I FOUND A BOX OF TREASURE! Rare coins, unique relics, Victorian thru Bronze age!
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- In an innocuous old chocolate box I rediscover some of my most treasured finds that I packed away six years ago! These finds, that range from Victorian to Bronze age have not seen the light of day since 2014, and I am exuberant when I realise what's in this mysterious box!
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How interesting. I love that feel of coming across old stuff stored away age ago, like refinding old friends.
hi simon, the petrified wood could have been pyrited wood which will decay, its called pyrite decay, and tarnish metals and other bits in the surrounding area like the spoons and the coin :0)
Thank you Robert. That sounds like a plausible solution. I am from the desert, couldnt imagine how petrified wood could deteriorate. It reminded me of mica.
I'm gonna guess the acid in the newspaper started a chain reaction in the box, deteriorated the petrified wood which, in turn, emitted mild tarnishing vapors. Newspaper never good for long term storage because it's almost always acidic. The effluvium on the pipe might be something that was already stuck in the stem when you found it now working it's way through the clay? As always, Simon, just wild guesses!! Fun post even if your most sedentary one ever! you must miss the active life on the foreshore.
^^^SKOOL^^^
That or maybe any acid core flux left over from Si's solder job on the little metal tag.
Newspaper is highly acidic because of its high lignin content. Acid free paper contains buffering agents that control the amount of acid (though cotton-based papers are naturally lower acid - which is why we used to use it for paper money). I recommend getting some acid-free paper, the kind museums use for storage, to protect your objects. And maybe font store metal objects in with non-metallic ones.
I would not store in a plastic box either, as the plastic can react with the stuff, and also stop it from breathing.
@@carolinejoss1453 I agree, the items cant breath and I suspect some items may have had water inside. therefore, had he packed in a cardboard box the items may have retained their integrity
The finds were great. The postcard was brilliant! You brighten every Sunday, Si. Thank you.
Connie Aw thanks Connie
I love your friend, nice of him to hand over that pipe. He literally looks like an actor, I just can’t put a name to him.
No more putting treasure in a box and forgetting about it.
It must be fantastic to rediscover finds you hadn’t seen in ages , love your videos so much Si best wishes and above all stay safe .
David Walker Cheers David, ah mate I was delighted!
This one was like a lullaby, your voice is soothing. laughed Everytime you turned off for drilling. Inspiring.
Pyritised wood from the East coast. Tons of it at the Naze found in the London clay (about 54 million years ago). It is very hard to keep and usually will disintegrate as you have found out. Keep each piece separate in a very dry environment for best results. I have a beautiful piece about 5 x 1.5 inches next to me with the grain clearly visible and the bark still on so you can get lucky
That was one of the most entertaining mudlark videos I've seen recently. I think a fair chunk of the enjoyment comes from your obvious excitement at refinding some of these wee treasures. I hope you've a few more such boxes stashed away!
Mr Tumshie Thanks matey. I’ll look for more but I think that was the holy grail as far as I’ve got
Really nice video - loved the subliminal flashes of “driller-killers” 😂. Your postcard is fab 👍
Haha, thanks Jane - glad you enjoyed it!
Simon, you are a man of many talents. I enjoyed the "un-boxing" of your finds. It's like finding them all over again. I particularly liked your post card artwork. Looking forward to more finds. Please keep yourself safe.
Thank you for showing us your treasures! So many awesome finds ❤️
It's like watching you mudlark, as your getting excited sifting through your tub! Yes it's been a (slow) corrosive reaction, that stuff on the pipe, is the pipe- something has made the clay bubble up- it almost looks acidic.
That sword handle is something else! Its beautiful ❤
If I had had that sword handle I would convert it to a door or cupboard handle so I could enjoy it every day!... If it is strong enough.
And the spoons would make lovely wind chimes! You could also make a decorative hanging with the various pipe bowls.
I'm just saying... I know you are creative and it is better than losing these beautiful finds in a box! And you must have a lot of time on your hands!
I really enjoyed this video. Maybe show us some more of your treasures!!! 💜😘💜
that sweetheart ring is lovely, there'll be a great story behind something like that
Coffin Dodger I’d love to know, but for now we can on imagine...
Thank you for sharing your treasures with us Si, the sight of some things can evoke old memories indeed.
I first started school in 1961 and at the time we still used nib pens and ink wells.
The body of the pens had a tubular cavity in them to hold a reserve of ink and we used a variety of nibs depending upon the specified style of writing referred to as a 'font' today.
We had to cover a small hole on the body of the pens we used with our finger to retain the ink once it was in the chamber.
During 'calligraphy' classes we had to learn how to regulate the flow of ink from the reservoir in the pen using the aforementioned finger.
We used to have cloth 'busy bags' sewed by our mothers which hung in the aisles between desks from hooks under the edge of our desk-tops.
The lad I shared a desk with was a friend but also a bit of a 'wild child' who had a bad habit of running into the classroom despite such behaviour being strictly forbidden.
One day the teacher became so sick of reprimanding him that she angrily told him to "go out of the room and enter in the approved manner".
He promptly spun around and sprinted for the door at which time the nib of a pen protruding from a busy bag deeply slashed his leg inflicting a cut which from memory required about six stitches.
So I suppose you could say that in some cases "a pen can quite literally be, at least as mighty as a sword".
Sadly my former friend never mended his reckless ways and as a direct consequence was tragically killed in an earthmoving accident on a property he owned a few years ago now.
The fertility charm looks like a miniature Nigerian Benin bronze. There used to be an expert in bronzes at Hornimans Museum SE26, that I used to seek advice from. It does look old, and would have been cast in sand ! 🌍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🌍
Excellent video once again. Also don’t ever worry about the background noise, I’d watch your vids no matter what. The “D” monogrammed spoon is my absolute favourite.
Kim Desjarlais haha, you’d be surprised how many people like to moan, although to be fair wind is the main culprit 😊
My 'gone too soon' sister in law used to have a windchime on her back porch made out of old metal spoons. Yours made me think of her.
Watching from the US has helped pass the time staying at home! Thanks so much for sharing your treasures with all of us!!
Lisa Kallies My pleasure Lisa!
I believe "1686" is the service number of a soldier. (I found several of spoons like this one in Flanders fields).
Tearing up laughing at the interruptions 😂
Sabrina Thanks Sabrina 😂
Best channel on UA-cam and most interesting by far stay safe si-finds 👌😁
The Eire Digger Cheers dude!
You neighbor is a gift that keeps on giving! Loved the treasure box!!!
Hi Si, so the mystery of the pipe corrosion is simply, salt the river has a fairly high salt content so any water left in the stem or in the pipe itself will leach out over time like that
Even refinding finds is exciting! I’ve been binging all your videos since I found you a couple weeks ago. Thanks for giving me something interesting to watch while I’m stuck in the house.
You ought to have tested your bronze age axe's effectiveness on your diy neighbour!
jprolls rolls haha, here’s Johnny!
Ahhh sometimes si runs his glass cutter so it's just a busy neighborhood
Or you could have your people get in touch with his people and arrange a schedule around your filming. Lol
Diy neighbour made me smile... I was constantly waiting for the next one 😁
Those flashes of chain sawing stills during your video are hilarious.
I don’t know nuth’n about nuth’n but you seem to be a true gentleman with enthusiasm for your hobby. Please stay awesome and hopefully soon the mud lovers can get back out on the foreshore.
3:51 It's heart shaped!
Love this channel so interesting what you can find
Courtney Otter Thanks Courtney!
Your enthusiasm is addictive.
I enjoyed this video very much , I would like to see another one of some of your bits and pieces and odd finds . Maybe have them in a box as well and show a piece at a time ,you could talk about find . Basically the same as this one . You are the best .
Who knew you could mudlark out of a chocolate box - brilliant
Corrinda Campbell haha. Sweet eh?
Gypsum and iron pyrite is commonly associated with fossils, these have lots of sulphates and sulphides which will tarnish silver and erode clays. Fossils should be stored apart from everything else. And no newspaper for good stuff, ever.
Beautiful pen, stamp and ink drawing.
I remember using similar pen nibs at school. They used to have to last a long time. They did tend to cross I remember
WOW 🤩 It IS like Christmas Day!
Exciting to find your lost Treasure box 📦.. FANTASTIC! From..A to Zed. Thank you for a great adventure & incredible dig!
ps. No worries about neighbors in background. It’s nice to hear ‘normal’ sounds again..
The little lead item is shaped like an anvil but on one side it had a meal of loaves and fishes and on the other a foot, I think it’s a pilgrim badge or religious pendant.
Kerry Hughes good shout!
@@Sifinds The Big Pipe ... @10:48 mins.in. could those be "signs" OR "spells" around the top of the bowl, it seems strange for imperfections in exhibition piece, and all concentrated in the one area. I think it's a "Coven" pipe, used by footballer's wives. ???
@@Rubin_Schmidt ... are you saying WAGs are witches? Who'd have thought? :D
yes! i thought i made out a fish on that metal piece, too
Just watched this tonight…February 2023! Great video Si, thanks!
I remember learning to write with a fountain pen 🖋 that had a nib like that.
What a great treasure box.
Have you thought to make yourself some display boxes with perspex tops that you can stack. Then if you are looking for a pipe they will all be together. You are a handy guy and I’m sure you know somewhere to source a wooden pallet to make the sides (cut down to say 2 inches high) and use heavy cardboard covered in velvet ( from op shops) for the base. If Perspex is too
expensive just clear plastic to keep out dust.
To stop you sword handle deteriorating any more try using a piece of plastic drink bottle and wrap it around the tilt then using the hottest setting on a hair dryer shrink it around the handle. It might stop oxidation for a while.
The sword handle is an amazing piece of art. I would have it stabilized and display it. Would be a shame to lose it.
Wonderful stuff Si. That box was quite a time capsule. I spotted the Byzantine coin. The symbol on it is called the 'chi-rho'. Which is a monogram made up of the first two Greek letters of Christ's name - X and P. Your ornate pipe with the elaborate coat of arms could have a Catholic connection. The coat of arms includes the crossed keys of St Peter - the symbol of The Vatican. Finally that little brass African fertility lady; I've got exactly the same one. I bought it years ago at a craft fair here in Australia. Cheers from Oz.
watching your older videos & this was one of your most interesting. your a good artist too - love how u used the old type to embellish your postcard drawing.
Cheers Teresa. I do enjoy a doodle 😉🐾🧡
Thank you for sharing the box that kept giving. Si Finds never ending creativity. Our luck.
That little disc with the hole is a pastry cutting wheel.
Dave Talbot a bit thin for that, but see what your saying
If you wish to wrap items up again, you can easily purchase acid-free tissue paper.
Very interesting. In Scotland you can find pyrope garnets in Ruby Bay, Elie. They’re called “Elie Rubies”. Best time to go beachcombing is March and April after the winter storms
What a great box of re-finds!!!! That giant pipe is hilarious! I thought I would die laughing at the pictures when your neighbor was drilling or sawing or whatever! Stay in and stay safe! Cheers!
Cindy Wade Thanks Cindy! That was the aim. Rather than mask it, make a joke of it 😊
He he 🤣🤣 Si-Refinds! 😬 lol x
Silver tarnishes to black....you can polish them back up though! Lovely tub of memories....or lack of! Lol Really enjoyed it (- :
Best Larker in London... 🏴🇬🇧👍😎
Jumpin Jack cheers Jack!
Thanks for this! I'm working from home with the Colorado stay at home orders. I enjoyed this! A neighbor started up a leaf blower or something. I had to close my windows. (I'm taking a break from work, not surfing on the job, don't worry.) Stay safe, be well, thanks again!
Omg...i think i was as excited as you si...wrapped in paper...what is it gonna be....please stay safe...be glad when its over.....xxxx
i bet the foreshores will be packed when the quarantine is lifted in London
George Delaney I make you right
That will be like your 3rd Christmas! What fun.
Fun and interesting box reveal! Nice that you found some finds you thought "lost!" I wouldn't think newspaper is the best thing to wrap your treasures in - too acidic. As to petrified wood: it is formed when the organic remains have been replaced by minerals, creating an actual stone, often a type of quartz. Did you mean carbonized wood?
You are simply incredible love you Box of finds and I do so enjoy followin you and your Mud Lovin Friends!!!
Wow🤩 that was really fun. Real treasures 😍 I've moved a lot and unpacking lost boxes always feels like Christmas 😊Thanks for sharing
Yay, you posted a video, it’s a good day, thanks for sharing
debcarnes100 my pleasure!
Si-finds Thames Mudlark there was interesting things in that box
Si-finds Thames Mudlark I forgot to mention your drawing skills are amazing
So , around the 6 min mark you show a pipe bowl with what looks like “Ich dien” on it , a Welsh Prince of Wales motto although I believe it’s German words meaning “I Serve”
David Heafield cool, it could be a pipe celebrating a unification of certain bodies
Si-finds Thames Mudlark ...”ich Dien” is still on the Prince of Wales feathers even to this day.
The Welsh rugby team wear the logo on their jerseys.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers
"Ich Dien" is also a part of the regimental badges of The Welsh Regiment, North Staffordshire, Middlesex,... (Also on war graves).
@@piggystardust Also on the Royal Regiment of Canada's badge too. He is the regiment's Colonel-in-Chief.
@Mike Ray I am = Ich bin??? Maybe Ich dein is some kind of conditional or subjunctive or pluperfectpassivesubmissiveblahlahblah (
The very ornately carved bowl is magnificent! 😊🇨🇦
Hi Si! We love your box of treasure - some amazing finds! We also love your pictorial bleeps, lol! Stay safe and well, Gail & Alex xx
Northern Mudlarks Thanks Ladies!!! Looking forward to more detecting vids of yours - steering wheels and all! 😉
The plant on the first pipe, looks not much like grapes to me, more like hop.
Heard a green woodpecker. ..
Sue Taylor Yes we have them in our gardens here
The handle of a sword and head of an axe took my breath away! What remarkable finds. Thanks to the education I have received from watching UA-cam I correctly guessed the piece of wig curler. Great vlog.
Glad you found your missing items. What a great artist you are. Thanks for sharing.
I think you are correct, its fossilized poo. They are called Coprolites
FYI, the study of coprolites is called scatology, and archaeologists in this field are known as paleoscatologists.
Yup your correct
Who knew! A whole speciality about poo finds. Shatoligist, lol.
What subjects do you take in college to become a scatologist?
Texana Simmons shit subjects 🤣👍🏻
AWESOME FINDS MAN I WISH WE HAD THE CLAY PIPES HERE LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE THERE IN LONDON i never seen one till this channel
Dubbz J Thanks matey
The Chigg digs one every so often on Colonial sites...Hoover Boys too.
Natural colour of Silver when Oxidized it goes Black.
Eg. Black & White Photo Graphic process.
Nice Mystery Box finds, love that when you Re Find something u had Forgot about..!
Great Video as Always.
Stay well, stay safe..!
Kim in Oz.😎
How fun! Don’t rush us! I’m having a great time looking at these treasures!
I wonder if the paper might have had some acidic quality?
I grew up with petrified wood around my family's ranch. I have never witness nor heard of true petrified wood falling apart nor causing damage like that. And certainly in that short length of time. Not when your petrified poo did not.
fiberotter thanks. Who knows??!?
If it's real petrified wood, it's become stone. Won't fall apart or release fumes or vapors. Petri-fy (Peter was the rock and the English -fy ending is from "fecit.") So it wasn't petrified wood. Ooh, scary! What was it then??
Could there have been a battery in there? That grey stuff....??
@@susandoll3187 maybe it was wood on its way to being petrified? Just not millions of years old and hardened into stone.
@@marciehall2125 That could be, I suppose. But it looks more like a product of heat. Petrification is a replacement of biological material with minerals and that can happen in a river or underground, but I don't think it would look like this at any stage. It has to retain the structure of the cells or it won't be recognizable as wood, and that mess in the tin doesn't. So if it was wood, it hadn't even started to petrify...
Simon, love to hear your musings...you're such a sweetie! Great video, stay safe 💋
B B thanx
Lovely treasures...The impromptu Thames drawing at the end was awesome...You are mighty talented
Thank you very much!
The fossil "poo" looks like a mudfossil. I have a collection of similar sized fossils, but, mine are composed of iron pyrites, are are distinctly once "flesh & blood" living creatures. ???
Rubin Schmidt cool
poo
@@DaleBasye Your comment says a lot about you, Professor Dummkopf.
*Preservation in Pyrite* .
Delicate plant tissues and some animals are sometimes found preserved in pyrite. For example, an arthropod, showing its feathery appendages and body segments is exquisitely preserved by pyrite in the Hunsrück Slate in Germany.19 Experiments have been done to try to replicate the preservation of plants in pyrite, both using a purely chemical approach and by allowing the presence of bacteria.20 A source of sulfate ions, SO42-, such as is found in ocean water, and a source of Fe3+ ions are necessary to form pyrite. As the bacteria metabolize the organic matter, they reduce the sulfur and the iron, eventually forming pyrite. During the experiment that reproduced the precipitation of amorphous pyrite, the pH started at 7.5, went down to 6.5, rebounded to 8.5, then remained constant. The temperature was 15ºC, and the glass jar was open to the air. The researchers concluded that “The microbiological experiments demonstrated how rapid plant pyritization can occur under natural conditions (within 80 days) with intense anaerobic bacterial activity.” !!!
Yeah I think it's a turd
You are so funny and talented, you make me laugh and admire your work at the same time. I just started watching these mudlarking videos and I am hooked. This is one of my favorites so far, love the guys with the chain saws. The Christmas gift opening in the red candy box, lol, I've done the same thing put something in a box to discover later it had a toxic effect on other things in the box. The Byzantine coin was a terrific find. Since I was 18 back in my hippie-dippie days 1969, I have moved 40+ times and am now at 71 an expert on moving from place to place and could give lessons on it. This old body can hardly move herself anymore and it saddens me not to be out and about searching for finds, so I will live vicariously through you, Nicola, all your buddies, and others. God bless you all, keep on keeping on.
Thanks Maggie!
Si! That was awesome! Definitely a time capsule! With out the digging!
Loved it!
Kelly/Indiana
This video was funny. Class with the cuts 😂😂🙌🏼
I PRAY, you will do more drawings and put them up for sale... ☺ YOU fascinate me with AAALL your talents ! 😍 when you refurbished the OLD PUB table, how do you know it was from a pub ? Is there a certain design they used for pubs ? I'm just curious... 😁 You guys crack me up... ☺ When we find treasures in America, WE get EXCITED over things from the eighteen hundreds or early nineteen hundreds... There you guys are finding things clear back to fifteen hundreds... YOU are SOOO BLESSED !!! ☺❤☺OLD NOTTS. LADY, USA
I love your channel! From a southern California ! You have a treasure trove of History!!!
Wow nice little drawing Simon! Cool box of stuff! It's wonderful finding things you thought were lost. I enjoy the heck out of your videos, everything about them. Hope you get back to mudlarking soon!
Craig Jennings Thanks Craigo!
Found your site today...enjoyed it so much I immediately subscribed! I can't wait to see more! Thank you.
I think the snake was a striker for the flint to hit in an old musket... When you said latch it dawned on me I'd seen that shape before. Fun video. Thanks.
An early Christmas! Every time I have ever moved I’ve ended up opening boxes long after settling and feeling the excitement of finding something I had forgotten I’d had! Just like Christmas!
My weekend has consisted of binge watching your videos! I have always loved old things with history and character. Hugs from Miami! New subscriber here.
Alicat Style welcome Mudlover!
a guided tour thru Si's Si-finds. cool. thanks for introducing your Patreon page too. lots more to see & partake, as we used to say in Ontario. we have 🚧 construction too locally ! I'll send up some photos to my UA-cam page, and any finds of note
clockwork cool!
Loved it, Si. You're quite the artist. And thanks for sharing your treasure box with us. All the best.
Diana Young Cheers Diana!
Feels like Christmas finding a long lost box of goodies eh? LOL The four pence silver coin is also known as a Groat. Nice!
That was so cool going through your box with you!!😍😍
You have no idea how lucky you are to hold and own such history.
34"02 Egyption . I loved watching you empty out your goodie box. I have a room full that needs just that and organized from all my finds. Love all of your videos. Susann
Lovely way to pass lockdown lunch! Ty. The fossilised poo or coprolite was of interest as several years ago whilst researching my other half's family tree I discovered that some of his ancestors in Cambridge were listed as coprolite diggers on the census. I hadn't a clue so did some extensive research. Apparently it was a huge industry in the mid to late 1800s and it was used as fertiliser. Someone called John Bennet Lawes discovered it as a super fertiliser which was needed to grow huge amounts of food because of the recent Napoleonic War. The digging progressed into parts of Essex. Diggers earned 3 times the amount of money than ordinary farm labourers because it was quite backbreaking hazardous work. Lawes become one of the richest men in that part of England all because of dinosaur poo. Proving that old adage ''where there's muck there's brass''
Interesting thanks!
great video Si. You're a talented artist! Love watching what you find. We don't have history like that here in Canada.
When you pulled out that little shoe, I immediately thought “Monopoly “, lol
The neighbor's shenanigans didn't remotely distract from the thrill of seeing your old finds - quite humorous really! That sword hilt is especially fantastic. My Uncle does restorations on armory and weaponry, however, I don't know if he'd want to touch this, it's fantastic as is. Thanks for sharing, Si, great stuff.
Adriel thank you! Just needs a new blade and fish skin handle. I’d leave the guilding as is
@@Sifinds Would love to see it when you're done with it, it's a beauty!
I loved the birds singing as you started then the drilling chased them away. 🙄 It was wonderful going through the box really enjoyed it so very interesting . Could have well sat cleaning the spoons etc. Thank you Simon, Hope you can soon mudlark again xxxxx
Fabulous! My favourite find was the lucky boot. Totally gorgeous! Cheers from DownUnder.
Extra your surprise box and your pretty drawing, you are gifted
olivieoo Aw thanks 😊
l love watching your videos, learning about the history from the Thames, seeing the great finds, the lucky box was so enlightening. l find your sense of humour is quite boy like, makes me think of my brothers. take care... I'm playing the catch up game and am watching videos from the past. I'm entertained all day long.
Thanks Amanda!
Awesome,I love finding things I’ve put in a safe place then forgotten I have, you have some great finds 👍👍👍👍👍
Chris Thompson usually it’s a fiver in my coat pocket!
Si-finds Thames Mudlark hay. I’ve put $100 somewhere safe 2 years ago and still haven’t found it lol never mind one day I’ll find it haha
Fun looking at the finds. And terrific drawing on the postcard!
Thanks Ana👍🏻🐾🧡