The Most UNEXPECTED Find Mudlarking London!

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[00:00:01]Coming up, we go mugarking in London for treasure. It's like a Roman lamp, isn't it? Matt does a silly dance.

[00:00:08]>> Oh, that's a real dad dance.

[00:00:10]>> Wild horses nearly kill me.

[00:00:12]>> Sniff an egg. Wasn't expecting this.

[00:00:15]Hi, girls.

[00:00:16]>> And I lose a cat. God, I've lost her.

[00:00:20]All that and loads of mega finds coming up. Well, the closer I get to this bridge, the more coins there are.

[00:00:31]All right, mud lovers. How you doing?

[00:00:33]I'm with Matthew. I'm back again. You're back again. Sorry, man.

[00:00:36]>> Yeah, getting me muddy already, boy.

[00:00:38]Anyway, we're down here mud ling on the river's foreshore looking for anything old and interesting and yeah, I think I found something old and interesting already.

[00:00:46]>> I don't know. It's one of those kind of like don't know what it is moments. What do you reckon about this? Come and take a look.

[00:00:55]>> There is some writing on it. Give me some rain on it. Get this.

[00:01:08]>> So, I was uh detectorizing as we both are. You got the Scout. I've got the uh 800 with a little coil.

[00:01:13]>> And look right beneath your feet. See that?

[00:01:16]>> Yeah.

[00:01:18]>> Right. Weird, isn't it? Look.

[00:01:22]>> Oh, okay. Do you think it's a a laddin's lamp?

[00:01:28]>> Could be a genie in the bottle. It looks like a Roman lamp, doesn't it? But they didn't make them out of iron, did they?

[00:01:33]>> No. No.

[00:01:34]>> What you reckon?

[00:01:35]>> Is it hollow? I know.

[00:01:38]>> How strange.

[00:01:39]>> Yeah.

[00:01:40]>> Now, last time I gave something to Matt, he broke it.

[00:01:46]>> I don't think we're going to break that one.

[00:01:49]>> What you reckon, Roman?

[00:01:52]>> Anglo-Saxon, obviously. Yeah. Weird little thing though. I reckon that clear quite nicely.

[00:01:56]>> Yeah. I wonder what it is.

[00:01:57]>> Yeah. I've never seen anything like that before. Give it a little wash, shall we?

[00:02:02]I think so.

[00:02:08]>> Oh, almost dropped it then. It's been there a while cuz it's got loads of crud in it. That's cool though.

[00:02:21]Looks like it's got a bit of waist to it, doesn't it?

[00:02:24]>> Yeah, >> that's cute.

[00:02:26]>> It does. I mean, is >> definitely some sort of does look a similar shape to a lamp, doesn't it?

[00:02:31]>> Yeah.

[00:02:32]>> Going for a Roman oil lamp.

[00:02:34]>> Yeah, I still >> Until until we know better. You're looking very tan, by the way. We've been on holiday.

[00:02:38]>> I have jealous.

[00:02:41]>> And it looks like it's a little bit bent that way as well. So, it's it's had a little life, mate.

[00:02:48]But not >> could be an oil lamp. A version of have to see what sort of iron oil lamps they do. Unless it was for something like melting tar or something. Putting on the boats.

[00:03:03]>> Pouring as well.

[00:03:04]>> Yeah. Little pouring spout. That's cool though. I like that.

[00:03:09]>> Oh, here we go. He's going to break it for me.

[00:03:11]>> No.

[00:03:13]>> Get that stone out.

[00:03:15]Previously, Matt has actually snapped a knife of mine trying to get it out of the hard pack. And he's even managed to shatter a cannonball. Why am I trusting him?

[00:03:23]>> Proper wedged in there.

[00:03:24]>> Don't break it. Don't break it. It's going to flick in my eye, isn't it?

[00:03:28]>> I hope so.

[00:03:29]>> Hey, see don't take too much cuz I can maybe I can smell it. See if it's Give it a whiff. Is it smell oily?

[00:03:39]>> Yeah, it does actually. Yeah, >> that Tzo, you know, the black mud >> aroma dames, right? Well, we'll find out what this is. Cool little lamp thingy.

[00:03:49]Oil lamp pot dudah.

[00:03:52]>> Well, mud lovers, I'm always finding weird and wonderful things last dropped by the hands that used them sometimes centuries ago. So, please like and subscribe if you haven't done so already, and tap the notification bell so you don't miss out on any future mud adventures.

[00:04:08]This oil lamp could be centuries old.

[00:04:10]Some examples date back to the medieval period and were hand beaten out of one sheet of iron. However, I think it's more likely that mine is a Georgian cruisy oil lamp, which in themselves are quite rare and sell for hundreds of pounds.

[00:04:25]Originating from Scotland's fishing towns, they were cheaper than candles and tended to use fish oils to illuminate the rooms in a cost-effective way.

[00:04:35]Cruisy lamps were hammered into the wall or hung on a nail. You can see where my one has broken off and consisted of stacked leafshaped vessels in which to hold the oil. The bottom one collected any little drips to reduce waste. A floating rush was then placed from the neck to act as a wick, soaking up the oil to burn a bright light source. Known as rush lighting, this humble little lamp helped illuminate a room on a boat or a house. Just imagine what scenes it might have witnessed over 200 years ago.

[00:05:06]As this is such a unique find, I'll be taking it to be recorded with the Museum of London, as is the condition of our mudlock in Perier.

[00:05:15]Well, mud lovers, as you can tell, it's getting a bit dark down here on the tennis foreshore and uh it's time to bring out the head torches. Now, my favorite head torches to use down here and anywhere really is anything by OITE.

[00:05:26]So, the one that I use all the time down the foreshore is this one here by Oite.

[00:05:30]It's called the Pun. It's their Pun 3, which is their newest type of head torch. It's really good, really bright, really easy to use. Bang. There we go.

[00:05:39]And now look how much the foreshore is illuminated to go mud locking. And with the Pun 3, you get this awesome little strap that goes over your noggin. So it acts like a well is head torch. So that's perfect. And once that's on, that's not coming off. And you can direct it as well. That swivels in its case. So you can Oh, it's got a red light as well. That's cool. Didn't know that. So yeah, really good little piece of kit. Recommend it. If you want some for yourself, click the link in the description below. Right, without further ado. Let's use these and see what we can find.

[00:06:13]And now I've lost Matt. Oh well, it's a good job I've got this head torch to find him. Oh, there you are.

[00:06:20]And this is a good time to mention that in order to search the temps for you, you need a permit from the PLA. And there are areas like this which are off limits. For more information, visit www.pla.com. pla.co.uk.

[00:06:31]We'll find a pipe or two today.

[00:06:34]Got to be done in it.

[00:06:36]Oh, there we go. Talking of pipes. First pipe.

[00:06:40]Woohoo.

[00:06:42]Well, that was easy.

[00:06:45]Find some more. I reckon that's a nice 1730s pipe.

[00:06:49]Don't even need me a torch for that. And that's got a little handle.

[00:06:54]Nice.

[00:07:00]I've just stumbled across something pretty cool here. Look at that big old wagon wheel.

[00:07:05]I love it.

[00:07:08]Almost eroding all the way out.

[00:07:11]But that weighs an absolute ton. It's cool though.

[00:07:14]Yeah. Nice. I wheelie like that.

[00:07:20]Well, if I ever lose my spade mat, got a little one here.

[00:07:25]It's lovely though, isn't it?

[00:07:26]>> It's cute.

[00:07:28]>> Little Victorian. Actually, it's still got the wood on there.

[00:07:31]>> Is it really?

[00:07:32]>> Yeah.

[00:07:34]>> It's all squelchy. I can't think of a spade joke apart from what you just said. You can say again if you want.

[00:07:41]>> Call a spade. Spade. Hey.

[00:07:44]Well, I just found this strange little lid thing.

[00:07:47]And uh it's heavy. Heavy as anything.

[00:07:50]But look at that. All those nails on the other side.

[00:07:56]I've got no idea what that is.

[00:07:59]Anybody got any ideas? Let me know. It's like a very crude brush by Jove.

[00:08:05]Whatever you were brushing, it would tear it apart.

[00:08:09]I don't know why I said by Jove then. I never said that in my life, but I just said it then. But that is a very peculiar object. If you know, comment below.

[00:08:20]I mean, if it was meant to go in something, you don't need 400 nails.

[00:08:26]Maybe it's a bed of nails for a little mouse.

[00:08:32]I don't know. I'm stumped.

[00:08:35]Spiky and very, very sharp.

[00:08:38]I'll give it a clean up and see if that gives any more clues. Meanwhile, I'm going to brush up on my weird artifacts, I think. Oh, it could be a torture device.

[00:08:50]So, what do you think, mud lovers? Is this a medieval torture device, an elaborate balloon popper, or an extreme back scratcher? What do you think? Have a guess in the comments below, and all will be revealed later on.

[00:09:09]Well, my face is a bit red cuz I've been up and down this for all night, but Matt's had a good little find. Check it out. Oh, what you got, May boy? Looks very very warm, but uh maybe your better eyesight might uh >> Oh yeah, she's a warm one.

[00:09:24]Can see something on there.

[00:09:27]See a bit of a Oh, yeah. I can see a bit of a uh bit of a bus facing left. That might clean up right. I think that's George the second mate.

[00:09:34]>> Oh, nice.

[00:09:35]>> So lovely little coin.

[00:09:38]He's done right. Blind you with my head torch.

[00:09:41]Blinding find. Go.

[00:09:59]Oh, no one's going to tell me it's going to rain. Time for the old waterproofs.

[00:10:07]Oh, it's coming down now.

[00:10:10]Well, there's loads of rusty metal around here. And I've just picked up something and give it a little knock.

[00:10:15]And to my surprise, this came out of it.

[00:10:19]I don't expect them to be anything at any point normally, but this is a nice little handax. It's quite nice. It's covered in mud. Look, it was in this big concretion there. Didn't expect it to be anything, but as it came out, it presented this lovely axe.

[00:10:35]That's awesome.

[00:10:37]It's just so muddy around here.

[00:10:40]Oh, there we go. It's washing off nicely. I don't don't know on the age on that.

[00:10:46]Anyway, I'll take it. If there's a maker mark on it or anything, I'll let you know. That's pretty cool, though.

[00:10:51]Well, old and also very sharp.

[00:10:56]Well, a special thanks goes to the good people on my Facebook page who answered me when I tried to ID this over there.

[00:11:02]The consensus is that this is not an axe, but either a corking tool used for hammering in tar and rope between the boards of a ship or a chintz which is used in a similar way for barrel making.

[00:11:14]Either way, it's pretty old. Cheers, mud lovers.

[00:11:26]>> Well, Matt's come bounding over you, Matt.

[00:11:28]>> I have.

[00:11:29]>> Sorry, mate. Head torch. Head torch shining. Let's keep the heads down. Uh, and you reckon you've got a bit of bit of a dance to do?

[00:11:35]>> I might have. Let's have a look. So, we've got >> Oh, what? Wow.

[00:11:42]>> So, it's a ring from the looks of it.

[00:11:44]And a >> a necklace.

[00:11:46]>> Oh, brilliant.

[00:11:47]>> I've no idea if it's gold, but it's definitely gold colored.

[00:11:50]>> Could be.

[00:11:52]>> Oh, nice one, mate. Have to do a gold test on that.

[00:11:54]>> Yeah.

[00:11:55]>> And then what? Can we do a dance now?

[00:11:56]Like uh preliminary gold dance? Thought he's absolutely belting it down with rain.

[00:12:01]>> I know. Give us a gold shuffle then.

[00:12:07]>> Oh, that's a real dad dance. That's That's like end of the night job. I'm too drunk. Take me home.

[00:12:13]>> Muddy and wet.

[00:12:14]>> Yeah. Good find, man. Good find.

[00:12:16]>> Yeah. And then we just got >> Elizabeth the second penny.

[00:12:22]>> And uh ER2.

[00:12:24]>> Yes.

[00:12:25]>> Nice. probably can see the uh >> Oh, QE2. QE2. There we go. There we go.

[00:12:31]Nice, nice, nice.

[00:12:32]>> Well done on the gold. Well done on the gold or potential gold.

[00:12:35]>> Would you re It's modern, but really heavy.

[00:12:40]>> Oh, it's got glass in it. It's a hinge.

[00:12:42]>> It's a hinge off on those massive doors.

[00:12:44]>> Oh, is that what it is?

[00:12:45]>> I think so. Yeah, it looks like it. Like a shower door or something.

[00:12:47]>> Yeah, it makes sense. Yeah.

[00:12:48]>> Yeah.

[00:12:50]>> Big. Okay.

[00:12:50]>> Nice bit of scrap, though.

[00:12:51]>> You had a You had anything?

[00:12:53]>> I've just had a little axe thing. A little axe which is quite Yeah. A little ax. I'm getting I'm getting my hands dirty now again.

[00:12:59]>> I thought that's quite nice.

[00:13:00]>> Oh, all right.

[00:13:01]>> Yeah.

[00:13:02]>> Yeah. Covered in crud. Knocked it all off and uh that appears. So yeah, >> good.

[00:13:06]>> Right. Onward and upward.

[00:13:09]And another cool feature on this good low tide. Look at that anchor.

[00:13:15]Oh yeah, that look nice in my garden.

[00:13:18]Bit too big to pick up though, I think.

[00:13:21]Beautiful example though.

[00:13:24]It's got to be 3 400 years old, I reckon. Looks like he is anyway. Could be wrong.

[00:13:30]Cool as mud, right? I don't know if you can see that there in the light. Oh, Matt's helping with his head torch, but that is a little child's shoe sle.

[00:13:41]See if I can get it out. There we go.

[00:13:48]Oh, look at that. How sweet.

[00:13:51]probably Georgian, you know, maybe tuda.

[00:13:54]Little flat end there.

[00:13:58]I'll try and preserve that. Put it in newspaper and slowly dry it out. Bit of oil. That'll be right as rain.

[00:14:07]Imagine the little kitty that was running around in them.

[00:14:30]a little uh Victorian marble. Sweet.

[00:14:36]It was an eye bought first.

[00:14:38]>> This little chap was just sticking his little head out and I gave it a wiggle and it's pretty free. But this that's a nice early one.

[00:14:46]1650s, that sort of date. Nice small little bowl.

[00:14:52]Handsome.

[00:14:53]Well, down here we have a brick and obviously there's thousands of bricks on the foreshore.

[00:14:59]All in various condition, but I like this one.

[00:15:02]It's got South water on it and it's glazed and some sort of pretend screws. Or maybe they're real screws. I don't know.

[00:15:09]I wonder if they are real screws. Let's give it a quick no 10 screws. Cool design though. So, um I was recently at the uh Batsy power station and they had some bricks in there from the original power station that they painted.

[00:15:32]>> So, yeah, me and my dad went up the chimney at Paty Power Station and the views were amazing.

[00:15:40]Don't you look bricky like that could be yours for just £177. Let's look at the brick.

[00:15:51]>> That's quite nice.

[00:15:59]>> So, I'm inspired by that. And I might actually do some kind of artwork cuz it's already made canvas if you think about it. If you're one of these modern thinkers like I like to be. You can even see where it is uh where it's glazed in the kiln there where it's stacked up with other bricks. It's heavy cuz it's like a solid bloody brick. But I'll take that and I'm going to paint it keeping that in there as well. Yeah, I had a bit of fun with that, I think. So, stick around. I'll do a little um upcycle later on.

[00:16:32]Nothing on the reverse though, apart from these pretend screws.

[00:16:36]Maybe some kind of makaker mark there.

[00:16:39]As bricks go, it's bloody sexy.

[00:16:44]Well, did you manage to guess what this object is? Well, thanks to those who commented on my short video here on YouTube, many of you knew what it was.

[00:16:52]And it's an object called a frog used for flower arranging, and a vintage one at that. Now, if you thought it was some sorted torturing device, then what's wrong with you?

[00:17:04]Well, mud lovers, I'm about to head out on part two of my mud adventure. But first, to prepare, I need to get my holy energy drink ready. Ain't that right, Nelly?

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[00:18:42]All right, mud lovers. I am in a beautiful little stream here right out in the countryside. I've got special permission today to detect this ancient riverbed. Got my detector. Got some bottomless buckets. So, we're going to see what's left behind from our ancestors in this beautiful location.

[00:19:00]>> Let's get some luck in the muck.

[00:19:02]Oh, how to get down.

[00:19:10]>> So, yeah, this is my playground for the day. The water is very clear. See a few bricks knocking around and there's an old bridge just up there. So, hopefully a few things have been dropped down over the years. that we can find. It's just me and you today, so nice quiet one, but hopefully there's loads of history here yet to be found. Could be ancient.

[00:19:29]Apparently, there's a bit of a Roman crossing around here. I've heard on the grape vine. Um maybe not get that lucky today, but anything old and interesting is what we're here for.

[00:19:40]Okay, first things first, there are some signals.

[00:19:50]So, good news is we're getting some signals. Got >> Okay.

[00:19:55]>> Oh, >> let's get across.

[00:20:00]>> Wow. So, uh Oh, the horses just came through.

[00:20:04]>> They're coming again.

[00:20:06]>> Flipping heck. Weren't expecting this.

[00:20:09]Hi, girls.

[00:20:17]>> Oh, you met detected.

[00:20:19]>> I am. Yeah, >> my mate said our boat down there's fishing.

[00:20:23]>> No detecting.

[00:20:24]>> Ain't no fishing here.

[00:20:26]>> Well, you need a bit deeper for fish, didn't you?

[00:20:28]>> Oh, what?

[00:20:29]>> Found anything?

[00:20:30]>> Just started.

[00:20:31]>> Oh, we got it.

[00:20:35]>> Just go to shape, isn't it? In the countryside, anything could happen.

[00:20:39]>> I'm not sure if my insurance covers uh damage by horse. Hopefully, they won't trample my detector.

[00:20:47]>> Okay, well, the first signal's in here.

[00:20:48]just to be a Oh, that's quite interesting. Oh, yeah. Look at that.

[00:20:54]That's a little a little tray or something. That's pretty cool. I think it is. Look, it's iron.

[00:21:05]Just bend it back. Yeah. A little It's like a little ashtray or something.

[00:21:12]Well, there we go. That's the first uh first relic. Very happy with that. So, if I bend it back while it's still bit wet and malleable.

[00:21:22]Oh, that's cool.

[00:21:28]Yeah. Not sure what he say that is, but it's a good sign. Means no one's detected it probably and found that.

[00:21:33]Unless they found it and thrown it back, but a little hole there. Not sure what that's all about, but it might just be wear and tear.

[00:21:39]Okay, cool. Good first find.

[00:21:44]So, we have another little signal down here.

[00:21:48]Nice how the water clears up.

[00:21:52]Oh, little spoon handle. Sorry, spoon bowl.

[00:21:58]That's cute.

[00:22:01]Very small little teaspoon or something.

[00:22:06]Probably Victorian. That's cool, though.

[00:22:19]It's a coin.

[00:22:21]Now for the obligatory underwater shot.

[00:22:35]Yahoo.

[00:22:40]This like to be George the fifth penny.

[00:22:43]So that date say 19 1912 just over there I've got some very curious horses watching me do me thing.

[00:22:54]Hello girl.

[00:22:57]Your very funky hairdo.

[00:23:00]Oh no. Don't all come down here.

[00:23:05]Like your hairstyle mate.

[00:23:08]Oh it's a hot day. So I expect you to come down here for uh for drinks. Oh god. What's happening?

[00:23:14]Should I really be in this creek with horses?

[00:23:19]Oh well, I can think of worse things to share a creek with. Let's go and say hello.

[00:23:27]You can't go here.

[00:23:31]What is that hairstyle you got going on there?

[00:23:34]Hey.

[00:23:38]Oh, thirsty work being a horse, isn't it?

[00:23:52]You beautiful girl.

[00:23:55]And you're a big mama, too.

[00:23:58]I better be careful.

[00:24:02]Well, off you go back into the Shire.

[00:24:11]No. Go on. Go that way. Go on.

[00:24:14]They just took ages to get him over here. Go on. Go that way.

[00:24:21]He's coming towards me.

[00:24:24]I think he's interested in the foliage.

[00:24:27]There's loads of fields over there. Why are you here?

[00:24:31]You don't want to eat that rubbish? Go and have a nice bit of grass.

[00:24:35]>> I'm just talking to horses.

[00:24:37]First on madness.

[00:24:59]Trouble is the ground is so rocky and hard.

[00:25:02]Proper rivered which is great cuz things don't sink too too deep.

[00:25:07]But it's hard digging.

[00:25:17]Well, it's quite an impressive hole here I've made. Hopefully this ain't at the bottom. This sort of sounds a little bit on the irony side now. I'm getting down.

[00:25:24]Bloody not giving up though. You never know. Deep signals could be good. It could just be very, very old iron, like a horseshoe or something. Crap. But you got to dig it out one stone at a time.

[00:25:37]slow and painful process.

[00:25:42]Got to go and get a new battery for this cuz it's uh run out.

[00:25:46]It's just stone after stone.

[00:25:49]I'm close but don't know.

[00:25:53]Right, batteries in the pin pointer. Got the manic core. Going to check that signal. See if it's ferris or non ferris board. Do any more digging.

[00:26:07]Well, that's coming up as a non-ferris signal. Bit scratchy, but it's definitely probably worth digging.

[00:26:16]Okay, deeper we go.

[00:26:22]Damn it, this is deep.

[00:26:33]Oh, I got it. I've got it.

[00:26:38]It's not looking good, guys.

[00:26:44]Okay, it's coming.

[00:26:48]Oh, God knows what that is.

[00:26:54]Oh, mate.

[00:26:56]Big Is it an enamel bowl?

[00:27:02]Looks like it, doesn't it? Oh, freaking hell. All that for that. That's half an hour digging. Should really wear gloves cuz I've just pulled half my nail off getting that really deep signal in.

[00:27:14]That's pretty pretty painful.

[00:27:18]Yeah, that stings a bit. E.

[00:27:21]Sorry if you're having your dinner.

[00:27:23]Okay, gloves going on. Oh, another deep signal. Been digging this one for about 10 minutes. Finally got a handle on it.

[00:27:32]Thinking it might be a Cooper's loop, which isn't very interesting, but still quite cool.

[00:27:41]It's coming.

[00:27:45]This time I'm wearing gloves.

[00:27:50]There we go.

[00:27:52]Well, that's old.

[00:27:58]Never gone around a barrel. So, as trash goes, I quite like that old piece of iron.

[00:28:06]Probably got some might have some rivets in there as well. Look. Yeah.

[00:28:11]Makes me want a drink of a beer now.

[00:28:22]Well, you can see over here and over here I found a broken crayfish.

[00:28:28]I think these are illegal to touch.

[00:28:31]Oh, he's had a bit of a hard life.

[00:28:35]Hello, matey.

[00:28:37]What happened to you then?

[00:28:42]Oh, can you tell me where the fines are? No.

[00:28:48]Well, that's very shellfish of you.

[00:28:51]Yeah, I'll put you back. You can carry on decomposing in there.

[00:28:58]Well, going to have a signal down here.

[00:29:02]Oh, do you know what? That could be part of a purse. Something on the corner of something.

[00:29:10]Could be a purse.

[00:29:12]Yeah. So, I'm just detecting this little bank area now. I'm thinking maybe people crossed it here because it's very shallow bank. So going to try around here. Hopefully there'll be a few other finds. Something a bit better than that.

[00:29:23]But it's a good sign of age and it's not complete trash.

[00:29:29]Well, the finds are slim so far, but it's a beautiful little uh place to be.

[00:29:34]And I've just had a little find which is quite cool. I've just uh obviously dug here. I can't show you every single dig, but definitely show you all the decent finds just here. was in my hand when I pinpointed it. And I think it's a gorgeous little button partifact.

[00:29:53]I think it's a button. I think it would have been a top of a button. That's really sweet. Little flowers on it. It's got a bit of age to it. It's pretty cool. Probably maybe like Victorian, I'm guessing, cuz it's like pressed metal.

[00:30:09]Yeah. Good. Good. 150 year old bit of button. I think that is. This is a decent signal.

[00:30:17]And we have in spoil a spoon cousin.

[00:30:26]Why a spoon cousin? Cuz it's dull. You twid. It'll hurt more. Name the film.

[00:30:32]Anyway, that's quite a nice little spoon. Broken knackered, but again, it's a a party fact, I suppose.

[00:30:40]Well, close to the old bridge now. See the cars going over it. And I got a signal down here. Unfortunately, it was a whopping great piece of lead.

[00:30:50]But good news is we can take that and there's less poison in the in the rivers and take it for scrap. Get a few quid for it. So, double whammy.

[00:31:01]Not treasure, but still doing good. In my wallet as well. probably worth about 20p and in scrap. Well, this bit here underneath the bridge is a bit deeper and murkier. So, uh I can't see what I'm doing. I've just got to stick my hands in and hope for the best. And uh yeah, basically going in blind. I pulled out a little bell. It's quite cute.

[00:31:22]Yeah, maybe it was a off a bike. Someone went over there maybe and threw it in or something like that. But that is the start of a windchime. So, that's cool.

[00:31:32]I'll take that and that'll give a lovely little ring. So, I'll put that in me a box of uh things to use in the future and then um yeah, maybe a little windsh.

[00:31:41]So, make sure you subscribe and uh share and all that lovely stuff and then some of this stuff will be used in future up cycles. Happy days.

[00:31:52]It could be something good.

[00:31:55]Oh, is that a coin? Hello.

[00:32:01]Oh, it's too big. I think it sound better.

[00:32:05]What is that? Oh, cool.

[00:32:08]It's an Irish coin.

[00:32:12]Uh 19 1990, I think, before they were converted to the euros.

[00:32:22]Nice little coin.

[00:32:24]Oh, that's pretty. Don't think I found like this before.

[00:32:27]It's got a deer on the other side and probably some Irish words on there. hunt.

[00:32:35]Oh, is that what is that? A pound. An Irish pound.

[00:32:40]How strange. That's cool, though. Maybe it's rare. If it was, even though it's a 1990 coin, probably worth about 5p.

[00:32:50]I like it though. That's cool. That came out really well. Might make that into a little coin key ring. It's beautiful.

[00:32:55]Well designed. Beautiful uh stag on there. Lovely.

[00:33:01]Well guys, this is what I'm dealing with. Murky water about a foot deep. Got my trail there that's poking some fines around trying to dig it cuz that just not it's not getting in. It's not sharp enough. It's not pointy enough. I've been in this little spot now for ages.

[00:33:16]Look, you can see my reflection. And I just pulled this out. I'm going to sort of show you how it appeared to me. I've been scrunching around here for ages.

[00:33:24]Got a pretty good signal. Look what came out after about 3 or 4 hours down here.

[00:33:30]Can you see it?

[00:33:34]You guys recognize that thing?

[00:33:37]A round blob?

[00:33:40]Look at it.

[00:33:42]It's only a croal bell. Woohoo.

[00:33:46]That's got to be 300 years old.

[00:33:49]Oh, we're happy.

[00:33:51]Don't find these all that often, but when I do, I really love to find them complete.

[00:33:58]It's so cool that this may have traveled over that bridge at some point. Or maybe maybe there was horses like we saw earlier with these around their neck.

[00:34:07]These are little bells and inside there will be a little iron ball, a little ringer or clanger or something like that. There's another name for it, but I can't think of it right now. But that's a great find. Oh, finally I've got something with a bit of age to it. I was happy with the other bits and bobs and having a great time, but now I've actually got a decent find to show for all my effort. Oh, the relief. I find something good.

[00:34:31]Love it. I love a coal bell. We'll clean this up and see if it's a ringer.

[00:34:35]That was the sound effects, but we'll do a proper clean up in a minute.

[00:34:40]Well, under this bridge, deep under the water. Must have been a I don't know foot. Found a signal. Think I found a coin.

[00:34:50]Woohoo.

[00:34:52]Oh, look at that. Looks doesn't look like it's a new one. is in a predimal. I think this could be a nice little find.

[00:35:04]I'm hoping hoping it might have something on it.

[00:35:09]That's cool though. I really like that.

[00:35:12]Probably a Georgian coin. Think looking at it.

[00:35:15]Oh, getting a bit of age now.

[00:35:18]Beautiful. I was hoping it might be uh in my head like one of those uh Guinea pub token things in memory of the good old days perhaps.

[00:35:30]But there's possibly a little bit of legend up there.

[00:35:35]Oh, that's awesome.

[00:35:38]I'll give it a clean up and see if we can get any detail off of it. Nice.

[00:35:43]There might even be another signal down here as well. Had two signals. So, if there's another thing there, I'll let you know. After a clean, it turned out to be a Victorian half penny. You can just see the ghostly image of a young Queen Victoria. I try not to overclean coins, but when I see that there's no detail visible after finding it, I think, well, what harm could it do?

[00:36:01]>> Well, the old man the call has done it again. Got a nice little coin down here.

[00:36:08]Yeah, boy.

[00:36:12]Oh, what are you copper?

[00:36:16]I think it might be Georgia 3.

[00:36:19]That's a nice bit of age though.

[00:36:22]Should be able to get a date off the bottom there. You can just about see something. Anyway, lovely little eight knee. Probably George the third. I cut me my other finger now. God, if I take my gloves off, I always get cut.

[00:36:37]But it's worth it though for these coins. Dropped it.

[00:36:43]Oh, if only I had a metal detector.

[00:36:46]Where'd he go?

[00:36:48]>> Another pucker old coin. And after a fizz, it turned out to be a George the third half penny with a date of 179 something just visible.

[00:37:00]Okay, maybe trash for some people, but nice bit of alley. And I reckon that'd be a lovely lovely winchime addition.

[00:37:07]So, we're cleaning up the scrap and rubbish and uh at the same time getting things to upcycle, give a new lease of life. That'll clean up beautifully. Wonder what it was.

[00:37:20]Yeah, I'll have it though. Again, over the bridge.

[00:37:25]Just pulled out another coin.

[00:37:28]Great condition.

[00:37:31]1945 penny George the 6th. Good condition that one.

[00:37:37]Love his mustache.

[00:37:41]Yeah, that's just crud.

[00:37:43]Look convincing there for a second.

[00:37:46]Hello, George. How you doing? Been down there a while, haven't you, boy? Well, the closer I get to this bridge, the more coins there are. I just found a little farthing. I think it's a 19, 18, 15. It's very, very tiny little coin.

[00:38:04]Uh, probably George the 5th.

[00:38:07]Cool though that it's like quite close to the surface. What date has it got on there?

[00:38:15]Is that a 19? Oh, it's very hard to work out.

[00:38:21]I think it might be 1916.

[00:38:26]Now, drawing it made it hard to see.

[00:38:29]Let's go with 196. Oh, 14. I don't know.

[00:38:33]around that sort of time. Anyway, we're just down from this bank. Just had a little button, little fly button. I like these because they're uh often tells you where they were made, who made them, etc. Does it say Benjamin Benjamin May Fair W Benjamin? It's a nice name. Cool.

[00:39:01]Well, the sun's on its way down in this beautiful stream. And I said to myself, I get one last little find, and it's this little reflector thingy.

[00:39:11]Not sure exactly where it's from. I think it's too small to be like a cat's eye.

[00:39:17]Um, yeah, I think it's just little little light bulb thing, but it's very cute. And it's uh just like a little pearl in this afternoon stroke evening sun.

[00:39:37]Incredibly, this croal bell dates to the 1600s. Easily my oldest find from the stream. And now to zap it using electrolysis to see if the iron pip inside has rusted away or not. Well, after a little clean up, we've got a ringer.

[00:39:54]My cat's gone mad over it. You want to go? Do you want to go with a little bell?

[00:40:04]So, this is the first time that's been heard in a couple of hundred years. How amazing is that? And to demonstrate it, I think I'll let one of the cats have a go.

[00:40:15]This is the face of a very unimpressed Daisy, having had her collar replaced by me with the one with Crobell. A decision I'll live to regret. H Daisy coming in.

[00:40:36]Oh no.

[00:40:38]Daisy.

[00:40:40]Oh no. One next door. Daisy. Daisy.

[00:40:43]Where are you? God. Lost her in the neighbor's garden trying to find her.

[00:40:53]Those crovils are meant for horses, not cats.

[00:40:57]There you are.

[00:40:59]Did you drop it? Did it come off? I'm sorry. It's too big for you, wasn't it?

[00:41:07]Well, it wouldn't have happened if we put it on you. Would you be big boy?

[00:41:11]That's Nelly.

[00:41:15]Should have put it on you, shouldn't we?

[00:41:18]Oh well, that cro bell is now lost in the depths of the garden somewhere. So, easy come, easy go. Maybe another the metal detectorrist will find it in a few hundred years and wonder what the hell it's doing on the cat collar. Anyway, I think it's time to do some upycling, don't you?

[00:41:36]Well, mud lovers, here is a gorgeous brick and I am going to make something with it. Um, I'm going to use it as a canvas actually. And I've got a little idea about what I'm going to paint on it cuz uh yeah, I've seen these obviously at the uh Baty power station and I reckon I could do just as good as a job.

[00:41:55]And uh this is a genuine tender brick which got a nice bit of history in itself. So yeah, I'm going to do a little scene on here now. Um it's going to be a hopefully a night scene in London thinking West End. And I'm just trying to think whether this could be a window or a doorway. I don't know how it's all going to work yet, but think I've decided I want it that way around. That's about as far as it goes.

[00:42:18]Anyway, what do you think? This lovely coffee bean sack. Got it off eBay. I thought it's really cool. It's massive.

[00:42:25]A lot bigger than I thought it was going to be. But yeah, so let's upcycle after a cup of tea.

[00:42:36]Heat. Heat.

[00:43:29]Hello.

[00:43:59]I used the top of a brick as a window frame and a figure is peering out onto the busy and rainy night at London's West End.

[00:44:15]There's the bright lights of the theater signs, a famous red London bus, black cabs, cues, and people seeking shelter under umbrellas. So there you go, mud lovers. Inspiration is everywhere. From an abandoned brick to inspired artwork to creating a new piece. If you've ever felt like trying art, don't be shy. Give it a try.

[00:44:36]Watch this video next to see the time that we searched a drained reservoir and I upcycled an old parking meter. Thanks for watching, mud lovers, and I'll see you on the next mud adventure.