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Just found your channel my first time watching and its a Great video. You should start carrying a bag with you and start cleaning whenever you go detecting! I know most people do so just to do a little something for the environment 👍✌️
@ rayon 3383 I've been following Si and Nicola for years and you'll be happy to hear that not only do they ALWAYS take out all plastics and rubbish when they lark, they also do A LOT of volunteer work cleaning rivers and water ways of rubbish. They have a stack of videos on it so be sure to check them out 🙂🇦🇺
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That's awesome thanks for letting me know about that. Like I said I just found there channel and will definitely keep watching so thank you again and God Bless
just to let you know that I just watched your video from 5 years ago...GUN found mudlarking the Thames, and you came across a conical glass bottle, and it said underneath that it was an old glue bottle, it was, and the name of the glue was GLOY, aand it had an ingenious rubber top to it so when you pressed it onto the paper, a slit opened up and allowed the glue to come out, and as soon as you released the pressure, the rubber returned to it's origginal shape and sealed itself. I used it in primary school age 8-10 , and i'm 69 now...
Oh yes I remember them, I am 62.
We had those here in the states too, same time period. Wracking my brains trying to remember the brand name here, lol.. they were brown bottles with that red rubber slanted top
@@globalheart they were clear bottles in the UK, just looked them up and it's still on sale, but the glue is brown now, not the grey wallpaper paste type we used at school, and I remember that a programme that was for kids on the BBC, Blue Peter, used the exact same thing when they constructed something every week 😂
@@globalheartthat was the original Elmer's glue came out before the stuff in the white bottle with the
The actual glue, not the brand name is muscillage. Not sure if I spelled that right. I think it might have been derived from aquatic plant or animal sources.
Hi Si! That American dime has an image of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) on it. He contracted polio as an adult and spent most of his time as president in a wheelchair. He was one of the founders of the March of Dimes, a non-profit that still exists (since polio was mostly eradicated after the vaccine became available in the 1950s, the changed their focus, and currently serve to help new mothers and their babies). When it started, it raised funds by asking kids to donate a dime, and the funds were used for polio research and to help victims. They raised hundreds of millions of dollars over the decades. After his death, FDR's image was chosen to be featured on the dime, starting in 1946, because of his work on this.
I'm 63, and I remember the annual drive in schools for the annual March of Dimes campaign. If you brought in a dime, you got a little tin pin. I wonder how many of these an American mudlarker might find?
That’s so interesting Paul! Thanks so much for sharing 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
FDR was the President during World War II. He passed away in April of 1945 not long before the war ended.
I used to remember when the American coins got cheaper and became plated. We knew as kids to look at the edges of coins to see if they were pure silver or plated over a copper core. Maybe in the 1940’s dimes and quarters used to be silver. Used to find Buffalo head nickels and wheat pennies.
Greg Abbott , too . He's paralyzed below the waist . An oak tree felt on him while he was jogging after a storm
Our coins hold up pretty good in the elements, except for those new Pennys that thin copper coated zincs.
When Lake Mead dried up it exposed bodies stuffed into 50 gal metal drums... You're in a spot thats' alot older...Its a certainy that theres' bones of a few thousand years old,in the Thames.. Over here in the States finding stuff usually no further back than 18th century. ...You English have "Hadrian's wall" And Stone henge!! Finished thousand years ago.... Awesome respect from St Petersburg, Florida!!!;
Excellent finds! Your "half" coin I believe is actually a pin, the soldiering points is where the bar for the pin went I believe. Wow so many coins! I wish I could of been there! so looks like fun!
I got some insight on the pearl ring. The design and type of pearl says it was made in India. I have relatives from India and friends. They are made in abundance. Gold and silver were very affordable at one time. Cheaper than imitation in the West. I would bet you that while offerings on Indian Holy days were performed down at the river, it slipped off of someone's finger. That is 100% silver with a cultured freshwater pearl. The settings in India are never made for common folk perfect like in the West. The metal is soft and moulds around the imperfections of the shape of the stone. Good find!
Hey Si, i lost my favorite sterling ring in Lake Erie whilst swimming back in about 1971, so keep your eyes open!! I'd just come here from England, so maybe it's made it back home by now 😂
Will keep an eye in Cleveland.
You still here in OH?
@colleennikstenas4921 😁 yes, hi there!! I saved and saved to have the $5 to buy it when i was a kid..it was small, had a marquis shaped small turquoise. Finders keepers!!! 😄
@colleennikstenas4921 hey colleen, I'm in lakewood !! We need to get over there and pester Si together!!!
Aww,so sorry to hear that you lost that.
I’m in Lorain Ohio,I can search for it🤣
Well, first find goes to Nicola. Si, you have butterfingers today. American dime has Roosevelt on it. New word- partifact😄. Nice Pearl ring, now you have one for the pinky and one for the index fingers. Good one 👍
Cheers Coni👍🏻🐾🧡
Sorry, the dime is Eisenhower. Much more boring than Roosevelt, either of the Roosevelts we had as Prez!
That was so fun watching. You two are so fun to watch. So glad they drained the area. What a wealth & variety of historical items...between the vulcanite stopper to the bell with ringer...just wow! Hi Nelson & Daisy!
Cheers Thekla! 👍🏻🐾🧡
Amazing finds with great company.
Cheers Annie👍🏻🐾🧡
Great to see you back with Nicola . Always amazed at what you find . So interesting all those coins . thanks for sharing .
Cheers Elaine👍🏻🐾🧡
That was brilliant Guys. Thanks, John.
Cheers John👍🏻🐾🧡
Great adventure Si love that bell
What a fab opportunity, muddy treasure aplenty and a great clear up of modern rubbish too. ❤
Cheers Lisa👍🏻🐾🧡
So pleased for Nicola finding that gold ring -what a find! 😍
Daisy & Nellie look beautiful modeling the bell! 🐈⬛ 🐈 What a terrific day of mudlarking & metal detecting. Youse guys found ALL THE THINGS - CONGRATULATIONS!! 🔎❤🔍
What a cute kittycat!!! Love that tail !!❤
Right! 🐈 🐈⬛
Wow nice old ring!
Hi Si-Finds! History and helping the environment is a great way to start the day!
Cheers Maisie👍🏻🐾🧡
Another fantastic outing! Wishing Nelly a speedy recovery from his extractions.
Cheers Mudlover 🐈⬛
A day for rings for you and Nicola. The gold ring was quite a find as well as the lovely pearl ring. It's always great to see you two out mudlarking together. 😊
Cheers Mudlover👍🏻🐾🧡
🎉 great finds this week !! The coins are nice but I think the rings were the best finds ! ❤ Have a safe and fun week !
Cheers Sandy!👍🏻🐾🧡
Absolutely great finds!! Love looking for luck in the muck with you!! Great to see your cats!!💕😺😺😺🌱
Cheers Jackie👍🏻🐾🧡
Theres nothing i like more than watching you mud lark in the rivers while im sitting with a cuppa😂 love the video🎉❤❤
Aw that’s so kind of you to say👍🏻🐾🧡
“Top pocket find” “hat trick” Two Canadian references in one video. You’re spoiling us.
Check me oot 😉
Si, that was great fun to watch, sorry I missed the premiere. That cut coin/medallion at the beginning, the back with the two partial holes, looks like someone attached a pin back. I hope that made sense.
What a great day out in the mud! So many awesome finds by my favorite two mud buddies! After work on Sundays, I so look forward to seeing you on your adventures! I hope you have a great week Si and can't wait to see where your next adventure takes you! Hi Nelson and Daisy!!!!!
Cheers Mudlover👍🏻🐾🧡
Thanks Si. That was a very productive detecting day!
Cheers! Yes it was great!
i always love seeing the bells found - image a romantic walk down a country lane a few hundred years ago & hearing bells tinkling as life stock graze in the fields. Nelson, hope your mouth has healed well. u are such a handsome boy & Daisy you're a darling.
It's lovely how you and Nicola encourage each other!
Hi Si! Great to see you mucking about with everyone.That was very cool with all the coins and rings..it gets the imagination going on who,and how,they got there all those years ago! Love the story of the bell.So great how volunteers are cleaning the reservoir.
Cheers Jo! So many stories 👍🏻🐾🧡
What a great day detecting for you two.My favourite find has to be the Cristal bell.Thank you Si. X
Cheers Jo!
Great finds. The SJ on the ring could stand for Society of Jesus which I think could be the Jusuit order of Catholic Priests. The pearl ring is beautiful.
home.nps.gov/articles/000/jesuit-ring.htm
Looks like its going to be another great mudlarking day love when you and nick do videos together always fun.
You are lucky to live in such an old country that has centuries of history available to find!
One of your fans in Philomath Oregon is looking forward to seeing all the stuff you find.
Very good joke there for metal detectors... out standing in their field!!! Nice finds ❤
Fantastic video. You and Nicola have so much fun. Love the tiny offering. Thank you Simon, take care and cheers.
Hey Sy, could you go through some of your previous mysteries items that you might have or might not have solved to a top 10 list so we can go back and look at it
I will love this.
I really enjoyed seeing the livery button and the names of the families it might have been associated with. So cool. Love your sense of humor, Simon.😂. Great video!
Cheers Judith👍🏻🐾🧡
Always good to see you & Nicola lark,beautiful day,& many nice treasures!👍🏻
Simon,
This was a real winner of a day for you and Nicola.
I've been away from your channel for quite a while,
but this is a great way to return!
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Cheers Rik. You’d better catch up then! 👍🏻🐾🧡
@@Sifinds You Betcha, as they say here in the Pacific Northwest:)
How Wonderful !!!🤩Thank You
Super fun adventure. Thanks for bringing me along.
Cheers Linda! 👍🏻🐾🧡
Thanks for sharing! I thank you for taking us along for your adventure. Love it.
Neat finds, Mud lover!
@24:43 wonder if that Toucan had anything to do with Guinness advertising in the 60's-70's.
Hey si nice seeing you on tv still being lucky take care thanks for sharing ❤
Thanks for watching
I thought you’d found the handle of Mary Poppins umbrella!
The steel bracket plate that Nicola found was that a blouse guard for polishing brass buttons it slides under the button while the button is polished.
Wow, amazing finds. Really enjoyed the video. Great job!
The finds for both of you fantastic bell and gold ring etc.wish I was there
Great finds and such adorable kitties
Cheers Angel👍🏻🐾🧡
Looking forward
It would be neat if you designed a signet ring in the style of the SJ ring you found (obviously different second initial) to “sign” all your work with! What a fun day, Simon!
I’m Sammy Jaggs and would buy that SJ ring
Hi Simon, Nicola, what interesting finds. The Dime is US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He served between Years 1933 to 1945. He was our President during World War II. Friends with Churchill. One dime is 10 cents equals 10 pennies. Longest serving President in United States history. A little history for you both. Great video. Joyce❤️🙏🇺🇸
Looked like the profile of Lyndon Johnson if the date was 1969. 1989 would be Reagan or HW Bush. Great video again thanks.
Always happy to see the dynamic duo of mud!
Hi Si, I'm really enjoying the drained reservoir videos. The (very droppable) cap/ cover piece you found near the beginning of this one looks like a bracelet piece. There would have been several strung together (depending on the age it could be silk cord through to nylon jelly roll). I could be wrong, but that's what it reminded me of, as I have many. They turn up a lot in my bags of broken jewellery and bead purchases. Could be a precious metal, but more often than not, it's a base metal that's either plated in gold or silver... or painted in gold or silver paint. 😂 I can send you pics of other examples that I dug out of one of my jars while watching the rest of the video.😅 The centre can be anything from a plastic/ acrylic inlay, enamel, cloisonne, through to semi precious gem stones, crystal, or flowers in resin. Generally part of a fast fashion/ costume jewellery of the day, but could still be fast fashion from 100 years back.😊
I know exactly what you mean. It could well be. Cheers
How fun! Nice that you❤ are respectful of the offerings, and thinking of things like leaving the big pots for fish. Thats thinking outside the box. Glad you both found some jewelry.
Really awesome finds.
Nice finds both!! Must be so much more out there. I think the 'puffin' is a toucan, wonder if it's from Guinness? The rings are fab, trust Nicola to find a butterfly!!! Love the bell, looks great of poor Nelson. My cat had most of his teeth out last year, he drools everywhere now bless him. Always great to see Daisy as well - oh and you of course 😂😉
Awesome findings enjoy
THe little silver embossed item may be the corner from a sterling desk set that was on the corner of the big blotter, there was usually 4 of them..(why its hollow)
Best mud larking videos I've seen online.. well done..very entertaining
Cheers Mudlover👍🏻🐾🧡
Amazing to see the Welsh Harp in that state! Having lived near there for over 30 years, id always seen it full! Amazing!!
Hey Si, just a guess but I think the halved coin you found might be a small cabinet hinge decoration. Probably homemade. It would explain the holes in the back of it too. The other half could have been on the other side of the split so when you pulled the drawer or cabinet open it gave the illusion of being split while when it was shut it may have helped hide the presence of a cabinet. I only suggest this because my parents over here have restored a lot of antique furniture and I’ve seen stuff like that before. But we also live in the states and not the UK so it could be different in regard to the furniture over there. Anyway, just a thought.
Enjoyed this video Si. What a day for great finds.
Cheers Sheena👍🏻🐾🧡
Great finds. Bell is my favorite. You have a pretty kitty & a handsome one.
Cheers Denise👍🏻🐾🧡
Just the greatest X 2 🙂♥️
What a good day for you! Wow you get the best offers!! A real treasure trove with rings galore - so jealous! Thank you for sharing. How magical to ring the bell after so long. I think your little glass cap was a watch. The signet ring with sterling probably dates to the 1920-1930, they didn’t have to hallmark lighter pieces that or it’s American. I reckon Sheba was an Alsatian - lots were called that in the 1970’s! I just watched Nicola’s video where you were seen speeding past the fort on the hovercraft! If you know, you know 😂
Haha cheers Karen!
Wow that croatal bell all that time is in excellent condition. Wow wow wow. I love when you and Nicola team up. Can't wait to see more.
I love the way Si and Nick are such comfortable mudlark friends. They are so easy to watch without the over exaggerated enthusiasm that other UA-camrs have. You guys are cool!
Thanks so much. Keepin’ it real! 👍🏻🐾🧡
Ahh that ring got my initials. Love it!
Thanks for the video.
Awesome finds Si and Nicola !!!!
Nice! I just watched Nic's video telling us about this one. Happy Sunday.🌞
Nice finds! Beautiful cats!
That was Fantastic
Cheers Jason👍🏻🐾🧡
The dime is Eisenhower . A lovely bunch of finds.
Can’t wait Si!!!
You two are such fun to watch. Love the crotal bell.
OMG! I loved all of this! I'd forgotten how huge our coins used to be, for a shilling (one bob) I could buy (in 1965 ) a portion of chips, a Milky Way and the Beano . . . sounds like a good night in! My fave was the crotal bell, it made me well-up, so old and so English . . . fab. . u . . lous! Thank you so much.
I have two of those bells. The larger of the two is a ringer but the other one is more corroded and has no 'pea'. Neither one has any decoration. I knew what they were ('Lead sheep' bells) but didn't know what they were called. But now I do! So thank you for that. 🙂
Nice one Martin👍🏻🐾🧡
Awe so wonderful, as always. Thanks to the two of you.
Cheers Kath👍🏻🐾🧡
Very coold finds! Wish I was there.
The Prince and the Queen! 🤗🥰 Excellent finds!👍😃 The bell is my fave 😊🥰Thanx for the mudventure ❤
Cheers Mudlover👍🏻🐾🧡
💖 Thank you for another wonderful mud adventure BTW, You have the cutest kitties 🐈⬛
Cheers Heidi 👍🏻🐾🧡
What a day you both had.. class guys and another great video. Keep it up 💪💪🫡
U guys should keep doing this reservoir ..
Hi Simon, I’m not feeling well today, but wanted to tell you it was great to see you and Nicola together again. Great finds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💜
Cheers Susan. Get well soon!
Given the number of offerings, the pearl ring is very possibly a Vedic Astrology / Jyotish (Indian) ring.
It's rubbish and the person who placed it there should be fined a few thousand pounds!
Wonderful video with Nicole!😊
Cheers Madeline👍🏻🐾🧡
I love watching you and Nicola finding lots of history and treasures Simon, you both seem to have lots of fun?! 👍🤟🫶🏻
That reservoir really delivers on finds ! Best wishes from Montana !
Oooooo! You both found some cracking stuff! A lovely day out. Thanks for sharing! ❤❤😊
Cheers Irene 👍🏻🐾🧡
SO much fun! I will pop on over to Nicola's channel to see about that gold ring! ;)
EEEk!! I feel your pain Nelly, as I've been to the dentist too this week! Darling fur bubbas. And cracking finds from you both but my favorite is the Crotal bell, which were also used on horse-drawn vehicles. LOVE it Thank you both! xx Teresa ❤🇦🇺
Cheers Teresa👍🏻🐾🧡
It's not an official mudlark til Si drops a find!! Some really good stuff you two found. Always so interesting and exciting to see what you pull out of the mud!!
Haha very true Michelle 😂
Great set of finds between the two of you, congratulations.Awesome video as always, look forward to the next one
The excitement and anticipation of what you might find is always present great watch mate 👌👍