EXCITED Mudlarkers make AMAZING 6,000 year-old discovery!

[Music] aha all right mud lovers how are you doing as you can see we could make seano today good day uh and he's gonna take us to some really interesting spots uh sean's been out on the mud on a solo mission a few times i've found some really interesting well i don't want to spoil it but there's some really old old fires out here you'll find out as the video goes on um sean's got some amazing experience he's gonna tell us what we're finding as it comes up and hopefully you know enrich our lives with some amazing history out here on the mud we've got our mothers today so we're gonna be nice and safe the sun's out i can hear the wildlife is a beautiful place to be so can we say let's get some luck in the market [Music] so what sort of thing we're looking for today sean well um ultimately neolithic flint tools oh well i'm yet sketchy about the day of this particular site but i think it's neolithic to possibly early bronze age judging by the fines the flints there's a lot of waste material there's a lot of fresh finds some of the fines are really quite special and some nice work on them so i'm hoping you know the odd nice bits gonna come up today great awesome you haven't got your uh your patterns to say then sean you're fully converted to the world of the mothers yeah and proper muddered up now yeah i absolutely love these things if you want to see uh sean's attempts at he's making his previous mothers then uh see see the other videos that we've done i've still got them [Laughter] worth of try though but uh yeah these are just uh you know pretty immense and i'll have mine on in a minute they're the tool for the job talking to tools there's two tools here going out to find some tools this is the sort of color we're looking for well already we're finding pieces of uh struck flint and uh depot and bits and bobs that's a nice piece yeah it's big there's a striking platform big big old chunky flake nice bulba percussion a couple of previous removals not got the full cortex removed but if we look around this edge here we can't really see it now but i could tell by the way that cortex has gone on there that there'll be some probably cutting retouch along that edge there so i'll take that and have a look at that but i might not keep it because there's quite a lot of material like that cool sean's explained to me that what we're looking at here is kind of neolithic workings of flint so we're talking 4 000 ish uh two to four thousand years ago uh there was 4000 bc 4000 bc sorry there we go 6 000 years ago see i'm still learning so hopefully we'll learn together i don't mind admitting this isn't my strong point but i do enjoy learning anything that sean's got to tell me and so hopefully we can pass some of that wisdom on to you and you can enjoy the day with us so yeah we're finding uh deputas which is like when they're working uh flint um you know like boulder kind of thing they're knocking it down into a smaller bit then they've got things that have been smashed off of that so you get quite a lot of that every now and again we'll find a little blade or um maybe a scraper or something like that so i'll keep [Music] so [Music] see normally i'm looking for bottles and clay pipes and things like that and coins so uh i've got to sort of retrain my brain in my eyeball so that uh i'm looking for more flip but uh shouldn't be too hard just gotta get the new program all set up in my mind nearly thick beach mode on shall we yeah let's go for it i think trees growing on the land surface well guys uh yeah there's a few pieces here um i don't know what i'm really looking for i know that there's bulbs of percussion and uh other pieces of indicators so what i'll do is i'll take a few of these bits pop them in the bucket and then uh i'll show you later but that looks like quite interesting piece could be a bit too thick yeah i think it's a bit too rounded so we'll keep on looking and uh anything that's good pop in the bucket so sure later so what we'll do is we've got a we'll pick up any evil looking lead weights as well while we're here take that out of the river well sean's found a little productive spot found a couple of pieces onions they're not as thin as i'd like uh yeah they can go back mate oh boo yeah no there's that that's a core it's it's had a set of removal yeah it's had a couple of removals but it it it's not you know it's it's a core it's they've been smashed off they're just uh more deputized yeah yeah i'd say all right we'll leave them here then yeah yeah all right so we gotta get it low and you've got it you've got to [Music] quite closely at the surface because you know the bulb gets hidden you know you say you're looking for the bulb or you're looking for um previous removals i picked up a little blade just there as well i'll take it out oh lovely that's awesome nice struck blade pretty blessed lovely quality flint that's what we're looking for boys and girls if we get a few of them that'd be lovely so what would this have been useful then scraping leather maybe if it's been used and you can see the evidence of you see it'd probably be something they're quite thin the blades from here so i'm wondering if it's fish you know preparing fish and if they've got certain times of the year where fish is plentiful and they want to dry it and you know so they have to do a lot of preparation yeah but yeah there's quite a few nice blades coming from here and it's a good material um so why is it why is there so many blades because i mean my toolbox i've got one saw and that's what you said i mean that was uh they they use blades and they'll shape them into different usage usages um and and it was it was a nice convenient uh form of striking off of a core so you'd get perpendicular or parallel strikes all the way around the core um sometimes these things are just core preparation where they're just tidying it up maybe they might have had a hinge fracture or something that they want to remove um but yeah these are these are nice to find because they're fairly fairly dateable um sometimes a mesolithic but normally into the neolithic um yeah it's good we want to find some with lovely retouching so would you say that these are quite a disposable tool like they would use it once or twice um but yeah a lot of the time it's expedience it's just used struck used um you know and uh moved on or thrown away discarded yeah i'm not sure if that's really touch on the edge i don't think it is i think it's just the cortex but again nice sharp piece of debitage which means it's not moving around it's it's not being worn and it's not being abraded so the tools you do find should be in good quality in good condition i mean there you go let's go find some more got my first flake yeah nice it's a good good good example of a flame yeah nice striking platform at the top the flat piece that would be out above the bulb so this way so yeah under there and then your bulb previous removals probably debited you can't see the thin flake like that unless it's got some obvious retouching would have been used but you do get them and you get micro lifts even smaller than that with retouch so always worth looking and checking for any extra extra wear cool well i'm the first keeper now sean keeps mentioning this lady called debutaj debbie taj i swear she works at the local salon he must mean somebody else [Music] it just caught my eye yeah yeah struck yeah definitely looks like debutant okay just just by the just by the what's left um yeah definitely strut obviously you can see all the previous removals um a bit of cortex there it's probably core core preparation i would guess oh there we go yeah sweet but it's yeah it's flat piece i'm leaving this like that today because i've got enough debits to show the flow to single battleship yeah but it's good sign because you know they're here well we found our first blade well shawn has let's have a look man oh yeah there's that sort of familiar looking oh nice percussion i can say it's snapped so it would have been a nice much longer blade yeah nice um yeah maybe a little bit of edge work there along the hazy bit along the edge oh possibly there as well yeah there's definitely use wear right that can you see that yeah yeah so this would have been used instead of like scraping this is more for cutting that's a knife yes cutting blade yeah that's awesome yeah you can see it's definitely intended with that ridge along the middle let's give it some uh strength yeah parallel removals from before when it was on the core you know so that's another blade they're just uh they're just negatives of other blades that have been removed oh wow did you see that yeah and uh so you would have had a prismatic core that would have just had blades taken off all the way around and they look beautiful it'd be nice to find one of those that would be um i've not found any really pretty ones but i found some nice blade cores nice um but we don't get them like they come up in scandinavia where they they're just they're just a work of art in themselves but yeah these these knew how to strike a good blade that is that's a nice tool i'm pleased with that very pleased i'll take their muscles if i find any they well just seamlessly i don't know if it's anything but it could be nice and thin oh oh yeah i think that's really cool i like that again i'm no expert but uh i'll put that in the top pocket and show sean that one there's quite a few around here this might be a good little spot nice see there's a big bulb there bubble percussion is where it's been strict strictly did streak struck pretty thin that thing that is that's probably my best piece so far of course a good sized flake oh man that does look like it's got potential to be something it's got loads of retouching around the edge or maybe it might be chatter energy no no no no no he's 100 retouch oh that's a lovely piece mate yeah happy with that that is gorgeous yeah hey big nicely big struck flake um looks whole as well cutting flake both sides both sides it's almost a side scrape because it's quite steep that but it's yeah you swear as well as retouch lovely hey i got my first decent piece yeah well done mate thank you well done nice place lovely nice colour as well some person made that by hand six thousand years ago it's unbelievable any luck boys and sean also asked me to look out for neolithic neil anybody say neil i don't know what he's on about neil and debbie we're looking out for these people i thought we're looking for flynn that's just another little flake a little teardrop shaped um secondary flakes still got some cortex yeah it's got the previous removal there it's got some edge oh yes along there that's been used as a cutting cutting flake nice yeah it's a tool and it's whole and it's a nice pretty little piece yeah it's pretty pretty cool as a pendant wouldn't it yeah it would actually yeah wendy well you know as spots go this looks really good to the untrained eye uh my eye as well um we've got loads of different uh depositors probably devotage but there might be a little beauty in here somewhere it's all over the shop that well this is an interesting little piece i've just found uh i don't know much about it but i'm gonna go and see sean it could be a little scraper so sharp anyway let's uh let's take it over to sean i know he's way over there so let's go over and see if he's uh had any luck in the muck himself well guys i hope i found a blade i think it's a blade i don't know it's still half in the mud but it's looking really good so hopefully it is what one of shaw's van plenty of these they're so cool so i'm glad anyway let's not get too excited let's go have a look there we go look what you reckon about that oh oh oh yeah that's part of a blade all right hey get in i was thinking i wasn't going to find one oh yeah that's beautiful it's almost also translucent on that top edge there look so thin so sharp right i'm going to take this over to sean it can verify i've got another couple of pieces i want to show him but this is uh this is what i was after today really happy with that just to think made six thousand years ago to cut slash you know food fish anything that needed cutting i think i often use a knife in your day-to-day life you know food tools used for all sorts and this was made you know 4000 bc and this is real history i think i have i need you to uh verify what i found look at that it's a blade oh hey oh it's a nice little piece this hole as well it's a hinged fracture at the end that's not snapped excellent so that's whole piece nice bulb i'm glad i found one it's almost transparent in it you know it's so thin oh sorry lost it that was nice and clean before you dropped it yeah that's usually my job i usually uh as you drop the fine yeah i've got a feeling there's a little bit of you swearing on that edge top edge yeah yeah yeah excellent that is good news well that's going in the top power natural backed knife you get a little bit of cortex on the back there yeah but um possibly was hafted but yeah nice little piece yeah i'm well happy with that that is very nice mate what's the other ones are there's a little bit of debit okay i think target a little bit of debit yeah and uh there we go right so oh he said oh that means good that's that's what i found man i didn't know what it was it was a nice big chunky nice big chunky strut flake anyway definitely um previous removals uh it's snapped is it it's a big blade is it a blade it's just it's a big it would have been yeah yeah a really big blade um there we go then two blades again that's not as compelling but there does look to be a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of nibble could be but um yeah i mean it's a nice flake it's well worth keeping yeah i will yeah i'm not convinced that it's uh used but it's it's not as compelling as some when you get you know consistent you swear along the edges but it just shows you how sharp and and how clean and undamaged this stuff is absolutely sure a little drinking just poking out there look it's looking good mate oh yeah that is looking good oh nice oh that is nice i'm happy with that two blades in one day cool is there any retouching on the edge any little use where you see it on the other side yeah it might be a little bit it might be a little bit yeah yeah yeah yeah that's like quite a lot of action going on there yeah definitely there's some use where oh man cool nice piece thank you beautiful little blade lovely little blade reminds me of a little eel yeah funny enough someone said that about that long one that i've got it looks like an eel um yeah definitely you swear definitely along this edge here well hey proper tall it's a problem at all the tools have found the tools yes beautiful well done blade number two do you know what how far from the other one you are you could have probably actually shaved with that yeah oh yeah they're very sharp very sharp take your hairs off your face that would yeah who needs a razor when you got six thousand year old you can just call me flint eastwood so it's not as easy as it looks we've walked around here for like four or five hours we've had like maybe a dozen keepers maybe six of those really interesting pieces so it takes a lot of time uh to do this so uh but we love it it's a beautiful day a bit windy but uh you know you can ask for a better day really lovely clear blue sky shows up those fines beautifully so uh it's been a fantastic day sean seems to have found what appears to be a little quiet that's a nice one yeah it's not bad is it it's different color than what we're used to it's been a pretty it's even if it's terrible maybe it's just been stained by the sea it could be terrible it could be terracotta you never know all you got to do is let it dry out for a few days and see if it uh turns back might color or take a little um scraping from it to see the inside yeah i mean it looks similar to a car but then like you say it could just be stained yeah that's fine yeah cool just found dream fight leaf shaped arrowhead you can't get much better dating evidence than this because this is a particular point in the neolithic period and it's only my third one ever that's an oyster oh man oh my god is my prize it's fine today of the year is that has made my wow wow wow look at the workload man look at the work on it by facially flaked oh man you deserved it you deserve it you swear man you switched it you got it oh crazy crazy day that's beautiful absolutely beautiful and that is my best arrowhead ever look at that slender it is imagine spotting that like hey i would have looked out on muscle looks like a muscle man this is this is what we do it for this you know this is getting getting oh get your last person to well that would have been an arrow right would have been fired through arrowhead yes that's a special arrowhead though that's almost ceremonial that's like 6 000 year old beauty flaked finally float neolithic arrowhead look at the joy on that man's face fantastic fella oh look at it look at this shine last time that was touched it was flying through the air at a gazelle did you drop it i can't believe you yeah i did i drop it all the time with him don't even say it happy larry yes yes yes that is awesome there it is [Laughter] [Music] this is now [Music] i said that i was going to go back to this debating area maybe that's what they were knocking up look at the details the uh the sunlight is really making it pop today [Music] and he's coming he's he's dropped his arrow good old neil that's all right i love it i love it that is spectacular so i found this little stone earlier which would be a great way of making flakes or making making tools so i just had a little go myself and uh yeah knocked off a bit of that flint and you can see there it's actually created a perfect percussion which is what we're looking for so i'm gonna take this with me so we don't get confused but yeah this is the little piece this is a little uh a little flake that i've made and it is as sharp as a razor so it's good to kind of you know try it yourself and see if uh obviously um you can produce the same as they did all those years ago [Laughter] [Applause] it's not as easy as it looks it's not though is it you know it really isn't i did one successful one i think maybe because you've got to put on you like your knee yeah you need a little bit of a uh yeah yeah but this is quite a cruddy piece of yeah it's not particularly quality like they tried they get one big one wouldn't they go right down to the chords you'd struggle [Laughter] so i thought it was a piece of flint as you do pick them up but it's little turnover oh it's broken it's so fragile that's the same sort of stuff though but still you know you're getting back you get the idea yeah 100 man i think this is beaker pottery it looks it is soft and when you look at the beaker pottery see how it's been done with some sort of weave effect yeah yeah that is bang on beaker pottery bronze age pottery mate that is ancient that's awesome in it right yeah yeah i mean it's it's almost contemporary with it but the arrowheads earlier slightly earlier you know so but we could be getting a bit of bleed over between cultures here yeah i think so well you found a huge bit yesterday check it out check that out a bit later um but the pottery is definitely an indicator of some serious serious age around these spots and occupations yeah well there was roman around here as well so there's always a chance that is definitely not roman i've picked up enough roman power retailer that's actually that's actually a top yeah it's actually a rim yeah yeah so that's a nice piece that's a definite you can you can get the the curve on that and it's got the boldness as well so yeah you know i i would say that that's a beaker there's another piece yeah it is just it's just crumbling up it just puts yeah there's another piece that is the same bolt yeah well the tide is on its way in we're about to get swallowed up behind us yeah uh tide's slowly coming in so nice little spot here yeah definitely worth a comeback i reckon this this could need a good scourer all around this whole little area oh well done mate that's you know that's that's the decoration on that clay was done thousands and thousands of years ago it's hard to believe in it it really is it's really quite crude but but beautiful in its own way you know absolutely well i'm not much of a fan of uh oysters but i do love mussels so i'm getting up some uh fresh mussels and they're gonna cook them up later on and uh give myself some lunch after a hard day flint [Applause] a nice discoidal scraper oh yeah lovely look at that ladies and gents look at that yeah all the retouching marks runs around the top around pretty much around the whole piece it's uh it's a nice little discoidal scraper i like the old crisps used to get discos i know the ones yeah you can still get them that's a core i'm wondering if it's part of something but i think i found it all yeah so these are just removals yeah they just left that behind yeah that's the spent piece sometimes you get real pretty once but i think now you're the new uh brother who flint eastwood i've been just leaving these ones behind no you haven't you've not been looking you're not looking at the right yeah yeah cool here's your scraper edge oh nice yeah wicked well you know clint eastwood sorry flynn eastwood you fight you found the good the bad and the ugly today yeah yeah yeah that's not ugly i i i like that that's a pretty piece so round them up round them up round them up blade here todd's coming in man are we getting all the plates yeah yeah definitely perfecto might be a little perforated again good the bad it's a bit ugly that one not so pretty isn't it [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hmm look at that lovely oyster look how big it is bon appetit not bad well just use a chisel to get inside this oyster look at that bad boy [Music] so i really wanted to try a fresh oyster but having heard that sometimes they contain bacteria i decided to follow a recipe online whereby you simply grill them okay it looks pretty gross but it actually tasted beautiful what are your oyster tips let me know in the comments below if you like this video why not check out this video where me sean and matt almost drowned in an attempt to visit a world war one submarine and sean shows us even more wonderful flint axes he found as well thanks for watching mud lovers and i'll see you on the next my modventure

Channel: Si-finds Thames Mudlark

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Length: 31min 19sec (1879 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 07 2022