I can’t believe I was filming and still hadn’t seen them 😂. I felt like a goose when I watched it back. But it’s ok, it’s better than not finding them at all.
Andrew, what a delight to see you make such wondrous discoveries Just think, if you had not gone today , what you would have missed. I am always so happy for you to find the gifts the Thames has held for you. Cheers, and see you next week I hope.
Yay for the garnets ☺ Oyster shells with holes would make a good wind-chime Tiles with holes would be a good mosaic for the garden A happy day, thank you for sharing 😉
Recently found your channel and have been amazed at the variety of items to be found in the Thames. The garnets are gorgeous, and seeing your video spurred me in to finding out more about the mysteries of their origins. Keep up the great work, and thank you for filming your adventures so we can all tag along!
I think that many of us were screaming at the screen when at around minute 10 you found another big patch of needles and we spotted the garnets before you did. 😊 Happy that you finally encountered them.
@@TheAussieMudlark I think if you find a small clear glass, with bubbles would be nice, dish or something that could be used as a dish/ bowl would display them beautifully.
There is another Channel where Mudlarkers went to Scotland and found Garnets in a Place called RUBY Island (??? Cannot remember the Channel at the moment .Not sure why they didn't just call the Island Garnet island ? LOL . ) But finding Garnets on the Thames is a Win -Win situation ! What Fun and how exciting !!! And, I never use to have any interest in the little Pins and the Pin Twists ...BUT, I do now ! Thank you for taking us along on your journey , Aussie !
Really enjoy your videos. Will hopefully be there myself next year...The oyster shells have holes in them because they were used to make mother of pearl buttons. The would drill out circles from the flat parts then make 2-4 holes in them to make them into buttons. The garnets supposedly there as a result of a jewellery workshop next to the Thames was bombed in the second world war.....Look forward to your next outing
Congrats on your first ever Thames garnets!! How fun!! I was yelling at the screen "Forget the pins and look at all the garnets!!" Before you finally realized they were there😀😉
@@TheAussieMudlark I'm sure there is a lot of difference between just looking with your eyes and looking thru the camera! I'd have to have a cameraman because I'd go dizzy looking back and forth!😀
I wonder if you maybe could use a fine sifter (such as children's beach toy) to gather the material and rinse away the sand to make it easier to expose the tiny finds? I enjoy your videos very much. I love history but as I am from the U.S., we don't have a terribly long history here. I love the thought of finding things that are hundreds of years old if not Roman finds. How fun it must be.
I know, it was crazy! The thing is though I couldn’t see any just by eye, it was through the phone camera that they looked brighter. But now I know what to look for 😊
The Aussie Mudlark hopefully you'll find more , did you find out what that yellow mustard coloured gem was? Did it feel light in weight , do u think it's a bit of amber snapped off? I know Amber floats if that helps lol Another one of my favs Amber Father Christmas can you hear me????
I am so happy for you! They really are beautiful! I am a rockhound, I believe we all have the same hobbies in common with one another and I am so glad you found them!!!! They are also naturally faceted. They come out of the earth like that! I also noticed the beautiful piece of clear yellow rock you found, it may be a gemstone because it is not all scratched up like a piece of glass would be. I think it may be citrine maybe? I have watched rock collecters from Australia and they found thousands of them! They where large to, I want to go to Australia and explore the amazing continent that is full of so many different types of Crystals, sky blue chrisophrase, gold, opals, emeralds, and so much much more. The geography is stunning and I would love to go there as well.
Is that what amateur geologists call themselves, rockhounds 🤣. Yes, Australia has amazing geology, I used to go Opal mining and gold panning when I was young.
Those garnets are beautiful, what an impressive haul. I’ve got an image in my mind of you racing down to the shops to buy some tweezers for next time 😉. Stay safe and I look forward to seeing next week’s video.
Hi from South Australia, what a great find, have always dreamed of finding gemstones , love the pins with all that history behind them. Sue Gosling Adelaide s.a
So cool, I have have fake or glass or paste garnets from a great great aunt passed down from her to my mother in ring form. I had them reset in pendant. I'd love to find some Thames garnets someday. It's just getting my old bones down that close to the ground that will be a challenge.😊 What fun for you that day. I can always feel your excitement when you find things for the time. Happy hunting. Cheers from North Carolina, USA
Wonderful : ) I noticed a coin just to the right of where you were picking up the garnets ... so exciting to be there with you looking too : ) thank you : )
Hooray for the 1st garnets. The one's we have in the States that are that small are usually black, still nicely faceted but yours are yummy gemmy color.
Rupert (the Chihuahua) and I loved the pynnes and pynn twist. Did you know that Noah used a garnet to light the way on the Ark? Your garnets would look beautiful in a simple clear glass on a windowsill which would be a beautiful modernistic Christmas decoration maybe?
Love the Garnets! Of course I'm also biased because it's my birthstone. But I used to use tweezers in Maine and pick tiny ones out of the gravel in the driveway :)
GARNETS ✨Treasure ✨ CONGRATULATIONS !!!!! So happy you found treasure. Great day of finds. ✨Pipe bowls, lovely pins (teeny tiny pin) and Aglet. Great day!!!! Stay safe. 🦋 Watch Kit & Caboodlers @ 6:54, that’s what you need to carry with you for future garnet finds. Just a thought. 🧐
@@TheAussieMudlark I found a piece of amethyst on slate but on an old mine shaft just on the coastal path down from the beach😋😋 very excited! Thanks for asking. I rock hound. If I were on the Thames I would be picking up all those oyster shells, flint and chalk......oh and garnet! I tried to look for garnet last night on the beach but it was getting too dark. X
Congratulations on your terrific finds! I hope your work is going well. Thank you and your company for your help in trying to bring this pandemic to an end! Stay safe!
Already excited about the pins, Loved your enthusiasm finding all the garnets. Thanks for another video. Hope all is going smoothly on the job; and you're safe and in good health.😊♥️
@@TheAussieMudlark yes I know 😩 and I have had my permit since last year but only been able to mudlark on two occasions when I was in London on trips in 2019
Beautiful garnets Andrew! I'm still relatively a mudlark newbie too and know of a couple of supposed locations for the thames garnets but my finds are normally just pins, aglets, type, china, pottery, pipe bowls, buttons, and a couple of musket balls (so far). 🙂
All of those things are on my bucket list. I really want to get pins and epelits. If you ever want to sell some of these items let me know. About the garnets, the ones you found are garnets and are called almondine because of their shape. The facets are natural in this form. They are also heavy and should be found on the beach with heavy items like metals. Which is probably why you found them alongside the pins. If you were panning for gold they would settle to the bottom of the pan along with black sand and of course gold. Pick up the green ones too they are gemstones too. I think possibly emerald?
Thank you Janice. I was wanting to set up an Etsy store but I am so busy at work I struggle to even get time to go mudlarking. I’ll look out for the green stones now, thanks, Andrew
Garnets are cool! I’ve watched other Mudlarks find them, so pleased you got to get some as well. Gotta love a semi precious gem. The best colours as well. Congratulations 🥳
Your channel is growing so beautifully. I did wonder how long it would be before you found the garnets !!!!! Superb.!! Love from Wolverhampton in The West Midlands, England. xxxxxxx
Hi Andrew, that yellow stone could be a citrine, a sapphire, oh lots of stones. I think l saw green too. That could be tsavorite garnets. I wondered if they were stolen and thrown in the river. I highly suspect that some of those stones could be jasper or mookaite or agates. I'd love to drain the river and then scouter around. Lol. Anyway good luck sweetie! There were some nice pieces of china there as well. Any chance of you saving me some blue and white china shards. Love to cover a little round table for my backyard. That's one of the things l wanted to talk to you about when l gave you my Email address. All the best little Aussie man. Janice xx
Hi Janice, I’m hoping it is a small citrine. I’m saving the shards for now so I can turn them into jewellery, i won’t be able to start until spring so won’t know if it works until then.
Garnets Garnets and more Garnets ❤❤ and more beautiful pins. Did you pick up any of the beautiful pottery that was nearby amd/or clay pipe bowl sticking out of mud?
Yeah most semi precious stones are heavier than most of the other rocks so they settle in the bottom. Then you flip and dump it and they should be all on top of the pile.
Congrads! You found some nice sized ones there! Would be a good idea to carry tweezers with you next time mudlarking. I see so many beautiful stones and shells too there. Wonderful finds! Was thata a token or bag seal you picked up also?
A good way to find gems is, where there are a accumulation of heavies (pins, small metal and iron items) you will find gemstones like garnet, sapphires, zircons, etc. Gemstones are small but heavy and will likely be together as they are tumbled by the Thames.
Your vids are captivating. Charming and relaxing and i feel genuinely happy when you find something. I look forward to each search. What part of Australia are you from? I'm from Newcastle, NSW. CHEERS,
Great episode mate. Keep pointing at the button in the bottom left of the first garnet shot. 😂 Did you get the pipe out too? Amazed how many pipe stems were littering the foreshore. Thanks for the post. Look forward to the next one. Cheers Dazza.
@@TheAussieMudlark not to worry it looked like a fly button. Feeling very positive here in Melbourne now, going to the pub for the first time in 9 months on Saturday 🤪. Hope you’re going well and the big job is progressing well. Stay safe mate as (no pressure) your army of fans need to see you with a BigM and vegimite sandwich on the foreshore soon.
I know this is a crazy idea but do you think the holes in the Oyster shells are where they were making in them then sucking the insides out? mashing up the Oysters then sucking them out.
Buy yourself a cheap gem sieve and then all you have to do is scoop up everything pick out some of the big rocks go to the water Shake It Up and Down all the crystals are heavier they go to the bottom then you flip over the screen on a flat surface and all of your crystals will be in the very center
P.S. Andrew, let me know if you ever want to have them beautifully faceted, l can give you a good reliable contact in Thailand, so reasonable in price to have them cut there too. Go back to same place, see if any more there. Janice
@@TheAussieMudlark ahh like a beauty product -great ideas bought a small bag of tumbled garnets but they was so small too facet and set in jewellery-but great you found some cool stuff
Love love love your videos. I’d absolutely love to live in London or even visit London but I do have a question for you. What took you from sunny Australia to overcast London to live? Btw...I’d give anything to do what you love to do. I’m from Ohio in America.
@@TheAussieMudlark I know at times we must move in order to make a living. Did you “mudlark” in Australia? And was you into the history of your home country as well as you are of London?
@@vickymckinney972 no I didn’t mudlark in Australia, there’s not really the history over there. My dad got me into gold panning and gold detecting though 😋
@@TheAussieMudlark well thank you for taking time to explain things to me. Please keep making the wonderful videos. I look forward to Sunday evenings after the day winds down and get to watch 5 of my favorite midlarking videos. Stay safe out there and see you next Sunday!!
@@TheAussieMudlark That doesn't sound logical to me. Why would you only ever make 1 button from each shell? The fact that you find tiles near them could be the answer. If the holes are a similar size to the holes in the tiles then maybe they were used as packers or spacers by roofers.
