Treasure Hunting in New York - Amazing Artefacts from New York's past revealed (July 2022) 

You did a really great job of creating a short doc of your day out with us! The camaraderie, the music, the research, the seabirds, the laughter and the finds all came create this day. Thank you for coming to our home, and see you in September! Xxbelleandscott

History is everywhere, right under our feet! My son, when he was a pre-schooler, used to pretend to be a paleontologist digging up dinosaur bones. One day, he came to me to say he'd found one. I went along with his role-playing, until he pulled out of the ground, right next to our 90-year-old house, an actual, large bone! What a thrill for him, even when I let him know that it was probably from a horse or cow. Three-year-olds don't care about such petty details.

In these difficult times across the world it is nice to see adults playing, having fun and enjoying the company of old friends and new ones... a breath of fresh air considering all the drama on the news. Thanks for this bit of sunshine and light heartedness Nic. It looks like you had a fantastic time in New York...you are so brave...

Staten Island is literally one big garbage dump lol. Love the respect for nature and the responsible digging. I live close by and I’d love to do this!

So cool to see that Scott Jordan and Belle are still doing this! (I have a sketch Scott drew in 1976 when he had just moved to NYC.!) Love this set of history/conservation.

The picture frame decorated with broken pipe stems is brilliant.

What a fantastic living environment, filled with captivating things in every direction. Lovely people, lovely New York.

What a fabulous time spent with lovely people of New York!

One of my favourite channels. Love your videos - they are so peaceful and show a unique perspective on life.

What an interesting and educational adventure in today's video, Nicola! I think Scott and Belle actually have more stuff in their place than you do, and that's saying a lot. Thanks for taking us back to New York once more. Please stay safe!

What a fascinating trip and the "larkers" you met..absolutely wonderful that people all over the world salvage the treasures like you do..that onion bottle picture reminded me of your happy, exciting video of your find on the Thames..how I wish I could go on a lark..he is an amazing artist!! Love this!

Growing up in Florida we shopped at the A n P grocery store. What a great video. I’m so happy you went to New York. What great people and finds. Thank You

The art of Scott is amazing. And I love the pipe stem frames for the pictures. Neat idea!

What a wonderful group of people you got to spend the day with! Thank you for sharing them with us.

Most interesting people and finds! Never discount Nicola's famous trowel! I'm so glad you had a good time, Nic, and got to see such a fabulous collection!💖

An amazing video!! Scott & Belle really are great dig hosts along with Alex..! Scott is a great artist as well

I’ve been following @girlfindstreasure! So nice to see you all together sharing what you love to do.

I’m been watching for a few weeks and this has been my favorite episode. The New Yorkers had me when they replanted the Oak tree that was in their way of digging. Definitely my kind of people. Loved seeing all of their wonderful treasures!

My family got Sheffield milk delivered back in the day.

What a great day you had, very interesting and thank you for sharing it with us. Blimey glad we don't do the dusting in Scott's home!😉. Take care until next time...from Norfolk.

Another wonderful Sunday with Nicola! I particularly like old bottles. There was a bottle dump in the woods behind the house I lived in as a child. I was always bringing home old bottles.. Thank goodness my parents were supportive. The bottles were from the 1910's through 1940's. Also, marbles, porcelain dolls, shards of cups, plates, vases, etc. Scott and Belle's bottle filled home just made my day. What a fun. Thanks for taking us on your adventures.

What a wonderful time you had in New York! You met so many wonderful people and did so many fun things. What a lovely crew Scott, Belle and Alex are! They seemed so willing to invite you in and share their knowledge and their treasures. They showed their dig spot, explained how it worked and let you have at it. And you got right in there with your trowel and knocked their socks off! You were pulling out fantastic things immediately! That apartment! The amount of glass and pottery is just incredible. It’s truly a mini-museum. Scott’s paintings knocked my socks off and Belle is just the sweetest woman - I love that her favorite piece in her whole collection is the little lamp that matches Scott’s. BECAUSE it matches Scott’s! 🥰 Alex is such a funny, interesting guy who truly seems to march to his own drummer and he’s perfectly happy to bring you along and loan you a drumstick. He seemed like a giving soul who wanted to be helpful and be sure you had a great time. And I think he succeeded with the help of Scott and Bella and that bottle pit!

Oh Nicola, you really are living the dream of every fossiking mudlarker, beachcomber and treasure hunter. Thank you for recording your adventures so we can follow along. I had NO idea there were beaches and woods near New York. I’m hoping you can bring all your treasures home, I’m assuming you took an empty suitcase with you in preparation….. your colonial friends were so generous with their time and treasures AND their secret spots. So special. You got excited about a milk bottle the way I suspect the way they would get excited about a paste jar or bovril jar in England. Great video, thanks again. I watch these whilst making soap and candles in my little shop, inspiring.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🌟🌟🌟😊

Can you imagine people digging through old trash-pits in 2230: "Look, an iPod case, how lovely! I think that's 2nd Gen, right? Oh and are those the original earbuds? That's a great find, there aren't many of them around these days."

Hi Nicola! I’ve never heard the term, get on the sheet. All over America there are so many regional slang sayings and I guess I’ve learned many today. Awesome to see you back in the USA. Thanks for another awesome mudlarking video, Nicola.

Garlic Mustard is native to the UK! You can certainly find it in Enfield North London and Devon! Fab sliced up in a green salad. Best before it flowers. Great episode. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy

delightful days out with friends. What a nice group and so obviously in tune with the nature of the environment they explore.

Nicola, your NYC friends are so kind, Scott seems to have a bit of everything in his flat, glad you had a good time on the other side of the pond, come back soon, cheers.

WOW, their art is amazing their home is amazing, WOW, I loved it all.

Wow, just wow. I’m so thankful they are saving those pieces of American history, the red ware especially. Intact red ware is so expensive, but his are just lovely, showing their wounds and all.

Okay Nicola, you’ve convinced me - I’ll stop cleaning my house immediately!! 😂😂😂

And the bottles with light behind them have such a fantastically colour atmosphere on the room and so colourful look to the window 😊😊😊😊😊

That was super fun to watch the treasure hunters living across the pond from each other, sharing an adventure...very cool.

How wonderful was Scott and Belles home , wouldn't want to dust that though😅 ❤️

What a fun trip. Thanks for taking us along.

So enjoyed my time digging for old bottles. Getting older can't do it anymore. Still get that excitement watching the find!! Even if I'm not there.

Thank you for creating this video~ it was wonderful~glad you had fun and the knowledge, charm of that couple was simply...charming!

My mind is so full from seeing so many beautiful antique bottles. Great video and thanks for the wonderful content

Loved the Milkweed cream blurb. Imagine the horror people back then would have felt at the idea of a lady wearing wellington boots, digging up old bottles in a rubbish dump - the very thought of it.

Wow! What a collection on bottles they have! And onion bottles as well... I love watching your trips abroad! Much love from Louisiana ❤️❤️

Another great episode. I especially loved looking at Scott and Belle’s interesting home. So many treasures, I’m sure I could spend a whole day there. Scott is such a gifted artist, I particularly loved his lamplighter painting. I collect old flow blue china pieces and I could see many in their house. Thanks Nicola for taking us along with you.

What a fabulous adventure! Those gorgeous milk bottles are the perfect souvenir! Belle and Scott's bottle collection looked amazing too! I just LOVE the History!! Thank you so much Nicola! xx Love Teresa 🇦🇺❤

Absolutely amazing Nicola, enjoyed very much. Keep going strong and brave till the next mud venture xx. 😊♥️🐘🇨🇦👣

My first 11years were spent in NY. Upstate...which means around Schenectady. I used to go exploring w my dog. I found a few bottles which was SO exciting for me. I was DISCOURAGED from this. "They were dirty!" We moved shortly afterwards to Arizona. Thank you for going to NY and showing your adventures, especially w those lovely folks! A saguaro cactus is no replacement for a mighty oak w leaf litter. Thank you again! I most enjoy your episodes of larking and esp w Si. God bless. Stevie, QUEEN Creek, AZ

Oh Nicola, what a wonderful trip and some amazing finds! Your new friends are incredible!!

Some of the greatest treasures you find are in the people you meet, wonderful episode! Cheers Nicola!

A great Video and you obviously had a great time in New York with some wonderful characters. X

What a wondrous couple Scott and Maribelle are: she's beautiful and he's handsome and both their skills are enormous. And I too, was charmed by the horseshoe crabs, though when I lived in Florida on the coast, we children used to grab their tails and toss them back into the water. No one told us they could sting! But we never did get stung. Great video, Nicola! Gwendolyn.

The best part of this video was the visit with Belle and Alex with their beautiful treasures and artwork. Loved his ceramic collages and all of his restored items. So interesting and inspiring. You could spend hours and never see everything I'm sure!

Your New York mudlark adventure with Scott, Belle and Alex was great fun Nicola. Love your finds. The milk bottles and the beautiful sugar pot. Scott's artwork is beautiful. 😊❤️

❤❤❤Amazing! Beautiful art, bottles, color, history and people!!!

So educational & interesting !!! Lots of nice bottles being dug up out of the ground !!! Some marbles, sugar bowl !!! Liked all the colored bottles in Scott & Belle's house, his paintings, clay pipes & frames made out of pipes & pipe steams !!! Love your framed horseshoe crab & the little tiny one too !!! Very nice video Nicola !!! ❤️🙂

Hi, Nicola. Susan from Shelburne here. I looked up your Milkweed cream family, and fell down the proverbial rabbit hole! I believe Frances Ingram is simply an adopted name, but Frederick Fremont Ingram was indeed president of Frederick F. Ingram Company of Detroit. However, he was much more! Born in Michigan in 1856, his father was a well to do farmer. He lost his mother when aged 13, and was educated as a chemist. He worked for the Millborn and Williamson Chemical Company, eventually buying the company in 1892. That was the same year there was a terrible fire, and much of the building (employing 60 people, mostly women and girls) was destroyed. Ingram had married Laura Mayo in 1888, had Fred, Jr., in 1890 and son Mayo in 1893. Sadly, Mayo died of meningitis at age 5. Surprisingly, Ingram's obituary listed his greatest claim to fame as "the father of the American Parcel Post System", a need he saw and took up with the federal government in Washington. He ran for mayor of Detroit in 1914, and after retirement, moved to Dan Diego and founded the Ingram Institute of Social Science. He left the institute money, but unfortunately (after 4 years in probate) it was found he didn't actually have the money he thought he had. He was a fascinating man, and worth the Google! Thanks!

Fascinating! Thank you for introducing us to these lovely, talented and knowledgeable folks on my side of the pond!

Thank you for this adventure. What lovely and interesting people they are, Scott's artwork is amazing.

This episode demonstrates the interest in histories artifacts in so many different places. I was amazed at his art and collages the colours together look wonderful That must have been quite the trip for you Nicola and nice bottles as well.

Thanks to your channel, I found out about Scott and Bell and Alex - today I went to the Christmas Market at Union Square in Manhattan and met them. I got to see some of their amazing pieces and I purchased a beautiful piece that they found in Brooklyn - Czech glass piece of Confetti Glass from a 1940's ashtray. Belle and Scott had turned it into a stunning pendant and I am so happy to own it. Such lovely people and I spoke to them about you "getting on the sheet"! Thanks for all of your magnificent content

What an amazing mudlark adventure with a lovely group of historically and environmentally minded friends, thanks for inviting your home bound viewers along!

Very nice... something different..to see a dig in New York ! Talented people to be invited to dig with ! Great history , paintings, ceramics, bottles ...an education! Always love your videos !

I so enjoy your channel and learning about history!!! Thanks.

Scott, Bell and Alex are super nice people, I really enjoyed their home and all their finds. I enjoyed your video so happy for you to be able to go to NY. Glad you found some great things👍😊💜 Happy Days 🤗🤗🤗

Im in awe of Scott and Bells beautiful, amazing, delightful home of treasures. Thank you Nicola for bringing light to those here in the US that love restoring our history.

Your milk bottle was dated the year of my dad’s birth. What a nice find! That was a lovely visit, thanks for sharing your day with us!🥰💕❤️👍👍

Nicola what an interesting video from America and your new found friends, their studio and workshop was exceptional, those coloured bottles in the windows is so special to the eyes. Your finds were good and the bottle which will turn purple will be interesting to see and will be in your memory forever👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰XX

What wonderful dig with fabulous people. I was born and raised in NJ, so I now of the A& P stores. I have the milk bottle and the cardboard stopper, Their shop is filled with such beautiful finds and his restorations are awesome. The clay pipe frames are great. There is just so much!

wow..so much colour in glass, and the wonderful people.great show,Nicola...the pipe stem frames by Scott were awesome.

What Charming hosts (Again). I was very interested to hear about the raised ring on the bottle necks to denote a food product. and what a lovely collection ,off restored ceramics .

What another delightful video to end this week. Nicola, always looking forward to your videos each Sunday. I just love the wonderful coloured bottles against the window and light. Looks amazing. What a fabulous idea! Keep up the good work x

OMG! What an absolutely gorgeous couple, good-looking, interesting and obviously, 'curators of stuff', I loved 'em!

It's amazing the sugar bowl and all the glass and I'll survive and all those rocks I enjoy your videos thank you for sharing keep on digging and mud Larking

Nice to see you on our side of the pond. I really felt an affinity for your hosts.

Wonderful look at some very interesting people and their finds. Quite a home with all of those items on the walls!

Hi Nicola, Scott, Belle, Alex, awesome video. I think it’s wonderful what you all do. Scott and Belle, your apartment is absolutely marvelous! I could spend hours there and still not have seen everything. Alex, on the sheet now, love that! Nicola , I’m so happy you’re having a wonderful vacation (holiday ) in New York. I learned so much from all of you. Keep on keeping on. Joyce, Connecticut, USA 🇺🇸❤️

It just shows what you can find if you get out there, just imagine what lies beneath the soil what a brilliant hobby.

What lovely people you discovered. That's the true treasure.

What a lovely video 📹. I love the digging spots and the beautiful finds and the stories behind each finds. Lovely home museum, 🏡 I wonder the hours of effort , Scott had to spend behind the designing of his home and the art pieces he makes. A big grand Salute to him 👏 🙏 All the very best for your upcoming show at 1st n 2 nd week of September . ENJOY. We eagerly await n anticipated for your next awesome video. With love from SAM Guwahati, Assam, India 🇮🇳 ♥ 🙏 🤝

Oh, man...Nicola in my beloved Brooklyn. What a nice thing to wake up to on a Sunday.

Wow! That was an incredible adventure for me. What lovely people you have met. And that apartment! Wow! Thanks for sharing it.

Thank you Nicola. Such an incredible time.

Great video. Loved the apartment with all the bottles and art work.

Nicola you were on a hot streak! I was born in upstate New York, so it delights me so much to see you mudlarking and digging bottledumps in NY!

Beat time I spent all week.

This was a fabulous video. My goodness you have the lucky gift. From Scotland to New York and of course Englands’ shores.

Well thank you for taking us there Nicola, so interesting. ✌♥️🇬🇧

WOW Nicola what a great video. Loved the finds and the Guys taking part. Take care & best regards, John.

wow, what a collection and an artist with those pipes

Hello Nicola, I am so happy that you had such a good experience in New York. I enjoyed watching you pull out so many bottles from those ashes.I used to help my mom hunt for morels in the middle of April. The larger ones are tough and not even fit for human consumption. Anyway, again so glad you had such a good time here in the States. Greetings from North Carolina U.S.A.

it's nice to see people respecting nature.leave no trace is always my policy.once you realise how interconnected this ecosystem actually is,maybe they would show some respect for the animals and plants.used to go bottle digging when I was younger.my grandad taught me well.May your digs bear the fruits of history.maddog.West cork.republic of Ireland

Fabulous video , just excellent start to finish. What an amazing time you had Stateside . Thank you so much for sharing your adventure !

Wow! So glad I got to see this gem of a video!!! It started my day off right.

Wow! What a great day.& those pipe stem frames are fabulous .

This was so much fun to watch! Happy for your finds. 😊

I especiallly loved this one! Scott and Belle’s place was intriguing .

I am so envious it’s been 3 years since Ive been to NYC and ai just love it! 😊

What a beautiful couple and a gorgeous collection!!😍

Another interesting vlog, New York is a long way from home.

This was a wonderful video with your new found friends. Lovely people and fantastic finds. 🥰🌻🐕🇺🇸

What a wonderful day out! Coal ash seems easy digging compared to mud. The pipe stem frames and the art so cool. Have you ever seen stems used that way? I imagine they would flatter a piece like the pin girl you made, as well as the fine paintings.

Your reading of Ingram's Cream cracked me up ! And this video was a pure joy to watch. Loved the Love...xo

Beau Travail comme d'habitude🎬🔬 Que du Bonheur🍀💪🌹Alex France🙏🌌😉