The PERFECT mudlark! Searching the old River Thames foreshore in London

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[@starstairs5715]

The buttons went on the uniform for the navy cadets in the 15-16-1700s and 1800s as Rank and awards

[@esskay1513]

It’s just so clear from your videos how much you love the Thames foreshore and the unique view of London it gives you. Like Water rat and his river in ‘The Wind and the Willows’ 😊

[@BrokeMoFo]

1:40 Similar styles of these pike/hooks are still found in local waterways in the upper northwest states and lower Canadian waterways that were used to wrangle logging jams and log barges in route to mills etc... Nice find!

[@lovelyskull3483]

Thank you Si. Love the padlock. Such a great day on the Thames.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers LS!! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@ingrid-7777]

Hi Si, I just want to let you know, that nobody around me ever smiles or is just in a good mood. Your videos make me smile and then I feel so much better. It means a lot. Thank you! Best wishes from Germany.

[@Sifinds]

Aw thanks so much Ingrid! 😁😁😁

[@SnowPink90]

I so agree with you, Ingrid. I was asked why I always smiled and I simply said I enjoy seeing people out there just on a daily basis. I just love life. Not to say that life is easy, but smiling makes me feel better and if it puts a smile on somebody else's face, so be it, it's great. Keep smiling Ingrid you don't know who's going to smile back at you. 😁☺️

[@ingrid-7777]

@@SnowPink90 Aww SnowPink, thank you for your kind message. I just spotted it. Hugs and smiles back to you 🙂

[@ianlee9755]

I love the way you research the things you fine and bring life back to them. Keep going I love your videos.

[@louisecon1664]

Si thank you for the great mudlarking adventure. So much history.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Louise 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@heathermurray9939]

# 10.52 the button, are they to do with the " Pearly king & Queens " out fit.

[@Sifinds]

Well the pearly kings buttons are mother of Pearl, hence the name 👍🏻

[@vickig2406]

You do such a great job in the production of your videos. They are a joy to watch! Thank you.

[@Sifinds]

Aw thanks so much! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@CrustyRustysRestoration]

That’s one good thing about the UK, your history and artifacts go a long long way back. Oldest we have in the states are Native artifacts.

[@123uschie]

Great finds today !Thanks for sharing ,love the cod bottle.

[@jeremymorrall6750]

That old marble bottle, invented by Mr. Codds - (sometimes the bottle would have 'Genuine Codd's Bottle' written on it) - required a person to push their thumb against the marble valve with considerable force to open it ( I'm old enough to have spoken to old blokes who had drunk from them) and some people resorted to hitting the marble valve to achieve the same result, which is where the term 'Codd's Wallop' ( meaning bullshit) comes from, which is a term I grew up with , but is now seldom heard. Further, some people used to fish with them by filling them with carbide, then throw them in a lake or river, where they would explode like a grenade!

[@Wreckdiver59]

Days like this are what you look forward to 👍 awesome finds.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Jim! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@lucyb15]

the bent disc with concentric decoration and no shank, I think is a drape weight.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Lucy 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@flyingeaglewoman8682]

The token also has “The Eye of Provenance” on it too. Interesting.. cool finds!

[@kimbateman226]

Another fantastic video, the amount of finds you found was awesome, loved the revealing of the padlock, the pipes and coins are always a pleasure to see, good to hear about leadenhall market as live in the london area for along time but only within the last year discovered leadenhall, what a place, keep up the good work

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Kim. I’m going to visit soon, I don’t remember going x

[@OregonTrailLife]

I like your new updated intro. 😊 The cod bottle is beautiful and so is your kitty. Thank you for sharing.

[@glendamears3618]

COOL finds and amazing cleanups 😊

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Glenda! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@Gillian-xl7wb]

Another great episode👍

[@terricollins8450]

What an awesome lark,love your banter with Matt and the bag seal had my Initials on it too ! 😀

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Terri! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@conken5623]

Your over all attitude on this video is alot more cheerful, when you mudlark or on his boat when your with this friend you always seem happier. Last several videos seemed like you were going into mudlark burn out. You seen all the fines before and seemed to be irritable with other people you mudlarked with. Thought the 🌎 was going to lose your cheerful joy at mudlarking. So glad to hear your laughter again. Only wish u the best, enjoy your videos, always watch at least one of your commercials youtube puts on your channel and click their advertiser link. So hope it helps. 🍻 cheers 2023

[@hornswozzler]

Finial could be a scabbard tip. Bayonets Swords, and daggers had scabbards made of leather and they had frogs to hang on the belt and tips to the scabbards made of brass or pewter

[@jujulionesselsa1416]

On Si what an excellent job you did with the encrusted padlock, I couldn't believe it 😃 you always do an incredible work making everything you find to look as good as new, and always leaving the traditional rawness.

[@Sifinds]

Thanks so much! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@elizabethsands4470]

Love these two together xx

[@paulapirpignani4802]

Would love a print of the various 3-holed buttons you showed ...

[@Sifinds]

Email me [e-mail]

[@barbaracatalano6299]

Great Video!! Fantastic finds. So good to see Matt.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Babs👍🏻🐾🧡

[@timeandtide.m.d.5542]

Some lovely finds Simon 👍 well done

[@Sifinds]

Cheers pal 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@isobelevans211]

Love how the Vokins barges all had names starting with ‘V’! Think I saw ‘Voracious’ and ‘Vassal’ written on the side.

[@Sifinds]

Well spotted!!!

[@colleenmccarthy-evans3149]

Epic lark...so much fun with you and Matt...and was that a giant dinosaur bone at 11:16?? 🦖

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Colleen. It might’ve been some rusty chain…?

[@colleenmccarthy-evans3149]

@@Sifinds sorry...I rechecked the time and it was at 11:54-56...most likely a large bit of a wooden ship...

[@roxymanasquan9087]

Howdy, from Texas! Fantastic finds & your cleanups are the best. Love that itty bitty finial/bell. As always, you've just made my Sunday!!

[@Sifinds]

Aw cheers Roxy 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@jonesjohnr9052]

Awesome adventure, very cool finds !!! The whiskey token is top shelf !! Not many of those floating about ,thanks for all the history and story of the items really puts things in context 🌞. Thanks for all the hard work 👍🏻

[@Sifinds]

Thanks so much JJ👍🏻🐾🧡

[@A2Z1Two3]

I had imagined that there were boatmen with coats or jackets that were decorated with hundreds of buttons , and over time , many would fall into the river ! Who knows maybe like Pearly Kings and Queens .

[@oges74]

Beautiful finds Si, they cleaned up real nice too

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Brett! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@kerrihitt9912]

Once again a excellent video I do enjoy them everytime . You are very talented. Thank you from the USA.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Kerri 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@glendamears3618]

Wow so COOL over there. I like making art from found things too. Wish I could join your scrounge. Inspiring

[@marykunselman284]

Hi Si happy day

[@Sifinds]

Happy day to you too!

[@jackiebeans2689]

Great finds!! Hi to Daisy!!💕😺😺😺

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Jackie! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@graemero5532]

Great finds Si. Matt's pipe is very cool too.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers G 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@isatheone]

Loved the video as always! Can't wait to get over to Europe and get into it myself! I'd love a video of you showing more of the cleaning and restoring process one day!

[@Sifinds]

I do that quite a bit in my older videos

[@casamaroc2029]

Vos trouvailles sont superbes

[@mariafletcher6603]

Hello Me old codger. How ya doin. Nice to cu and Matt again. Been away far to long. I hope you and Matt got some lovely jubbly treasures today. from 🇬🇧👍👍 an old cockney gal

[@PabloDiablo682]

Nicola used to skip picking up padlocks until myself and I'm sure many others encouraged her to do so. I think they are spectacular.

[@Sifinds]

They probably weren’t barge padlocks

[@PabloDiablo682]

@@Sifinds They were Simon. They were all encrusted like that one. I think they just looked kinda gross to her and she never saw one cleaned up. She admitted in one of her videos that she decided to start taking them. Then one had a name on it and led to one of her awesome adventures finding out all about the person. I love those vids of hers. I love them all, but those are fun because she loves making them.

[@maggiemitchell4359]

Brilliant finds,loved the whiskey token

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Maggie 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@bethbranson9050]

Si, Fun video with interesting finds! Really like the clean ups at the end of the video!👍

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Beth! Always nice to get a deep dive into the history

[@kathrynsymonds9455]

Fabulous finds Si and Team x

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Kath! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@fluffyparker1328]

I don't get to London as often as I'd like but this weekend I dusted off my permit and went for a forage. I was thrilled to find a really nice button which I lost on the way home! Gutted.....

[@Sifinds]

After all those years! 😂

[@historydeantected]

That was a good lark Sí. Really enjoyed it.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers dude!! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@juliegale3863]

Loved the Girl Guides Badge, brought back memories. She would have been cross to lose that.

[@Sifinds]

Yeah I bet 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@zackmoore147]

Pretty sure there was a small cannon ball next to were you picked the padlock up.( ahh I continued to watch and you found it 😂 👍)

[@Mamachaps]

The finnial looks like the top of a pewter lid to a ceramic tankard

[@juanitabefort8829]

Awww u missed the silver turn key next to the brick when u picked up the token..lovlov the token tho

[@elcommandanteskalar]

Wow quite cool finds! King George I-III have also been Kings of my homeland the former Kingdom of Hannover in Germany

[@Sifinds]

Cool. Thanks Mudlover 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@whitneylake2107]

Beautiful finds !

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Whitney 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@imcavdb5465]

Oh I looove Matts beard 😍

[@andywilliams6224]

The piece you found at 9:58 looks like a Pawn from a Chess set

[@conken5623]

Shotgun shell top they small gray disk. I love victorian detail in metal

[@AnthonyAndrews0128]

Way back when, my mother used to work in the Romford Brewery offices.

[@Sifinds]

No way!! Awesome

[@AnthonyAndrews0128]

@@Sifinds Yup. That was before she was a mother 😁

[@gdelan1]

have you heard of using a muriatic acid solution for cleaning encrusted iron? It works wonders. We can get it here in pool supply stores, not sure about the UK

[@Sifinds]

Don’t think I have. Is it on Amazon?

[@jennywalborn7769]

Was gonna say, definitely looks gold. I just found a crushed gold hoop earing on a walk. Only saw a glint in the sun, but pulled it out and knew it was gold. Got $27.00 for it. Just half a gram! Love free money!

[@Sifinds]

Nice work! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@karenpelletier5707]

Well done Simon! Love the silver shilling. Too bad you only got half of the gold ring!

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Kaz, ah well that’s life

[@gregbiggs7564]

Brilliant Sci 🔥🔥👍👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@Sifinds]

Cheers G👍🏻🐾🧡

[@gregbiggs7564]

@@Sifinds really Great Sci !!!!!!!!🔥🔥🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@khayes9591]

Hello darling Daisy!

[@Sifinds]

🐈

[@drew-shourd]

Great finds m8!!

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Drew! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@ginavandam735]

The little "bell-formed" thing.might be from a smaller chess board...looks like what we call a peasant...the smaller ones in the front...

[@Sifinds]

Good shout

[@BallisticBBQ]

Another great video Simon! Question, do they issue mudlarking permits to tourists? Cheers!

[@Sifinds]

Not any more

[@debrah7548]

What fun! Love the sleuth-work and clean-ups. Vicarious fun on the shore and then after. Give the kitty a love for me, pretty please?

[@debrah7548]

Oh, and the basket pipe was marvelous.

[@debrah7548]

Oh, and the basket pipe was marvelous.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Debra 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@forgottenfurbabies3315]

I just knew you and your wife were cat people! Good for you both!

[@Gloria-qy3dd]

Hi ,I was thinking get a magnet to pick up the pins.

[@lorismith9105]

The northern Mudlarks found one of those. It was a domino the number board was bone they were held together with a copper flat pin 22:54 Always enjoy watching your show. Today another great one!

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Lori! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@suzbunting]

Do you have any videos that just show what you use to clean the items found? Some of your treasures look like they’ll never come clean then your cleanups at the end they look almost brand new! I’m located in USA and have found old things, not as old as your finds of course, that could use some magic cleaning secret. Love your videos and your personality! Keep your videos coming! Thanks

[@Sifinds]

I sometimes show my methods. It’s usually electrolysis and a fibreglass pen 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@shytalker]

Grade one viewing, thanks

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Mudlover 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@TheSouth-EastDetectorist]

Where did you get the spinning thing at the end of the videos for like coins and stuff , I really want one !

[@vivienanderson603]

Good to see Matt back. Any chance now for the 2 of you going back to dead man’s island. That was great 💀☠️😄

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Viv. Maybe….

[@terriemery5687]

Awesome video as usual. How is Dave and his missus going?

[@Sifinds]

Dave?

[@terriemery5687]

@@Sifinds Dave the duck🤣🤣🤣

[@zsoltrolinek9554]

Si, they are possible underwear buttons.

[@Sifinds]

Possibly!

[@traceys2216]

Sounds silly but how do you get the mud out of the bottles you find?

[@Sifinds]

Hot water and a stick and shake. The neighbours think I’m making very strange cocktails

[@Wetangle]

Wouldn't the pocket watch open up?

[@lacygrinnell6543]

17,31/3712 to the left of where you found one token i think there is another coin or token .

[@Sifinds]

When sorry?

[@lacygrinnell6543]

@@Sifinds did i put the time stamps down wrong 17:31 / 37:12.

[@jennywalborn7769]

Yeah, domino bottom for sure, missing top piece, but cool! Just commenting as watching....

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Jenny 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@annomanatofu3628]

have you ever mudlarked in front of the old Globe and new Globe --- and found theatre history??

[@amymahon6857]

Carrie sent me

[@Sifinds]

Hi Amy!! Hope you enjoy the vids! 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@sherryrector2275]

Domino’s is my guess. Nice silver coin.

[@garethoconnor1069]

12:41 I saw a pipe

[@margaretforrest5588]

you need to take a magnet to

[@Sifinds]

What for Margaret?

[@margaretforrest5588]

@@Sifinds all the needles so you do not get pricked

[@Sifinds]

@@margaretforrest5588 Do you mean the pins? They are made of brass and not magnetic 👍🏻

[@templarknight1981]

2 little musky balls saved

[@gayeknigge1995]

I think it's Domino

[@kathieprater2431]

Wow! The things that they made back in Victorian times were so beautifully decorated. The craftsmanship was outstanding! Everything from pocket watches, makeup compacts, clay pipes and even embossed Code bottles were beautifully designed and made. I find all of the history to be extremely interesting! Thank you Simon for letting us all share in your excursions to the Thames! Say Hi to Matt from me here in Ohio, U.S.A.!

[@kathieprater2431]

Codd bottles....dang Auto correct.

[@Sifinds]

So true. Thanks Kathie

[@markandrews2942]

Love sci finds up here ony farm south of Syracuse NY

[@deedee7733]

Love learning little snippets of social history from this channel and the opportunity to share in the excitement of new finds. Thank you!

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Deedee 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@patablanche5075]

Just when I think the Thames can’t possibly have any more treasures, you find all type of things. Well done, yet again. From cold Ohio

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Pata. As long as it keeps giving, I’ll be gratefully finding

[@josgood5412]

I believe it’s a talent. I would go there and come back empty handed. You have a talent for spotting shapes among the rocks and mud.

[@bonnerdebbie]

Wonderful finds today Si, I agree the piece of wood looks like part of a domino, love the basket pipe and Codd bottle. Great clean up of coins and padlock.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Debbie👍🏻🐾🧡

[@gaynor3976]

I love the clean ups at the end to see what you can discover of our lost past. Good to see a whole cod bottle x

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Gaynor! 👍🏻😂🧡

[@lotusdolphin]

Simon, thank you so much for your history lesson and the beautiful finds! I always wondered how those cod bottles worked. That was fascinating to watch. Daisy didn’t seem as amused lol Boy, you got some really cool stuff. I absolutely loved the beautiful pipe bowl that Jeff got. The Victorians really were incredible craftsman weren’t they? With just about everything that they touched. What a shame. It’s such a lost art. Wonderful note to know that there are people out there like you that are preserving our history. Thank you. Happy digging from California.🤟🏻🤗🥸🇺🇸

[@phoebebrown2883]

Matt looked so cute as a Brownie with his knobbly knees.

[@Sifinds]

Hehe

[@clarewaters4412]

Your finds are amazing

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Clare. I am a lucky got 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@Iristhefarmgirl]

I love when you bring your mate Matt along. I must admit I giggled a little bit when he struggles in the deep muck. And your laugh is so sweet and very infectious. I wish there were places to go mud larking. Much love and respect for your passion. P.s. I love the jewelry you create as well. Fab! L, 😊

[@theklawilkinson6217]

Another fabulous lark. The Thames mud doesn't play at all. They is some robust dirt. Love the Daisy cameo. The pins never seize to amaze. Love my Tudor pins!

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Thelka 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@larkdavis6041]

What an amazing day! Congratulations to you and Matt on your finds! ❤

[@barbisabel2114]

Always look forward to Sundays to see you, Nicola and Tobias. My favorite day!

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Barb 👍🏻🐾🧡

[@clintonneuhaus1818]

Wow Si, what a great video. I love the Vokins lock, and the history lesson that came with it. Side note, your editing skills are so on point. You knew exactly how much hammering I would tolerate in real time. Just as I reached out to fast forward, you switched to time lapse. I was really impressed. Also, would love to see what you do with the gaffer hook. I instantly thought of a coat hanger.

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Clinton! Yeah a coat rack is a great idea!!

[@georgiewalker1069]

Hello Simon. Looks like a good day in London on the Thames. I’ll be over in May to Scotland to St Andrews to visit my son. Yay! Regards to you again mudlover from South Africa 💫 wow! I agree, best pipe finds for you and Mat

[@Sifinds]

Cheers Georgie. Don’t forget to have a game of golf ⛳️