What the storms left to find. Mudlarking adventure.

Soon after three storms in a week, which raised the river to flood levels, I went back to the big old dumpsite cliff, to see what the river had revealed.
I think that I was the 1st mud larker back, the river was still very high, and I needed waders to get there... it was a tiny bit dangerous, and quite a lot of fun. The video I captured is not the best though, sorry... I hope the resulting video is still enjoyable.
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[@linnetoconnell457]

Tom, you are the only person who can calm me with your hypnotic voice and then make me burst out laughing with your perfect deadpan humour. A rare talent my friend! Thanks.

[@fiorenzaattanasio4796]

Thank you Tom… I love this Channel but mostly your dialogue and Articulate Command of the English Language…many many Thanks🌷❤️🇨🇦

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thank you Fiorenza, I'm glad you enjoy my words... I do love playing with language. 🙂

[@karl203]

The red bike light lense would make a nice Christmas bauble 🙂.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thank you, that's a great idea. 🙂

[@dorthalevens6905]

I always enjoy these outings. Thanks for taking us along.

[@elizabethrobison-berlie9736]

Excellent film, Tom. Thank you for doing what you can for the river and outdoor areas you visit.

[@JamesWilliams-gp6ek]

I appreciate your posts for not only the treasures you find but for your calm soothing and peaceful voice as we journey along with you. Thank you.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks James 🙂

[@Angela-qg8yg]

Wow, great to hear that voice again

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Angela. 🙂

[@MudlarkingWithKitCaboodlers]

It would be great to meet up down our way! It has been along time since we last met up and it is long overdue. We have a new campervan so we may be venturing to Yorkshire too. We love the beads and so many lead toys, brilliant!! :)

[@tomburleigh9261]

Fantastic! A campervan is something I would dearly love to have... I hope you have wonderful travels in yours. We're planning on hiring one for a while this year, but heading up the East Coast to Scotland, with Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay, and a few other places along the way. If I could afford one, a mud larking tour in stages all around the UK would be the plan. If you're heading Yorkshire way, it would be great to see you again; and I'll keep saving for travels with the South being high on the list. 🙂

[@dba750]

You guys should invite yourselves to his place, he needs to have some fun and face time on your vlogs, go for it

[@eavesdroppin1]

I'm impressed with the amount and the relative completeness of the lead figures which rarely seem to have their heads. Lots of interesting bits, the stoppers, the feeding bottle and who doesn't love poison bottles!

[@59tante]

Good to see another video

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks lake frog. I seem to be back on doing them every two weeks now. 🙂

[@stefaniemack9200]

Super grateful for this video! I've been re-watching your old dump site videos probably each one at least 20 times now.. maybe more LOL

[@tomburleigh9261]

Aw, thanks Stefanie. I'm aiming to alternate my videos, river walk then dump site visit... so there should be another dump site video in a month. 🙂

[@stefaniemack9200]

@@tomburleigh9261 love it you are a big part of my mental health routine! Thanks for all that you do

[@debcattell7059]

Wow what a lot of treasures, amazing 👌 loved all the toys, bottles, bottle stoppers, everything 🥰 thanks Tom for sharing your video

[@ShashamaneGoldilocks]

A slice of lemon pie, a cup of tea and Tom Burleigh: the world is going to be perfect for 44 mn and 57 sec 😋

[@tomburleigh9261]

Not my best video, but I hope you're enjoying it nevertheless. 🙂

[@kashabanko699]

Seeing so many bits and pieces makes me wish I was there to collect them. I’m a mosaic artist. So many pretties.

[@catherinewilliams3850]

What a great haul of finds the triangular poison bottle is beautiful, 'The Northern Mudlarks' make beautiful Christmas tree decorations from those red lenses. I can't wait to see what Caroline is going to make from all the paste pots she is collecting. Thank you for removing all that lead and copper from the environment.

[@TreesAndLittleFlowers]

I love this spot

[@Cali-at-the-beach]

Oh, I just love going on these walks with you. Thank you so much for taking me along Tom!

[@stefaniemack9200]

Cant wait...

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Stefanie 🙂

[@KastleMeyer]

My favorite channel. Thanks again Tom.

[@sharimullinax3206]

Tom, I love your channel! You're such a lovely man. Thank you. The view out your window is beautiful.

[@margaretlynch1494]

🙋‍♀️🎈100 mph winds! That storm really churned up some nice finds! Thanks for the peaceful outing!

[@seashoremudlark3916]

Luv a calm river clean by Tom thnx for all of your fun and helpful trash/ treasure and recycling hunts. I've also made it a habit to carry a bag for plastic and trash bits during my larks and beachcombs. Happy hunting

[@sherryrector2275]

As always I enjoyed the adventure and the finds. Thank you so much for sharing

[@debbieloftin747]

Red glass reflectors make Christmas ormaments

[@peggyreid6836]

Hello Mr. Tom Burleigh, the small bottles you questioned looks like a set of salt and pepper shakers my mum had on her dinner table. The red lenses make beautiful Christmas decorations. Thank you for the wonderful lark. Greetings from North Carolina U.S.A.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Peggy, I agree, I think they're probably Salt and Pepper shakers. I'm glad you enjoyed the lark. 🙂

[@SeventhEve]

ah, that was my guess as well!

[@Little_Red_Riding_Hoodlum]

Oh my gosh, Willow! Blast from the past. 😄

[@tarrasams7423]

Hello 👋 from New York USA🇺🇸 you found some amazing finds my favorite definitely was the Big stoneware Pot all the Glass and Vulcanite Bottle Stoppers and the Baby Bottle Thank You for bringing me along with you I can't wait to see what you find next 😊

[@rosiamorrison6531]

Enjoyed very much , Thanks for sharing !!!!! 🤗👋

[@janecharlton6780]

Hi Tom, I'm actually going to catch you live , hope you've been keeping well .

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Jane, I've been keeping reasonably well thanks. I hope you've been too. 🙂

[@debbieloftin747]

I love to listen to your narration. It is claiming as well as I interesting.

[@M.Campbell]

Fizzing denture cleaning tablets are good for cleaning hard to reach spaces in glass. Just fill with water, drop them in and leave overnight. Hopefully you have those in the UK.

[@tomburleigh9261]

We do, but I think I've found a better way. First, I use a wet wipe on the end of a stick, that's pretty good at scrubbing out the inside. If there's more to move, I put in a handful of copper wire pieces (about 1cm long), a bit of water, and a vigorous shake.... that's very good at removing a lot. If there's some bits that even that can't remove, a piece of stiff copper wire usually can. 🙂

[@Devils-Advocate]

It's so good to be back at the river 🙂 I still find myself looking and going, I'd have that, I'd take that, and that.... 😂 I look forward to more river videos 🤗

[@susanpye9821]

Thank you Tom for another great video and some interesting things you found.

[@rmil4531]

Absolutely fabulous finds. I’d have to spend days there to look Tom. I admire your selective approach. Thank you.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks R Mil. I do occasionally spend days there sometimes... the site is so big, and changes so much, probably enough finds for videos for years to come.🙂

[@lovedaybebe5881]

Lovely to hear you again Tom, a welcomed return 🙏🙏👍

[@claudiac6886]

I really enjoy watching this channel. Thank you for taking us along on your adventures. Oh, and I totally love the view from your window!

[@shannahenk1655]

That was a fun lark to watch. So many cool lead toys! That dog was a winner.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Shanna, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

[@kenzieconnolly777]

I love your pipe bowl with the celtic harp and clover on .. so pretty

[@random-rjawesome]

Another wonderful video . The two oddly shaped jars look like old salt and pepper shakers 🧂

[@fiorenzaattanasio4796]

Can’t Wait….

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Fiorenza, it was nice that you were in the chat 🙂

[@fiorenzaattanasio4796]

Tom I truly truly enjoy you! Your voice energy knowledge etc. I’m not a stalker .hahaha I just love listening to intelligent people on KZbin today…and you sir are one of them. Keep doing what your doing..I will miss Chill Bill as well. Stay Safe❤️🇨🇦

[@DaisyElf508]

An idea for the red lenses: When you held them up to the sky, they looked to be a warm sun. The centerpiece to a burning landscape perhaps, or a warm and tranquil sunset.

[@SophieT1416]

Hello my friend. You found a trove of tiny treasures. Congratulations. My favorites are still the glass bottle stoppers. We have stoppers for perfume and the like but not my all time favorites - the green, clear glass stoppers from sauce bottles that you have. Have you tried the Polident Denture Cleaning tablets to clean your bottles? Just drop one in a bottle, add water and let it sit over night. They are big tablets so would have to crush it first. I've heard it works very well but don't know for sure. Thanks for another great video.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Hi Janice, and thank you. Yes, I've tried Polident, but the stains in the bottles here resist them. I've found my method... first, scrubbing the inside with a wet-wipe on the end of a stick. If that fails, I use cut up bits of copper wire and a bit of water, vigorously shaken. If that fails, I scrub the offending bit with the end of a thick copper wire. I think the simple sauce bottle stoppers are my favourites too; aqua coloured with bubbles, and plain... just beautiful glass. 🙂

[@gregorygilman8461]

Dear Tom; I enjoy your' channel very much! ...and I want to ad that, I'm in the USA...and though I love watching your' channel, and a few other channels across the pond, people in England seem to handle more lead, without protective gloves, using their' bare skin, in one single episode than I have handled in the last 50 years. I believe Lead & thick gloves go together for health & safety. Best wishes!

[@soniacaldwell1639]

...pure poetry...

[@patwithers1448]

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

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Pat, may God bless you too. 🙂

[@Adam-Gates-Mudlark]

Beautiful video Tom!! Wow so many lead toys!! Stunning poison bottle Tom! Have a lovely week 🙂⚓️🙌

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Adam. I hope your week is a lovely one too. 🙂

[@Emzyb]

Wow 🤩 amazing dump I would be there for hours ….

[@eddiek0507]

Great Video Tom, I do like the lead toys, although toxic, they are still a great find. Some beautiful surroundings....😀👍

[@td4dotnet]

Great video Tom! With regards to the inkwell with the difficult to clean inner lip I've tried a few methods over the years on that but two stand out: a small amount of water, sand and tiny steel ball bearings that can be whirled around while inverted (then use a small magnet to get them out) or one of those flexible drain cleaning wire snakes (the kind you find near the tills in a Wilkinsons for example) but that method takes a lot of wiggling around and even then there's always that last tiny little speck which will stick out like a sore thumb. Good luck and thank you for the excellent content you provide! As a side note, I loved the old MTV oddities the early stuff was great.

[@raewynrush6754]

Great video Tom, the river has changed a lot since the three storms. My mother who is in her 99th year thought it funny to have a storm called Eunice as this is her name.

[@petrichor7121]

Those are absolutely amazing finds! 😊 That triangular poison bottle.. 😍 And I remember that river, although it has changed it keeps on giving.. This was a lovely river-wander, and as usual, it was nice listening to you.. Thank you Tom.. hope you had a lovely Sunday

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Petri Chor. Mostly, the river gives to other mud larkers now; I hardly ever go there these days... just when the conditions are exceptional (extra low, or extra high). I've had a pretty good Sunday thanks, I hope you have too. 🙂

[@melissamyers4158]

I love watching you find your finds, the nature shots, and how you are taking trash out for recycling.

[@richardserridge2767]

If I lived near to a dump like that, there would be no keeping me away! So many nice aqua bottles and I love those big brown top stoneware jars. In terms of the acid, buy "spirits of salts" from homebase... It's 32% and removes rust stains.

[@briantyler9073]

Thank You for another very enjoyable video. The stretch of road where you stopped on the way home seemed familiar to me but so does a lot of the road crossing the Yorkshire Moors. To clean inside the rim of the inkwell could I suggest filling the well with Dettol Mould and Mildew remover. turn the well upside down carefully, trying to get as much fluid into the rim, then leave for several hours or overnight, then repeat the process until you are satisfied with the outcome.

[@joangrady6731]

yes you knowled othhistory of found objects and the tone of your voice sooths , calms

[@constancebraun2251]

I love watching your videos and seeing the finds/gems you pick up for crafts. My youngest daughter used to watch "The Tick" also.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Constance. I still watch cartoons, don't know if I'll ever grow out of it... don't think I really want to, there's a lot of fun in them, and the Tick was great silly fun. 🙂

[@iansuehooper7542]

The river reveals all! A return to this site beckons when the river god retreats. Beautiful video Tom, those sunset pics and the vistas of West Yorkshire lift the soul in these sad times. Keep at it Tom and thank you. Ian and Sue, Australia

[@phillippayne8170]

Salt n pepper shakers those little bottles 👍😂🇦🇺

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Phillip. Obvious when pointed out... didn't even cross my mind out there 🤣

[@shannonkoeller8378]

That was alot of water, glad you navigated it safely. The finds ate interesting and I like the running commentary.

[@mas845]

Love the Hannibal Lector cadence.

[@martinmarsola6477]

A wonderful mudlarking sight a calm current river and nice finds! Enjoy your video. See you on the next, Tom. Cheers mate!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Wow! It's incredible to see how much that cliff has changed from when we first visited it with you. Some lovely finds, especially the triangular blue poison bottle, that's a real gem (almost as nice as the paste pot 😄). Thanks for the mention 🙂😎🐼

[@2983734]

Love love your videos

[@sherryrector2275]

There is no way I would tread this path except Vicariously through you

[@PolyvoreThea]

Spoon!!!!!!! I love the Tick!!

[@tomburleigh9261]

Me too 🥰. I said I Used to watch it, because I only have season three on DVD and other full episodes are hard to come by online, and expensive on DVD.

[@beatlemyn]

Your voice is so soothing. I enjoy your videos! Best of luck on the next adventure!

[@GregoryWeirauch]

Love the Tick!!!

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

Lovely hunt Tom well done on that lovely poison I’ve never found one a them that tip looks loaded with finds loads of kids lead toys and bottles well done

[@lisauptagrafft2010]

Nice find with the large crock and the old baby bottle! That was a nice searching river walk. Hope you have many more. ✌🏼❤️

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Lisa, I've got many more filmed, and more planned. 🙂

[@59tante]

I think those small bottles are salt and pepper

[@tomburleigh9261]

Ah, yes... that seems quite likely, thank you. 🙂

[@kristinamitazaki6348]

So many lovely finds 🤩

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Kristina 🙂

[@davescholes8824]

love the tigar bag tom

[@andreamyers6144]

A lovely walk

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thank you, I'm glad you think so. 🙂

[@andymorris3523]

What an excellent day mudlarking. I love the train and the car. The large lead button is probably a hem weight.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Andy 🙂

[@artieash6671]

Oh, that felt just right... a nice muddy walk and river slosh with Mr. Burleigh...it does make Spring seem real. Here is Massachusetts it is still below freezing. Thank you. The finds today were fun. I hope you enjoy all those projects. I think I would try to make wind chimes out of those red glass disks. Be well and thank you.

[@roybal1975]

DARN I MISSED IT!!!

[@tomburleigh9261]

Sorry Charles, the next time I do a Premiere, I'll try and have it up ready a day in advance. 🙂

[@grandmakellymcdonald]

Very interesting 💕👵

[@alisonwinn3580]

I have enjoyed watching this video so so much, an absolute tonic for a troubled mind! I think that the slate was the top of a clock ( but I expect that someone has already told you by now, if you didn't already guess on watching it back?). Again, yes please to more of the same of something completely different😊 As others have mentioned, it is as much about your narrative and the scenery as the objects themselves; many thanks for making them.😊

[@savagesquirrel9828]

The lead ball reminds me of a fishing line weight. The squat bottles might be salt/pepper shakers. Thanks for sharing your adventures….it looks like so much fun. I hope your waders are belted so if you fall in they won’t fill up with water😳

[@kwlloyd7]

So glad I’ve found you again! I had listened a year or two ago, and heard you mention that the music is composed and played by you. I love it. I think the odd shaped bottles, which were almost pear-shaped, may have been salt and pepper shakers. It’s nice to hear you mentioning Caroline and Nicola, both of whom I’ve been watching also. I’m looking forward to a trip to Wales this summer, with about a week at Nant Gwrtheyrn. Maybe I can meet up with the Johnsons. 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌊

[@pennykaiser6667]

You found so many nice things. I love the lead dog.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Penny. 🙂

[@aliencat11]

What a lovely day. Thanks for sharing!

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Mary, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@thatslottonuts]

Great video, Tom. That triangular poison is a lovely find. It's a slightly later one from the 30s and they are scarce. Lots of other beautiful goodies too!

[@bonnerdebbie]

Thanks Tom, that was fun getting to watch you lark and chat. Wonderful finds today. Have an awesome week, stay safe.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Debbie, I hope your week is awesome too, (and safe). 🙂

[@cathyjay2569]

I’m late to the party because I just recently discovered you and am catching up on all your posts! Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it, but those two small cut glass or crystal “bottles” appear to be individual salt and pepper shakers. I actually had some of them when I had a big house and entertained a lot. Each guest gets his or her own set, so they don’t have to ask for salt or pepper to be passed around. They can make a formal table setting look even more formal. And are quite costly, depending on the maker. Mine were simple crystal, with silver tops, not the pricey ones like from Tiffany. Love watching and especially listening to you in Tennessee, USA! Thanks for another stellar journey!

[@permiebird937]

Wonderful finds, that blue poison is a star find! The lead shot looks like a fishing weight. A very common style is a round ball with a cut that is open enough to put the fishing line inside the cut and close it up with a pair of pliers. The uneven closure doesn't matter in fishing. Aquachigger, when he metal detects rivers in the US south east, frequently finds civil war bullets that have been turned into home made fishing weights, so if it was a musket ball, it was probably turned into a fishing weight before ending up in that dunp.

[@walkswithwaters8226]

Thanks for you lovely videos, Tom, but most of all for your obvious love of the land and for nature. You clearly are a natural and caring steward of the water and land, and stand out as such. Your dig sites are spectacular. I'm afraid that if your sites were being dug here in the States, the "professional" diggers would be literally fighting over the spaces for the "valuables," and being rudely Indiscriminate about the damage inflicted to the waterways, let alone giving a care about leaving lead and plastics lay about, instead of doing their small part to remove what they can of it while passing through. I suppose I really shouldn't generalize so; there are certainly those here who care. However, they are certainly the exception here, and not the rule. Thanks again for the entertainment, and gentle inspiration, via role modeling. Peace!

[@mythdemeanor5268]

That was so awesome!!!

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

Great video some lovely finds at the riverbank

[@milliesimbeck7108]

What a wonderful day to get out and about!! Thanks for sharing your mudlarking

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Millie. It did feel great to be back out in the river. 🙂

[@daleyounts3426]

Really enjoy going along on your walks!

[@georgiaware3248]

Hello Tom what a fun Larking this was, your in some tight spots out there. Thanks 😊

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Georgia, it was indeed a fun lark, and an enjoyable experience getting to tight spots through flood waters. 🙂

[@okskookumbabe]

Wonderful finds!!

[@trinawagner2471]

I've always used lemon juice and salt to clean copper I'm sure you also could use vinegar and salt maybe that would work for you

[@ritamahlberg8602]

You must have been in toy heaven there. Great finds. Congratulations

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Rita, it was a good fun day. 🙂

[@maggiemaymightnot]

Whilst you are searching for your lost marbles would you mind keeping a lookout for mine. Thank you in anticipation 😉

[@tomburleigh9261]

Sure 🙂

[@kaylinfrancis8751]

Wonderful to see you Tom. You brought back so many memories when you walked by the football goal. That is one powerful river. It definitely goes where it wants to. I love that triangular poison bottle. Glad that you're able to go out and about again. As usual, thank you for taking us with you. Stay safe!

[@marshall517]

Another totally enjoyable video. God Bless and Keep You Sir. Red lenses could make wonderful Xmas Decorations or Ornaments. A bit of wire could wrap around and be the hanger. would be very pretty in front of a clear light on a Christmas strand of lights.

[@izzymedel929]

Tom, I was thinking about the issue with the Verdigris. Although, I am not sure if it is a truly workable solution or more of an exercise in chemistry.😅 Verdigris from the dump is most likely copper carbonate CuCO3, although if you were closer to the sea it might be copper chloride CuCl2🤔. The verdigris should convert to a copper sulfate (sulphate) CuSO4 solution in hot concentrated sulphuric acid H2SO4. Once no more verdigris will dissovle transfer liquid, leaving behind left over verdigris, to a clean glass. Do not use a filter paper since any remaining H2SO4 will react with it; a ceramic filter would be fine. Suspend a zinc bar, scuffed with steel wool to increase available surface area, into the solution. The zimc.will replace the copper causing copper solids to precipitate out. The balanced equation: CuCO3 + H2SO4 ➡️ CuSO4 + H2O + CO2 and then CuSO4 + Zn ➡️ Cu + ZnSO4 The H2SO4 needs to be highly concentrated and heating the acid is needed to make this a redox reaction instead of an acid-base reaction, because copper ion is less reactive than the acid's hydrogen ion. If you do try this be careful using high molar sulfuric acid, it is nasty stuff! When adding the verdigris I would crush it up and add it slowly to avoid splashing. Always wear proper safety gear and have good ventilation. 🥽🥼🧤😊 The sad part is I think ZnSO4 is unsafe for aquatic life. So honestly I am not sure which is worse between the verdigris and ZnSO4 enviromenally speaking. 😢 Cost wise copper is currently worth three times more than zinc and H2SO4 is inexpensive, but I am unsure the disposal cost or protocol for ZnSO4. It was a good thought experiment for me I suppose and hopefully an interesting read for you.😅 ~Constancia M.

[@tomburleigh9261]

That was a very interesting read for me, thank you Constancia. 🙂 I've seen another method with Copper carbonate; heat it deprived of oxygen with carbon powder. Supposedly, it would decompose the copper oxide amongst it too back to metallic copper. I'd like to try both methods, I think I have close to 4kg of Verdigris to experiment with... but I'll probably go with the simplest, least dangerous, and least polluting option first; I don't have lab conditions, or lab tools, like an extractor hood; and haven't yet found anyone who'd take hazardous waste and deal with it responsibly in the local area. I do enjoy Chemistry, but... don't want to be stuck with poisonous waste.

[@roybal1975]

Brasso works awesome.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Charles, I'll give it a go. 🙂