Legend has it that the rare Alexandra can be lured with gifts of small beads and tiny doll parts. Under no circumstances do you present her with a Thomas White pipe bowl however or she will flee, never to be seen again.
I just had a good idea for something for your Etsy shop! You should do Mystery Boxes filled with things you have an abundance of or things you find quite often and you could do like a 10 item box, 20 item box and so on! That would be so fun for your viewers who live places where they can’t go to old Victorian bumps! Much love from Toronto Canada❤️❤️
Ever since you guys did the Q&A and said people told you to slow down your driving at the beginning of the video when it's in fast forward it makes me laugh that some people actually thought you were driving that fast.
I took a video of the sea when we were driving along the coast here in Florida ,People commented at how fast we were going ,but my husband was driving below the limit ,lt looked like we were racing along ,
I never thought they were driving fast ha ha. I always knew it was fast forwarded. I jokingly said one time they should slow down because it was making me really sick or dizzy or something of that sort. I don’t know how many people actually seriously thought they were driving that fast. That would be completely ridiculous
You could say you have been out, "Midden Scratching", the old archeological term for dump digging. You are the best, "Northern Midden Scratcher's", and today's adventure was a true delight. Gail nearly made me keel over laughing with her, "...Alexandra in her natural environment." ha ha ha. I loved it! Look out David Attenborough! You found so many wonderful things and had so much fun, and shared it all with us. You two are truly treasures.
As for the bottle fragment with "J. Bouch, Black Bull Hotel, Carlisle, I was only able to find out a little. It was also known as the Black Bull Inn, and it was located on Annetwell Street in Carlisle. Joseph Bouch was innkeeper there in 1907. It was very difficult even finding THAT out. Apparently "The Black Bull" was a very popular name for establishments well before 1907 and even now! If I find out anything else, I'll let you know!
Soil surfing springs to mind , I love all your finds and the excitement you show, the history behind the pieces is so interesting, my favourites are the mourning buttons they are so pretty , we need you on daily not once a week lol xx
Hello! My name is Audrey and I’m writing from the U.S. When I first stumbled upon your videos about a month ago I had never heard of mudlarking. I began to watch your videos with great interest because I enjoy finding “treasures” myself. When I get to travel to a beach one of my favorite things to do is search for seashells. It’s extremely calming to me. When I’m home and the season is right I enjoy hunting for arrowheads and other Native American artifacts in the fields. I guess I’m not unlike you ladies as I enjoy the hunt and the excitement! When I began watching your channel I couldn’t help but binge watch 😊 now I await each new addition to your video collection. You ladies have a fascinating life and a wonderful relationship and I think that is an absolute blessing. Your talents are amazing! That being said you two make me nervous sometimes when searching without protective gloves on. I’m so afraid you are going to get cut or stuck by something and get hurt. Either way I will still be tuning in to see your latest adventures. I enjoy seeing the beautiful land and seascapes where you are. I have never been to that part of the world. Thank you for sharing and bringing us along on your adventures!
“Here’s Alex in her natural environment, I don’t want to move too fast and startle her”😆 Love watching your videos from Sough Florida in the USA! I do this with my granddaughters in NC. We’ve found a bottle dump and found a lot of bottles. What wonderful memories! We love watching your videos! Thank you! I enjoy these videos so much!
That one rust stained "arm" looks to me much more like the leg of a cat or dog. Not sure how common it was for porcelain animals with moveable limbs, though. But it sure looks like a leg of a cat or dog, and more like a paw than a hand. ^^ What great finds :D Great place you found there. Must go back and make more videos there. So cool that so many finds were intact --well mostly haha.
Can’t get enough of all the treasures you find. Also loved the shots of the fall foliage you included! The clovers and the little mushrooms made my heart so warm.
Gail, your narration of the scene with Alex in the wild was so clever and her filming of nature between the finds is my favorite part of the videos, except for the intro, the music, the history of the items, the round up, the creations . . . I'm so looking forward to a Frankenstein doll! Just one more leg? Stay well.
On my bucket list for many years has been a trip to Scotland. Now, after following the Northern mudlarks for over a year, my supreme bucket list wish would be to go sea glass hunting or bottle dump digging with you guys! 😉 you make my day! I love watching your videos!
I have probably said this before but BEST VIDEO EVER! You found all the things that I love, the buttons, pipes and bits of old dolls! I was actually saying wow and oh my gosh at the screen lol. I loved the David Attenborough skit 😂 hilarious! This is one I will definitely watch again and again. Thank you Ladies x
You had a lovely day seeking out treasures in that woods. I was pleased when Alex started using a tool for raking the leaves instead of her hands, with all the broken glass. Was interesting to see the history behind many of your finds. Lovely video thank you
I like the word Noodling.. although it's not meant for what you are doing. But you would be going through rejected stuff still. "Noodling: The practice of sifting through rejected mullock heaps for small pieces of precious opal inadvertently discarded by the miners. A number of people on the opal fields rely entirely on noodling for a living.
I haven't read the other comments yet...someone may have come up with something far better already, but how about Treasure Foraging. Thank you for all your great videos. They are a treasure in of themselves! :-D
And here we have an Alexandra in her natural environment don't want move to fast and startle her..... I spit my hot cocoa... I love the sense of humour you both have!!!! And yes I am binge watching again because I just love you ladies! Always enjoyable and funny!!!
In Australia they call it “noodling” when you just are finding rocks on the surface of the dirt and not really digging. I say noodling now a lot, because it’s fun.
In the US, noodling is a term used in the South for catching catfish with your bare hands out from the "caves" they build in the waters banks. I prefer to do your type of noodling. ;)
@@lanehorsey5053 my grandparents had a claim at Andamooka a few years back. They used to go there every winter for many many years to ‘noodle’ and mine. When I was a kid we went there too for holidays to visit them. We live in Tassie and enjoy beach combing and living vicariously through these wonderful mudlarks!
“ And here we observe an ALEXANDRA in her natural environment. I’ll try not to startle her .” Hahahahaha , that’s very humorous Gail !! Bye the way, could you explain what type of game the knuckle ones were used for ?
What a great dump site and so many finds. Loved the alley gobs and dolls head. Josie and I are so impressed how you produce the longer videos with such quality editing. 👌
If an area has been mined for bottles you are sifting through the mine tailings (tailings are what we call the displaced soil from old gold mines here in New Zealand), so that is another set of words for youto juggle with. Love the channel and the treasures.
Hello ladies. I just had to tell you I thought of you yesterday. I found treasure on the beach of my local state park. Granted it was only a plastic bead and a fishing lure but I got a giggle out of seeing that bead. ❣️
Lovely video once again. I truly enjoy watching you troweling for treasure. The joy you have when you find something beautiful. Treasure troweling Scratching the surface
Quite a bit of an exciting hunt. I immediately thought of “dump skimming” for such an activity. Or “hillside skimming”. 🙂 The mourning buttons are always beautiful. I was happy to have found one small one.
Just stumbled across your videos. Thoroughly enjoying. Either I haven't seen yet or perhaps you haven't made them but would love to see more on what you do with your found treasures. I'm a reclaim/ repurpose artist and my inspiration is going crazy with your finds.
I knew the stopper said Holbrook as soon as I saw it as my great Grandmother was Ellen Holbrook. I also have family in Australia so I wonder if we are linked to them somehow!? Hmmm 🤔 I think a suitable name for this type of mudlarking would maybe be Leaf Larking as it’s scratting about amongst the leaves! Love the toy “Jacks”. Where I’m from they’re called snobs and it was a game I loved to play as a child in primary school although ours were made from some very hard type of coloured chalk back then. I always love to find old toys too as it’s a part of us that we never really acknowledge, but our inner child is in all of us ❤️
So yes-- that noise you heard from a distance was me yelling and cheering from Maine. How many 'no ways' can one utter in disbelief? Many. What a great discovery- this new place!! My day would be made if I found only one of those cool things ; ) Good luck on your next... whatever you decide to call it. It's always a pleasure- and something I look forward to all week!
Some interesting finds in this one but without a doubt, my favourite bit was the shot of Blu stretching up at the window- presumably hoping to get in through the top window, then looking sad at being stuck outside. Poor Blu.
Some awesome finds ladies! What a little treasure field!! That little arm that has the staining on it looks like a cats front arm to me! I look forward to your next video, keep safe & well! 👍🇦🇺🌻💕
Oh! I had to tighten my seat belt a notch. I thought those pedestrians were goners. I hope the fun police never discover how much fun you two have, They would soon put a stop your little red wagon.I love this duel filming LOL Gail is talking to us and in the background every so often we can hear Alex get excited and vise versa. LOL
Jewelry makers of the precious metal clay love buttons, So you guys could make molds of those buttons then sell them in your shop. You could make Ear earrings. Great place to find treasures.
I loved your tip about when you see ash or charred wood that it is evidence of a dump....I have found areas like this in woods in America...I am going to pay attention to them from now on...thanks. (this dump looked like so much fun...I sure wish I could be there ...how much fun)
Ouch! Stinging nettles - on the lip no less. The sign of a very dedicated "bottlelarker!" Some nice glass mourning button finds. Thanks for a great video.
What a wonderful walk through the forest and then, wow what some awesome finds and those stunning morning buttons awesomeness. Thank you thank you for sharing 🤩🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️🌟🌟🌟🌟
We used to call it Fossicking, or maybe you could call it bottle grubbing. Or making up new phrase, maybe boodle-doodling. Loved watching this as always, these vids are very well put together.
it's called SCRATTING!! my dad used to say that's what we wer doing when I was a little girl digging bottles with him and we were on the surface ❤️ that was 45 years ago and I'm still SCRATTING now 😂
Hi Northern Girls. Just watched. I think scavenger hunt is what you need to call it. I loved doing this as a young lad with my best friend 3 doors up. I love watching your posts for a month now. Tom from Newmarket Canada. 😊
