Just over three years ago I was fortunate to have your channel appear on my KZread feed. I believe I have missed none; you have shown me not only wonderful mudlarking finds, but happenings of which I would never be aware. If I may be so bold as to ask of you some coverage of the Totally Thames Festival, there is just no way I can be there. Thank you once again for using your talents in so many ways!

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Hello! Unfortunately I wont be around for the next 2 totally thames exhibitions, but maybe the last one I can film.

When you picked up the second piece of wood I thought it looked like a raven's head. Just then the crow cawed and you asked if Mr. Crow agreed with you keeping it. LOL. I can see you creating something beautiful with it. Thanks for taking us along on the lark.

The knife blades with the squared-off tips are probably sailors' knives - - it was customary to have the tips broken off, either in a vise or on the edge of an anvil, at the time that the sailor first came onboard. The broken tip served two purposes - - if dropped from aloft the knife would be less likely to injure someone, and the broken-off tip also made stabbings during fights less likely.

@davidmarshall7752

10 ай бұрын

Yep--- also the broad & broken design was the classic *rope cutter,* and the broke-off end could also serve as a *pry or driver.* Good show ! ~

Always enjoy the Sunday mornings on the Thames, thank you.

I'm a day behind in watching and responding, no thanks to a hurricane which passed over us here in Florida USA. A lovely video, Nicola, with some great pieces of history. I especially appreciate your affirmation at the end of this video and your recognition of Josh and Jordan's engagement. You are incredibly kind and thoughtful, which is why I so enjoy your videos each week.

Me ,too, I would love to wear something with your logo on it, or even drink from a Tideline mug! I so look forward to your videos, and am touched by how kind you are to your fellow human beings. You are a wonderful woman!

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

That's very kind thank you :) xox

Hello from America Nicola! A short time ago I was busy in my kitchen with the tv tuned into the NBC network in New York. My ears perked up when I heard one of the commentators mention “mud larking”. Next thing I know there you were on my tv screen. It was such a nice surprise to see a familiar face! I hope you enjoyed your time here and had fun being on tv. 😊

Thank you so much for our shoutout on your amazing page and the warm wishes regarding our engagement! It means so much to both of us! We absolutely love watching your videos and are so blessed to have love flooding in from around the world! Will keep you posted on wedding details as they unfold! 💙❤️ -Jordan&Josh

@dr_steve

10 ай бұрын

@jordandouglas5953 Congratulations to you guys on your engagement. How wonderful of Nicola to share your happy news with all of us. Best of luck to you both!

@nicolawhitemudlark

9 ай бұрын

🎉❤ 🎉

@sarabaldeschwieler7763

9 ай бұрын

Congratulations Jordan and Josh!

@benbream2235

9 ай бұрын

All the best guys !

I loved that you’re asking other Thames pipe people to send pictures of how they stand up their pipes! As for what I celebrated lately, my hubby and I took a car trip in June ‘23, half way across the US to meet the newest member of our family! His name is Edmund, he’ll be two years old this coming January! He is our very first Great Grandson. Need I tell you how precious he is, and clever, and much like a tiny grownup? Best news yet, he’s going to become a Big Brother in the coming year! If I could, I’d be doing a very happy Happy Dance!🎉🎉🎉

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Congratulations!! xx

That's a simple yet brilliant method of displaying pipes! Congratulations Jordan and Josh!!!

@jordandouglas5953

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Good to see the dog likes his hat. I remember how he first looked. Bringing him home was the best thing you could do for it. What looked aggressive when you found it looks lovely and happy.

Thanks again for sharing your adventures on the foreshore. Much appreciated. 🙂🐿🌈❤️

Loved seeing your live stream with Si. This was also another fantastic video. My new thing to do is metal detecting and beachcombing being inspired by you, Si and other metal detectorist you tubers! I love it! Still a beginner and learning but i'm hooked. Thank you Nicola and Si❤

Love your enthusiasm and empathy for the personal stories of your finds ❤ You are a special person ❤

The Thames, the birds and Nicola. Nothing is better then the pleasure of watching this.

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

Ahh... a classic! Just you, the river, wildlife and finds. It was videos like this that were so sustaining during the isolation of the pandemic when a look outside one's own situation was so exciting. I will always be grateful to you for those. Did you know that one of the delights of the close-ups when you find something... is looking all around the find you are spot-lighting to see if you have missed something else? That gives one the sense of participating on the lark. But it is very rare when you miss. Anyhow, thank you. Swimming... hmmm... I'm only a mile from Walden Pond... hmmm...

The knot of wood looks like a birds head with an eye and beak❤

I have been watching you and Si a long time. Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy watching and learning from you. Keep mud larking so we can go with you!!!! 💜

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Thank you x

I adore Sundays...a double showing of Nic & Simon!! What a wonderful day on the foreshore, thanks for bringing us along, Nic 💜 hello from Denmark 🌸

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for watcing! xo

@dalemills7926

10 ай бұрын

Oh have to add , I love the cricket pipes ,

Just imagine how many clay pipes that are still waiting to be found .. its absolutely mesmerising .. thank you Nicola for another wonderful video with full of history 🥰

Thank you so much for what you do for us! As much as I love the hunt and finds along the river I really love the shots of the birds that you come across. Being a shut in I appreciate seeing the birds.

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoy Deborah xx

I so enjoyed this video. As always you do brilliant editing work. The swans movements & fitting music was really lovely too. Thank you for your always kind thoughts & advice. All the best to you & yours!

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

Awesome findings.....the cricket 🏏 pipe is wonderful. Lovely token information 👌. Congratulations to Mr. J ❤ Mr J .Enjoy . especially on Hill station roads , the cats eyes 👀 are seen . We don't find such ckay pipes here in India. But I love to watch n gather knowledge. 😊 Enjoy With love from SAM Guwahati, Assam, India 🇮🇳 ♥️

@jordandouglas5953

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

The spines on the "cricket pipe-bowl" would seem to mimic the seams on a cricket ball. What an excellent design. Thank you for getting wet and muddy on our behalf.

Marvelous Nicola, loved it, nice with Si to , ❤👍😎🇨🇦xx

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Marion! xx

Congratulations to Jordan and Josh...at the end of the day, in the words of The Beatles “All You Need Is Love”🌹❤

@jordandouglas5953

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Hi I am from Oregon. I am sitting watching your show with my mudlarking friend Laura Lattig! Love your show Peace! Janlee Smith

@nicolawhitemudlark

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Janlee and big hello to Laura! Love to you both ❤️ xx

Loved the video, wish I could find a clay pipe here in La Coruña, I know they found some near the Hercules Light house, but all the beaches around here are cleaned practically every day, and I find it difficult to find much but I still keep trying, any small find makes my day😊, so grateful for having found all of you mudlarkers, you appeared on my screen just when I needed it most. 😘

Hi Nicola! I get excited when you find pipes, lol, love it. Great finds!

Nicola ,I was just watching you and Si finds live and it would be great to have some merchandise 🎉from your studio ❤another great video thanks.

I love the little hat on the African wooden dog. That dog is still rather creepy in my opinion, and wearing tiny headgear makes him a bit less intimidating. 😀

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

I found it in the river. I'll feature it in a video soon!

Good on you for starting to swim. My husband, dog, and I like to hike trails around our area, Pennsylvania, and discover wildlife and old homesteads. Of coarse our history is very young compared to the Themes.

@serendipitouslydivine824

10 ай бұрын

Pennsylvania is such a beautiful state! So many mountains....

I was admiring all of your finds, and you brought up the cats eye road reflector. Here in the states we used them for a while, but then they realized the snow plows in the wintertime were ripping them out of the road ways when they had to plow snow off the roads. Maybe that is how the one you found ended up in the Thames river. Stay safe take care.😊

Your pipe collection is very impressive. I'd love to see them. I'd also love to see all the other numerous things in your collection. It's not unlike going through a personal museum.

Thank you for an other incredible video. You are an inspiration. Merci Nicola, with love from Québec ❤

Jordan and Josh. 🌟💖🌟wishing you much happiness.

@jordandouglas5953

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for another adventure on the foreshore of the river Thames. Congratulations and lots of happiness to Josh and Jordan ❤. So great that you go outdoor swimming each morning! I think I need to find something new too. Just to make life a little different and better. Lots of love, Nicole xx.

Two videos in one day! I’m thrilled! Could watch you EVERY day! Thank you

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I've been watching you and many other mudlarkers for at least 5yrs or more.. and well I would comment to some how I thrift lark.. well a few months ago I started videoing and I share what I find.. I know I've been living vicariously through you all and have now decided to share my love with you and everyone who will watch.. LOL.. I still enjoy your videos and many others... TY for sharing for all these years..

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

thrift larking sounds like great fun! I will check your videos out.

Great Video! I love how you got those Swans, 😍picture perfect!!!

Looks like a wonderful day on the foreshore Nicola! The detailing on the clay pipe with the cricket bat and wickets was amazing 😊

Congrats Jordan and Josh! Great video, I always learn so much.

@jordandouglas5953

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Can’t believe you went to dig with bottle Ned ! Hopefully you got to do some other hunting while you were in the US , lol , he has a “unique” sense of humor,,,

@marykaystreasures

10 ай бұрын

Bottle Ned actually had a clean video for a change 👍❤️👏

@acb381

10 ай бұрын

@@marykaystreasures Lol , yep , he was definitely biting his tongue 🤣

@jeweledsnail

10 ай бұрын

Right!?

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

ha ha x@@marykaystreasures

What a lovely lady Nicola is!I'm new to this channel, it's so interesting to see bits of history, things that belonged to people from centuries gone by, I look forward to more videos and more finds 💜 xxx

So very lucky to be able to bring back such amazing peices from so many years of history!

Another soothing vlog Nicola, thank you!

I get so excited when I see you’ve uploaded a new video and this one did not disappoint!!! Thank you sweet Nicola for sharing your incredible adventures with us!! Love from DeeAnn 🇺🇸

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Thank you. Love from Nicola x

as always it is good to follow along. ty santee......on the brazos.

You have good eyes, you see beautiful things that make me squint. How nice the Cricket pipe. Yes, indeed cat eyes in the Thames. Another nice vlog.

Nic, if I may call you Nic. Your videos are always GREAT! I don’t know what else to say but please keep up the excellent work and “we” will keep watching!

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

Thank you Nicola, wonderful finds.

I love swans, they are the most beautiful birds ever. I like seagulls too, what happened to the gull you found with Simon today? Well my pipe finds are not many, like one with the stem. I will send you a pic, which Email should I send it? I'm counting days to be in London again!

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Hi Pirjo, Simon took Guy the gull to the wildlife centre so we'll know more soon hopefully. Pls send to nicola.white@tidelineart.com Hugs, nicola xx

Hi, Wanted to tell you I just received 'MUDLARK'D and it will make a great conversation piece on my coffee table. I haven't had a single moment to really sit down and read it but cant wait. Thank you for the suggestion. Too bad he didn't sign this one but cherish it none the less.

Great finds! Thanks for your shared wisdom! ❤🦘

Great watching you down on the Thames as always. Some unsual finds today although pipes are always guaranteed. Loved seeing your video with Si. ❤😊

Nicola it’s always a Brilliant watch of your MudLarking 🔥🔥🔥 just enjoy your MudLarking/Bottle digging/metal detecting videos 👍👍👍👍 cheers from Mississippi 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Thank you Nicola hope you had a great weekend I so enjoyed all of your videos bless you and yours see ya next weekend

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤️

Coming from Burlington vermont I only can dream of mudlarking the river Thames so Much history!!!! Nothing like it anywhere near me :(

❤ thank you. Today is my birthday. I love watching you and si finds frim Millington Michigan.

Love watching your videos, looking forward every Sunday afternoon too see what you found, specially coins. Have a blessed week.

Hi 👋🏻 Nicole great and wonderful finds this day. You are the pipe Queen of the Foreshore! Love old drift wood it’s so pretty. I hope you have a fantastic week ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💜

Hi Nicola 👋 getting to see you twice in one week, very cool 😎❤️ I love the swans and music at the beginning 😍 and love all your finds!!!

beautiful finds nicola:)***❤😊

Thank you for making my Sunday morning wonderful!

Great finds!

Hi Nicola, always love seeing you and your wonderful videos. Awesome finds and I do love those swans. Thank you, Joyce America ❤️🇺🇸🙏

Some interesting finds this week, Nic ! Thanks !! Just noticed the hat on the grinning pup 🙂 NO clay pipes 😐 just this one I'm smokin' now 😶‍🌫 🤘 🤠 ✌

@dr1609

10 ай бұрын

The dog is probably a hyena

Congratulations Jordan and Josh!!!! ❤

Wood knot looks like a crow’s head profile…also, the swans in the intro- it must be love! 💖🇺🇸😎

Absolutely fabulous video once again. Happy you’re home safe . So many wonderful items. So lil time with Father Thames 🇺🇸

I love that Victoria coin, not seen one of those before and you know.... I think I would have been able to see that too haha. The Swans were wonderful x

Another lovely video. That new pipe was magnificent. That's a keeper for sure. I'd hold on to that knife as well. Some things a so unique you need to hold onto them. I couldn't let go of anything. I never saw anything like your cats eyes. I thought it was a toy car with weebles in it. That you do need. That decorative metal is lovely. I keep expected you to cut yourself on things. The amount of gems never ends. Keep on keeping on Nicola. Godspeed.

Awesome token great information about the history so much history love the fines and information stay blessed and see you again on the next episode .🙏🙋‍♂️🌺💝💐

One of my neighbours is a relative of Percy Shaw and part of the Reflecting Roadstuds family. The story goes that, before WW2, Percy's preferred 'watering hole' was called The Old Dolphin in Queensbury. It was about 3 mile journey from his home in Boothtown, Halifax. One night Percy was attempting to navigate his way home in his car from Queensbury. It's not uncommon for the weather to be exceedingly 'changeable' in Queensbury being one of the highest local communities in West Yorkshire. This particular night it was very foggy. Percy used to try follow any tramlines that were available. On this particular night he was approaching the junction between Queensbury Road and Windy Bank Lane at a place called Catherine Slack. It's here that he reputably saw his car headlights reflecting in the eyes of a cat. I'm told that the idea of using reflective glass set into a metal based in the road had already been patented some years earlier. Percy improved on this idea by making them self cleaning, the glass 'eyes' being installed in a rubberised mounting. However, the family say, Percy's great achievement was over the next few years turning this idea from a concept into a complete industrialised process with a marketable product being massed produced for its customers.

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

wow how interesting! Thank you for sharing this

Thanks Nicola!

Great finds! The Knife is cool, I’d keep it for sure

I always enjoy coming along with you on your adventures! Being in the US, we just don’t have the items of great age like Europe! Love seeing the coins and other items that are so old! Speaking of old my hubby and I are celebrating our 50th anniversary this week! ❤️

Great video as usual, always a pleasure to watch.The piece of wood/knot from a pier or ship looked like a birds head, beak and eye, then, as you said, the crow liked the idea of you taking it home to make something, maybe he knew its already a half created crow head.

the cricket bat pipe has a pattern on the seam old cricket balls were stitched in same design I think

Another awesome video, take care and thanks for sharing 👏🙏❤️

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Chris

I enjoyed your video.I hope you have a great week.

Oh im so glad you are swimming! Its one of the healthiest things you can do!

Awesome video..and you- always so caring and lovely! Greetings from Sweden🇸🇪

That piece of wood you found after the chair arm, makes a wonderful eagle head, complete with eye and shaped beak.

I only just discovered your channel and I love it so much! I wish I could do that, I get excited when you spot something. Good luck mudlarking … from Minnesota USA 😊

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Thank you and welcome!

Congratulations Jordan & Josh! 💓

@jordandouglas5953

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you so much again 💓

Thank you Nicola!!!

Just find it totally awesome and amazing you are still finding pipes and pipe stems on the foreshore 👍🏻 💞👊

Love to watch your outing on the Tam.ri

lovely show thanks

I’ve been feeling really rough over the last few days, taking anti biotics and recovering, and your videos have been making me smile. I chat away to you, interacting like we’re in the same room 😂

You must be a water sign to love the waters around the world,their stories and treasures.Thank you always for your respectful ways with nature,history your wit and knowledge.Happy 🍁🍂 Autumn

Fabtastic video , you look absolutely stunning as well. Also i love when you have the swans dance in your videos. Someday i hope to see it in person! Cheers Nic! Going to bend some wire now! ❤️

@nicolawhitemudlark

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Gabrielle. ps, I will find the video of you and the pipes!! xx

I love all those square head long nails. I would love to find some of those. great video.

Hi Nicola, good finds in this episode, don't know if you are having problems with people leaving comments, this is my third attempt! strange....Anyway love from Norfolk.

I believe the knife you found is a surgical scalpel, with a #15 blade equivalent to be precise. They are disposable now but it's fascinating to see what they looked like back when disposable didn't used to be so. I'd love to see what the hypodermic syringes and scalpels and old surgical instruments looked like, be they medical or dental (which is my expertise.) How brilliant! I would sure like to know if I'm correct in my assessment. What a fun find. Thanks Nicola. Cheers from Idaho.

Just loved the ❤ that the swans made together at the start of this lark. Along with the beautiful music. A blissful scene, for sure...or should that be fore shore. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Anyhoo, moving on. Thanks for another trip along the Thames and showing us all the interesting finds. Guy's pipe stands were simple but perfect. A great way of showing off a full pipe to its best. Being able to view both sides of an interesting patterned pipe. Well done to him. I liked that idea a lot. He is a very talented artist too by the looks of things. I hope you showing his work off, helps in his sales. I'm sure it will. X

We found a very similar pipe when digging in the bottom of our garden. Interestingly, we have a very old pub called 'The Cricketers' just down our road with a cricket green in front of it. It has pride of place in our little curio cupboard.

Thank you for sharing Guy's design, and theinteresting info on the token