This FIND would've got you HUNG, DRAWN & QUARTERED! Mudlarking NEW spots by boat!

Published 2024-06-09
Watch the time we found A PAIR of Roman shoes and donated them to the museum!    • Hovercraft History Hunters find ROMAN...  

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All Comments (21)
  • @estherwolf110
    By all means, Simon, please try to save the trolly. If you can't, tell the museum officials about it. They might want to get it
  • Hey Si, Canadian here, from Alberta, I used to work as a courier here In Calgary, and those trollies with the wheels in the diamond formation, were VERY common in the paper industry, in which most of my work was related to. They could hold several hundred pounds of paper in large sheets in a heavy weight rating, so real glossy thick pater, mainly for magazines and such but not just limited to paper, they were used for any kind of heavy load. If you get that trolly out of the muck, when you put in on it's wheels you'll find that the small wheels are higher up than the two larger side wheels, this is by design, so that the trolly could be tilted in the direction that it needed to be loaded or unloaded from, but also made it easy to maneuver in restricted spaces where there is a lot of machinery for paper cutting and stacking after being printed on and sent over to another part of the shop where the paper would go over to the muller or folder for assembly. Just as a little bit of information, paper in magazine is printed in a way so that a large sheet would have the pages printed on it in the kind of configuration, that allowed the muller, to fold the paper and insert it into the binding, have the cover then glued to the outside and then it would go over to the cutting machine with a massive super sharp blade that came down and cut the edges off the folder inserts and when you opened the magazine after cutting, the pages would all be in the upright and proper configuration. something that took me a while to wrap my mind around when I first saw how they made magazines. which meant the when the large sheet of paper went through the printer, the pages on one half were printed upside down when compared to the other half and opposite on the other side so when the folding was fully done and the edges of the folds were cut off, the pages were all on the right way. I saw those kinds of trollies all the time, but the hardware on the one you found in the Thames is considerably older than the ones I have seen, so that will be a right proper find when you dig it out.... well, IF you dig it out. But I'd have to say, that it would likely be worth digging the old truck out of the muck! BTW, it's gonna be HEAVY, if the wood is still all there, it's going to be waterlogged so bring some mates with ya if you do decide to go after that thing. Something like that is enormously heavy duty and could have been used to haul all kinds of goods from the ships bringing in their cargo from abroad. perhaps someone left the cart loaded up and stepped away or looked away for a moment and turned around just in time to see it splash into the water with whatever it was loaded up with. If it was paper that poor chap might have lost his job. Also it is highly likely that thing has barely moved from where it entered the Thames, however long ago it went into the river, unless a massive flood came along and yanked it downstream a bit, but I doubt it would have gone very far considering the heavy duty construction of it. I hope to see video soon of you going after that old boy! Cheers!
  • @buffbuff5016
    Save the trolley!! That is a great find and if the museum doesn’t want it I am sure you can figure out a great way to repurpose it. Loved the museum visit…so much history and incredible artifacts. Thanks Si. 👋🏼👋🏼❤️🇨🇦
  • I have been watching videos about the History of the Thames,it is no wonder you find endless treasures of historical value!Love your channel Si!
  • @annamarie9858
    Save that trolley! That looks like an amazing museum. Lol, putting that on my ‘Visit UK’ bucket list. Thanks, for the tour.
  • ❤🇨🇦hello! Thanks for the tour of the museum! That was super interesting! Go back and get that trolley!! Please don’t leave it to the elements!!
  • Some day , i would live to go and visit that museum. My great great grandfather worked on the docks with an insurance company back in the early 1800s. He and his family lived in Greenwich, not very far from the observatory. They came to the US in 1855. He was originally from Germany. He was well educated. He could speak 5 languages and could speak one language and at the same time, write a different one!
  • @phoebebrown2883
    I come from a seafaring family and I don't think I have seen such a small boat. The main thing is that you both had a good time.
  • The Georgian cufflink you found, with the black gemstone with a white stripe, is a sardonyx gem - a type of banded agate. I also watch the Northern Mudlarks, and they find these often on the beaches and rivers up north. You find sardonyx often used in old Victorian Scottish pebble jewellery. It's quite a common stone, and therefore inexpensive, as it is found worldwide - but it's still lovely and elegant - a brill find, Si!
  • @jmkfromtheuk
    Go for it Si, if you don't rescue that unique trolley it'll haunt you for the rest of your days, it would be a travesty.....😂
  • @BarbeBayer
    That would be amazing to see you extract the cart, sort of like the giant ball you all pulled out of the creek
  • @mirkatu3249
    Save the trolley! Save the trolley! Thanks for the Docklands Museum tour, I really enjoyed it! 😻
  • I love the historic backgrounds that you make so interesting. Thank you for taking the time to share it with us.
  • @cdd4248
    I guess the current state of The Thames was hard earned. Nature, with some help, has mended the beautiful river and it is so nice to see birds & fish alive and thriving again. As humans we can sure make a mess of things.
  • A fantastic presentation of your Lark and the museum!! Thank you for taking us along! Must say that you have great verbal skills! Truly an enjoyment to listen!
  • @PiraticalBob
    Proper past tense of hang when it's used as a method of execution is "hanged." It's one of those quirks of the language.
  • @goodpeople5676
    Awesome video with lots of lovely finds ( coins , tokens, and buttons). The information provided by you is awesome 👌 👏 👍 😍 . Kindly collect the cart and donate . If the museum dislikes it , make it as your coffee table or work desk . Love the museum tour . Want more such tour videos. Really enjoyed With love from SAM Guwahati, Assam, India 🇮🇳 ❤
  • @kerstin3267
    The medieval token is amazing! I'm glad you always clean things up and show them to us in detail.