WOW! Things we find Mudlarking in an empty river! Upcycling special!

If you enjoyed this Mudlark, see our previous trip where we find a bucket load of Victorian Clay pipes and coins https://youtu.be/EVlIb3KqGns

Si's face when Nic was rhapsodizing over the duck - LOL

You could try a little purple paint mixed in with the black on the coin, it will help to reduce the orange a bit. Always go for the opposite colour on the colour wheel if you want to try to tone down a specific colour.

Dear Simon, the starboard side is the right side with a green light and the port side is left with a red light. I think you may have it reversed. Thank you for a wonderful episode

Hi Si! Great video! Wow, I just love what you did with the lamp. What a transformation - to think it was at the bottom of that river rusting away for decades and now it's looking fab and hanging up on the side of your mudlarking cave! Love it. N

Si and Nicola need to open a Mudlarking Museum. It could be virtual, but it would be an awesome way for them, and other Mudlarks, to catalog all their finds.

Lantern came out killer. String a bunch of those pipe stems vertically and make room dividers like the ones made of beads. They had them in the 60-70s. There's so many of them at that site. 👍

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but a trick to get that paint into small areas for highlighting and such. If you're using acrylic paints, thin it out a bit with some isopropyl alcohol, lets the paint flow more easily into the nooks and such. Just a tip from someone who paints miniatures on occasion.

Nicola: "Say it like you mean it!" LOL. There's so much in that little stream - love the lamp (it brushed up really well) but what a pity about the token, but still interesting! I thought the key was for a clock - but I learn something new all the time on your channel! Thanks Si!

George 111 forged coins were so common his nickname became 'copper knob' because the silver wore off the nose first.

The water or wind sounds in the background keep coming up on closed captioning as "applause." You are getting a lot of encouragement. 😊

Wow that riverbed was very generous to you both! Have a great Valentine's Day.

Nicola recently pulled out a whole cod bottle from the Thames foreshore in the snow. That’s the first time, in all the mudlarking videos I’ve watched over the last year, that I’ve seen someone pull out a whole cod bottle. :)

Simon, A bit of "Deja-Vu" ehhh? I loved the 3 pence cleanup, here in the States , Metal Detectorists find George 1,2 and 3 around old Colonial sites along the East Coast. As I watch your video, I look East out my window here in Ferndale ,WA. and watch the light snowfall, the first significant one this winter. I think about you and Nicola braving the winter weather to search for treasures. knowing how complex and diverse the detritus of the past is there. Our treasures are the Cascade Mountains with old growth forests and some COUGARS!,and on a clear day, I can see Mt. Baker looming up, thirty miles East of here. We don't have your layered history ,but growing up near the New Jersey pine barrens and the forgotten towns and forges pre and after the Revolution offered me a glimpse into our early days. Cheers, Rik Spector

Who'd have thought, it's a real education watching you guys. Thanks

It thrills me to know that you take the time to upcycle your historic finds and you do it so well. Absolutely love that lantern.

You and Nicola light up our lives across the pound.

The look on your face when Nicola picks up the duck is priceless 🤣

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It's always a lark tagging along with you guys. That lantern is magnificent. You're so right. It looks so much better looking its age.