today!

[@lizbrown7232]

Saw it also, in 🍁 Canada!

[@Sifinds]

Epic!

[@deereating9267]

@@Sifinds Much of formal history is based on what high-status people do, what I love about mudlarking is that it reveals so much about what common people (like most people throughout history) were doing and what they cared about or created. I didn't expect to see the faces of the folks who've brought me so much entertainment when I clicked on the BBC pictorial. Love it!

[@g.s.7022]

A slightly different kind of search, but also has interesting moments and is fun with these two nice friends of yours. The two are welcome to show up more often😉☘️💫

[@alisonelias3162]

Kris is adorable! Lol. Like a kid in the mud. His enthusiasm is wonderful.

[@Zandain]

I really enjoy canal and fields larking...oddball finds that do not usually, see the light of day! Love the compact, before and after the gilding and of course the torpedo bottle! (even though it wasn't your find, Si) Thanks for the tag-along - love from Denmark 🌸💕

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Z

[@kaseytyler6262]

Cool all the way around video. I really like the camera angles that the drone got that was cool too.

[@karenf9834]

The dynamic between you & Kris was fun on this one. You just seem to be one of those loveable people that brings out the best in everyone. For me, that’s one reason why I find your videos such a joy to watch. I enjoyed seeing all your finds but the makeup compact was my fav this time.

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

Haha! Chris needs to loosen up the suspenders on his waders!!! Then they won't be so "grabby"!!! :-)

[@Sifinds]

Haha

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

@@Sifinds -- Hey Simon -- check with Nicola for my email address and fire me off an email please.

[@justkp9243]

Really made me giggle when he said grabby 😂😂

[@sisD]

Loved the newbie mudlarkers! Chris was funny and sure he had great fun. That torpedo bottle! 😱 The gilding craft was awesome. Loved that compact. Great video. Stay safe. 🦋

[@Sifinds]

Thank you!!

[@sisD]

@@Sifinds Just picked up some of your paste jars!!!!! So excited to actually hold one! Thx. 🦋

[@Sifinds]

@@sisD Yay! Thank you!!

[@fairyGrandmother]

Hey Si! Your friend Chris was so fun, what a character! You need to play a trick on Nicola with the gold penny! TFS Hugs!

[@juliet5114]

Happiest Easter to you Si, Nelson🐾 and Chicken Girls 🐓🐓🐓😊!!! Congratulations Kris 🙌🏻👍🏻!!! Some really fascinating and marvelous finds. Really great gold leaf segment, So🙌🏻. Favorite find🤔...👍🏻 definitely the Livery button and the FABULOUS victorian compact(it looks so beautiful with the gold leaf💗). 😊🤭😘

[@Sifinds]

Thanks Juliet!!

[@annescott2748]

I enjoyed seeing a new area that you've visited, thanks! Coincidentally, I'm from Stoneham (bottle name), near Boston, MA, and my father made clocks and gilded the wood, in, of all places, our kitchen, where we dared not breathe or talk! He would cut the gold into small squares and apply them with a brush, using the same technique of running the brush over the back of his hand before picking up the gold. Then he'd apply it to the wood, often a bit of carved wood, and dab it with the brush and then use a curved bit of polished agate in a handle (a burnishing tool) to rub the gold in and smooth it out. The agate sort of polished the gold. I recently watched your older video of making a clay pipe; you did a great job! Have you seen this from, the Shropshire Star, video called "Rex Key demonstrates how he make clay pipes" - sorry, i don't know how to add the link so you can search by the title. He uses clay and an old mold. 🌞

[@Sifinds]

Thanks yeah he uses the traditional method, that’s easy. Try making one from scratch! 😉

[@annescott2748]

That's why yours was so impressive, and it even worked!

[@dudley8671]

Si, thanks for sharing your exploration of canals. Never know, which adventure will hold the greatest treasure.... It's all about *Getting Some🧡Luck in the Muck!*

[@Sifinds]

Spot on Dudds!! Cheers dude!

[@richardcastle3204]

Saw Kris was back and gave a like straight away. Dream team!

[@Sifinds]

Whoop whoop!

[@patricialenaburg6553]

Happy Easter all, sitting drinking coffee, and enjoying my mud larkers. Great finds, and fun for all. I got a such a laugh from Chris, testing the mud, and when sinking the slightest, and yelling out.

[@Sifinds]

Haha!

[@helenlodge4676]

Having the queen's head showing on that ring, symbolises loyalty to the queen. I found one similair, showing the king's head.

[@anjistone2946]

You're not wrong! I was just saying today, how much I want a Torpedo bottle. One of my dream finds. 🙏🕵️🌠

[@kathisease9924]

Loved this one!!! Great friends, great finds, and great crafting! Thanks for sharing:)

[@Carolbearce]

Loved watching you apply the gold leaf. Well done.

[@Sifinds]

Thanks!

[@marionbowler5440]

Absolutely awesome and amazing Si, loved the whole kit and kaboddle, excellent as always Si. Till the next mud venture, stay safe. 🇨🇦🤗🐘🍁👣

[@marionbowler5440]

When you looked at the pump, did you see the heart shaped stone, how appropriate to find a lamb for Easter, gold fun yay. Awesome luck in the muck.🇨🇦🐘🍁🍀

[@Sifinds]

Oh yeah! 🐑

[@juanitaskelton448]

Lol...hackie sack!...I have to say this video was hilarious...fun.. .great, Si!

[@Sifinds]

Thank you!

[@gaynor3976]

Was so happy to see you had posted. Kris seems like a fun guy to go mudlarking with. Great finds and love the gold leaf work, well done. That shovel is amazing and def worth taking on your travels in the future. Thanks for great video Si xxx

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Gaynor!

[@gaynor3976]

Just read about you all mudlarking on the emptied river on the bbc news pages and seen a photo of you. Xx

[@denisebreault7852]

Kris' enthusiasm made me very happy!!

[@fiberotter]

I am addicted to Kris' bleeps....and his giggles. The gold leafing turned out great! Always good to see Nelly.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers!!

[@cindeestruzycki1931]

They are all so beautiful with the gilding on good job😊

[@juliemarshall7913]

Aww I love Nelson. 💙

[@fanofthechase1249]

So much more fun when its a group than by yourself

[@abigailhowes5944]

The pump you found was what is known as a semirotery wing pump. It is a marine pumps as you suggested. It is used for pumping fuel, bildges etc. Interestingly enough, these pumps were also used in the out islands of the Bahamas for pumping house hold water. Water was collected from the roof, and stored in big concrete cisterns. The water was pumped from the cistern using these pumps. Some had the water directly feed into the kitchen sink where they would pump it as needed. In our house it was we would pump it up into a tank upstairs in the attic once a day. Then we had a spiggot in the kitchen sink, so all we had to do was turn on the tap as we needed it, like in modern kutchens. Later on we installed a shower with a tank on the roof, painted black so the sun would warm the water. We would pump the water into that tank with the same kind of pump. The pump you found was missing it's wooden handle, that looked like a little baseball bat. I can remember as a child this job of filling the tanks was one if our chores. So that pump you found brought back many happy memories of living on this tiny island. If you go back for it, you just might be able to restore it.

[@Sifinds]

Cool info cheers! I’ll leave this one for the river I think

[@rickoshay2589]

I enjoy the history behind the items found. I know that's extra work. Thanks for sharing.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Rick!

[@oges74]

You don't want to get a wet sack 😆😆 that torpedo bottle looked great, a lovely find

[@megz_85]

Wow I've how you Gold leafed the coin, button, pin and compact and that shovel with all its bits is fantastic! Great video and thanks 🙂

[@Little_Red_Riding_Hoodlum]

What a first lark he had!

[@Sifinds]

Right??!

[@0210rokvist]

So great, that you are removing plastic. Love your different upcykling ideas

[@maarinabudd]

That Art Deco Compact is lovely even more so with the newly applied gold leaf that you have added to it 😍

[@denisemeredith2436]

Agreed, I loved it.

[@Sifinds]

Thanks Marina!

[@lilmsmetal]

To make the design stand out on the compact, paint some thin black acrylic paint over the top, and wipe it off while still wet. The paint will stay in the dips, while the gold will be shiny and beautiful.

[@cdd4248]

THANK YOU for taking dangerous trash with you, as well as, treasures!

[@christhompson4270]

Awesome finds guys. I hope you picked up all the little pieces of gold leaf as it can be reused. Happy Easter and god bless and stay safe and well. Darn awesome spade/tools, hello Nelson you little cutie 🙏🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️ this is for Nelson 🤗🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lumemaa7]

You got some hilarious friends!!!😂🤍🤍

[@Adam-Gates-Mudlark]

Blimey, its sunday already. The sheep pin is sweet, So was the Torpedo bottle. Great finds today. Happy Easter. Stay safe :)))

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Adam!

[@impunitythebagpuss]

Happy Easter! Wonderful video to wake up to! What fun. Love the gilding tutorial...really turned out well! And Nellie seizes all the attention...needing tickles from her man! Great finds with great friends! Thanks!!!

[@Sifinds]

Thanks! 🐈‍⬛

[@patwithers1448]

Love from the old lady in Texas USA may God bless you always

[@karenb9508]

So happy to see you take that rubbish so the wildlife wont get harmed...love you videos.....Hello from Australia.

[@Sifinds]

Thanks Karen!

[@staceytroffer8287]

CHRIS is hilarious! What a riot he is!!

[@lisabksfinest]

Always lovely to go on A adventure with Si-Finds ,awesome finds per usual,always inspires me to see You pick up harmful discarded rubbish it encourages me to do likewise on my daily walks .

[@Sifinds]

Ah that’s great to hear!

[@jennywalborn7769]

The gold gilding turned out fantastic, love that idea! Love all the finds!

[@Sifinds]

Thanks Jenny!

[@kimberlygodfrey2298]

I like the gold gilt...and your friend also has a good luck in the muck! Looks like a fun day outside!

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Kim!

[@SnowPink90]

This was such a cool video to watch!! I wish we had canals like that. It would be so much fun. I sometimes think about the creeks that we have here and when there’s too much snow up in the mountains and when it melts, it makes the creek or the river that’s right near us, water level get quite higher. I just wonder what could be down there but it’s not going to be like England, that’s for sure.😆 I think I have the same compact that you found. I bought four compacts off of an elderly lady that was selling off all her vintage collection. It’s the basket of flowers that I love so much that was on the front. You did such a great job on gold leafing(?) the coin, and the compact. I’m so impressed by your art work!! Thank you for another great video!!🌊🐬

[@Nan-1017]

Great video Si!! And so glad Kris had such great beginner’s luck:) Thanks for everything, I watch and love all you videos and will be buying 2 of those very cool spades for my hubby and son. Thanks for explaining how it works. ♥️ from Philadelphia 🥰

[@GreenMountainLove]

Chris, with the Beginner's Luck! Well done. I bet you're hooked now! Guess you'll have to bring him along again, Si. Thanks as always for the video.

[@autumnrose76]

I can’t wait to get to London and do some mudlarking! Your new buddy is hilarious!!!!!!

[@juliemarshall7913]

Oh lovely just what I needed. Love watching my Si-finds 🤗

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Julie!

[@allanturpin2023]

Nice haul today. Thanks for bringing us along.

[@Sifinds]

Pleasure matey

[@annettefournier9655]

Thanks Si. Oh the fresh excitement of a new mudlark. So cute. Nice job guilding! All shiny like new and it really brings out the details .🤩

[@theklawilkinson6217]

There were three mucklateers having some massive amounts of fun. Really wanted you to take the sign & pump! NELSON 🐱🐱🐱🐈🐈🐈 Happy Easter Si!

[@adriannenash9852]

Mucklateers is a great word; you need to trademark it!

[@Sifinds]

Thanks! Sorry not today 😂

[@alanlansdell7533]

I remember getting in trouble for doing that to cartridges to get black powder, it makes a great fire starter for use with a striker.....

[@Sifinds]

Cool!

[@marcusrushton3862]

I thought they might have fired just the firing cap kinda like a blank?

[@lonewarrior6633]

Chris just seems like the guy you’d want to be with at a BBQ. When everyone else has gone to bed, there you’d be just chilling with Chris, 2am still cooking burgers and still drinking! Laughing your heads off!

[@Sifinds]

I dig that!

[@gerrywilson6579]

Very entertaining! I love Kris! Also, thanks for the lesson in gilding! I may try it!

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Gerry!

[@christinesbetterknitting4533]

Your explanation about the torpedo bottle captions about your cut finger make us feel like we are right with you! Thank you for sharing your adventures in upcycling!

[@georgiewalker1069]

This was great. Such a fun opportunity to lark in the river bed. Loved the gilding process. First prize, the Art Deco makeup compact. Jeez Simon. Your poor hands. Hope your cut finger heals up very soon. Best regards as always from South Africa 🇿🇦💫

[@Sifinds]

Thanks Georgie. Yes I was careless with a very sharp saw! What a tit I am 😂

[@bonnerdebbie]

Happy Easter Si, great finds and wonderful up cycles. Thank you.

[@Sifinds]

Thanks HAppy Easter!

[@natmelo7620]

Happy Easter Mudlarking looks like so much ! Nelson is a good kitty 😺

[@andrewexcell747]

Hi simon and friends from New Zealand. Awesome wee finds today. You sure do search some interesting places. Torpedo bottle is cool. I also collect old bottles,found a few in the back yard recently. Top marks on the gold leaf upcycling Si! Top find has to be the ram pin. Thanks for the adventure ,until the next one, Cheers.

[@Sifinds]

Thanks Andrew!!

[@gmagain]

That makeup item was the best find. If you google it, they belong in museums!!! It’s from the 1920s!!

[@francineb7340]

Love the ducks and geese sending up a cheer as you're picking up the plastic trash!

[@ickabod_crank]

You heard that too?? Yeah!

[@Sifinds]

👍🏻🐾

[@topsyturvy6532]

The ruler on the shovel is to determine the planting depth for flower bulbs. Nice finds today.

[@ellenexmadden]

The chuckel, repeats, its the kind that could just get going. His face when he said "yea"; priceless. We have heard it before but none like this. Click

[@marccoote9106]

Lobe watching the gold leaf on the coins as my great grandfather use to do this for a job.

[@elizabethingram9784]

Nice video, cool Si-finds. Thanks for the info on gilding, I've been thinking of trying that myself.

[@Sifinds]

It’s great fun

[@edwardblasingame9002]

Some great finds guy's. And a week's exercise in a day getting out of mud! Happy Easter 🐣🐇🌴⛅

[@Sifinds]

Haha right!??

[@elcampellodetectoristintheUk]

27.53 love the work on the button & coinage 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@Mountlougallops]

That was fun! Love that compact. You never run out of creative ideas Si! Pretty cool.

[@victorgoncalves2442]

Im catching up the videos . Great video Si , great collaboration . Stay well guys .

[@beverlyhayshouston2770]

In ancient times brushes were rubbed over a cat’s back to get static electricity to pick up the gold leaf. A red base coat is always used on wooden frames to get a rich and lustrous gold color.

[@Wvnursey]

Your gold leafing endeavors went well! The torpedo bottle was sweet! Overall, a fun, productive day with friends. Cheers!

[@Sifinds]

Thanks Cindy!

[@metaldetectingengland]

Wow what an adventure ! So much area with lots of good finds ..the Hamilton was my fave and the fork the badge ..the button then the gun ...Awsome place ! Regards Adrian and Simon Dorset.

[@terriemery5687]

Another way to pick up Gold Leaf is by brushing an artist's or in my case a signwriting brush through your hair to create static to attract the leaf

[@alisavogt2892]

Great finds, and that spade looks quite useful!

[@Sifinds]

Yeah it’s pretty cool