It’s the chatelaine pieces for me, so much history surrounds them. They make such practical sense especially for crafters. I can think of lots of useful bits and pieces to carry with me, the bonus being never having to say “now where did I put that down?” Your lovely plate restoration was a very close second.
Ladies, you really outdid yourselves this week! WOW 🫶 The poison bottles are AMAZING, and that chatelaine set! Chatelaines chains were the “mom purses” of their day, weren’t they? “Scissors, nail cleaner, magnifying glass… no problem! I’ve got you!” Also - Betty White at 26:16 #awww! #StayGoldenGirls ✨
Mining the chuck out is known as "tailing piles" to this day people can find treasure, ie: gold, crystals, and minerals in the tailings of old mines! Thank you for sharing!
I’m in love with the concept of repairing a cherished piece with gold. It makes it more precious ❣️ For the wall of wonder, I nominate the repaired dish and the small blue poison bottle. Whatever makes it to the WOW will be just right❣️
I attend a recovery group (recovery from anything -- substances, people, emotional issues) -- and we have used the story of Kintsugi to show that people who once were whole, and have been broken -- can be patched back together, and we can even be proud of the scars and repairs, and be stronger for going through it all. Great to see you recovering these great artifacts -- and not hiding the repairs in some cases, but showing the care you have for restoring broken things....
That little perfume bottle that you found in the beginning with the hole in the side , I think I would have kept it and filled it with a blue grout and then put a small porcelain doll coming out of it 😀
Awesome finds I love all the beautiful bottles and love the silver thing that was said it was part of a tool thing ladies had hanging from there dress.
That kintsugi is beautiful! Thanks for sharing the amazing repair of that piece of history, and thank you for sharing another great mudlarking adventure!
I am so fascinated about your videos. 3 weeks ago i found this channel and watched all of them. Thank you for taking me with you on your adventures. Unfortunately there are not so nice bottles to be found here. But sea glas I've been collecting for many years. I look forward to more videos. Greetings from Germany!!🌹🌹
I think that this episode of mud lurking for you has to be the best in variety and quality! Love watching everyone of your postings. Your jewelry your bottle digging your mud Larkin all of it and the nature that you include in them is very relaxing
I was going to suggest the same thing. That’s how the museum conservationists restore and repair antique porcelain. There’s a UA-cam channel by #Lakesidepottery. They have a very good video demo of the process.
Hello Beauties, where shall I start? The poison bottles are simply amazing, and the pipe bowls will definitely make wonderful little fairy houses. I am at a loss to think of how you two ladies can spot such small beads. Your little fairy's head is just right for casting a lovely little necklace. Last but certainly not least is the pottery shard that Gail handed to Alex....could it have represented a scene in a Beatrix Potter's book of Peter Rabbit's friends?? Now what should I choose for display?... I believe I'll have to say the pottery shard. It may just belong there. As always Greetings from North Carolina U.S.A.
I just love the both of you when you find something that makes you giggle and even the disappointment of a broken find. You have given me great pleasure in my year of 75 and now in my year of 76 I will continue to watch every thing you find and make . My choice would be the shoe that Gail made and the Cunard card and both poison bottles. I know that this is a late message but wouldn't it be nice to review your best finds of 2022 for me and others. Now that I'm 76 I am sure I will enjoy all your adventures all year long, thank you. Susann76 P.S. What ever happened to all those gold crystals that you found?
What a great dig sight! I think you may have missed a reddish bead when you picked up the Chatelaine object. It’s my first choice for the window of fame. Your reconstructed plate is second although it should go on display elsewhere. I really enjoyed the shots of the orange fungus and the music accompanying it. What a beautiful day.
I have a suggestion. Since you’re both so artistic why don’t you try a little china painting. You have the kiln and the spirit of adventure. My experience with China painting has been doll making and repair. I just worked on a really nice doll head that had lost paint on one side of it’s head. I was amazed at how well it turned out without a great deal of work. Also fire on decals that could make some interesting decoration on some of the pottery. I’ve also made porcelain reproductions of all kinds of things by making plaster molds and using porcelain slip. So many fun things to do!
I've been waiting for you to try Kintsugi! Not bad for an epoxi version! As you do find items in pieces now and then it's a beautiful way of giving discarded items a second life and a beauty that tells the story of beimg found and repaired. The shards of pretty china are endless in the UK! I wonder if theres a way of making "patchwork china" with odd shards? I suppose one would need more of a putty type strong adhesive (as the breaks wouldn't match) to start out? Or perhaps one could pieve them together with tiffany technique, ie solder used for leadless stained glass pieces and then cover with gold or silver leaf? Imagine how many pretty fantasy plates, vases, dishes you might make using pretty pieces of pottery, china and colored glass?! The tiles or broken ones could make pretty hotplates/pot rests laying them as mosaics. That piece of silver chatelain is fantastic! 💕👌
For me I can't decide between the chatelaine tools or the Mayflower plate for the window. Regardless, please display the plate to show off that respectful restoration! Thank you ladies.
What beautiful finds! Alex, you did a beautiful job on that Kintsugi not sure if my spelling is correct. I was lovely. I always enjoy your videos because you bring the camera so close it’s like I’m right there with you. Keep up your good work. You always give wonderful information on things you’ve found. I have learned so much on so many interesting people from our past. Lots of love from Diane in upstate New York. If you ever come to New York you are most welcome.
What an exciting adventure! You found so many wonderful items. I love the poison bottles, the octagonal blue was amazing. My favorites would have to be the Kintsugi dish and the silver chatelaine's piece. Please keep doing what you do. Take care!
🤔2hrs.ago?lol I had a feeling I'd see a new upload.💖&😯ya found all the pieces.wouldn't that lil flower china dish look lovely repaired with gold?😉👍😎 # congrats!🙂
The window find is difficult this week. It's a decision between what I love most, and what would look best in the window. So, 1) the black pipe bowl - absolute belter! Love love love. 2) the sky blue ink with the W on it. The way it shines in the sunlight is beautiful.
An absolute delight to find your video waiting for me after a hectic day..totally relaxing and fascinating as always..love the pixie head and chatelaine piece..the music is beautiful too.Much love to you both!
Id like to see the tiny dolls dish go into the window... but as a bath for one of your tiny charlottes. lovely hunt...I appreciate the time and care you put into cleaning and showing your amazing bits happy hunting
As usual, a wonderful and informative video. Thank you for taking us all on another adventure. I imagine you've already done a tutorial on how you get your bottles so sparkling clean, could you link it so I can watch it? If I go on my own I will watch all the videos until I find it and my family will starve and have no clean clothes😂😂😂 Thank you again for sharing your adventures!
DO: Feed ducks cracked corn, oats, rice, birdseed, frozen peas, chopped lettuce, or sliced grapes. These foods are similar to natural foods ducks will forage for on their own. DON'T: Leave uneaten food lying around. Leftover food in the water can rot and cause deadly algae blooms that affect local wildlife.
Out of everything you ladies have crafted I would love to own that plate with the gold. Brilliantly done. Did you think of this idea or was it from something you've seen. I watch everything. Sometimes I replay your videos when I try to sleep because of your soft pretty voices 💗.
The Borrowers come out to the Northern Mudlarks' yard under the table...🏃♀️🏃♂️ "Mum, Daddy, come look; we're rich! It's really, truly gold! A fortune!"
Hi Alex and Gail, is it possible to reveal how you get those stained and bloomed bottles so sparkling? Even under the harsh sun, they look perfect! I have several antique bottles that could do with some treatment. I've tried the 'grit and shake' one but it didn't work! Is there a special bottle cleaner that you use?
Hello, I just started watching your program, I need to ask... where do the beads come from, they already have holes in them... I dont understand where they come from?
What a lovely look for us who are interested in old thing that would be lost for ever if it wasn't for people liking your self's. We all appreciate the attention to detail and dedication you all give too these wonderful adventures. Keep it up ladies. Love you all from Steven from South Elmsall/pontefract Castle Town..
Love the chatelaine piece! And the fact that you did not throw it in melting pot but took the time to discover what it was. It deserves a window spot ❤️
Love love love that Gail found all the pieces of a broken plate! That's in my top 5 favorite Northern Mudlarks moments. And the repair that Alex did is stunning.
The dish with the kinsugi treatment is an absolute treasure. So beautiful. Preserving history in such a lovely artful way. Thank you for sharing with us.
I really enjoyed this video, poison bottles are my favourites, and you guys struck a goldmine! That huge bottle blew me away when it was cleaned up, it looked so perfect and new, not like something that has been precariously existing in a rocky dump for decades.
Hello Gail and Alex. We had such a wonderful time on our mudlarking adventure with you lovely ladies. I had had a rough, long night at work, and this video was just what I needed to relax. Gail, how lucky were you to come across all the broken pieces of that plate, and Alex, you did an amazing job on the kintsugi repair with the gold leaf. The plate is my vote for the windowsill of wonders this week, along with the chatelaine's tool, I'm so glad you're not melting it down. Thanks as always for your wonderfully upbeat personalities and the informative stories behind some of your finds. I never knew about breast pumps being around since, well, almost forever. Truly a wonderful haul this week. Greetings and good wishes to you both from your friend in North Carolina. Take care until next time. The swans in the background are so pretty and peaceful.
Hi. I just wanted you to know that good ole elmers glue will do the same if not much much better than epoxy. I personally have glued 2 700 yr old olive jars with it, one in my yard, one inside for years. The best thing is that its non toxic
No bread but peas or corn. Great video this week Gals!
I love the little pixie head and the poison bottles.
Love the blue poison bottle and the sponge print sherd.
It’s the chatelaine pieces for me, so much history surrounds them. They make such practical sense especially for crafters. I can think of lots of useful bits and pieces to carry with me, the bonus being never having to say “now where did I put that down?” Your lovely plate restoration was a very close second.
I agree. These were my choice as well.
Wonderful finds, I vote for the silver tools and the smallest cobalt blue poison to go in the window :-)
Ladies, you really outdid yourselves this week! WOW 🫶 The poison bottles are AMAZING, and that chatelaine set! Chatelaines chains were the “mom purses” of their day, weren’t they? “Scissors, nail cleaner, magnifying glass… no problem! I’ve got you!” Also - Betty White at 26:16 #awww! #StayGoldenGirls ✨
Your repair of that broken plate is beautiful!
The chatelaine would look stunning on a long silver chain ❤️❤️❤️love it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
The chatelaine piece should go in the window . What an amazing piece of history!
I vote for the chatelain part for the window !! What a great little find and well restored.
Mining the chuck out is known as "tailing piles" to this day people can find treasure, ie: gold, crystals, and minerals in the tailings of old mines! Thank you for sharing!
The plate redo is amazing ♥️♥️♥️
The plate restoration. You did such a lovely job!
The plate repair was so interesting and I liked the blue pattern. An interesting history trip, thanks.
I’m in love with the concept of repairing a cherished piece with gold. It makes it more precious ❣️
For the wall of wonder, I nominate the repaired dish and the small blue poison bottle. Whatever makes it to the WOW will be just right❣️
Great porcelain and tiles and stories…just a remarkable site and haul.
The shatalein tool for the window of wonders 🥰🥰👍🏴
I attend a recovery group (recovery from anything -- substances, people, emotional issues) -- and we have used the story of Kintsugi to show that people who once were whole, and have been broken -- can be patched back together, and we can even be proud of the scars and repairs, and be stronger for going through it all. Great to see you recovering these great artifacts -- and not hiding the repairs in some cases, but showing the care you have for restoring broken things....
That's beautiful.
Eloquently put thanks for sharing and keep up " your patching"!
can You tell us, how You are cleaning the bottles?
...it's amazing, when they look like new!
Exceptional finds!
That little perfume bottle that you found in the beginning with the hole in the side , I think I would have kept it and filled it with a blue grout and then put a small porcelain doll coming out of it 😀
I vote for the tiny pixie head! Adorable! What great finds!
So many beautiful things it is hard to choose. I like the repaired dish with the gold.
Wonderful finds!
Awesome finds I love all the beautiful bottles and love the silver thing that was said it was part of a tool thing ladies had hanging from there dress.
Beautiful finds as always xx
Such wonderful finds! And the chatelaine! I was a metalsmith for 40 years & always wanted to make one.
Wonderful finds. Love the video and history of the items. Thank you!
Thank you for the information and history! Great job!
That kintsugi is beautiful! Thanks for sharing the amazing repair of that piece of history, and thank you for sharing another great mudlarking adventure!
I am so fascinated about your videos. 3 weeks ago i found this channel and watched all of them. Thank you for taking me with you on your adventures. Unfortunately there are not so nice bottles to be found here. But sea glas I've been collecting for many years. I look forward to more videos. Greetings from Germany!!🌹🌹
I recommend feeding birds non-bread products- there are many articles on the negative effects that bread can have on their stomachs. Lovely video!
I think that this episode of mud lurking for you has to be the best in variety and quality! Love watching everyone of your postings. Your jewelry your bottle digging your mud Larkin all of it and the nature that you include in them is very relaxing
Put some sand in a box and use it to “hold” your pieces together. While waiting to dry
I was going to suggest the same thing. That’s how the museum conservationists restore and repair antique porcelain.
There’s a UA-cam channel by #Lakesidepottery. They have a very good video demo of the process.
Hello Beauties, where shall I start? The poison bottles are simply amazing, and the pipe bowls will definitely make wonderful little fairy houses. I am at a loss to think of how you two ladies can spot such small beads. Your little fairy's head is just right for casting a lovely little necklace. Last but certainly not least is the pottery shard that Gail handed to Alex....could it have represented a scene in a Beatrix Potter's book of Peter Rabbit's friends?? Now what should I choose for display?... I believe I'll have to say the pottery shard. It may just belong there. As always Greetings from North Carolina U.S.A.
Love to watch you two lovely ladies! I live in the Southern part of USA! I am a big fan!
Love the quest with you both so calming thank you Gail and Alex love and blessings from Oregon 🇺🇸
I just love the both of you when you find something that makes you giggle and even the disappointment of a broken find. You have given me great pleasure in my year of 75 and now in my year of 76 I will continue to watch every thing you find and make . My choice would be the shoe that Gail made and the Cunard card and both poison bottles. I know that this is a late message but wouldn't it be nice to review your best finds of 2022 for me and others. Now that I'm 76 I am sure I will enjoy all your adventures all year long, thank you. Susann76 P.S. What ever happened to all those gold crystals that you found?
What a great dig sight! I think you may have missed a reddish bead when you picked up the Chatelaine object. It’s my first choice for the window of fame. Your reconstructed plate is second although it should go on display elsewhere. I really enjoyed the shots of the orange fungus and the music accompanying it. What a beautiful day.
It would of COURSE said MAY FLOWER
It's a toss up Betwist the silver tool holder and the pieced together plate both outstanding finds and repairs!
I have a suggestion. Since you’re both so artistic why don’t you try a little china painting. You have the kiln and the spirit of adventure. My experience with China painting has been doll making and repair. I just worked on a really nice doll head that had lost paint on one side of it’s head. I was amazed at how well it turned out without a great deal of work. Also fire on decals that could make some interesting decoration on some of the pottery. I’ve also made porcelain reproductions of all kinds of things by making plaster molds and using porcelain slip. So many fun things to do!
I've been waiting for you to try Kintsugi! Not bad for an epoxi version! As you do find items in pieces now and then it's a beautiful way of giving discarded items a second life and a beauty that tells the story of beimg found and repaired.
The shards of pretty china are endless in the UK! I wonder if theres a way of making "patchwork china" with odd shards? I suppose one would need more of a putty type strong adhesive (as the breaks wouldn't match) to start out? Or perhaps one could pieve them together with tiffany technique, ie solder used for leadless stained glass pieces and then cover with gold or silver leaf?
Imagine how many pretty fantasy plates, vases, dishes you might make using pretty pieces of pottery, china and colored glass?! The tiles or broken ones could make pretty hotplates/pot rests laying them as mosaics.
That piece of silver chatelain is fantastic!
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Such wonderful finds today. Old things are fascinating to discover and learn about or repurpose. I enjoy seeing them put to one use or another. ❣️
Great hunt girls, love the blue poison, excellent video.
Gorgeous Alex…thank you!!!
For me I can't decide between the chatelaine tools or the Mayflower plate for the window. Regardless, please display the plate to show off that respectful restoration! Thank you ladies.
You’re braver than I, doing gold leaf outdoors 😊
What beautiful finds! Alex, you did a beautiful job on that Kintsugi not sure if my spelling is correct. I was lovely. I always enjoy your videos because you bring the camera so close it’s like I’m right there with you. Keep up your good work. You always give wonderful information on things you’ve found. I have learned so much on so many interesting people from our past. Lots of love from Diane in upstate New York. If you ever come to New York you are most welcome.
What an exciting adventure! You found so many wonderful items. I love the poison bottles, the octagonal blue was amazing. My favorites would have to be the Kintsugi dish and the silver chatelaine's piece. Please keep doing what you do. Take care!
Beautiful finds ladies well done x
Love to find old things in the dirt
The plate looks lovely…
🤔2hrs.ago?lol I had a feeling I'd see a new upload.💖&😯ya found all the pieces.wouldn't that lil flower china dish look lovely repaired with gold?😉👍😎 # congrats!🙂
Oh My Cod! "Lidia" and Alex, you are awesome!!
❤💙💜💖 figurines & beads & glass bottle caps 👍 HISTORY story telling.
❤💙💜💖 nature & 🎶🎵 SO COLORFUL! choreographed artistic 📹 & 🏆🏆🏆
DOCUMENTARY!
The window find is difficult this week. It's a decision between what I love most, and what would look best in the window. So, 1) the black pipe bowl - absolute belter! Love love love. 2) the sky blue ink with the W on it. The way it shines in the sunlight is beautiful.
An absolute delight to find your video waiting for me after a hectic day..totally relaxing and fascinating as always..love the pixie head and chatelaine piece..the music is beautiful too.Much love to you both!
I would be soooo excited if you sold some replica porcelain paint pans, maybe in a small assortment of shapes and sizes.
Ladies,I use a quarter guage sieve from my rendering days to sieve the dirt for fine items that sometimes are missed.
Back to my favorite! Would love to be there today!
Always fresh and interesting.
Amazing finds and interesting stories about each one of your finds 😊 Love your videos. Keep them coming ❤️
Id like to see the tiny dolls dish go into the window... but as a bath for one of your tiny charlottes. lovely hunt...I appreciate the time and care you put into cleaning and showing your amazing bits happy hunting
If it's a part of history, keepit, even if it's broken!!!
For the window- the Scottish agate.
tool thing reminds me of cross stitching tools or sewing tools
As usual, a wonderful and informative video. Thank you for taking us all on another adventure. I imagine you've already done a tutorial on how you get your bottles so sparkling clean, could you link it so I can watch it? If I go on my own I will watch all the videos until I find it and my family will starve and have no clean clothes😂😂😂 Thank you again for sharing your adventures!
DO: Feed ducks cracked corn, oats, rice, birdseed, frozen peas, chopped lettuce, or sliced grapes. These foods are similar to natural foods ducks will forage for on their own. DON'T: Leave uneaten food lying around. Leftover food in the water can rot and cause deadly algae blooms that affect local wildlife.
Out of everything you ladies have crafted I would love to own that plate with the gold. Brilliantly done. Did you think of this idea or was it from something you've seen. I watch everything. Sometimes I replay your videos when I try to sleep because of your soft pretty voices 💗.
You were brave to use gold leaf outside in a Scottish summer afternoon! You could have lost the lot in one go!
Que du Bonheur🎬Beau Travail comme d'habitude🔬Alex From France🍀🌹🌹🌌🙏😉
Your intro and video's are awesome 👍❤.
The Borrowers come out to the Northern Mudlarks' yard under the table...🏃♀️🏃♂️ "Mum, Daddy, come look; we're rich! It's really, truly gold! A fortune!"
Pixie head for the window!
The heads, arms, legs are just waiting to go home with Alex.
Hi Alex and Gail, is it possible to reveal how you get those stained and bloomed bottles so sparkling? Even under the harsh sun, they look perfect! I have several antique bottles that could do with some treatment. I've tried the 'grit and shake' one but it didn't work! Is there a special bottle cleaner that you use?
3:54 idea, next time add gold pigment to the epoxy 😉
Commented too soon, 😂
👍👌👏 So you found a heart bead in a heart beat!? ;-)
💕👌👍
Sarah from Manchester would lose her mind over that little jam pot
"Where's ya face, mate?"😂😂
The egg shell made me wonder- weren't you thinking of getting shwoo eggs or babies this Spring? Did you?
Hello, I just started watching your program, I need to ask... where do the beads come from, they already have holes in them... I dont understand where they come from?
I love you put gold on the cracks, instead of trying to hide them! Like accepting wrinkles, it’s part of life and history ❤️
And gray hair♥️I love mine😂
I love the gold touch too
That's the essence of Kintsugi....
What a lovely look for us who are interested in old thing that would be lost for ever if it wasn't for people liking your self's. We all appreciate the attention to detail and dedication you all give too these wonderful adventures. Keep it up ladies. Love you all from Steven from South Elmsall/pontefract Castle Town..
Loved this episode of treasures. The silver tools are my choice for the window of wonder. But they are all worthy.
Love the chatelaine piece! And the fact that you did not throw it in melting pot but took the time to discover what it was. It deserves a window spot ❤️
I agree
Love love love that Gail found all the pieces of a broken plate! That's in my top 5 favorite Northern Mudlarks moments. And the repair that Alex did is stunning.
The dish with the kinsugi treatment is an absolute treasure. So beautiful. Preserving history in such a lovely artful way. Thank you for sharing with us.
The pixie 🧚♀️ head was my favorite!!
I am soo happy!! My day hasn’t been the best but now I have a new video of yours to make it better!! Thanks y’all!!
I really enjoyed this video, poison bottles are my favourites, and you guys struck a goldmine! That huge bottle blew me away when it was cleaned up, it looked so perfect and new, not like something that has been precariously existing in a rocky dump for decades.
That silver tool holder would be good for the window. I'm glad your not going to melt it.
Alex wonderful job on the plate! You both are so talented! I Loooovvveee the Swans and the basket pipe bowl. It's so different!
Hello Gail and Alex. We had such a wonderful time on our mudlarking adventure with you lovely ladies. I had had a rough, long night at work, and this video was just what I needed to relax. Gail, how lucky were you to come across all the broken pieces of that plate, and Alex, you did an amazing job on the kintsugi repair with the gold leaf. The plate is my vote for the windowsill of wonders this week, along with the chatelaine's tool, I'm so glad you're not melting it down. Thanks as always for your wonderfully upbeat personalities and the informative stories behind some of your finds. I never knew about breast pumps being around since, well, almost forever. Truly a wonderful haul this week. Greetings and good wishes to you both from your friend in North Carolina. Take care until next time.
The swans in the background are so pretty and peaceful.
WINDOW OF WONDERS The pretty plate ,Alex repaired.
Hi. I just wanted you to know that good ole elmers glue will do the same if not much much better than epoxy. I personally have glued 2 700 yr old olive jars with it, one in my yard, one inside for years. The best thing is that its non toxic
Alex, than silly grin was gorgious and sweet
I love when she pulls faces at the camera, it's creepy, endearing, and funny all at once 🤣
A gold coin one day, and now a gold saucer😀
Thank you for such an enjoyable film. Awesome.