I found a 2000 year old Artefact & THEN... guess which Historical Event I went to! (May 2023) 

Are you one of the people I interviewed on the Mall on Friday 5th May? If so, thank you. You can see the footage in the second half of this video! Or, if you prefer you can see the standalone version of my interviews with the campers on the Mall here - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jLnWu8HMjVo.html Thank you! And thank you to everyone for your kind and wonderful comments. Have a wonderful day. Nicola

To hold a Roman artifact in your hands must be an experience like no other!

Nicola, you always amaze, those interviews on the Mall were great, I love how you interact with the children and young people, but you are so kind and patient with everyone allowing them time to express themselves. Thank you. Brought back memories of being there last June for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

I'm American, and I stayed up all night to watch from Pensacola, FL. I started out loving Tudor History, but I loved the Queen so much, and now I'm tickled with William and Katherine and the children. Charlotte is such a little mother abd such a beauty. George is his dad made over, and then there's Louis! He has my whole heart, he's such a mess! I think you are so lucky to be there in such amazing history. I long to be there every day! Thank everyone who has been military here or there! And, God Save the King!

I love that you named your boat 'Fitzroy motor boat', I remember the video when you found the name and David wanted to adopt it lol. Thank you so much for going along and interviewing the crowds in London.... so many people from from overseas! I loved it! Great video Nicola, I think you missed your vocation, you would be a great TV presenter 😀💗 Long live the King!🤴 x

Great video! Fan of the Monarchy here in Canada. Sad that Diana wasn’t wearing that crown. This coronation brought back the memories of her. Great to see such an outpouring of people come out to catch the historic event there. Long Live the King! Hip Hip Hooray! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Nicola, 70 years ago I watched the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth on television, in our home in New Jersey. IT was amazing and I even had a complete set of the stamps honoring Her and all the Royal items associated with the Royalty. I was eleven years old. Yesterday I saw Charles coronated and I am grateful to be healthy and alert enough to enjoy another momentous occasion, in my lifetime. NO matter your country or political beliefs, this celebration after almost three years of Covid, is so positive I will cherish it as long as I live. Cheers, Frederick Spector

Thank you so very much for your royal walkabout among the crowds, Nicola! A fantastic idea to meet people camping out to see the King. Even better than watching another video of the golden carriage (almost). Congratulations, too, on your assortment of finds. Great pair of videos, Nicola!

When you mentioned skylarks,it brought back a memory of when I was a child. We used to lay on our backs in the fields and look up to see if we could spot the skylarks flying high in the sky.

Nicola thank you so much for taking me along to celebrate! I live on the West Coast of the United States, but have long loved and followed The Royal Family. Congratulations on this historic and beautiful event, I feel like I was there in part, because of your lovely post. Long live the King. Long live the Queen. Many blessings to you.

In such a divisive age as ours, with so much unrest and war in the world, it was heartwarming to see so many people unified by a desire to be a part of history and tradition. I'm an American, but watching the coronation filled me such a sense of continuity and cultural evolution. Thanks so much Nicola, I think you're a wonderful journalist. Oh, and those paintings! I'm an artist, and I was so gratified to see painters set up, capturing the moment. All the best to you.

Best coverage of the coronation yet! Thanks Nic xx

I love the name of your boat, and that it is safe from submarines with the 'dazzle' pattern paint. I loved that you found those Roman shards, and finding out one Roman potter anyway was proud enough to put his name on his items. Thank you for braving the crowds and talking to people, those people who were willing to brave the weather and sleep in tents or just in sleeping bags to see the coronation. I'm not quite old enough to have been around for Queen Elizabeth II coronation, I wasn't born until almost 6 months later. Now, I don't understand why those younger people were saying "This is a once in a lifetime" thing. Charles is 74. Now, because of my age and health, I don't expect to see William's coronation, but those young people could. Still, you could hear the excitement of the people, not just those you spoke to, but those around them. I did watch some of the video, but I just couldn't last 2+ hours of it. If I could've skipped the singing and stuff I'd'a done it.

You, yourself Nicola, are an International treasure! Thank you for being there. ❤😊❤

What a joy to see all the spectators! Thank you for this wonderful glimpse into the lives of everyone who wishes Charles and Camilla well! Loved it all, the finds on the foreshore weren't bad either.

You did so well capturing the excitement and unity of the people on the streets of London. I think the Irish gentleman was my favorite, though it was hard to choose, so many wonderful people. What an amazing video Nicola, thank you so much for sharing this with us.

What a great video Nicola! Thank you for all the interviews down on the Mall. What an historic time!! I love the monarchy. God bless the King and Queen. ❤️🇨🇦

Wonderful for you to document the people attending the event ! Names and faces. I especially enjoyed the bit with Joseph and Pippa. Just Wonderful. Thanks for sharing. All the people that got to speak to the King ! I already like him just for that ! What a nice man to do that. 🤴🇬🇧

I LOVED the interviews! Thank you for dedicating so much time to it. As an American, it’s hard to grasp what this event means to so many people, and I found it interesting and joyful to hear from all those people 😃. Thank you so much!

My gardening is done and I'm sitting here enjoying my Sunday dinner and watching your weekly post. I live in the States but it's always a treat to tag along with you or Si or Tom Burleigh. That Roman pottery makers stamp is absolutely amazing, and you were meant to find it. Happy Coronation weekend to all in Britain. One day in the distant future someone will find King Charles III coins while mudlarking. That's interesting to think and ponder about.

Those interviews were terrific - and I especially appreciated those with the veterans ❤ A heartfelt thanks for your service, gents. What an exciting time to be in London! - as your friend from Sweden said, “It’s the world’s biggest party!”

Thanks for your Royal walkabout! It was lovely to see all the happy excited people!❤️

OMW Nicola your recording of the people camping out and interviews was better than any pro media reporting on the Coronation big camp out. I loved it you are a born interviewer and what an experience it must have been great to see the lady from Cape Town how lucky she was to be able to be there and greetings from Cape Town

Nicola, I so look forward to your videos, today's was simply over the moon! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful visit with so many lovely people. I feel as if I had visited your magical city again at a most exciting time! (The last time I was in London Princess Charlotte was born!) Your #1 American fan Long live the King and Queen! 👑 👑🥰

The bird featured is a wheatear.

I have been enjoying your channel for quite a few years now, and for a long time I couldn't comment due to computer issues. But I feel I have something relevant to communicate,now that I can. Don't cut down those Codd bottles. The fact that they're broken is part of their history, and in in the not-so-distant future their rarity will nesesitate the preservation of even the most broken ones. At one time, Bartmann jugs were probably common on the foreshore. And finally,think about some kinds of antiques that have been altered that now make us cringe.... Besides, you can always do it some day, but you can never put it back. I think they're beautiful in the condition as found. I love just being allowed to putter along with you on the riverside hoping you'll grab the things I spot. That's all you have to do to make me happy. Thanks for all your hard work.

Wonderful video! I'm from Kentucky,USA and really enjoyed the excitement and togetherness of the people waiting for the Coronation. Loved the scenery on the mudlark as well! Thanks for all you do!!

Am from Florida, USA and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth was the first show I had ever seen on television at the age of 17. I watched the whole thing from a neighbor’s TV.

Wonderful findings and lovely people enjoying and waiting for the KING 🤴. With love from SAM Guwahati, Assam, India 🇮🇳 ♥️

Thank you so much for the experience of visiting all the revelers!! And always, thank you for your wonderful tours on the foreshore.

Nicola, what a lovely set of interviews from the Mall, I was not expecting that, thank you. Your channel is great to watch.

🎉🎉🎉🎉love the Monarchy AND the absolute BEST video of the participants. Well done and thank you Nicola.

Thanks!

That was fun! Thank you for interviewing everyone. It was great. Love the atmosphere. Love❤

I couldn't stop smiling while you were interviewing everyone!

So much fun, from mudlarking to peoplelarking in one video. I felt the excitement and thrill of everyone being there. You managed to get it all in the video. Thank you for taking us with you. As a child I watched Elizabeth become Queen on black and white TV. It was a treat to be able to see Charles become King. Nice to see so many people from different countries celebrating together. Our world needs more of that. Thank you it was lovely to see, from a New Yorker USA.

Loved the animal shots today. Thanks for the “local color”.

We here in Denver ,Colorado wish to give you a big hug ! My father is in his late 80s and we both can not thank you more enough for sharing this historical moment with us . Bang on sister ! Love your style, straight from your heart . Take care now .

Dear Nicola, your interviews on the mall were the best of any we watched--by far better than those on BBC or any of the US news outlets. You really captured the joy and the camaraderie of the people who were there and let them shine. I adore your mudlarking videos but your skills as an interviewer let people be themselves and not stilted. Sending love from California!

I love the Fitzroy motor boat and I especially love the razzle dazzle paint job!

Loved seeing the Fitzroy Motorboat. I hope you have many more adventures on her. Thank you for interviewing the friendly people who came to this event . A lifetime experience. 🇬🇧

Although I am an American I wish I could have been there to join in the celebration. Thanks Nicola for taking me on a virtual visit.

That was just lovely . The finds and the interviews on the mall . We are so far away and it was great to see the atmosphere ….. Thank-you Nicola.🎉

Very, very interesting. Thank you Nicola. I live on the west coast and stayed awake all night and early a.m. to watch every moment. I've always been fascinated with Great Britain. Your interviews and coverage of the people staying was outstanding. I loved watching the marching military, drums, beautiful good horses, luv a person in uniform--haha. It was perfect.

OMGosh!! Thank you Nicola, we really enjoyed the interviews, so many people from all over the world. We were surprised at how many people from Canada and the USA were there. Everyone is so happy and enjoying being together, it's just lovely. The artists who are painting is very impressive. It's amazing how many older people are camping out, and on the ground, or just sleeping in their chairs, it is just a little concerning because of the cold. I guess the adrenaline will keep them warm.

Oh Wow! Thank you for sharing the coronation footage. I had no idea that people in England went all out like that. Loved the outfits. You are the best!

Thank you for the up close interviews, what a glorious blast!! I got up at 5am to watch the festivities and the entire event was fantastic.

Thank you for bringing a bit of the fun and festiveness of the coronation crowd to us in other parts of the world. Loved the interviews with the youngsters and the memorable gin and tonic ladies. Congrats to you Nic, on your amazing Roman pottery piece with the maker's mark. I'm sure we'll hear more on that in another vid. What a sleepy, chubby-faced little squirrel with chipmunk teeth? : ) Not scary.

Beautiful video Nicola. God bless the king! Love from Costa Rica. 🇨🇷❤️🇬🇧

That strange little toothy cat orphan,I am fascinated. I am sure he will be welcomed. He probably was never welcomed before,but ,now he has friends❤️

Brilliant Video Buttercup !!!!!!! That Boat Didn't Look Very Safe !!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you Nicola for another great video! I especially enjoyed the interviews with all the Coronation Revelers. 🇬🇧💜

Such a lovely day full of beautiful finds.

Thanks Nicola, awesome video!

Thank you Nicola ! That was a great surprise & so great for us that couldn't physically be there , I feel I was on the pavement next to you whilst you were interviewing those brave & fortunate people. The mudlarking was very enjoyable too , thank you so much & all the best Cheryl x

Thanks Nicola thankyou for taking me with you I wish I had been there

🤣😂..As long as Bucky doesn't cause any trouble!... I busted out laughing!! Love the Fitzroy!! So much fun going along on your flagship voyage! This video was fun and intriguing to watch from beginning to end! Thank you, Nicola! Great editing, by the way!

Brilliant Nicola, loved Pete's painting, beautiful. Please keep it up, love Nicola at her best, mudlarking. ❤🇨🇦👍🍁

Seeing those artifacts from old coronations!,,,,

Thanks for a great video i loved the interviews along the mall..stay safe..VIC..

What an incomparable video! Having watched the ceremony yesterday (Saturday), your interviews were the icing on the coronation cake. Love and hugs from me in New Mexico USA.

Thank you for taking me to the coronation....Love your channel...Never miss it

There's something so satisfying about hearing your boots crunch on the ground. ASMR!

Thank you for taking us along to meet all of the wonderful people with their different and interesting stories as to why they came to celebrate the coronation! I so enjoyed it! Also, love your new old motorboat and I think the name is an excellent choice. Congratulations and I wish you many happy nautical adventures aboard it. Sending you big hugs and much love from Tennessee.

Thank you so much. This is such a treat for me here in the States. It has given me such an incredible look at the excitement of all the people gathered from all over the world. It's wonderful to hear of everyone's love of country and royalty. Such fun lovely people. 👑🥰🇺🇸🐕

Loved your interviews. I especially enjoyed the interview with Joseph and seeing his photo with the Queen. It got me a bit misty eyed.

Hi Nicola, your interviews with the crowd were so much better and heartwarming than the tv stations did. Just wonderful.

Fabulous video! I loved that you were there the day before and talked to so many people who shared their stories. ❤️🇬🇧❤️

Thanks Nicola, we, down under saw the Grand Stuff, but to actually meet the people that were there. I remember The last one, (1953), and still have my New Testament, a present all school kids were given. I stood in the hot sun for several hours to see Her Majesty in 1954.

The stark contrast in sanity, between town and the foreshore, is reason enough to become a mudlark.

Congrats on the coronation -- which obviously means so many different things to different people. But it's great to see all of these *different* people together, in peace, celebrating -- I miss London!!! Long Live The King

❤ I loved your interviews Nicola. Better than the BBC 😊 greetings from Belgium 🇧🇪

Look at that lovely handsome man in that beautiful boat!! It's amazing finding items from 2,000 years ago! I never get tired of seeing all the finds from the old man Thames!! Thank you for sharing some of the celebration excitement of the King's coronation! My family immigrated from England a couple centuries ago, but I still feel connected somehow to the land across the pond! I love your channel and I've been watching you for years and I swear you haven't changed a bit. Still beautiful and full of joy! Sending lots of love and hugs and hope and peace 💕✌❤

Nicola, you amaze me. Doing a walk about. My hear it full.!!

A great larking video, as always, but your exuberance interviewing the folks was awesome! You really captured the energy, excitement and atmosphere. Lovely! Well done you ❤ 🇨🇦 Pamela

You have so many great places to forage for your finds, I absolutely love the bottle stoppers you find! The pottery you find has such wonderful history! Happy hunting!

Dear Nicola, we have been regular viewers of your work for the last 2 years. As almost life long residents of Greenwich and lovers of the Thames, your excellent work has extra meaning for us. However, we must give our fullest congratulations to you for your magnificent Royal Walkabout . It’s humanity captured the incredible atmosphere and the people who generated it, beautifully. The main stream media sadly failed miserably to do this, you showed the way. Our grateful thanks, Derek and Linda.

Hi Nik..The Bird looks like a Western kingbird.. Awesome finds today… What a Beautiful Ceremony… Sending positive energy,blessings and prayers ..☯️LOVE & LIGHT from Pittsburgh PA..USA..💛🖤💛 Blessed be…… (TheCrAzYbiRdLaDy🦜🕊..)

Love the interviews you did! It's nice to see them excited for the historic event. I remember staying up all night with my bestfriend to see Charles and Diana's wedding when we were in junior high. My son wanted to see the coronation live, so we stayed up until 4am (Texas time) to watch it. Even my 80 year old mother was up to see it. Unfortunately, a few minutes after the carriage left the palace, I konked out! 😫😴💤 Well, I was very tired but I'm proud that my mom and son toughed it out and watched the whole thing. 👍🏻♥️🇬🇧

What a wonderful episode!! From the fun finds to your walkabout. A friend and I got up at 2 AM on the west coast …. Petaluma, CA to watch the coronation. Loved it❤Thank you for your interviews….Seeing all those people was so Special….🎉🇬🇧👑👑

Thanks for your visit on the Mall.

Hello nicola I thank you dearly I felt like I 2as walking along beside you as you interviewed allit was so much fun😊❤

What a lovely episode, and what a great bunch of people you met on The Mall! I recognised the motto on the plate fragment you found 'Per Mare Per Terram' [By Sea, By Land] straight away because it's the Royal Marines motto and my dad was a RM Commando, who on enlistment swore an oath to serve the monarch [then George VI ] who was the head of the Armed Forces at the time.

I believe the bird is a Sedge Warbler. Thanks for taking us along on all your hours of mudlarking fun.

The Roman bits are AMAZING! And I really love the WW1 style camouflage on the Fitzroy! I'm sure it will keep all your secret spots secret! No disrespect intended but, as an American, I don't get all the hoopla for The King - I guess that's why we're not Brits... anymore... It was thrilling to see so much excitement and everyone was so nice and up-beat. Love your stuff!

Another wonderful video! Each video is packed with such interesting finds. I’d love to see you compile your treasures into book form. Thank you for bringing us along on your adventures!

Your interviews with all those people was so engaging! It’s lovely to see the enthusiasm from everybody (and the fun dressing-up!!)

You are a classic Nicole ❤I like your Mudlarking cheers from Toowoomba City Queensland Australia 🇦🇺

That footage of the Campers was really special! Much more telling to me than a people putting on ancient glad-rags and bling. Thank you for that!

I truly love your videos. You are an awe inspiring person. I would love to move to the UK. Take care and I look forward to your next video. 😊

I give up believing that I will be the first person to leave a comment, even after commenting not long after you’ve uploaded this video I’m the 100+ person to leave a comment. Shows how popular you are + other RU-vid subscribers that are so popular. That’s my moaning done, lol. Thank you and thanks to all the other mudlarkers, magnet fishers etc etc etc. All the best Cheryl.

Wow Nicola, thank you so much for this wonderful video. It was pure joy to see and to listen to all those people on the mall and such a pleasure to share their enthusiasm!

Nickola, I so enjoyed this beautiful Vlog. I really enjoyed watching you interview all the people that were camped out. Sheer dedication. What a lovely vibe. You had to be a journalist in a former lifetime. You were absolutely brilliant at it. Again, thank you so much. Also, it was amazing to see that one piece of pottery that had identification on it. That was absolutely amazing! Sending love from California💜🫶🤗🦔🇺🇸

Thank you for sharing the celebratory crowd. You could feel the excitement and joy.

where ever you were, that spot was a goldmine. One gem after another. Will you ever do a round up on your Roman artifacts? I enjoyed them. Lovely to see people from around the world gathered on the Mall. Your interviews with them was better than the major news teams. Well done Nicola.

Thank you Nicola. Great video 😊

Thank you so much Nicola! I am partial to the RAOB with snout as the cutest. But without is quite elegant in a simple clean presentation. And I do agree with Van Gogh that simplicity is the height of elegance . Thank you so much for going about all the lovely people waiting and celebrating. So charming all of them were!❤

I enjoyed that, thanks nicola, karate Tim 🥋👍

This was a great video. You were able to capture the feeling of the feeling and excitement of the crowd at the Mall. Thank you!

Hi, Nicola. Susan here. Loved the finds (especially the Samianware with the maker's mark). However, I truly enjoyed the interviews with the people on the Mall. I watched an abbreviated version of the coronation (as my brother said, politicians come and go, but the monarchy is the bedrock of our civilization). However, unlike any celebration having to do with the Queen (where I was always a weepy mess), I didn't shed a tear during this event. That is, until I watched your video. These were people to whom their monarch really meant something (especially Joseph). I found that very moving. Thank you for making it relevant once again.