After Months of DIGGING its finally OPEN! Check out what we FOUND!

[@davecooper3238]

Again thanks to the landowner for allowing access.

[@martinwray7622]

Amazing. So much work to dig out and the privilege by being the first people to see the mine for nearly 170 years. Great work and thank you for sharing your explore.

[@colinburleigh]

It must be so exciting to enter a mine that no one has ventured into since the 1850s not knowing what you will come across. The video is a credit to your hard work digging and exploring.

[@grimsmith1]

Please, please take those artifacts to your museum! Like the boots and hat, no-one else is going to go to the lengths you guys did to explore that mine, all those things will just rot away! PRESERVE THEM!

[@TimWhistles]

My thoughts too. They need to be preserved, and quick if they've been underwater for a long time!

[@simontay4851]

If they picked up the boots, they would just fall to pieces.

[@Rob-n3h7d]

​@simontay4851 they can be saved. There is a process and it's not that hard to save them.

[@W4iteFlame]

Knowing people...someone absolutely will

[@W4iteFlame]

And yeah, you can preserve those artifacts, but as far as I understand you can not just bring it to the museum, there is a whole process and if the artefact is actually valuable you can unknowingly destroy hisorically important details of it by trying to conserve it by yourself

[@johncale7139]

Absolutely magnificent . What a find.

[@TheKeyDateKid]

This is something that is incredibly interesting to me that I would never dare do myself.

[@MartsGarage]

Yeah, me too!

[@crunchycowboy3206]

At 12:55 if you pay attention to the water puddle patterns on the floor, I believe those may be foot prints filled with water. I greatly appreciate your ethics of not disturbing the artifacts that you found. It shows you have integrity and a high respect for the archeological value of the pieces. Enjoyed the adventure!

[@peteb3365]

you could instal a syphon on the entance, maybe bit 2 inch pipe pull loads water out with no input

[@DAVIDWilliams-gr9lx]

This suggestion shouldn't be disregarded out of hand. As a caver I have used a simple siphon system (using plastic hose) to partially drain sections of flooded passageway where a perched sump has been created by a local reverse passage gradient. This is what you've got here due to the blocking of the adit portal, albeit on a much larger scale. No reason why a drainage siphon wouldn't work though if set up properly. Perhaps in future it'd be worth considering the merits of doing this as it might mean the difference between using waders rather than a drysuit, despite the obvious faff of carrying in a length of hose. At least it doesn't weigh much.

[@iGame3D]

Delicious lead sweetened water.

[@ISquishWorms]

Wow that was truely walking into a time capsule thank you for taking us along and showing us the boots and hat.

[@thecolorpinkmusic]

This is one of your best vids ever! What a rare find. Thanks for the treat as usual boys! More commentary please on the history of these things. I can’t get enough 🙏

[@cliveruffle6016]

That's a really nice discovery. Thanks for showing us around!

[@jimmy_kirk]

(15:00) I suspect the hammer was standing straight up with the handle upwards when the mine was flooded, with half the handle out of the water (the black part that oxidized) and the rest under the water. When the mine was being drained, the hammer slowly leaned over until it was on it's side. The water itself helped to preserve half of the hammer by preventing it from oxidizing as quickly.

[@iancford]

Thanks for sharing - wonderful to shoot this footage on first exploration. The excitement is tangible. Looking forward to the next one!! Best of luck

[@dbdbdb1111111]

One of my many hobbies include geology, specifically radioactive minerals. But all of my instincts tell me to stay out of mines. And I've done a lot of foolish things lol. Because of your efforts, time and courage I get to experience a fraction of it and I wholeheartedly thank you gentlemen. Please be careful

[@gwynnjones6900]

Thank you guys for all the preparations work and taking us back to the end of the eighteen hundreds and finding those very cool artifacts.😊😊

[@RonsonDalby]

I had claustrophobia shakes before you guys actually got into the mine!

[@DaveB-e8m]

Absolutely brilliant. Finding the boots and hat undisturbed for that length of time. It makes the time spent digging worthwhile. Keep making the content it’s fantastic.

[@VikingExploration60]

Its funny, when you are walking forward the passage looks quite big and wide, but when you turn round and see a second person you actually see how tight and low it is, great job opening up the place guys.

[@Samphire2]

wow, amazing, thanks to you guys, we got to see something that has been buried for so long. Loved seeing the artifacts left behind.

[@stevenhayes3241]

You are good men, honest men. Good on ya

[@Doug-tp7pf]

Brilliant . Very much appreciated.

[@misterp158]

Great explore, thanks for sharing

[@ElizabethDMadison]

Spectacular. Those boots! Lying where the man took them off.

[@simonc4384]

Outstanding again!

[@MrSethGr]

this is incredible guys! thanks for sharing this with us!

[@iplanes1]

WhenI was younger I did a lot of caving in England and France. The chance of rock fall in a cave that is regularly washed out by rain water is not zero but is slim. I only ever explored one mine (Mungo Gyll) because, by definition, a mine is a tunnel where nature intended there to be solid rock. and nature will eventually return the mine to that condition.

[@soilihenriksson3696]

Interesting to see such. I am 74 years old woman and never before seen mine inside. From Finland.

[@chris6559]

Amazing effort guys 👍

[@pierredugae1089]

That's so awesome to be the first people in years to see .SO KOOL

[@daruma.resources5019]

great job guys🎉 really interesting- you can really feel the history

[@drekor72]

Great explore lads, great explore!🥃🥃

[@marknewsome9563]

Great video guys, amazing thinking that it has been closed off since the mid 1800's and you are the first people back in

[@johnfisher7757]

Cracking episode that! Nice one fellas 👍

[@Joel-we2gg]

Top job Mate's. Thank you for all the hard work and dedication so We could enjoy it also.

[@davec3459]

Amazing, great video! thanks for taking us with you!

[@LostMines]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rickhill88]

thank you guys,,

[@ChillBill1]

Wow guys amazing!

[@paulcooper9135]

That was entirely worth the effort of locating and opening it!!! And beautiful artifacts as well! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@EchoJulez]

What a great adventure!

[@davepfizer]

Fantastic guys. Many thanks

[@Motorheadalx]

awesome finds !!!

[@AdmiringEarth-lm5fh]

That was really cool

[@chrishay8385]

.you guys are nuts,those timber are ready to drop at any moment

[@LostMines]

They do fall now and again also rocks

[@MargieT6223]

Thanks guys great explore!

[@frankgaletzka8477]

Thank you for this amazing Video. The Artefakts are great. I hope you safe the boots and close the mine again . Greetings from the Harzmountains . Yours Frank Galetzka

[@jossmaxwell00]

Super mine guy's. And those Boots and hat, what an amazing find. History right there. I also though there was some carving in the rock at the same place? or was just my eyes? Looking forward to see more of this lost mine. Thanks for recording for us to see.

[@LostMines]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@stubbsy2873]

Very cool video guys love seeing the boots and the hammer pretty amazing they are still intact after all this time. shame the mine didn’t go a bit further. Keep up the great work 👍

[@terrytenley9327]

The whole mine in many places could cave in and you guys are nuts..

[@tadcastertory1087]

Brilliant lads. You'd not get me in there, but I'm glad you went in!

[@PiperX1X]

I was brought up in Arkengarthdale and there are loads of mines dotted about and I’ve always wanted to go down two of them and it’s on my bucket list to see them. Living so close to them all those years I passed them so many times thinking what’s it like in there, one of them is Damby another is Boose wood slate mine. Pete Roe is the man to ask as he knows all the mines in the area inside out but always thought it a bit cheeky to ask as he’s a busy man and is also in the fell rescue and will probably be always far too busy. Great video guys thoroughly enjoyed it, all your hard work paid off.

[@christianmittasch8972]

Absolutely fantastic. You are 100% adventurer. Great job by the way. 👍🔝

[@theoriginalCmac]

This is amazing, but I have one question. I wish one of them would have let us know if they were the first to be in this mine since it closed in the 1840's. You would think that they would mention that. /s Haha. I'm just ribbing you guys. I'd probably repeat it over and over, too, if I was the first to explore the mine in almost 200 years. Great video!

[@qldabandonedmines]

Sensational work lads. I've been watching your surveys since you guys had 500 subscribers. This is one of your all time best! From Queensland, Australia Eb.

[@gwynwrex]

Wow. amazing effort and so grateful for sharing your videos. Diolch

[@jimkhana007]

Wow… What an amazing little mine and then boots where an absolutely amazing find 👌

[@benknight23]

What an amazing mine guys. Loved the journey!

[@crosswindperspective]

Oh wow, absolutely incredible find. An amazing watch - well done both.

[@LostMines]

Thank you kindly!

[@stevedrane2364]

Well done chaps, brilliant find . . 👍👍 Thank you for the video. .

[@LostMines]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@BobKernow]

Awesome, the boots and hat are amazing finds!

[@LostMines]

Thanks so much!

[@liamkatt6434]

Absolutely amazing! Thank you for this video. Funny that you were just saying that you had not found any miner's boot prints and then you find a pair of boots! I wonder if the poor guy who left the mallet had to account for it? Did the landowner know that he had a mine on his property or did you inform him?

[@ioanrhyslord7756]

The landowner was aware of the mine but did not know exactly where the entrance was, so that was where my mapping and research came in! It seems that most of these places closed overnight with very little notice, and since the tools were all owned by the miners contracted to work there (piecework, self employed) then it is very curious he left any tools behind!

[@beggerscanyon1]

Brilliant video again guys, awesome finds 👍👍

[@cruising1792]

Fabulous find! Why would they have left a perfectly useable hat and boots behind I wonder?

[@ioanrhyslord7756]

Most of the time, these articles of clothing were left behind as a good luck charm, or a gift to the spirits of the mine. Similar to how children's boots are sometimes found in the chimneys of old houses. The miners in this area were extremely superstitious!

[@cruising1792]

@@ioanrhyslord7756 I should have thought of that! Thank you.

[@markkilley2683]

Amazing mine.

[@Chrisb2986]

Very atmospheric, I get to experience the shared excitment .The clogs were special. the "V" shape treads would give better grip maybe?and why leave them behind ? well done .

[@allanvincent4450]

Thank you. coolest!

[@camdenNW1]

Question, why not play safe & open up entrace slightly more, seems daft to squeeze through when water was at same level as rhe bottom of rhe hole. Its ok, when everything goes smooth, in & out. But what about the day when it doesnt go as smoothly, do it often enough that day will come. Then you will wish you slowed down & opened up entrance another 3-6 inches.

[@Tipper709]

I wonder if that boot with the wooden base was a corrective measure for a deformed leg/foot or something similar. Since all the markings on the ground look like wheelbarrow use only, That would support an idea that the worn area on the heel was from a limp. Also the hobnail pattern being so unique was for unusual wear and tear. Regardless, this was right up there with the underwater drone videos. This was so cool. Thumbs up!

[@MrGrunter0]

That a very interesting and likely possibility. Never thought of that.

[@michelob1007]

Document finding the artifacts, film collecting them, take them to a local museum for preservation and historical narrative for display for all to enjoy. Otherwise, only 2 people will see them in person.

[@jman1989]

You earned another subscriber

[@JamieW-o7b]

I found a similar one with a stream running out of it and noticed traces of galena, (lead) still showing after the workings. 1990? I was staying at a B&B near Liskeard Cornwall. The owner was thrilled. I wonder if he did anything about it?

[@jameseastwood4984]

Could you use a 2 inch pipe like a Syphon to pull more water out? You may need to leave it running a few days.

[@ioanrhyslord7756]

We could indeed pump out the mine if we wanted, but it dried up so quickly (about 200 feet in) we didn't really need to. There was nothing under the water (which was crystal clear so we could ensure there were no artefacts under there!)

[@chrismalcomson7640]

Its a real spiritual experience finding things like that have been sitting there untouched for nearly 200 years. I wonder what his name was?

[@robertlyman9789]

Those wood stulls keep the world from crushing in 😂😂

[@Wesleydunn-k3w]

Some cool mines in Wyoming.....

[@Old_Sod]

🎉🎉🎉🎉 great job

[@VikingExploration60]

In Derbyshire the Tulls were called Bradda Hats, same thing though, felt lasts hardened with Shellac.

[@StirlingLighthouse]

That’s a very peculiar thing at the 4:44 mark. What the heck is that? Thank you Gentlemen 🙏

[@ElizabethDMadison]

I see a moth

[@dyannejohnson6184]

Well, I had my miners licence…..I’m exploring with you…..thanks very much….

[@mikedoblo4782]

would it not be worth getting someone to preserve the boots hat and hammer and put them in a museum. also the lead outside could from tricking investors into buying into the mine

[@PatrioticTech]

It's a Port Key!

[@Tinatortoise]

Wow! x

[@jurgenp.schooner8514]

I think maybe the wood was maybe also used as a primitive form of scaffolding to access the ceiling?

[@daruma.resources5019]

you should pump out more water- lets see which remnants you can find one the ground

[@JayBartling]

That wood is going to shrink as it dries out and will most likely pull back from the ribs of the mine.

[@astrapete1]

The miners starter pack 😂 that made me laugh

[@laurahaaima1436]

Those boots are a present man..

[@Sir-Dexter]

funday nice work

[@MrTonyPiscatelle]

Nice reveal guys, enjoyed the journey. But I must ask- just where were the miners pushing a cart to create the wear on the boots? It sure wasn't in that narrow flooded mine .

[@IBRAKEFORBEDROCK]

You wouldnt catch me in there 😁 🦇

[@dispatch444]

Wow just imagine if those walls could talk

[@YuriAndrogynopov]

When you drain a closed mine like this do you need to control how fast it empties out so you don't inadvertently create a torrent that might damage structural elements?

[@stuartbridger5177]

Excellent content and very interesting. Quick question, is there no concern about the toxicity of the water you drained or does the normal rainfall seeping through the rocks dilute any lead content?

[@tomtom4405]

I was going to say: someone should show Al the crouch down and curl forwards hugging your knees while loosening the dump valve technique for how to squeeze the excess air from a dry suit before using it, but no... we can watch him wear it like a comedy fat suit instead so let's keep quiet 😉

[@LostMines]

🤣

[@wendellsmith1349]

Just a wonderful video . From America /cheers P.S. Do you get concerned about getting exposed to left over lead?

[@jman1989]

4:14 explain how that falls with no one touching anything.....

[@LostMines]

No idea how it just fell

[@brianwilson7497]

This was so cool. Any particular reason to take a drysuit (versus a wetsuit) here? Do you need to worry about skin/wound contact with water like that?

[@sdcoinshooter]

All I could think of while watching you guys was: “This would be a bad time for an Earthquake.”

[@Shirl15239]

The golden rule in caving don’t touch only what u have to,leave what u find where u found it

[@LostMines]

Yup 👍

[@unf0ld]

Great work chaps! Out of interest did a lead miner have a shorter life expectancy due to the poisonous nature of the material or was it relatively inert in its "raw" state?

[@marksommers6764]

After the Small rock fall , I'd be using my Library voice !