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@rachelfordham8341

4 жыл бұрын

Done :-)

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Rachel Fordham Thank you so much!

@rachelfordham8341

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sifinds you are very Welcome , I enjoy my Sunday night fix ;-)

@Sterlingjob

3 жыл бұрын

I was tempted to magnet fish the wet but I think they dredge it from time to time

Re the coins in Christmas Pudding during WW 2 in the UK my mum had a collection of silver 3 penny pieces which she would put in the Christmas puddings.,however she would demand the coins back in exchange for a present, hence the coins were recycled year after year.I continue the tradition here in Canada. Cheeers from Canada

"What would you like to find, Terry?" "Gold" I love this guy

50 minutes of Si-finds 🥰 with Nic and Terry thrown in too. Lockdown bliss ♥️💕

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Beth!

@Beth_D

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sifinds So this personalised message that comes with the 'All-access Patron' option, can I get you to say anything I want?? Oh the possibilities... 😉

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

@@Beth_D Try me, lol

@Beth_D

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sifinds 😂 Crikey! You're brave!

@TermaMary

Жыл бұрын

And now, long Covid bliss

I'd be tempted to rescue the cast iron ends off that bench.

Nic's lid is more likely half a cigarette case. I found a whole one once very similar, except it contained quite a few silver coins. Lost about 1920.

"Got enough for a bag of crisps". I laughed at that. Gold! 👍 😉.

OMGOSH! I was born in Guilford but moved to US in mid 60's! So glad to see it again!!

What a fun day! Kept expecting Nicola to start finding clay pipes

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

haha

@a.j.dickey5167

Жыл бұрын

I think Nicola needs to leave some pipes for others to find. Especially if she already has 5 or 10 of the same type, already.

Yep I had guessed it was a harmonica. Yea for me. Glad you all found some things worth finding.

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Debs!

I love the videos digging in the holes of watery mud. I would be in heaven to be there...playing in the mud and finding treasures (which don't include coins or jewelry).

Find a penny pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck. Pass it on to your friend, and your luck will never end! xx

Nice video with Nicola “Queen of clay pipes”! My maternal grandmother was born in London! My mum used to put coins wrapped in waxed paper in our birthday cakes.

Love it when Nicola is in your videos.she bringe a lighthearted fun to the larking.

Beautiful Fall Day to remember before the world was so topsy turvy....always enjoy watching you enjoy yourselves!

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michaela!

Love the findings of all those coins. Yes, that "Mothers" does do the polishing trick. That button cleaned up nice. Neat find on the printing block. Good job Si.

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Sally

The round nose .303 round is Boer War era. The "Spitzer" (spiked) bullet design came along in 1902 with better understanding of ballistics and aerodynamics. WW1 .303 has a silver colored pointed bullet and WW2 .303 has a copper colored pointed bullet. Your old ones there may even be loaded with compressed black powder rather that cordite, but I am gonna call them 1899-1901 period, Boer War. Awesome video.

@mary-anneswanson5671

4 жыл бұрын

My son has a rifle from that era . I thought the bullets looked familiar .

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers matey

What a beautiful vista. I hope Nickola brought sausages and onions for everyone.

Every mudlarker should have a bottle of Henry's Nervine in their medicine cabinet! The printing plate is just great.

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Temper Hollow Thanks!

@mirkatu3249

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! I need a bottle right now to cope with all this seclusion. At least I have two cats to keep me company.

@ant4812

4 жыл бұрын

@@mirkatu3249 It would probably be quite good for that. It probably had cannabis oil or laudanum in it.

@mirkatu3249

4 жыл бұрын

@@ant4812 Hah, you know it. :-)

We are all longing for that "wey" of life again! Great finds Si♡

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

haha, you!

@mikehunt8375

4 жыл бұрын

Stop putting your faith and trust in politicians and the media! Smdh. When did either become trusted sources!? Oh, when they scared you with the flu?

aww lovely! Love the printing plate- nice little find! Well done guys! So happy you have back up videos- I'd be going out of my mind without yours and Nicola's videos to look forward to on a weekend 😁

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sam, Yes, thankfully I stockpiled! haha

Great video.If I had known you where all by the River Wey.i would of come and said hello.I live not far from where you all where.That place where you all did your Mud larking was a favourite spot for us teenagers in the 1970s.we used swim in the river there.And picnic.Could be one reason why you found all the loose change lol.Next time your there climb up the hill.Theres a lovely ruins on top of the hill.And a beautiful view.Stay safe you and your families.

When I was a boy, Christmas was always celebrated at my grandparents' place. Nana had a stock of silver threepenny pieces which were put in the Christmas pudding and exchanged for 'real' money after the meal. Sixpences were never used: once they started being made of cupronickel they were suspected of being unsafe. The penny with the patina bears the head of Edward VII.

Si, I remember my mother making Christmas pudding and putting silver sixpences in it pre-1966. I know it was pre-1966 because here in Australia we welcomed decimal coins. You guys collect the weirdest things. Bits of this and that. Especially along the Thames. Tiny pins. Broken bits of pottery. Vulcanite bottle stoppers. I do love your mammoth tooth and the Roman finds from the Estuary.

Poor Terry I did feel bad for him, trying to retrieve what he had thought was of no interest 🙈🥺

Si, a craftstore inkpad works wonders in making prints , just a suggestion . I wish I was able to use my metal detector again ..but you and Nic are filling my need to " go out ,get dirty and find cool stuff" ❤

A minor point of interest; the place that you were detecting is the exact spot the Guildford got it's name from. This was from a time when there was no bridge in the area. People would ford the river here. And behind you theres' a steep bank that climbs for 100' or more, and each down pour of rain will wash that yellowish orange into the water. And of course, being a gold like colour, it was called Golden Ford, (Guildford).

Simon, You should get better printing results if you use what is called an "Ink Brayer" or "Ink Roller". Found at hobby shops and used for block printing. Put a big dab of ink on a flat surface- like a piece off flat glass and evenly coat the roller. Run the roller over the lead plate to ink it evenly. Use a large dowel or rolling pin to roll over the paper after you have placed it on the plate. You should then be able to have a much better print.

The shoe is all that is left of the last mudlarker

@PompeyChris71

4 жыл бұрын

Well the mud was deep there.....

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

haha

@fatnsassy99

3 жыл бұрын

😹👍

I remember my Nan putting a sixpence in a pudding many years ago. My Nan was born in UK and such an awesome cook..

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

jan king ah neat - good ol Nan

@janking1838

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sifinds Yes. Christmas roast, money in the pudding. Yorkshire puddings, Christmas at Nans was something to look forward to that's for sure.

@jacquelinesilman2313

3 жыл бұрын

Usually a Christmas puddingthough later on you could buy a packet of little silver things to put in.

@brissiemum2

3 жыл бұрын

jan king My nanna did, too and I’m in Australia. She would put the old ‘cookable’ coins in and then swap them for current currency.

Excellent as always, you and your friends are just to cute, watch Nic always. Stay safe and thank you for a little less stress.🇨🇦🐘

50 min , so cool .thanks mud lovers

The tripping gentleman in the opening makes me laugh every time! LOL. Thank you for bringing us on your adventures I, it's a lot of fun! Hi Nicola... always enjoy it when you join up with Si and vice versa. Stay safe and healthy everyone!

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Ellis Thanks Mudlover

So love to to watch Nic and Si,your finds make me feel such joy,you two make me laugh,so much fun.Sending love ,laughs,joy from Florida usa.😘💞

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

sassy Girl2.0 aw thanks

That was fun to watch .Thank you for taking everyone alone 💞

This Texan...just loves the way the British, pronounce 'pottery'. To my Southern U.S. ears...it sounds like two words; 'pot tree'. Love these mudlarkers. Wish we had rivers here, we could mudlark for medieval items. Of course we do...but nothing manufactured by man. Unless you count stone arrowheads. Which we do find on occasions. Keep up the great work. I would love to mudlark the Thames some day. My channel would be, 'Texan on the Thames'. ☀️

My grandmother used to pre-decimal coins into her plum duff at Christmas time. I've kept up the tradition but without the coins. 👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

Fascinating Si, Thank you for the larking and the cleaning info.

For the christmas mum would put a sixpence in the pudding one for each of us. This was in the 60's in australia.

That Mother's polish is Really Good for polishing faded and fogged up plastic headlights from sun damage It's excellent stuff

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Ah cool! Cheers

I have such a park bench in my garden 😃

My favourite find....kitty in the sink!! What a cheeky, sweet little face x

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Binsy BadNews he is a cheeky chappy

@binsybadnews900

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sifinds he's just adorable 😳 I'd love to feed him dreamies and rub his ears hehe! Black and black and white cats are the best. My 'monster chops' Bootstrap (and his first mate, Skipper) have their own little page of mischief on face-ache called 'the adventures of bootstrap the pirate cat'. Would love to see more of your kitten on here 😺😺😺

I almost spit my coffee when you poured the electrolyte down the drain. If you use 6% cleaning vinegar instead of lemon juice the electrolyte can be made into ferric chloride after cleaning iron pieces. You can use the ferric chloride to etch designs in copper. There are a few different formulas on utube and instructables. If you ever want electrolysis supplies or plating equipment and supplies try Kingsley

@allenhonaker4107

4 жыл бұрын

Kinsley North Company

Sci's find looks like the remains of a harmonica. Thanks for a trip down the river. Your friend in Missouri, USA.

It’s always fun watching all of you 😃❤️

Where you were searching is a place that is used by locals for paddling and swimming known as the golden sands. The stone with PBG is a Guildford parish boundary marker.

Awesome finds Si. Love the printing plate most of all..... actually, no your cat is my fave thing, looks just like my old cat. 😍 Btw jewellers rouge is pretty good for polishing stuff up (I do silversmithing) if you get cotton heads and the woolly mop heads for your rotary tool they are great for getting into the tiny spaces the other heads maybe struggle to reach. I recently polished up a farthing this way for a piece and it came up great. Thanks for another great video. Love your vids with the awesome Nicola. Stay safe x

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lexie!

Just around the corner from my old school ... loads of history

Hi Si. Yay I just love your channel and seeing what is waiting to be found. Definitely looking forward to your Patreon. And more than happy to contribute. It's worth every penny... Oh & Nelson & my cat Elsa are the spitting image of each other. Plus it's great how you restore items and bring each one back to their former selves all shiny and new & better still you always keep the original rustic vintage charm in place.

That was a perfect fall day! The river was beautiful. It's fun to watch the crud come off that button too 😊

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sheri!

We have the same tradition of putting coins in the Christmas pudding too. Mum has a small collection of threepenny and sixpence coins from before Australia changed to decimal. She will only use them as they are silver, she used to buy them back off us when we were kids.

That was very amusing that the concept and mockery of "Bling" goes back 300 years ago!

Lovely printing plate! Great day with friends! I love when you take us home and "play" with your finds! Cheers!

Splendid deal, three for one. Beautiful scenery and great finds. Thanks all for keeping us entertained

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Coni!

Fun group. So entertaining

Really enjoying this why have we not seen this before! Love all three of you x

Hi Si superb video with Nic and Tel 😎 With some lovely finds Fore Shore. 🙂🍻🥂👍🏻

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers man, foreshore 🤜🏻🤛🏻

Looks like a wonderful way to spend a beautiful day with friends.

They put sixpence in the Xmas pudding in Scotland, my Gran used to wrap it in a bit of greaspoof paper, she also put some small silver charms in, we always gave them back to her to use each year. After she died my Grandad gave me some and they are now on my silver charm bracelet.

Just ran across your channel and I love it! Being from the U.S. and being a history nerd and also having a love for metal detecting watching your channel is a real treat! I'm so happy to have found your channel especially because you're in the U.K. I have a real love of the U.K.! Cheers!

I am so glad I watched your video. I have hundreds of old English buttons and coins, and had never heard of a fiberglass pen. Got a couple of them, and they work like magic bringing out the hidden details.

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Bruce Brothers You’re welcome mate!

Always learn something new with each video. Loved the electrolysis demo. Congrats, Simon, on starting your Patreon account.

Oi Simon, gostei do teu gato...Ele é lindo...quanto aos objetos ficaram lindos após limpeza....parabéns!!

Hi Si, it´s always a joy watching you and/or Nic. Hope you´ll find a lot more interesting things and share them with us!

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Hiya Si cracking upload mate, love that printing plate , so many years since it was last used, great results in the end, until the next thanks 👍🇮🇪

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Sid!

again another cracking vid, love watching your Channel and watching all the stuff I've missed. awesome guys!

Very interesting, the river Wey runs past my back garden! I’m glad you had a successful trip to guild ford.

Fantastic finds! Loved the printing plate. Thank you and all the mudlarkers for posting.

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Thank you so much Simon for the history behind the “ Dandy Button”! I never heard that before!

Very much enjoyed this trip. Hope to find the other 1/2 of that plate. Thank you for sharing.

I needed this little bit of escapism and adventure. Thanks ❤️

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Ad Am cheers Ad

KITTY!!!!! I used to work in a commercial print shop in the dark room, stripping negatives, and burning metal plates, so that old plate really is exciting to me! :-)

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Mirkatu ah cool, lithographic plates?

@mirkatu3249

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sifinds Yes, nothing high-end like magazines or books, and not screen-printing, but just about everything else, including letter press. I loved it. Now everything is digital... :-)

So cool Simon especially the partial print. Would make great junk journal cards for the paper fanatics. 100:years old wow! Thanks for sharing from South Africa 🇿🇦

Beautiful day for a beautiful location. Terry was a trouper and you two were pretty gentle with him overall! Love to see the good humor that reigns!

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes males a change from the Thames

I would just like to say thank you for showing the complete process of electrolysis, many just explain the process, but what you did made sense. Great Dandy button and the printing tile.

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Mich Cole my pleasure x

I love love your channel. I learn so much. Great narrative, music AND my fav part is the clean up at the end...icing on the cake!!

After a shift as an essential worker, a night with si finds was very welcome , a warm and fuzzy feeling :-) cheered me up :-) .... Nice pointer ;-) ;-)

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Rachel Fordham Awesome. Where do you work and what as?

@rachelfordham8341

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sifinds I'm not in the nhs , nothing as interesting im afraid ...have joind your patreon ;-)

Did my Army training in Guildford, walked and cycled along the riverside many times. Love watching all your finds and videos

Really awesome, Si !!! Love your videos AND your artwork!! Thank you for taking us along!! ✌🏼

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Judith Youngquist cheers Mudlover!

Thanks Si. What a wonderful day for an adventure. That printing plate is awesome! And you hit on the secret of stamping. The surface under the paper should have a bit of firm give to it so the nooks and crannies of the plate can contact the paper. Usually a rubber or gel mat about 1/2 cm thick. Nice improvise.😉👍💜💜

So he was a Dandy Star man Hanging round the Strand He was so bright n sparkly Gels wanted to hold his hand. (to Starman/DB). Mebbe.

Oh! Remember when we could just go to a pub after mudlarking... before the sickness came. What a joy to watch! Seriously, though - I loved this and was fascinated with your cleaning process! I wonder who broke the river, making it so convenient to mudlark... hmmmmm... Keep up the good work, Si! Love your videos and you're keeping me somewhat sane! ~M x

Well, that was fun. Thanks.

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Will Be Jamming cheers dude

Brilliant video Si. Thanks for posting. Keep safe.

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

john coleman Cheers John!

Gorgeous video - hope you find the rest of the plate, but still a special find. Your kitty was impressed too,nice to see you cleaning up the button and lucky sixpence! Take care & keep safe... 😎🦘👍🦘🐾🍻

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Small Wonda thanks!

Very nice, I love that you clean an item and try things at the end of your videos.

That's a very early .303 as used in re-chambered Martini-Henry and early Lee-Metford, Lee-Speed and Lee-Enfield rifles. In the earliest years of the 20th century the round nosed bullet was replaced with a spitzer pointed projectile. A pretty unique find.

That was brilliant Si, thank you for sharing.

enjoyed watching you have some great tips for cleaning the coins up , thanks for sharing

Yay the River Wey!! And Guildford! Both my olde childhood haunts xxx

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Alison Cleeton no way!

@alisoncleeton877

4 жыл бұрын

Yes Wey! I know de Wey 😂

Love seeing how you do the clean up!

very nice vid ! good idea to follow the weir fall. glad to see you have got to Patreon

Beautiful fall footage. Always enjoy watching all of you!!!

Morn' Mr. Simon 🙋👋. Wow 😲, what a cool find of that printing plate! Poor Terry 🤦, tossing the other piece before you found yours!! Looks like everyone was having a coin day. Still, all in all, a fabulous day to spend time with some really great friends 👍. Strange that we take those moments for granted and never think something like what's keeping us apart now could never possibly come upon us🤔. Hope your friends and family are doing well, as well as you Simon😊. Thank you for your time putting this video together for us. Wishing you and yours 🕉️☮️🙏🤗🤭😘. Love from the USA.

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Juliet, well said! Yes looking back, I forgot what fun we had that day, never to be taken granted of : ) All well here thank you x

How a nice day in England. Beautiful enviroment, and that stream so clean. Very interesting findings..... and there were not clay pipes !! ☺ Bye.love you.

You have the best videos, demonstrating and instructing and round ups. Just really enjoy your you tube channel Simon!

@geyotepilkington2892

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, Si has the best relic collecting videos Ive seen except for the ol' Chigg of course

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks Craig - appreciate that mate 😊👍🏻

Yea another ASMR, there's that lovely lady. Looks like a harmonica. Such an amazing video, keep muddin'. TFS

OMG. 13000km away in Oz and I've gone back 35 years to when I worked right next to the Wey, in Guildford as a trainee, junior paste up artist for a printers. Si finds will know what that is. Beautiful autumn day and a great pub at the end too. Bloody magic guys, lifted the lockdown blues, Cheers. Dazza

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Darren Evans ah that’s a mad coincidence £

Simon, nice change of pace from the Thames. Well done, loved it....thanks

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

BIG KAHUNA cheers matey

Great video, Simon. It had a little bit of everything. The printing plate was a great find and I really hope that you'll be able to retrieve the other half of it someday. Loved the clean up how-to's also. Really enjoy seeing the members of your "menagerie". What a beautiful kitty!

@Sifinds

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!