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THE TASK IS EASY......FIND AS MANY ITEM'S OF INTREST, BY EYE ONLY, ON THE THAMES IN TWO DAY'S......(THE 23rd AND 24th MAY 08) AND WHAT HAPPEN'S ??? A REAL RARE ITEM POP'S IT'S HEAD OUT OF THE MUD....AND SHOCK'S EVERYONE !!! A TOP FIND, IF EVER YOU WANTED REAL NASTY THAMES HISTORY !!!
A SHAGGED GEORGE !!!
IT MUST BE HARD BEING EAGLE !!!
SO HOW LONG IS THIS "TWO DAY" CHALLENGE GONNA TAKE STEPHEN ???
STONE "MORTAR" AND PESTLE (HEX-RIM TYPE MORTAR) THE APOTHECARY WOULD HAVE USED THIS TO PREPARE DRUG'S.....ONCE AGAIN.....VERY, VERY RARE TO FIND ONE !!! (PITY'S THERE'S ONLY HALF OF IT LEFT) IT'S A BIG BEAST TOO !!!
INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL PEWTER SYRINGE'S WE HAVE ALL THE TIME.....IT'S NICE TO SEE A BAKERLITE AND GLASS ONE COMPLETE !!!
TWO TUDOR BRICK'S......WE COULD HAVE PICKED UP 200+ IF WE WANTED TOO !!!
17th CENTURY WOODEN BOWL !!!
4 PADLOCK'S !!!
16th CENTURY POINT-TEE'S AND 1650 FLAT NOSE LEATHER SOLE'S !!!
LOAD'S OF BUTTON'S !!!
LOAD'S OF PIPE'S.......BUT HERE'S A NICE MAKER'S MARK ON THE SPUR OF A LATE 16th CENTURY PIPE !!!
"FISH"....DO YOU WANT TO BE MY FRIEND ???
OLD EAGLE LOOK'S LIKE A RIGHT "RASPBERRY RIPPLE" IN THIS PICTURE FOR SOME REASON ???
CANDLE HOLDER.....USED A LOT ON SHIP'S (HENCE WHY IT WAS IN THE THAMES) THE SPIKE WAS JUST BANGED INTO THE SHIP'S TIMBER'S WHERE YOU WERE WORKING OR PLAYING ON YOUR PLAYSTATION 3 !!!.........1500-1550 C
A SMALL SELECTION OF KNIVE'S....MOST FOLDING !!!
YOU NAME IT.....AND I BET IT'S IN THERE IF YOU LOOK !!!
WHERE'S THE FRIGGING SIDE'S SHAUN ???
HELLO SAILOR !!!
HERE DOR AND EAGLE TAKE THERE FIRST VOYAGE, ON THE BOAT THAT "SHAUN AND PETER" HAVE SPENT THE LAST (HOW MANY YEAR'S ???) BUILDING !!! LOOK'S LIKE INSTEAD OF SHIP BUILDING......THERE STILL DRAWING BOAT PLAN'S.....IN THE PIZZA HUT, LOCAL CHIPPY, RAJ'S BALTI HOUSE, KEEBAB'S ARE US, KFC AND BURGER KING BOAT BUILDING HQ !!!
STRIKE-A-LIGHT'S (FLINT STEEL'S) WERE PRODUCED IN MEDIEVAL AND LATER TIME'S AS A MEANS FOR STARTING A FIRE !!!
TRIGGER TIME.....I'M BEING HAUNTED BY GUN'S AND BIT'S OF GUN'S.....EVERY TRIP NOW, A GUN OR A PIECE OF GUN POP'S UP ???? "IT'S A FRIGGING SIGN....DECIMAL BRUCE IS GOING TO ASASSINATE ME " !!!
PART OF 17c HOUSE PLAQUE !!!
TEAT AND GLASS STOPPER FROM A VICTORIAN "MURDER" BABY'S BOTTLE !!!
SOME PEOPLE WORE LEAD SOLED SHOE'S AND HEEL'S, AS THEY COULD EASILY REPAIR THEM THEMSELVE'S, AND IVE BEEN TOLD.....THAT THEY DO GRIP WELL, "REALLY WELL" ??? THINK OF THE FRIGGING WEIGHT THOUGH, JUST BY LOOKING AT THIS THICK HEEL !!!
A "PHIL HARDING" SPECIAL !!!
ONE RABINET...TWO SERPINTINE'S AND A FALCON......A LOAD OF OLD BALL !!! CANNON BALL'S !!!
WORKED FLINT !!!
TREENAIL CAULKING IRON'S....FOR SPLITTING THE END'S OF TREENAIL'S AND THEN TIGHTLY PACKING ORGANIC MATERIAL INTO THE GROOVE TO ACHIEVE A WATERPROOF SEAL IN BOAT TIMBER'S 1500-c 1700
WHAT A MAJOR FIND ON THE SOUTH SIDE !!!.......JUST IMAGINE THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY THIS PIECE OF KIT, TO A POOR OLD 17th/18th CENTURY SLAVE OR PRISONER ??? I'M GONNA GRIT BLAST IT......AND THEN IT'S OFF TO THE MUSEUM OF LONDON, FOR A FULL ID......A MEGA, MEGA FIND !!! (and that's why i love the thames !!!)
SIX TOE'S AND WEBBED FEET !!!...IVE BEEN IN THAT THAMES WATER TOO LONG !!! (AND THAT'S JUST THE WIFE !!!)
SEE HOW THE SPIKE STICK'S OUT....SO YOU'VE TO WALK WITH YOUR LEG'S WIDE APART !!!....AND NO WAY, COULD YOU RUN OFF WITH THIS BEAST ON !!!
WITH THAT LOCK ON YOUR ANKLE....THERE'S JUST ENOUGH CHAIN, FOR YOU TO CARRY THE BALL IN YOUR ARM'S AND WALK WITH IT........ IT'S EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS I TYPE THIS, THE MR'S IS IN BED AT THE MOMENT....SO I'M GONNA TRY AND SLIP IT ON HER AS SHE SLEEP'S, AND LEAVE THE BALL BY THE KITCHEN SINK !!!
BARREL LOCK SET UP !!!
THIS IS A VERY RARE AND TERIFICALLY IMPORTANT FIND, AND SHOW'S A PART OF THE GRIZZLY SIDE OF OUR HISTORY (IT'S THE SIDE YOU WANNA SEE !!!).........WHO WANT'S A HAMMERED COIN WHEN YOU CAN FIND ARTIFACT'S LIKE THIS ???
GO TO THE "STEVE DOES ACID" SECTION.....TO SEE HOW THIS ITEM CLEAN'S UP !!!
"THE TIMES JAN 1819"
THEY SENTENCE THE PRISONER TO RECEIVE 50 STRIPE'S ON HIS BARE BACK......AND BE CONFINED WITH A BALL AND CHAIN TO HARD LABOUR FOR 12 CALENDER MONTH'S !!! (SOUND'S JUST LIKE "FRANK'S BOUGH'S HOUSE" !!!)
SO THE MORAL OF THE TWO DAY QUEST ???
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU.....THAT WITH A SEMI-TRAINED EYE, YOU CAN STILL FIND SOME AMAZING FIND'S JUST BY WALKING THE 4-SHORE (NO DETECTOR'S) AND REMEMBER ON THE FIRST DAY WE LEFT A LOT OF THE FIND'S BEHIND (AS WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BUCKET'S) AND WE ALSO HAD TO CARRY THE BALL AND CHAIN BETWEEN US BACK TO THE CAR....PARKED FRIGGING MILE'S AWAY !!!
SO STILL LEFT DOWN THERE ARE, ALL THE OLD BOTTLE'S WE PULLED OUT....A TWO TON FLYWHEEL....SOME GREAT EBONY SHIP'S TIMBER'S....COPPER 17c SHIP'S BUCKET'S....POT'S GALORE....FRIG ME I COULD GO ON FOR EVER....THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS EASY....THE THAMES STILL HAS MILLION'S OF SECRET'S.....STILL TO BE FOUND !!!
THE BALL AND CHAIN HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A MAJOR RARE FIND !!!.....THE MUSEUM OF LONDON HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE ???......AND THEY DO NOT HAVE ONE IN THERE COLLECTION.....LOOK'S LIKE I KNOW WHERE THIS ONE IS GOING THEN !!!
