Mudlarking The River Kelvin : Scotland
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Mudlarking the river Kelvin or stone larking the river Kelvin? What's the diff? Please join me as I venture down to and explore the Kelvin river in Glasgow, Scotland. I concentrate my search in the
river gravels and follow the tide out as it recedes exposing ever more treasure and trash.
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Fingers crossed that Chigg being in Scotland means season 2 of river hunters
It’s being filmed just now 😊😊❤️
Yeah i did see over the weekend that its for release in 2021! Can't wait
isn't uk in lockdown though
@@samueljohnstone3028 No its been lifted, people coming into the UK from certain countries have to isolate for 14 days though
Sorry to be off topic but does someone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account??
I was stupid forgot my login password. I would love any help you can give me.
Wow... the Aquachigger is hunting in my backyard! The marbles may have been from Codd-neck bottles used for carbonated drinks, where the marble sat on a rubber seal to keep the 'fizz' in. The bottle may have been smashed years ago, but the marble remains intact. Glasgow was nothing more than a medieval size village until the boom in tobacco trade from the United States. Did you notice Glasgow streets were built on a US-style grid system which is very unusual for British cities? That indicates how relatively young the city is. Thanks for exploring the River Kelvin. I had wondered about that site for years but never got around to it.
Not going to lie, kinda want that piece of glass with the flower on it!
Yes! That was my favorite thing he found. ☺
Ditto !!!!!
@@Gingin7321 He was gonna keep it... "for a little
while". LOL!
Me tooooo......Looks like an old paper weight
Those clay marbles are used as lures to attract Aquachiggers down into the Scotland waters so that Nessie can eat them!
I think there ceramic balls used in water treatment plants at the bottom of the tanks.
It's possible that those ceramic balls were used in processing glazes for pottery. They're used to grind the glaze components into very fine particles. I know this because I've used them myself. Thanks for all the great adventures.
Looks like CERAMIC SUPPORT BALLS, used in industry to support catalyst.
The balls where musket bullet's
I went to school not 5 minutes from where you were. At that time, if you fell in the Kelvin, you dissolved! Now, they catch Salmon, Sea trout and brown trout in the river. The recovery of the river has been amazing. The river Clyde too. St Mungo founded Glasgow in the 600's AD. Check out the Coat of Arms for the City. Enjoy a McEwan's for me!
St Gerry Mungo
@@dermotfitzgerald7523 He founded London, can't you tell?🤔
😃 McEwan's! Awesome dark ale! Nice suggestion! 😃
@@CatalinaThePirate Aye McEwans! The best buy in Beer!
@@zw5509 I was introduced to McEwan's by the very dear proprietors of a Chicago, Illinois, USA Scots pub and restaurant I frequented in my maaad youth. 😆 Gladly be floating in a tankard of the dark, if I wasn't stuck.in this blasted quarantine. 😛
14:35 "I'm gonna tell you something that I read .. or at least I think I read.. I might have dreamed it" haha I get that feeling all the time.
Can I have a moment of silence for all the epic skipping rocks that were left ignored?
Pp000000000000
My grandfather was born in Glasgow. On my bucket list of places to go. Would like to see more before you leave..
Good to see a video from ya Chigg!
This video is a great example of why I like to watch the Chig. On a lark with a few minutes to spare he makes a quick hunt along a river and finds a number of interesting things, without equipment or fanfare. This encourages me to do the same, as there will always be relics to find wherever mankind spends time. Enjoy your time there Laddie and "don't drop your rock."
Through the years I don't think you've ever been this quiet for this long.
Wishing you well.
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Thanks Chigg - we miss your adventures!
Believe that lock was the ignition from a car.
@old school honour and respect. Yeah ask Craig Ferguson what goes on there!
every time you say "do you see it?"...yeah, I never see it :)
🤣🤣🤣
It's so tiny you can't see it and it's blocked by the grass, IF you know what I mean lol. (Roosta).
My Scottish heritage is very jealous right now. Enjoy your time in Scotland and thanks for another great video!
I learn so much by watching you hunt for "Treasure". The truth is you are not looking for treasure, you are looking for the past. The answer to the questions, who was here before me? Where did we come from? How did we make it here? In the search for these answers, you find some great treasure in the process, and maybe a few answers. If you hunt for gold coins you may end up sad with most of your efforts, but if you hunt for the past you will possibly find an answer, and a gold coin or two. Thank you, Aquachigger!
Hey, good to see you during your trip abroad. You've become a regular in my life these days...out there doing the things that for some reason I don't get around to doing myself. Thanks for bringing us along for the ride. Take care.
Pineapple?!? Chigg you're in Scotland! That's a thistle homie!!! 🤦😂😂😂🤘
Huh. I thought it was a Durian
We got thistles down south too you just don’t see them show on stuff cause there invasive my Dad pulled up one when I was a kid out of the yard you wouldn’t believe the size of the tap root on that sucker!
@@jenniferbaker3207 they're actually all over the country, we have them here in the northwest as well! Just thought it was funny cuz they're a national symbol of Scotland and they're everywhere there, I would have thought he'd have known!! 😂😂🤘
do the scots know what pineapple is ? i mean you carnt deep fry it far as i know
@@jenniferbaker3207 He was talking about the decoration on the roof of the building, not on the ground.
Grew up here. It's a wheat sheaf on top of the mill. The flat rocks where used in the 1700 by washer women. A lot has been put into cleaning our rivers and canals in Glasgow the last 30+ yrs. Glasgow is a dear green place again. Hope you enjoyed your visit.
If I had known you were in my town I could have shown you too some amazing foraging grounds
@old school honour and respect. mark
@old school honour and respect. not a clue
WOW !!!! DUDE !!!! my granddad is from Scotland...... Part of his family went to Canada in 44 and part came to the US in 44..... He was in the Army and retired from Lockheed Martin in Atlanta Ga. As a pattern maker.....
Made patterns for the gas tank on Black Hawk helicopter.....Thanx Chigg for another great AQUACHIGGER ADVENTURE see ya on the next
Thanks for the video from Glasgow.nice forceps liked the flower glass too!!😎🐓🐓🇬🇧
Gold coins? You are in Scotland, the land of the thrifty! Apparently 2 Scotsmen fighting over a penny invented copper wire! :) Well done sir you certainly get about.
Michael Johnson such an old one, but a good one....
LOL !!
You have to say silver like Capt Billy Siillvaaa!!! From now til like forever. You and those guys made great videos!! This is an awesome adventure even though you didn’t find gold coins!
Yeah I think those r not marbles but used to polish metals in tumblers, hope u found Glasgow ok. I know their r some VERY rough places but also some fantastic architecture
I walked past the river kelvin yesterday haha hi from sunny Scotland Chig
Where ya been Chigg? How about a word or response from you, know you're ok. You don't normally just disappear without a trace.
Yes, if anybody hears about him please let us know here in the comments.
Hey Chigg, those white stone marbles are probably an early version of grapeshot, called gunshot. They were made from 1400s-1700s. I found one as a 10 year old in the sand of a dirt road in the Tidewater Virginia area. For decades I thought it was an Indian marble, until I was walking along my street in Pittsburgh after a water main break and glanced down at the rubble and found the exact same thing--exact same color, weight and diameter. I took them both to a local museum and was told it was grapeshot. Later on, I found several lead ones in my yard. I've tried to figure out if there was a battle there but I've come up with nothing,
Also, that square rock with a round hole looks like a prehistoric mace head. I'd go back and get it.
You asked how old Glasgow is. Glasgow and the whole of Scotland has been inhabited since prehistoric times. I bet there's hardly a square foot of it that you couldn't find something if you dig down at least 3 feet.
I really liked this video and hope you do many more in the British Isles.
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Seems to me that hardened clay would crumble instantly into powder if it were used as grapeshot.
it could be ceramic tumbling media for deburring metal parts www.kramerindustriesonline.com/product/premium-ceramic-tumbling-media/#:~:text=Premium%20Ceramic%20Tumbling%20Media%20is,tight%20areas%20and%20smaller%20parts.
They are clay marbles. I have a few my dad had as a boy, 1930’s. Incidentally he lived in Glasgow.
@@darkwood777 yep, dont think stone/clay was used as ammo ever. Could be wrong though, im just an American after all xD
He is in Scotland, so I doubt it used for the same as in Virginia.
Somebody lost there marbles and you found em.. so cool.. great video.. so cool that you r passion for a fun hobby has brought you all over. And your pretty famouse Mr .chigg
I knew it!!! The Chigg really did lose his marbles ; ) but now he's found some of them again lol
Chigg I just heard about the flash flooding in maryland.. Plz stay safe my friend. Love your videos 5he most you teach me so very much abt detecting . I just started detecting last yr. And your videos have helped me so much. Be safe mr chigg.
Welcome to Glasgow! If your can, get the train to Bowling or Dumbarton just a bit further on. About 20 mins from Glasgow. Plenty of shoreline and things to explore. You could head to Dumbarton Rock as a starting point. Probably not much to find in the Kelvin these days. Have a great time here! 😀
Ok I didn't realise this was filmed weeks ago and your long home by now!
Hope you enjoyed your trip 👍
Your are right about the earthworms. Learned that in my Daughters of the American Revolution meeting. Great interest!
Is it just me or old bricks with writings on them are simply gorgeous? I've seen a video from Rock Custeau and he used them to line the perimeter of his back and front yards, really really cool!
Rock
@@dermotfitzgerald7523 errr...what? 😅
@@MrSwosh89 I think you meant Jacques Cousteau not Rock Custeau. Rock is funny tho.
@@MrSwosh89 nvm I didnt know about the channel. Still it is Cousteau not Custeau.
@@MrSwosh89 ua-cam.com/users/rockcousteauvideos
I've been subscribed for years and this is the first video of yours that youtube has suggested on my page in at least 2 years
Binge watch a few episodes, and they will start showing up. I had to click on his name for the longest time to see if there were new ones. After a healthy binge, they are peppered in my recommended.
My old boss used clay balls in his ball mill. Maybe that's what they are from. Great video Chig.
Was gonna suggest that, too. If I remember right Glasgow had a big textile industry, and clay spheres like that were commonly used to grind pigment in the mills. Think they were made and shipped in a more coarse form that wasn't as hard to handle. I have a few from an old mill here in NC.
Seems likely.
Or for deburring metal parts . Glasgow had a lot of metal working industry that may have used the balls in tumbling machines .
They were/are? used in the process of making black powder in a mill/tumbling machine for mixing carbon,sulfer, potassium chloride or salt peter.
Where you at chig ??? Hope all is well
The marbles I think are cob bottle stoppers,thats why cob bottles are hard to find.Kids used to break the bottles so they could play marbles with the stoppers!
Now now mr chiggs we’re are u at and what you doing in the Bonny Scotland, are you just visiting or doing more tv shows 🏴💙 welcome to Scotland and we know you will thoroughly enjoy yourself in our rivers
I had read that about the earthworms too. The forest floor used to be much different before the introduction of the worms. The colonists also brought honey bees which had never existed in the new world. They didn't know it at the time but their crops would never have been productive enough for survival without those bees.
Probably fishing for trout,sea trout and salmon.👍😉
Another great adventure, Thanks Buddy
Good to see your back in Glasgow Chigg, if you want to visit Paisley Abbey or go bottle digging at weekend let me know 😀
😃 Heyyyy! I am very happy to see a vid from you! Missed you, this week! Scotland, nice! Leave it to you to get into water, there. 😆 I'm surprised you didn't cause a thunderstorm! 😃
Neat glass piece, with the "flower" - I know you can't keep everything, but if Lindsey likes glass she might like it. 😏
I like the clay "marbles" you found, very cool 😎. No clue what they are, but pretty neat.
An earlier post-er suggested you get a McEwan's - and I *heartily* approve of that endorsement! 😃 Thank you very much for posting this vid... Being shut-in like I am, I appreciate your vids a lot! Thank you, thank you, thank you! 😏 Blessings... Be safe, stay healthy! 💕
The glass marble reminded me of a railroad marble. Used to roll crates and such while loading and unloading
I remember as a kid. They used to have clay marbles in the kettles to absorb any minerals that might adhere to the kettle in areas with hard water.
Enjoy Scotland! Lucky man.
On that brassy thing with the threads you found next to what you thought was a musket bar. That looked a lot like a handle we used in the press room. We had two of them two screw into the blade of our guillotine cutter to hang it then fix it in place.
Love to see you do more over here 🏴🇬🇧 👍🏻
Glad your back we enjoy your channel
In the UK we call that type of fishing sinkers drilled bullets because people used to repurpose old musketballs as sinkers a little like you find civil war miniballs turned into sinkers. As for fishing in the Kelvin apart from our usual course fish such as perch, pike, bream, etc you can also catch trout and the salmon are returning in good numbers and they would account for the spinning lures.
Hey aquachigger, love your videos.
I think that piece of glass is awesome!! I like looking on the creek and river banks
for rocks with holes in them. Bought my first metal detector after watching you.
Great little adventure love to watch the master himself in action .
I just go my first major metal detecting permission the longest running fairground in America 1842 to 1997 should be all kinda goodies
We miss you Chigg!! Stay safe on your adventure.😎
great to see you back in Scotland, i believe you know my sister in law Wendy fron the last programmes you filmed .. my friend lived in the apartments and indeed it was part of a mill the pineapple finials are sheaves of Barley !! hope you have a great time, Slainte
Chig you are 5 minutes from my house 😀 if you have time go to the botanic gardens and follow the kelvin right round you will see and find loads of treasures!
You are about 20 minutes away from the Erskine bridge, that’s on the river Clyde and you will find clay pipes, bottles and if you have your detector - bullets the closer you head out of Glasgow towards Dumbarton along the Clyde the more you will find.
That glass bit you found is a cut off from when they did a wrap on a piece of glass and then trimmed off the bit where the pattern didn't go all the way.
The river Kelvin is a tributary of the river Clyde. In recent years it has turned into a good salmon river and holds a good head of wild trout. Glasgow is well worth a visit the majority of the museums are free public access. I'm fortunate enough to live 45 minutes from the city.
Chiggs awesome! ❤️
WoW 😲 great finds.. hope you enjoy Scotland, they fish for salmon it is popular in Scotland as bs can see it jump ..
Wow!! I love the marbles and the pipe, you dont often find pipes as old as that in scotland!!!!! I live near Glasgow, I never thought there would be anything in that river at all!! Oooh! The glass marble is in fact a codd marble from inside a codd bottle!! I know of an amazing place to mudlark near Glasgow where there are just bottle scattered everywhere ( mostly 40s-60s beers but a few nice early ones too! ) Also in relation to another comment, the clay marbles are victorian and were mostly just for playing I think but maybe ballast for ships ( I heard that from somewhere! ) :) :) :)
That glass with the pattern on it is beautiful
“Shut” the front door. A new Chigg video! Awesome 😎
That was a cob bottle marble - the clay marbles use to be used as playing marbles (before glass marbles - I think
NOPE, COD bottle marbles were greenish, clear glass, not clay.
welcome to scotland i hope you enjoyed your time here
That last item reminds me of a car horn. Have a beer and a chunk of baked salmon with a salad at the pub. Fun times. 👍
Awesome chig I really like the mud larking things
Thanks Ghigg for a new video.
AquaChigger! First time long time.... we've been watching you since before the channel name change 🤣🤣🤗👍 well guess what! We finally have metal detectors and going out tonight! See what the holiday crowd left behind 🤣👍 thanks for the years of awesome videos!
Porcelain marbles used to polish cast iron. I find them frequently in New Orleans. We find them at homesites because kids played with them and they’re perfect slingshot Ammo.
Awesome! Turned out perfect and such a beautiful spot! So awesome. More more more
I wish he'd reply to the comment section like he used to. My questions go unanswered. Deepening my desire.
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Good video Chigg.
he's too popular now, go to the patreon for more personalised chat.
@@ashmaybe9634 So you need to pay him, For him to show you decent manners.
Don’t get to close to the Corona ... lol.
The clay balls could be for polishing , but that blown glass is awesome !!!! Maybe a paper weight ? Beautiful rose in it. I’d keep it.
Hey, Chigg. We're getting worried from the three weeks of silence. We hope you're doing okay. Prayers and hopes for your health and safety.
Been a while. Good to see you again. Safe travels!
Been with ya for a while but not really looked into ya channel much haha glad im getting more into it look forward for more videos honestly keep going chigg 👍🏻
Over in the UK they go mudlarking on th river foreshore. Also bottle dump digging. Ask the locals about old bottle dumps, I bet you'll find bottles like craxy
Hello Chigg, Hope ya are having fun. Glenlivet or Glenfiddich (sp?) I'd recommend to try while there, and the really good stuff we can't get/afford over here! Glad ya finally found your marbles!!!🤣 Be safe, take care, "God Bless", sincerely, Randy. 👍👍🙏🏻😇👊
Great to see you glad you threw this video up even though your busy still a very enjoyable video thx for sharing see you on the next one👍🏻👊🏻
Chigg, cracks in Virginia, Maryland, Maine, now you've gone over seas to Scotland to root around in their cracks. I think you have a crack fetish 🤔
lol, great stuff, have fun over there and be safe 😉
"Dirty hands are happy hands" 👍✌🖖
I have feeling Chigg, you do not know how cool you really are:) Not to swell your head or anything. Love what you do and thank you for your work! I can not thank you enough for the detecting info I have learned from you over the years my friend.
Have Big Fun Beau !
Another great episode. Thank you for sharing with us. ✊️
And the lead ball with no holes is either a musket ball or a mold cast (a weight that was made and never completely finished) also you're channel I'd awesome dude keep up the exploring!
It's CHIGG love ya
Cod marble two pieces a horn maybe Clay marbles thanks for the Aquaghigger in Scotland Adventures!!!; )
Chigg . welcome to scotland . the marble may be from a deburring process for metal parts . there are other shapes along with the ball ones .
Thanks for letting us try to spot the find. It's a toss up. Sometimes i like to search for it other times i am like" show us already!" lol
In Dundee Scotland your clay balls were known as [Piggies] In England they used them to keep the Limescale down in their kettles due to the hard water. They may have many uses but those are the ones I know. I remeber seeing the glass balls in Cobb drink bottles also to block chambers in acid car/lorry batteries.
So it's true about the same worms being here in the upper Midwest too. However, the WI DNR states that they're they're replacing the big night crawlers at an alarming rate. Back in the 60's, after a heavy rainstorm you could grab a flashlight and find hundreds of night crawlers on the tops of the fields and lawns. Today, you're just lucky to even see them. It's now estimated only 15% of the worms found here are still native. They put those worms into a very negative light as far as replacing the native worms. The invasive worms never mature into a large worm like a night crawler, they only top out about at about 4". I guess there's a study for everything.
It looked like there might be old dress pins in there where you were digging, but I could not tell for sure. those are always cool, I think anyway.
the Clay marbles were from Victorian times 1860,s onwards and when I was a kid in the late 50,s in Govan we used to throw our coloured marbles at the seabirds sitting in the river clyde...
I have found marble type things like you have back here in the states and I believe they are used for milling gunpowder and other industrial materials
I haven’t visited my UA-cam subscriptions in awhile, I’d always watch recommended vids, glad I’m back to the Aquachigger
good luck finding a discarded coin in Scotland lol.
Aye they're a wee bit thrifty
dermot its a myth, we're generous folk, don't believe all you see on tv!
The english say were stingy but we just dont like them much. We try to like them but they make it hard.
The Dutch! There's a reason it's called going Dutch.
@@freethinkink13 They are much different from ourselves.
I was wondering where you would turn up, but Scotland was a surprise!!
Those clay or stone balls are used in tumblers to polish or crush smaller items. Would make sense if there is a mill close by too.
Could the long bit you weren't sure on be a razorblade handle? The small brass fitting (looks like a small handle) is a plumbing fitting. It's the top part of a clamp that would hold the pipes to your walls. Hope you're not missing home too much Chig!
Good to see the Ghigg!!!
Great finds!
Clay marbles- kids’ toys. Often found in rivers. Check out the River Thames mudlarkers- they find them all the time. Some of the marbles may have come from Codd-neck bottles - though I’m not sure if those type were always made of glass- perhaps some brands used clay? In any case, kids would break the bottles to get the marbles.