Hello there Simon. You have got another follower here. I am an ex east Londoner born and bred. The Thames was my old stamping ground from the mid 50's to early 60's and foreshore was my favorite, but I was not aware then that all that history was beneath my feet. I am now in my 70's and still a great lover of London of my youth, so, anything to do with the Thames has my full attention!! I came across one of your videos and I was instantly hooked on the way you go about digging up history. I am in the process of watching all your videos...Please keep them coming! The episode with the grenade was brilliant though I nearly had a heart attack when your mate prodded the grenade with his trowel..lol. The museum with all the mud larker's finds was mind blowing and I hope that it becomes a permanent spot on London's skyline. Congrats on you videos, you've got this old codger hooked mate....Thank you.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Aw thanks John. Glad you like the vids! Please tell your mates!!
@Dermot404 жыл бұрын
That onion joke brought tears to my eyes.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Groan, haha
@mirkatu32494 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness BAHAHAHAHAHA.
@bodge68864 жыл бұрын
I was going to say that 😂😂 I could run onion rings round him (dad joke)😂😂
@kathyf36564 жыл бұрын
I thought you were going to make a joke about finding an "onion bottle" intact. After watching you and Nicole, that would be rare indeed.
@SundaysChild19664 жыл бұрын
@@kathyf3656 omg .. it took me the longest time to understand what an onion bottle was .. I was thinking to myself, why would they bottle onions, were they like pickled onions, or fried and then bottled? sigh .. yes, I am blonde and apparently, getting old too!
@janiswegman53234 жыл бұрын
That slang glass flintknaps nicely!
@tjkid074 жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking when he located it. Great for stone age style arrowheads and knives. Lots of flintknappers make them from old thick bottle bottoms.
@karenmathews19784 жыл бұрын
It is so good to see guys out about miss you guys ty for maki g mu night
@fellazvintageretro1934 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed watching,
@ladyskellington32964 жыл бұрын
Love the guitar slide :-) , very cool .
@joellenb86714 жыл бұрын
Hello Chaps, please be careful exploring in all that broken glass. I find it amazing that you can find keys and beads, buttons and belt buckles, tiny bits and pieces and the really fabulous finds of complete bottles and ink wells etc that are hundreds of years old. So much history. I hang on every new clip just to see what new finds you get. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jozie
@johnbond26374 жыл бұрын
Hi Si, I lived in Rainham until I was 21 and this part of the Thames was our playground as kids, one of the barges used to be covered in flotsam and jetsam and was reported to have an old guy living on it but we never saw him, this would have been in the 70s. We used to walk down Ferry Lane to the very end and then walk along the sea wall, we would find all sorts of stuff. During the summer school holidays we would be down there most days. Further along towards Dagenham there used to be a place called Frog Island ( owned by Ford motor Co ) there was an dump area that was full of old bits and pieces it was reported to be the belongings of the people who died from the plague but looking back there was a lot of stuff from the war time era. Watching your video brought back a lot of good memory’s, keep the videos coming. Thanks John
@jenniethomas82444 жыл бұрын
There is lots of that slag glass around where I live (South Wales) and I've picked up peices and made little lighthouses to glue on. Pick a peice that fades down from light to dark so it's like the deep sea😁😁
@KellyfromMemphis4 жыл бұрын
WWII concrete barges and a concrete bunker!? Fascinating!!
@davidmercer53454 жыл бұрын
Just found your channel what a brilliant way to spend your spare time and the history in the mud finding all the things people threw away all those years ago wonderful history of London .All of you mudlarks keeping London history alive keep safe .
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Welcome David!
@cottew4 жыл бұрын
Oh man, what I wouldn't give to have some of that glass slag. It's beautiful!
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
👍🏻
@megz_854 жыл бұрын
Thanks si-finds I enjoyed that! Happy larking now your able to get back to it!
@raimamohommed75184 жыл бұрын
Hi si hope u well amazing find n u make th most beautiful things thank u my dear friend take care
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks buddy
@momof2n89934 жыл бұрын
Great treasures
@connie7364 жыл бұрын
It wouldn't be Sunday, without Si. Love the slag glass. Wouldn't it be beautiful in an aquarium? It would resemble sunken icebergs. Thank you, as usual.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Yes what a great idea!
@michaelamaestas49504 жыл бұрын
I want to go mud larking so badly , oh my, how wonderful. I love mud , muck, rivers, wet places, marshes , bogs ! too fun
@auntsuga43594 жыл бұрын
The red little ceramic figurine was my fav thing in this treasure hunt! He is Fab!!
@lindaodellvermont4 жыл бұрын
An ocean of glass - the slag was so varied and colorful, loved the piece that went from black to blue ! Nice bottles for up cycling as well.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks linda! Yes some of it was beautiful
@juadonna4 жыл бұрын
OMG! Your turntable has my all-time favorite band, The Dave Clark Five! I saw them in concert in 1966 in a smallish town in California! I was all of 15 years old. They were so fantastic! Thanks for the flashback!!
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Haha, love this track to!
@Mountlougallops4 жыл бұрын
Great day for some luck in the muck. Thanks so much for sharing what you do and your cool finds. Have a great day and stay healthy and safe.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Linda!
@WilliamWilson-it9qe4 жыл бұрын
We always called the glass lumps furnace slag. In southern Ohio, this area was saturated with iron furnaces, especially during the Civil War. Most are gone now, but the sites are covered with this obsidian-like slag in all shades of blue, green, and black. Nice drone footage, btw. Thanks 👍👍
@historyhunter51464 жыл бұрын
I’m very sad 😞 I’d LOVE to have that little milk glass bottle and the little brown one beside it. Maybe one day you’ll collect a few and do a giveaway . They are common to you but to your American bottle collecting subscribers they’d be an Amazing addition to our collections
@debsmclaughlin65214 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a wonderful explore along the foreshore. Fab fu da as usual! I love Sunday afternoon when I can put my feet up after cooking lunch and wallow in the mud with you and then Nicola...lol.
@debsmclaughlin65214 жыл бұрын
*fab finds
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Debs!
@whitneylake21074 жыл бұрын
Great upcycling !
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@rachelfordham83414 жыл бұрын
Totally top banana finds ....and to top it off a si finds in shorts , couldn't for any better ....;-)
@suetaylor51864 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Facinating xxx so interesting thanks Si x brilliant as ever
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sue
@marionbowler54404 жыл бұрын
Awesome as always, love the tune.🇨🇦🐘😘
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
👍🏻
@bethh68054 жыл бұрын
That blue glass 😍😍 would love that In the garden, my favourite colour
@angelanapier42484 жыл бұрын
So glad to see you are back, I’ve missed the adventures of Si and Nik
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
We havent gone anywhere? 👍🏻😊
@nevarNJ5554 жыл бұрын
That glass would look so pretty in a garden.. Would love it around my pond.
@marygarner52494 жыл бұрын
Love you guys take care Mud lovers are Awesome 😉😉😉
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mary!
@alexcarle80864 жыл бұрын
Oh boy that is an amazing place for bottles... heaven for a beginner like me. Amazing!
@jaybales31604 жыл бұрын
Glass slag for manufacturing of marbles and beads? Congratulations on your discoveries. Enjoyed learning about the barges. Thanks for sharing your love of a good search and the history behind the items discovered.
@snoozydiddeh23644 жыл бұрын
So many bottles !! I enjoy watching you re-purpose them. Thank you :)
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@rachaelj40954 жыл бұрын
Great video, so pleased that you’re out & about again...I’m so chuffed I spotted the green bead! 😊
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Oh well done you! 👍🏻
@MoYvStarkey4 жыл бұрын
In the seventies in the US, slag glass was used for garden edging
@debbrabossier72844 жыл бұрын
I loved that laughing man you found. Nice seeing you on again. Thank you
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
I haven’t gone anywhere 👍🏻😉
@bnanabelle4 жыл бұрын
Good to see you back on the Thames shore, interesting barges & area ♥
@bobk98794 жыл бұрын
Fascinating, thanks Si. Great music too btw 👍😊
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Bob!
@wordup19444 жыл бұрын
very enjoyable watch
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@MrChrissy1r4 жыл бұрын
A racing yacht was being laid up when I was into boating in the 70's, it was called "Ferrocrete".
@traceylowther97724 жыл бұрын
Watching your videos is a great way to forget about all the crazy in the world. Thanks. :)
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
My pleasure
@Emzyb4 жыл бұрын
Yay so glad your back
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Where did I go? 😉
@TheFPF4224 жыл бұрын
With all that broken glass laying around I couldn’t stop thinking about recycling!
@pit_stop774 жыл бұрын
The glass battery was interesting, I've never seen one before. Another school day, thanks Si!
@micheleavery60894 жыл бұрын
I always learn something new from you So. Thanks 😁
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
My pleasure
@nicolepowell54704 жыл бұрын
Found it very interesting about the barges who knew concrete barges could float. The slag glass would look fabulous in your gardens.
@imcavdb54654 жыл бұрын
Yeahhhh, let's have some fun in the mud! 😁😁😁🌸🌺🌸
@autumnrose764 жыл бұрын
The vinegar bottle is gorgeous!
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
You want it? Message me on etsy
@alexmajor16772 жыл бұрын
Hi Simon 👋 from America...love the videos thank you for making us knowledgeable of the past...good luck and happy mudding!!!!!
@missmerrily48304 жыл бұрын
Thanks Si, for another really interesting history lesson and some nice upcycling project finds. I just love the upcycled 30s car battery. How unusual is that as a talking point as well as turning out to look so cool!
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@joesmith-ds9mg4 жыл бұрын
Great video thanks for sharing!
@Widdekuu914 жыл бұрын
Oh imagine the bottles you'd be able to make with those shards and imagine the collections you could fill with those older (or for crafts, discarded modern) bottles.
@SLynn-yb3uf4 жыл бұрын
Very pretty glass I would put that in my Landscaping pretty
@moomoosnmummy4 жыл бұрын
Dave Clark 5, made me smile- one of my pappy's favourites! Great video 😁 thank you. Loved learning about the barges, I never knew you could make stuff like that out of concrete- but then again theres a lot I dont know 😁😁 stay safe!
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Yeah pretty amazing when you think about it!
@leonie3324 жыл бұрын
So interesting. Love watching Nicola and your videos. Thanks .
@carolyoung37934 жыл бұрын
Love your finds and clean up tfs xx
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Carol 👍🏻
@Lushdazemedia4 жыл бұрын
Hay Si :) So nice to see you back in the mud. Just wanted to say that I stumbled across one of your videos early in the lockdown and have been watching them ever since. I often fall asleep to the sounds of the river these days. in the early days of the lockdown, it was a great comfort to me. I had never heard of mudlrking before but since I was a little girl I've picked up things (I have a peace of tile from Italy that I have had for 20 years lol ) My daughter asked for a metal detector for her birthday last week and we can't wait to get out of the garden and use it somewhere. So to you and NIc Thanks for keeping me company for all these weeks.. Much appreciated x Diolch yn fawr iawn. Cadw'n ddiogel a gobeithio am lwc yn y mwd x
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Hey Frankie, what a lovely message! Keep me posted with what you find, if you are lucky you might get some permission round a castle if you are in Wales!
@kelseydekocks2394 жыл бұрын
I love the music in your videos. Thank you for sharing your finds 🌸💕
@mrdaveythebaby3 жыл бұрын
I've wanted to go and see those barges forever!
@lovelyskull34834 жыл бұрын
Cheers and thank you Si-Finds☮️🇨🇦
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
my pleasure 😊
@lorimangold28904 жыл бұрын
That milk glass hand cream jar was cute with the heart shield on it
@normajeancaballero79594 жыл бұрын
So many lovely bottles 😁
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Montana_horseman4 жыл бұрын
Always nice to see you out and about searching! I hope you're now able to get back out there again like you used to. I'm sure it will be great to just take a shoreline walk! All the best to you Si.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@suedefringe4 жыл бұрын
I would have totally took some of that slag for my garden. I have been thrifting colored glasses and places them upside down in the garden.
@karenpacker88624 жыл бұрын
Amazing footage Sci of the boats...pillbox. Would love to have some of that glass slag just beautiful. Enjoyed yours and Terry finds too!!
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Karen!
@ToyInsanity4 жыл бұрын
Screaming Hand, NICE
@debcarnes1004 жыл бұрын
Si, it’s so good to see you, happy Sunday, God bless😊, my shrapnel key ring is on its way. My son will love it.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks Deb!
@JoJoPaintsnCrafts4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. Loved seeing some more Thames history. It brings back memories of my nanas and grannies stories of London during ww2. I visited London for the first time last year but it was just a flying visit. I want to go back and see more of the Thames. 💗
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Cheers Jo!
@17ah174 жыл бұрын
That glass car battery looked like an Oldham type, Oldham made lots of electrical things, from safety Lamps and torches, basically as Terry said built to last including military stuff and i think they are still in business to this day. Great Finds Si, keep bringing that history back to life for our future generations hopefully up north here in Manchester i'll get some luck in the local rivers :D
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Cheers Ernie!
@EricSmith-qy3oi4 жыл бұрын
It's not a proper Sunday w/o your videos. Good to see Terry again!
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Eric!
@YsabetJustYsabet4 жыл бұрын
Man, wish I could get my hands on some of that slag glass; I knap arrowheads out of flint and obsidian as a hobby, and glass like that is highly prized to make points from. Difficult to work with, sometimes-- all glass has a grain to it, like wood-- but it's hard to come by.
@denisedemetroff28814 жыл бұрын
Very cool adventure !! Different--yet familiar !
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Great thanks 👍🏻
@kathryndeloria18344 жыл бұрын
Perfect record for display, "Bits and Pieces" Haha! ( plus I immediately sang the song...yep, I'm old...)
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Great tune!
@kokoboo26543 жыл бұрын
All of those bottles that's not broken would make beautiful lights, cut the bottom off that doesn't have any writing put the wire thru the bottom up the neck and hang from a piece of wood or table. Nice finds and cool idea on the sliders 😊
@MrVxrman4 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed you latest offering Si 🤜🏻🤛🏻 Great to see you back out there m8y 🙂🍻👍🏻
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate, I’ve been posting throughout lockdown, using up previously recorded footage 👍🏻
@gregkoch84552 жыл бұрын
Very nice adventure Si. Thank you from all us that want to mudlark with you but can not.
@BMW7series2514 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video Si. Interesting war history. Stay safe. Cheers .
@bonnerdebbie4 жыл бұрын
I really liked the slag glass thought it was pretty. Thanks so much.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Cheers Debbie! Me too!
@Carolbearce4 жыл бұрын
Love to see your upcycling. You do a great job.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I try...
@francineb73404 жыл бұрын
I would love these big beautiful chunks of colorful glass in my garden 🌸
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Great idea
@francineb73404 жыл бұрын
Si, if you wanted to sell them, you would find a market. Shipping for those heavy things though, 💰, especially to me in the USA
@kitchenworker4464 жыл бұрын
Great video as usual Si - I think I enjoy seeing what you upcycle things into as much as i enjoy seeing you mudlark.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Aw thanks Jan! But can’t have one without the other, right?
@kitchenworker4464 жыл бұрын
@@Sifinds yup
@douglassmith54144 жыл бұрын
Walking on that broken glass and pottery like that must be rough on the rubber boots! Got leaks? Must feel good to get out again. Have fun and good hunting...
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
No leaks. Thanks mate
@leemcginnis7384 жыл бұрын
Crazy with all the bottles there. It's funny when you ask to shout out what you see. I see bottles everywhere!
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Haha, well I aways miss something it transpires...
@johnrobertson59814 жыл бұрын
Awesome video si!
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate
@Thehuntinghillbilly24 жыл бұрын
Good to see y’all back out. Happy hunting and stay safe
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks pal!
@rhysbaptiste11314 жыл бұрын
So pleased to have come uponvyour channel! I live on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada. We get tons of driftwood. Lots of people addvit to their gardens, make address posts for the end of driveways, make furnitue and from the smaller pieces, carve spirit faces. ( See carving spirit faces on you tube). So go back and get some of the driftwood you saw. Wine or other bottles, partially buried and lined up side by side, makes a lovely garden edging. And those chunks of slag glass, wow, what an amazing garden wall. I covet those! What I find very curious though, is how it is that people have managed to lose thousands of buttons that were sewn on to clothing?
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rhys! Yes buttons always seem to crop up, I’m guessing they were very easily lost during manual work, also lots easily found their way into drains and ended up in the Thames 👍🏻
@fredamarshall36274 жыл бұрын
Hi Simon, the first day mudlarking had me worried with you wearing shorts. The glass slag ? was fascinating, great idea to use it in an aquarium. Thank You once again. It’s too cold here in Melbourne for shorts, brrrrr.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
It’s hot here now! Get them knees out!
@WildDieWoodard3 жыл бұрын
Just down the road from where my mother was born (Hornchurch) back in '43! :-)
@sallya.24124 жыл бұрын
What a nice bottle dump there. Tons of bottles to look through. Car battery in glass? I never knew it existed. Lots of neat finds and I like how you recycled them.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sal!
@louisealjaradat50634 жыл бұрын
I could imagine you Si taking some of the slag glass stuff back and cutting it too like like crystal shapes ,polishing it up. Obviously not the mega heavy chunks lol
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
It’s crossed my mind lol
@mrpagrant4 жыл бұрын
That half of a green bead would make a great eye for one of Nicolas' glass fish!
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
It would!
@richardwarnock27894 жыл бұрын
Simon the glass finds are really great Thank's!!!; )
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
My pleasure
@peterbarton98564 жыл бұрын
That glass slag is great for putting into tropical fishtanks as a rockery as it's easy to clean and added colour to the tank.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Great idea
@annettefournier96554 жыл бұрын
Thanks Si. Out and about again? Lovely glass everywhere. The clear poison bottle not a keeper? I would have taken all the stoneware. Lol.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
It was plain, i left it for another
@flakescarred4life9014 жыл бұрын
OH MY! I'm a flintknapper ( make arrowheads) and am always looking for flint and other knapping material. Most of the time i have to buy my material online and end up paying for junky bland rock! All of those AMAZING huge chunks of colorful glass slag would be a dream come true for me!!! I could make some awesome knives, spears and arrowheads out of that stuff! Plus there is so much of it, that it would keep me busy for years! One mans trash is another mans treasure! Such a true statement!!! You should have a go at flintknapping seeing as how you have an endless supply of amazing material!
@Zandain4 жыл бұрын
Yummy, mucky, squishy video! Loads of bottles, jars and slag glass! That stuff looks really cool.. Thx, love from Denmark 🌸💕
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@maarinabudd4 жыл бұрын
Good to see you out on the foreshore again Simon! One of the two rubbish incinerators on the south side of the water, -the glass slagg gets deposited from it as they cannot use it once it is burnt as it is mixed, the metals are extracted for recycling and they use the ash for making building breeze blocks. The incinerator was built to substitute the old Rainham Marsh Landfill site (now full) and to generate electricity for London and the surrounding area. The old landfill site has now been grassed over to form a wildlife reserve. The rubbish is topped with spoils of soil and clay from the crossrail project. Unfortunately, further down and with the lack of a seawall parts of it are now being exposed to the thames foreshore.
@Sifinds4 жыл бұрын
Ah, ok thanks for the info! Always a fountain of knowledge - thank you!
@melaniebones4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting thank you 👍
@JS-wc4xs4 жыл бұрын
Can the glass Slag b used a carving medium?
@maarinabudd4 жыл бұрын
@@JS-wc4xs I wouldn't like to say that you could carve it as some of it would be more brittle than other bits but it would come up well if it was polished or small pieces were perhaps tumbled.