Have we found a witches bottle?! Mudlarking after storm Dennis and our best bottle finds yet!

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Come with us as we go mudlarking after two big storms (Ciara and Dennis) recently battered our shores. With some ancient finds and a possible witch’s bottle, we also return to the bottle dump to discover some of our best bottles yet! Welcome back to Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, England!
If you are thinking of visiting Berwick-Upon-Tweed for yourself or want to learn more about the town and our home county of Northumberland, here are some great websites to check out here ---
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Wishing you peace, love, happiness and good health,
Gail & Alex x

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@mortensolbergjr2876 4 года назад

I must confess something ...when you start your videos with a wave and a " Hello", I wave back and say " Hello".

@peggyreid6836 3 года назад

I instinctively do that also. I often wonder why?

@hpharridan 3 года назад

me, too

@marasue5452 2 года назад

Natural reaction you waved to me and I way back

@AtomicBlonde1 Год назад

Me too

@heidigrunberg421 4 года назад

I love how humans still have that scavenging instinct! I love your enthusiasm and lovely personalities! I'm hooked!

@stevebradford8549 4 года назад

your cinematography is lovely, you get the full scale of your surrounds!.

@roxiepoe9586 4 года назад

When the inside of a pot is heavily burned it is often an indication that I have been attempting to cook. :)

@RMBlake007 4 года назад

Roxie Poe - Hilarious!!! (Excepting the hungry ppl waiting for dinner?)

@sarapulford5957 3 года назад

Rosie Poe 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@dennishudson9723 4 года назад

If you started collecting all of the bricks with words on them you could use them as pavers to make a really neat path or small patio in the garden or something. Would get a bit heavy to keep collecting them though.

@simhifree2416 4 года назад

Dennis I've been thinking the same!

@Magdalena76h 4 года назад

I don;t; live anywhere near these ladies, but I am already collecting some myself!! (I saw a collection in a museum where there were lots of clay quarries or marle pits and I thought it then and I still think it now!!) I have such a tiny collection so far, but I keep looking! One day I shall landscape our back garden and make something special with them all! (although they are heavy to carry back to the car when I find them!)

@kitchenworker446 4 года назад

My brother has built a pizza oven from all different bricks that he has picked up on his travels!

@terry-1 4 года назад

Not a bad idea, since they drive, maby a very few managable each time depending on where you parked and what you find. You ladies have found such memorable local history bricks, seems such a shame not to harvest them and dry stack something like an outside planter base or? many possibilities if you want to do that. Also, Here in my area, and in others, Lead has a re-cycle value same with metals. I have also seen mudlarking and shore larking treasures sold on ebay, not sure about etsy but you have your own jewelry website, Could experiment and see how it goes. Just a thought.

@ramibu239 4 года назад

That was exactly what I was thinking!!! If I found whole bricks w/ words in them I would take them home & find use for them in my garden somehow. Either as pavers or edging flower beds. The weight of them would be worth lugging them all back home!!!😅 Also, the broken pottery - especially the blue & white flat pieces - I would use to make mosaics with. Like patio tables, birdbaths, stepping stones, etc.

@cathyblock6197 4 года назад

Your excitement just makes me smile. I love to hear your “first guesses” & then see the corrections pop up on the screen. You & your mom make a great team! So happy to have found your channel!

@marciehall2125 3 года назад

The whole in the oyster shell could be from making a button! A new crafting challenge for you two lovely ladies! Love your videos! Always a delight!!! 💜🤗💜

@stefbomb2975 4 года назад

“Is it whole? is it whole?. Oh my god it’s wholeeeeeeee! “. Your hilarious

@NorthernMudlarks 4 года назад

Haha! I just can't help it

@cara_melkoala8405 4 года назад

Stefanie Ferguson you’re”

@stefbomb2975 4 года назад

Cara_mel Koala - thank you!

@ThatYarneyZebraStuff 4 года назад

@@NorthernMudlarks I love your excitement!!!

@TeddyTegu 4 года назад

You should get neoprene gloves that scuba divers wear, then you can get your hands wet and stay warm.

@sarahelmore83 4 года назад

Here is a bit of info I found through a google search. I regularly find shells with holes in that area. “Many molluscs, such as the moon snails, prey on other molluscs by drilling a hole in the shell with their radulas, which are like ribbons with many small chitinous teeth on them, along with secreting acid to soften the shell.”

@rhondaparker170 4 года назад

My Sun is a biologist. He also says that is correct. We see a lot of drilled shells here in Florida, both in fresh and saltwater.

@jodic7760 4 года назад

My husband scuba dives and he says octopus will do the same. They even used to weigh down nets. It’s fun to learn all the possibilities!

@danaedwards9072 4 года назад

The shells were drilled to make mother of pearl buttons.

@louisejohnson6057 2 года назад

This explanation sounds like it's from a horror film! Didn't the title creature in "Alien" drip acid? Regardless, it sounds really unpleasant.

@cambellesoupgirl 4 года назад

The oyster with holes that size are found on the Mississippi River in the US are remnants of mother of pearl buttons.

@sarapulford5957 3 года назад

🇬🇧 That's interesting.

@judybeeding1813 3 года назад

Every body along the Mississippi river had mussels that had been from the many button companies. I grew up in Muscatine Iowa . The Pearl Button Capital of the World.

@sharimullinax3206 3 года назад

My grams used to polish the mother of pearl buttons in a factory in Central Illinois.

@urgumskurgum7570 4 года назад

The witches bottle.I might be wrong ,but im sure i once heard that these were bottles with urine inside and usually the needles ,nails or pins were often bent ,and the bottle was then placed either above the door entrance or within the walls or ceiling. The idea was that if you thought a witch was using magic against you this would reflect the spells back to the witch causing agonising abdominal pain .Anyhoo ..Another great video ,and some lovely finds . Your video's always cheer me up😊

@NorthernMudlarks 4 года назад

Don't forget to subscribe to be kept up to date with all our latest releases and news! Gail & Alex xx

@dennishudson9723 4 года назад

Just got done with what I needed to do outside for the day and now I get to sit back relax and watch Alex and Gail do something neat for an hour! Just noticed the name of the storm, I swear I did not make that mess!

@mistypatton1607 4 года назад

We find punched shells on the Ohio River. There used to be a button factory near by. They punched buttons out of the shells and then they dumped them on the river bank.

@suehulbert85 4 года назад

I was just going to say that! My understanding is sometimes individuals would make their own when needed.

@sonofeloah 4 года назад

@@suehulbert85: I used to make them out of blue mussel shells. Made maybe several hundred of them. Now I use hedge (osage orange) branches to make buttons out of.

@liz_esan 4 года назад

Why one button and not more, perhaps the one chosen was the best looking?

@mistypatton1607 4 года назад

There was only one button punched out because the button had to be a certain thickness and also pretty. That particular shell only met those requirements in that one spot.

@kellymcfadden7514 4 года назад

Oh really?! Neat info!

@laurawatkins9399 4 года назад

One of my favorite parts of this video is the howling window. :D

@wheezyjefferson9136 4 года назад

The oyster shells with the holes, at least where I live (midwestern US), were used for making buttons.

@debbieoberacker8614 2 года назад

I clap and applaud you when you find beautiful bottles and pipes. I love watching your treasure videos!

@davidwilley7215 4 года назад

The image on the bottles is a winged spur rowel and it’s the Scottish Clan Johnston crest.

@kerryheath2652 4 года назад

A link to the winged spur blog... wingedspur01.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/the-winged-spur-legend/#:~:text=In%20terms%20of%20this%20blog,horizons%20and%20reach%20higher%20goals. Here they say... "the imagery of the winged spur symbolizes the act of sparking new thought in order for individuals to break down mental barriers, focus on new horizons and reach higher goals."

@michaelblanchard2548 4 года назад

love the music that accompanies your videos

@LindaPatton1980 4 года назад

Hahahah @ Alex with the behind the scenes and Gail with her sassy back talk-- loved it!!!

@leeklassy1012 4 года назад

As always you opened a door and I went through. I started looking to see if any witch's bottles had been found here in America. Apparently there are only 8 documented one being the Essington Witch Bottle from Pennsylvania, dated late 18th century.

@Padraigan13 4 года назад

A long set of tongs or something similar would work for reaching items in the water. :)

@davidcox2264 4 года назад

Alex needs to show a little more excitement on this videos 😂

@mymagiclieswithin 4 года назад

I had a wonderful time tagging along with you today! Oh, the embossed bottles are just fabulous and I am absolutely loving the cream pots...we don't have anything like that in the states. The pipes are treasures, another thing I have never seen here. The scenery that you film, along with the music, is so peaceful and calming, I always feel so much better after watching. Till next time, please take care. ~Jen

@leelomba 2 года назад

Oliver! Oh, I do think that’s my most absolute favorite of all your finds ever! ❤❤❤

@lisapavlescak1708 4 года назад

Alex you're excitement is so awesome!!!!

@nancymanuel8536 4 года назад

The whole cream jar is just beautiful

@lindapeterson9267 4 года назад

I love the car trip through the countryside.......

@vaijayanti_prememalcolm8160 3 года назад

Your knowledge of things and excitement are just so special, your my favourite thing to watch 😀

@stevebradford8549 4 года назад

I must say I enjoy your programs immensely, thank you for them!.

@NorthernMudlarks 4 года назад

Glad you like them!

@jenlefevre 4 года назад

I would love a whole video of just doing a bottle dump!

@craftspagan 4 года назад

Every time I hear a bottle collector say, "It's only a marmalade jar. I'll leave it here." I want to scream. LOL I want one so bad. sigh

@bonnerdebbie 4 года назад

Awesome finds Ladies, thanks for taking us along.

@RebeckaSarkozy 4 года назад

Alex, no reason to be embarrassed. I would have reacted exactly the same! lol

@andreivanpopa 4 года назад

I'm just like you every time I find a beautiful bottle. :D

@micahperkins7509 4 года назад

You guys are a joy!! My daughter and I love to snuggle in and watch ya’ll!!! We get overly excited with Alex!!!! Thank you for sharing such beautiful cinematic shots too! Lovely!!!

@NorthernMudlarks 4 года назад

Aww, too cute! Thank you so much for watching you two! xx

@johnnabuzby6103 2 года назад

@@NorthernMudlarks During your intro Gail and Alex, I about had a heart attack seeing the big tractor trailer rig coming around that curve at the time y'all were going into it. So glad you got to your destination safely.

@domenicas.2645 4 года назад

I was just as excited as Alex! Great finds! I think the mugs with Dickens' illustration, the first one comes from A Tale of Two Cities. And Gail at the end of the outtake....I love it!! So funny. 😆

@khall999 4 года назад

Such a delight to watch you two wonderful gals

@linnetoconnell457 4 года назад

I love you guys - you take me away from all the depressing news from the US. (I'm Canadian )

@stasiaspade1169 4 года назад

Same here, I am in US.

@cargilekm 4 года назад

Okay, what did he do now?

@tracyelliottclifford4863 4 года назад

Linnet O'Connell I so agree! I too am from the US

@nilo70 4 года назад

You ladies ROCK ! Thank you for sharing this with us !

@brendaprice7686 4 года назад

I can just say how much I LOVE watching your videos. You ladies rock👍🏻 great finds. Thanks for sharing.

@chrisdarbes8988 2 года назад

Ohhhhhh a cliffhanger,you found something about a jug ohhhhhhh man ,can’t wait to see whatcha found ,thanks for taking us on your adventure,☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

@diymommie 4 года назад

I was really surprised to hear you say “ain’t”, or amn’t, as it was used in old times. We say ain’t here in southeastern United States. I’ve always thought it was a southern dialect that we came up with, but I’m very pleased to know that it actually came from our Scots Irish ancestors.

@Crazy.Sheller 4 года назад

Love the history you include with your finds

@f.k.burnham8491 4 года назад

A couple of tips ; If you get some sand and mix it with a bit of used motor oil you can store your trowels in it and it abrades off the rust a bit and keeps the blade oiled and helps prevent rust. It is an old trick here , as we used it for shovels and such. Take the legs off worn out pants below the knee and sew up the bottom. Fold the top of the leg over a string or cord and sew it around the perimeter. That makes a "bullet" proof carry bag for finds. I have made several and use them for metal detecting to put finds and garbage in. They are highly resistant to getting cut from sharp metal pieces and broken glass too. Now if you take the belt loops off the pants, you can add them to the top area of the bag and put a belt through them. Then you have them readily at hand. When they get dirty, just wash them. RE: Pottery: Richard Hemery just published an E book on pottery which I feel, would be of great value to you in identifying the pottery. He also has a RU-vid channel. Those cream and cod bottles are so cool!

@frankhuerta9341 4 года назад

Those bottle bottoms would make great little hats for the right statues!

@lynnettemcelmurray4597 4 года назад

Wow...these things are amazing!!! So enjoy your adventures!!! ...y'all could open a museum!!!💝

@jeffreybird1308 4 года назад

Great video! I enjoy how you show the scenery and you are both very charming. Thank you for taking us along.

@dennishudson9723 4 года назад

Time team, one I’ve my favorite shows! I was kind of lucky being in the states that I didn’t know about it and I stumbled upon it on RU-vid about three years ago and I had 20 something years of episodes to watch! What a great show, I keep finding ones I haven’t seen yet.

@NorthernMudlarks 4 года назад

We are lucky to have dug with Stuart Ainsworth off Time Team - a really nice and knowledgeable gentleman! xx

@dennishudson9723 4 года назад

Northern Mudlarks Wow! That is awesome!

@mewzishun 2 года назад

I thought Time Team was a reference to Dr. Who. ☺

@babybyrd2121 4 года назад

Boy that was fun! Such cool things. A witch bottle! Wow! And a whole codd bottle. Yeah y’all need a grabber, it would have saved your poor hands on this trip Alex. Thanks for a great Sunday afternoon.

@ASeed17 4 года назад

I'm American, and I almost had a heart attack at the beginning because I thought you were driving on the wrong side lol

@stephendadd8440 4 года назад

Love your latest video ladies! Alex - you are SO funny when you get excited! - Very entertaining! You are very lucky that the bottles you find are not "sick". I bought a bottle tumbling machine at the end of last year, but it takes a lot of learning to get good results. It is still a work in progress! Love the blooper bit on the end. Your confidence and film-making skills go from strength to strength. Well done!

@jfseal38 4 года назад

Phillip, with "Let's go with the Johnson's", would love those bricks! He's a big brick guy! Great video, kids, I absolutely love those bottles!!! I would die for any one of them! Beautiful! Ta! Cheers! Tony.

@sarahstrong7174 4 года назад

Thankyou for sharing. I get excited when you do too.

@Ghosts-of-York 4 года назад

great videos thanks for sharing with the world 😍😍😍😍👌👌

@EmziieLou77 4 года назад

The cod bottle and glass stopple bopper are beautiful!

@MylifebelikeOohAah 4 года назад

I don’t blame you, bottle dumps are exciting! You don’t know what you’re going to find 😊

@jennywalborn7769 4 года назад

Those bottles were gorgeous!! Awesome finds!!

@teresasallam9526 2 года назад

Another morning enjoying my coffee and your videos. Love those bottles you found. Gail you made me bust out laughing at the end clip. That was too funny.

@pamclift5446 4 года назад

Love the bottles. Loved the cod bottle. I would of had a hard time leaving the bottle dig area. Such great finds.

@dellibby1558 4 года назад

Do glue the bottles depecting Dickens scenes together that match.

@sheiladickerson5198 4 года назад

Alex love your excitement!!!🥰

@amandapittar9398 4 года назад

I love they way you discard the plain marmalade jars. I would be ecstatic to find ONE of those. Great video, thank you for freezing on my behalf! I also adored the banter at the end, like me and my daughter lol.

@jerlynneallison6361 4 года назад

The oyster shell would look good polished up with a pearl glued to it and made into a necklace. 😁❤🐚

@fionataylor.yarn-over-fee3040 4 года назад

I'm hooked on your mudlaking and beach find videos. We are so lucky to have many beaches near. I'm in North Glasgow so often go on the 45min journey to visit the Ayrshire coastal beaches looking for sea glass, agates and pebbles to polish. Keen now to try the rivers nearby. I would love to find clay pipes! Look forward to your next video. 😊

@joinnh8566 4 года назад

I am TOTALLY jealous of your Time Team trowels!!! Huge fan from the US!

@jettelisec6350 4 года назад

Dear Mama and Daugther, Its so wonderful i hear your excited voices. Es war Euer Glückstag 🐖🍀. Thank you for the adventure. Lg Jette

@bethvanhaitsma8408 4 года назад

it's so cool that you can go do this in public areas and not get in trouble, I wish we could do that in the US

@margchalmers734 4 года назад

Oh wow I just loved this! How interesting and fun!

@MudlarkingWithKitCaboodlers 4 года назад

Wow those bottles are beautiful and the pipes! Very jealous! We are rubbish at finding bottles and actually decorative pipes as well even on the foreshore haha :)

@NorthernMudlarks 4 года назад

We seem to be quite lucky with bottles! We never find whole-ish pipes on the foreshore, but more luck finding them in dumps. xx

@rollonbc 4 года назад

Loved the outtakes, large fragment on your.... naughty mommie.

@tracyelliottclifford4863 4 года назад

Loved it lol!

@marciehall2125 4 года назад

I am retired living in Baja California, Mexico. The beautiful bay where I live has many oyster growing farms. Oysters are grown by drilling holes in old shells then tying the shells on a rope that they hang on a frame in the water to grow.

@RMBlake007 4 года назад

I thought it added not only humor, but a most "real" moment in the video!.. I appreciate tidbits like that!!

@mctron22rd 3 года назад

I would probably be just as excited as Alex. The Dog skull looks like Scabbers from a Tim Burton cartoon.

@lovelyskull3483 4 года назад

Wow, great finds, such an enjoyable video. I waited all day to watch in peace and quiet with a cup of tea.☮️🇨🇦

@NorthernMudlarks 4 года назад

Aww! Well we are glad you enjoyed it! xx

@tinovanderzwanphonocave544 4 года назад

the cheese pot has the 2 keys the seal of the city of Leiden in the Netherlands the city I live in and yes there was a great cheese industry in our town would it not be wonderful to have this connection between the 3 of us.

@NorthernMudlarks 4 года назад

We didn’t have much time to do any research on this jar but I kept it because I liked the crossed keys symbol 😊 It would be a lovely coincidence if we had that connection through this humble little jar. If you're interested it has "MACLAREN'S IMPERIAL CHEESE R.G.S.O" written on the bottom. Gail & Alex x

@kelleyscholfield9503 3 года назад

@@NorthernMudlarks I found one of those Mclarens jar. I believe it was an early cream cheese spread and it was later acquired by Craft, which obviously is a big brand name today.

@eileenwade8971 4 года назад

There is a comment made further down about shorter videos-- don’t do it!!! I love your videos, the time just flies when I am watching them!

@eba44 4 года назад

What a brilliant episode! I was actually leaning in and laughing (I scared my cat Sarah Jane) during the exciting bottle dump portion!!! I love all your finds- and am so glad you brought us along! And i'll be interested to know how your various sites have been effected by the extreme weather you've had. Cheers!

@kennethboydsr3966 7 месяцев назад

I love Scotland the bridges and the buildings are so cool and look to be very kept if I wasn’t so old (72) I would sell out and move there that’s where my roots are love you two your so entertaining ❤😊

@debilunn9563 4 года назад

Stopple bopper! Love it!

@Squatchladypa 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing your wonderful finds... I find watching your videos relaxing....Have a great day!

@lucijackson7253 4 года назад

Here in America, when we find the shells with obviously man made holes, we know they were manipulated by people who were selling them to make buttons. Here, usually the American Indians but I have learned that in Victorian times, there was quite an industry of the "lower class" doing it to supplement or make an income selling them to the "upper class" or to manufactories. I love how excited you got over the cod bottle that was whole. You gals are an inspiration to my rockhounding and junking soul. Blessings

@leeklassy1012 4 года назад

Another enjoyable adventure, beautiful photography, relaxing music and as always such interesting history. Thanks again for sharing and have a great week ahead.

@CatsEyeArt5150 4 года назад

Fantastic finds! I love the howling wind😆

@gaylereid8264 3 года назад

Good on you both this day❣️ You may never find the like of those bottles again❣️❣️❣️

@jacklisiecki2389 4 года назад

Wow! Some impressive bottle and cream pot finds. Contagious enthusiasm to be sure. I loved the intact cod bottle - first one I've seen. A witch's bottle no less. Amazing! Thanks for a great video.

@jerlynneallison6361 4 года назад

A harp & a shamrock? Maybe it's a Guinness pipe! 🤣🤣❤

@catherinemoore1426 4 года назад

Great finds , so much excitement ❤️🇨🇦

@moey100 2 года назад

Gail & Alex I love your videos! I live by the ocean & find shells with holes in them too. Bivalve shells (clams, mussels. oysters) have holes in them because mollusks (snails) have used their raspy tongues to bore a hole. Then they can eat the contents of the bivalve. I collect the shells with holes to make wind chimes, pendants & more. :D

@ricksheetz1873 4 года назад

my grandfather used to collect the shells for the button factory in the town he lived in, great bunch of bottles, again I love the way you show the scenery around you with the music, great video, will be looking forward to next one, take care.