Mudlarking with Nicola White - An Ancient Skull & Roman History

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Join me as I take a trip out with fellow mudlark David Nolan to search for history in the mud in the Medway. This video was made in the summer of 2019. In this video I find a horse skull in the mud which I am pretty sure is very old! Im also fortunate enough to find some Roman artefacts and many other mysterious and wonderful items which I then do some research on.
If you are able to help with ID on any of my finds then please comment below. Im always delighted to hear from you.
You can follow me on twitter and instagram @tidelineart
Thank you for watching.
See you soon.
Nicola
Nicola White
www.tidelineart.com

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@williamspath2928 4 года назад

Nicola, I am commenting to you from Ashburn, Virginia USA. I am 82 years old and a retired member of the US Navy. I am a subscriber of yours and enjoy your mudlarking adventures very much. I find your channel relaxing and quite pleasant.

@nicolawhitemudlark 4 года назад

Hi William. Thank you for commenting. I'm delighted that you enjoy the videos. Thank you for watching, and a massive thank you for all the amazing work you've done. Best wishes from London. Nicola xx

@heath2510ok 4 года назад

Hello William from me here in Lincolnshire UK thank you for your service ❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧

@debiesubaugher 4 года назад

Hello William from Manassas, VA. Thank you so much for your service to our country.

@hippymama100 4 года назад

Me too! Fairfax, VA here. I often put her videos on to fall asleep to! That's not to say they are boring, far from it. They are very interesting to watch, and then so soothing and calming for someone with insomnia to nod off to.

@hippymama100 4 года назад

@@debiesubaugher my parents live in Yorkshire, across the street from where Kline's Freeze used to be!

@Julianne955 2 года назад

I'm watching this again, two years later. That last scene as David rowed you two back, the sunset, the music...perfection. Thank you Nicola and David for a few peaceful moments. 💖💖

@shannahenk1655 4 года назад

I love your inclusion of nature footage in your videos. It gives them so much more sense of place.

@nicolawhitemudlark 4 года назад

Thank you x

@TheTuna1747 4 года назад

The bird tile is from the game of Mah Jong. It’s called a one bam.

@rollinstoned0 4 года назад

I was just about to post that. Good call!

@Rubin_Schmidt 4 года назад

@@adriaan2618 I though it might be shell or carnelian. ???

@rosamariagoncalves8360 4 года назад

Mah Jong indeed

@ruthwalton3457 4 года назад

You got there before me 😂. It is a very pretty tile

@TheSnookyputz 4 года назад

Just played mahjong for the first time 3 days ago! I think the bird is a 1 in the bamboo series?

@leavingearth2403 4 года назад

Thank you for escorting the little Crab back to his Sea.

@mikes5637 4 года назад

I didn't know horses had canine teeth either. "Every time I learn something new it pushes some old stuff out of my brain." ~ Homer Simpson. Hope I didn't lose anything important.

@allenhonaker4107 4 года назад

Now I know that I have been watching too many old time team videos. When you picked up the piece of pottery I knew exactly what it was,even though we don't have any in the U.S.

@khills 3 года назад

No such thing as too much Time Team.

@JimAustin 3 года назад

Right tho!

@nancyholm2995 3 года назад

Same here!!Love Time Team!

@nancyhooper7715 4 года назад

Roman pottery!! Congratulations! Thank you for your kindness in returning the little crab stowaway.🦀

@thebluestplanet6768 4 года назад

7:45 How beautiful it looks with the seaweed cascading down like a long green mane!

@luvjesuslee2033 4 года назад

I was thinking the samething!

@andrewpennell37 4 года назад

What a fabulous find, we now have the Goddess Nicola finding the Goddess Victory. Good show you are quite the mudlark.

@susanpye9821 4 года назад

It’s so interestingly the way you look up your finds I am nearly 70 years old and can’t wait for another video so thank you

@nicolawhitemudlark 4 года назад

Thank you very much for your comments and feedback. I shall go through and respond later. Just off out on an expedition! thank you for watching. Nicola x

@vernontownsend3603 4 года назад

USA are we?? Stop over..:)

@Annevictoire1000 4 года назад

Should I be studying? Yes. Is watching Nicola more fun? Also yes. ♥️♥️♥️

@fatlad5090 4 года назад

You can learn a lot from these videos.

@michelehood8837 4 года назад

These videos are little history lessons, aren’t they?

@Annevictoire1000 4 года назад

Michele Hood Absolutely! But I don’t think that Nicola can help me with nursing school hahaha 😂

@cynthiagrant618 4 года назад

Victoria Chalifour I agree. I should be doing something that doesn’t make me wanna go shlep though the muddy banks with her a find something amazing. I’m from the states. And the Midwest. I find rocks and crystals, arrowheads sometimes.

@luvjesuslee2033 4 года назад

@@Annevictoire1000 😂

@constancemiller3753 4 года назад

"I take care of all the playthings that children have loved. When they are old and worn out and the children don't need them anymore, I take them away with me and turn them into Real." Nicola's side job:)

@missharry5727 2 года назад

As a birder I enjoy your forays into bird observations which are always beautifully photographed and integrated without being skipped over. They enhance the feeling of place.

@arcadiaexeter 4 года назад

Being an american, I can't imagine just walking along a beach and finding ancient roman artifacts from ad! LOL that's crazy to me.

@PrimetimeNut 4 года назад

The Doctor there are many many stone artifacts to be found in the US.

@mthom4615 4 года назад

you can though - we DO have History in America, even ancient history. It depends where you walk.

@lorrainewhitlock5377 4 года назад

Me too. American here. I would love to go to England and go larking with Nicola. 👀😍😋🇺🇸

@erad67 4 года назад

@Echo 9970 It's possible to find Native American items that are thousands of years old.

@Aarontlondon 4 года назад

@@mthom4615 In England, we can simply walk out of our houses, walk on Roman roads, walk past 1000 year old churches and see ancient structures on the way to the supermarket. It's quite different to how it is in America

@lindahyland4267 4 года назад

Lovely way to spend my Sunday morning: mudlarking vicariously through you! :)

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

Love your videos. They are very relaxing. Remind me of my younger days tramping through the woods, exploring.

@starrshamek5449 Год назад

I’m watching three years later and I love your videos and how you incorporate nature into your videos and the scenery.

@ReclinedPhysicist 4 года назад

Now I know where Fred Flintstone's loyal order of water buffalo fraternity comes from

@mirkatu3249 4 года назад

Oh my gosh I completely forgot about that! Thanks for the memory! :-)

@christophermalinowski6968 4 года назад

The fangs are called “wolf’s teeth” They’re often removed at a young age so as not to interfere with the ‘bit’.

@cynhanrahan4012 4 года назад

And on the close up of the skull, bit wear can be seen on the back side of one of the teeth.

@ManticorePinion 4 года назад

Those are just the canines, wolf teeth are in front of the premolars

@marthaanderson2656 4 года назад

these are not wolf teeth, they are tushes, you almost never hear people calling them canines. Wolf teeth are small vestigial teeth that usually erupt right in front of the back molars. They do interfere with the bit and getting them diagnosed, if not erupted is a nightmare.

@ttlreviews 4 года назад

You're right Christopher they're wolf teeth, my horse had them removed by the vet they use a tool that looks like an apple corer and cut it out from the gums

@paintedpony6394 4 года назад

Yep, wolf teeth. Most people remove them now days. The bit hits them and causes pain so they’re removed.

@naomiwendy2234 4 года назад

I couldn't help it, I heard Police's "Message in a Bottle"... Love the fragment of Roman pottery... I'm highly envious of some of your finds at times... The coolest thing I've found is a 10,000 - 3,000 year old spearhead off the shores of lake Michigan, I'd walked past three times before I finally decided to pick it up. Thanks for sharing!

@blukeblue1235 4 года назад

Naomi & Wendy Im glad you picked it up! I find artifacts in California occasionally.

@naomiwendy2234 4 года назад

@@blukeblue1235 Yeah, I'm very proud of that find!😊

@naomiwendy2234 4 года назад

@Denise Bond Ànd this is why I have to work hard not to become envious... 😊 Thanks for sharing Denise!

@Cillana 4 года назад

Hank Green sent me here. Searching for stuff is one of my favorite things to do: birds, plants, mushrooms, seaglass, seashells, etc. I'm thinking of trying magnet fishing. Love that you included footage of the shorebirds in your video.

@haroldwright9073 4 года назад

Thank you miss, i love the shots of the shore birds, especialy the swans.

@runedyrting8476 4 года назад

Loved the Roman pottery piece.

@stevegrim 4 года назад

Lovely to see the avocets feeding at the end.

@clockwork9827 4 года назад

Thankyou ! I was going to ask what they were

@4sstg 4 года назад

So pleased to see a new video by you. I love you for taking the little crabs to the the river shore to find new places to live.

@marlabennett6496 3 года назад

Every time I watch , excitement and I must say , Abit of jealously gets me.😍

@cynhanrahan4012 4 года назад

Bakelite can often be identified by smell, it has a distinctive odor. Though a long soak in the mud may interfere with that. I can smell bakelite in a shop and it's fun to track it down.

@ThePvr9 4 года назад

Thanks, a wonderful tonic for a afternoon of freezing rain in Vermont.... Be well.

@donellemiller6680 4 года назад

As always a fun and interesting video. Thank you so much for taking us along. I have deterioration of the neck and spine and am having a particular bad weekend. I really needed something to get my mind off the discomfort, your video was the right medicine :-) . I recognized the mahjong tile as a game piece, just didn't know what game lol. Something to keep in mind when storing early plastic pieces you find - don't store them with metal. Metal causes celluloid - the lighter weight plastics to deteriorate. Have a great week, see you next Sunday.

@tavascarow 4 года назад

Love the Avocets at the end. Went up the Tamar on a boat trip with Tony Soper when I was about ten to see them. They were still a very rare bird at the time. Brought back memories. Thanks. :)

@TheFiown 4 года назад

How brave you are Nic, honestly I've seen bigger lifejackets than that 'boat' !!

@fiberotter 4 года назад

David certainly knows how to take a mudlarker on a proper date. LOL

@susanmurray7319 4 года назад

Gorgeous finds. My heart skipped a beat when you found the Roman pottery pieces. I hope the horse didn't drown in the sea or river on a sinking ship.

@richardcarlyon241 4 года назад

The pipe stem (which you show upside down), would have had a bowl with a short projection from its base and probably a silver ring. I am smoking an almost exact example as I write this. I hoard briar pipes and am determined to find a whole clay one when I can limp down to the river from Kilburn, this summer? Delightful and soothing videos Nicola!

@emmahanley8944 4 года назад

The little tile at 4 minutes is a mahjong tile! And I think that one is what we call “a special” in my family. Not one of the standard suits, but a season or a wind maybe? I don’t think I’ve played since I was a little girl, but I’m sure that’s what it is.

@BMW7series251 4 года назад

Lovely video Nicola. The few feeding Avocet at end were beautiful.

@michelewestover9330 4 года назад

Mudlarking on the Thames is on my bucket list if I ever get to London❤️

@rebeccatopken6331 4 года назад

You are a far braver woman than I. To get in that little rubber kayak and go across a bay. See me vigorously shaking my head no? Thank you for being brave and sharing another wonderful video

@delukxy 4 года назад

I can't imagine what it looked like with both of you in it!

@tonygibson1558 4 года назад

Your Roman pottery find is amazing, quite beautiful.

@nicolawhitemudlark 4 года назад

Thank you. yes I was so fortunate to find that

@aengusmacnaughton1375 4 года назад

It's funny -- I had to look up horse skulls to see what was up with those "k9" teeth -- even though I have been around horses off and on during my life and my two youngest daughters (14 and 17) have been taking riding lessons weekly for some years. Yup -- horses have those teeth! But great to see more of your Medway adventures in nicer weather than now! Thank you for sharing -- always a calming way to spend a while on a Sunday!!!

@nicolawhitemudlark 4 года назад

Thank you xx

@PinkPowerAllyTreasureHunter 4 года назад

Another wonderful mudlarking adventure to follow you and your guest along! Thank you!!

@sandraneale128 3 месяца назад

Found you a couple of days ago and can’t put you down! So enjoy your finds and explanations. Have learned a great deal. Thank you and God bless❤️🦋

@nicolawhitemudlark 3 месяца назад

Welcome! Xx

@jynxgoxoom 4 года назад

Love the horse skull with the seaweed mare. Very cool. Must be a "Sea Horse" snicker. :-P

@anvilbrunner.2013 4 года назад

Your glass bead sure looks ancient.

@salishseaquest7952 4 года назад

David is a very good sport to take you out on a Lark. Nicola, as always, a treat to go with you as you find unusual treasures.

@nicolawhitemudlark 4 года назад

Thank you

@salishseaquest7952 4 года назад

Thank you for bringing this lark out of the archives. Hope your trip to CA has been positive and fruitful.

@marklimbo5272 4 года назад

I don't think you could drag me away from there..the thought of just walking along and picking up untold years of history is mind boggling. Unless of course there was a trip to the pub planned afterwards..

@marydegenkolb9603 4 года назад

I never knew that horses had canine teeth. But live and learn. I love the kayak trips to Ho Island. Seems like where you live gives easy access to the estuary and river. So much history and fun.

@annettefournier9655 4 года назад

Ha,HA. You've found one with Wolfe teeth. We usually have them pulled so the horse isn't uncomfortable by having the bit bang into them. Poor crabs, you took their home. " we're not going to bother you little crab", just stealing your protection. Lol. Thanks Nicola and David.

@aropals672 4 года назад

Beautiful finds as always Nicola White! The Roman pottery is always very special. Your filming was lovely as usual. Can't wait until the next one. Have a great week.

@johnsweeney6072 4 года назад

How do you always manage to pickup 7 % of a broken plate or bowl and still end up with a perfect 👌 story or logo smack bang in the centre. Incredible. 🇦🇺👍

@AtheistOrphan 4 года назад

If that bead IS very old then it could be the venerable bead. (I’ll get me coat).

@doncook2054 4 года назад

nice one!

@reubenwalters5768 4 года назад

Hi Nicola: That little tile with the engraved bird is a Majhong tile, it's one of the special seasons tiles. It's probably carved in elephant tusk.

@luvjesuslee2033 4 года назад

Elephant Tusk..Breaks my heart if true.

@deborahlovett7984 4 года назад

Wonderful video as always Nicola.Mudlarking Queen plus Roman Goddess,and a message in a bottle.Fab.x

@mistyscheidt7483 4 года назад

Your so patient! I’d have been too excited to wait to read that message 🤪. Awesome finds!

@marionbowler5440 4 года назад

The little bead shall make a fish very happy, his friends shall be jealous, awesome adventure Nicola.🇨🇦

@bethpeelar3435 4 года назад

You could get Si-Finds to reshape the cute bottle

@Mark-lh4xq 4 года назад

Such a bohemian adventure. An inflatable, Roman relics and bbq sausages. Now that's a Summer jaunt

@sharonmedeiros9819 4 года назад

I love your choices of music, Nicola. It's lovely and ethereal.

@randomvintagefilm273 4 года назад

I can't believe how many RAOB pipes you find! Those old guys must have been smoking their brains out!

@ManticorePinion 4 года назад

How cool, the large wading birds at the end with the thin, upcurved bills are Pied Avocets. I love your bird b-roll almost as much as the larking finds haha.

@bethsmith3421 Год назад

Hello, Nicola. I am watching some of your older videos as I haven't seen them all yet. The horse skull was quite interesting. I didn't know they had canine teeth either, how amazing, probably left over from some ancestor. I love that you video the birds you see while out larking about. The swans are very beautiful. There was a shocking and terrible news story today from upper New York state that was about a swan. So seeing that lovely swan you spoke to was nice. You identified the Egyptian geese in one of your videos, they are so exotic looking. I've never seen one but was amazed to find out that there are some in the US. You have so many birds that I do not recognize. It would be great if you identified some of the others now and then. Lovely finds as always. Can't wait for a new video, but I'm loving watching the older ones I haven't seen.

@nicolawhitemudlark Год назад

Thanks Beth. New video out on Sunday ❤️ I'm glad you're enjoying the old ones

@scm731 4 года назад

So much fun accompanying you on your adventures. Thank you for sharing.

@marygarner5249 4 года назад

Love all your adventures you take us on and how you explain the HISTORY of each item thank you😁

@studiowolf1 4 года назад

Nicola, you are an absolute charm to watch! You've inspired me to get a pair of boots and mudlark along the James River here in the states when the weather warms a bit.

@chinamanjw 4 года назад

Missouri?

@studiowolf1 4 года назад

@@chinamanjw Richmond, Virginia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia

@mthom4615 4 года назад

Bring a magnet on a 20 ft length of parachute cord with you as well, never can tell what is just beyond the waters edge and no permit needed usually (at least not here in Southern California). .

@rubberbandshee2188 3 года назад

Your are a wonder Nicola, your lovely work manages not only to bring us all along on a wonderful outing but teaches so much at the same time. So much fun wish I was there this is the next best thing. Ta

@judietallman 2 года назад

I love how you rescue the little crabs, that story about one caught in fluff is great, altho scary at the moment

@stannousflouride8372 4 года назад

When one finds a Coca-Cola bottle you should always check the bottom. The older green ones are embossed with the name of the city where they were first bottled. For some arcane reason unknown to me, certain cities are more valuable than others.

@dyannejohnson6184 4 года назад

Are you keeping the Ancient Roman finds....I sure hope so...after the ohs and ahs on time team ...that’s part of history!

@sallychalmers5644 4 года назад

My great grandfather was in the Dockyard Police at Chatham. They lived in a row of police houses in Upnor and rowed across the river to work.

@eddiek0507 4 года назад

Another good video with some interesting finds. I like the roman finds, especially the part of a bowl..

@AsTheWheelsTurn 4 года назад

I love that horse skull with its seaweed mane. get my imagination going.

@dyannejohnson6184 4 года назад

Yes it’s always worth a trip to the museum, however, I meant working with palaeontologist...in Canada my father and mother have four dinosaurs named after them...upon finding the sites they worked to extricate finds for museum...this is all I meant...Nicola is to be commended for doing that vary thing...

@rogerdempsey7227 4 года назад

👍 Will Young lady you have found some very good historical facts today That is real awesome You keep blessed and see you again on the next episode

@johnfraser8116 3 года назад

Your videos are so well produced. I just love them. Big thanks!

@nicolawhitemudlark 3 года назад

Thanks John

@lindakile1229 4 года назад

This video was great as usual! You are a historian, archiologist, creature lover, and all around interesting person. I learn something new every time I watch your videos.. Tell David and Si Find Hello.. From the USA.

@Rubin_Schmidt 4 года назад

Just watching this video before Nicola came on, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iii316ytxPY.html I got all excited as I live in Jamestown (Scotland) and uncle Jimmy (Sir James Gunn) didn't come home, but that was before 1400, and the family believe he was buried in Westport. ???

@maureenriley847 4 года назад

might the words on the pipe read "Bye peeps" or is that what you read out? Some sort of farewell? I love your videos!

@redheadmomma7176 4 года назад

The tile could be a Mahjong piece.

@richardnasluchacz3227 4 года назад

Definitely a Mahjong tile, possibly made from Bakelite

@Chr.U.Cas1622 4 года назад

Dear lovely mudlarking Lady. No no no, I will not believe that this is an ordinary horse skull. With this kind of fang teeth you probably found the remainings of Nessies companion! ;-) Congrats! I definitely enjoy your videos and that you save/rescue interesting things. Additionally your research is always great. 👍👌👏 Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck health and wisdom.

@padraicodomhnall2146 4 года назад

Thank you Nicola and David for a particularly enjoyable video. Loved the brilliant haul of eclectic finds. The anecdote about the little crab in the hallway being taken down to the Thames was very sweet. You have a kind heart!

@louiechidwick6034 4 года назад

Hi Nicola, that was such a fascinating lark to watch, I loved the horse skull, for an animal so powerful, it's snout looks so flimsy! It wouldn't want to run into a tree in the dark !! lol. I think you should definitely ask the museum about the glass bead, it could date back to the Iron age or Roman period. Thanks for showing the Avocets at the end, as they frantically sifted through the mud for goodies to eat! Hugs, Louie xx

@toxigenic 4 года назад

The black pipe stem looks almost like it would fit into a hookah, which made me think of London opium dens. I liked your cyclop dog.

@nosillalaluna7078 4 года назад

Those are what we call wolf teeth ! Vet's pull them out and many horses now days are born with out them ! Nice skull Nicole XXX

@dongray3258 4 года назад

As always you are quite amazing thank you honorable lady God bless,and keep sharing that beautiful contagious smile, we hope to see you again soon with another video.

@nicolawhitemudlark 4 года назад

Thank you Don

@kathybell7407 4 года назад

Hello! I was just wondering.... when you find Roman pottery like you did.... does the museum give it back to you after it’s recorded? Kathy Washington State

@gabehartman6832 4 года назад

20:09 It is a vulcanite stem for a moder pipe from the looks it may be a Peterson Of Dublin standard pipe stem.

@ksully6551 4 года назад

Love the horseasaurus 😊

@user-pk2zz2nz5p 4 года назад

I really like to watch your videos, good luck and more different finds for you

@fredamarshall3627 4 года назад

Hi Nicola, you made me laugh out loud when you said about sailing on a lilo. There was a show called Bread, one of the characters was called Lilo Lil. There’s a memory ! Glad you had bbq sausages, it’s the Australia Day weekend here. Thanks mate for a great video.

@nicolawhitemudlark 4 года назад

Ha ha thank you Freda xx

@lindabateman1357 4 года назад

I was going to suggest a mahjong tile too but someone has beaten me to it! Lol Anyway another great video, I so look forward to them every Sunday.

@helgavoorneveld1530 Год назад

What a gorgeous sunset!!

@jengalloway4961 4 года назад

I am very much enjoying your channel. I really appreciate your wrap up with the history information on your lovely finds. Thank you for sharing.

@theresac.3216 4 года назад

When you go to see the Northern Mudlarks in the Spring or Summer, will you be bringing your Mum? I love the Adventures of Mum's and their Girls together! Sharing the excitement of a "treasure hunt" and the love of history with the next generation! 👵👩👧👱

@whitneylake2107 4 года назад

another fun adventure. I think the puppy cyclops should be called a "cyclopuppy"

@patriciabarron3401 4 года назад

Really enjoyed the video nicola...and what a lovely find...message in a bottle...awesome...xxxx

@MudlarkingWithKitCaboodlers 4 года назад

Wow the Roman pottery is beautiful and the horse skull is magnificent! You always find such amazing things. I seem to be limited to one really good thing from a trip to the Thames but you find such unusual and intriging objects. It could make a person jealous but as you are the Queen of mudlarking it is only to be expected! :)

@superbellabeau 4 года назад

The Roman pottery was an amazing find Nicola! Will you be able to keep them? The Mahjong tile is very cute as well! 💗😊

@catmandont100 4 года назад

That Skull is my Mother-in-Law...………………………...Put it back or the Curse will follow YOU this time. If you decide to keep it...…………..She likes Oreos...………...ALOT !

@juanitaconlin195 4 года назад

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@redskiclayton 4 года назад

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