Mudlarking below a 19th century super pit and old mining villages in Wales

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

The video from our first mudlark in this river ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKnRemiArNOLocU Filmed with our useless old camera, but still worth watching :)

[@brikhouse22]

Woot woot I suggested marking the stick :)

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Great idea, Thanks 🙂

[@fatnsassy99]

Good idea brikhouse22

[@anutterperspective]

12:24: Caroline: “shout if ya see something!” Me? Giggling madly in MIchigan 😂

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Keep on giggling Wendy 🙂

[@kitchenworker446]

I love it when you give us some nuggets of history- especially when it's related to the mining and collieries. Thank you for sharing.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Jan :) Phil used to be a miner, so he is very interested in that sort of thing.

[@kitchenworker446]

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons Yes I am the lady who keeps asking him to tell us more about his time in themines- please!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

@@kitchenworker446 Not long now and the weather should be calm enough for some mountainside filming where his old colliery used to be :)

[@kitchenworker446]

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons Brilliant!

[@Carpedog2206]

That’s it, you two, I’m coming to visit. Make room for me on the sofa!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

On the sofa? We're never in Robin 🙂🙃

[@appalachianmama3384]

My husband asked me one morning on a weekend what I wanted to do that day and I said "I wanna go mudlarking in England" he looked at me like I was nuts. He now knows what that means, LOL! I have a big creek where we live but the only thing I'd probably find here are flood ducks (white plastic milk jugs) and old tires, ( a lot have been cleaned up lately and I pick up what I can) so, I will live vicariously through ya'll. and get excited when you turn that piece of pottery over and see colorful designs.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Hope you get to come over and Mudlark some time, but until then it's great to know you enjoy the adventures and join in the "Plain or Patterned?" All the best from wet and windy Wales 🙂

[@appalachianmama3384]

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons Your beautiful country with all its glorious scenery and history is definitely on my bucket list!

[@juliefarnworth9172]

lovely couple sharing a great hobby.just want to jump in car n head out anywhere n river walk.x

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

That's lovely Julie, we're thrilled to know that our adventures have inspired you 🙂😎🐼

[@dawnnaylor7064]

You're just so funny phil. Love you guys

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Dawn 🙂😎🐼

[@emilyriffle9898]

My mother and I love watching your videos. We quote things you say all the time, like pop your wellies on and plain or patterned! Much love from West Virginia!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Wow Emily, that's great. Thanks for watching, and I hope you join in with "I found a brick" too 😄 Phil

[@emilyriffle9898]

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons We will most definitely!

[@jsk9756]

Loved Phil talking about the coal mines my dad was a miner he lost his leg after been hit by one of the coal trams he fell asleep near the track. On his break , think it was caerau colliery , no wet wellies today then ha ha. Nice little finds tho 👍

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

That's awful about your dad, but the mines were very dangerous places, we had a few fatalities in my time there. Now the only coal I see is on the river banks, where the view is nicer, the company is better and the air is cleaner. 🙂 Phil

[@ManchesterMudlarks]

One more great video . Chilled with a copper fab

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks, glad you liked it 🙂

[@fatnsassy99]

Hiya docking bay 51. Its thru the Johnson's I am now a new sub to your channel too 😋🤭🏞️👣🦋 I am slowly watching your videos

[@DeeDee-tx8dq]

I love following you on your adventures and love the history lessons Phil gives us . Thanks ❤️

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

It's great to have you with us Deanne, great to hear you like the history bits 🙂

[@hunterr.9594]

Awesome video - heard about you from Tom's site. Thanks so much for sharing your adventure with all of us.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Good old Tom 🙂 He's a great guy. Glad to have you with us on our adventures 🙂

[@fatnsassy99]

As did I hunter 😎👍

[@sallywoo1971]

Over the last year have u noticed a lot more mudlarkers around the country than before xx

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Yes, mudlarking is becoming very popular, The Thames Authority have a backlog for permits due to the increased demand 🙂☄☄☄

[@sallywoo1971]

Let's go with The Johnsons! Glad I don’t live near to London lol

[@sharonwhite4847]

Thank you for sharing the drive to the stream, what beautiful countryside. You and your wife are a lot of fun and your hobby of mudlarking is perfect. Thanks again for the history and fun! Be safe.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Sharon, great to hear you enjoyed the drive. Take care. 🙂

[@josephkerley363]

Another delightful jaunt. I’d say Brick’n Ball, only you missed the ball this time.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Joseph, glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@kandykovacs8262]

It always looks like so much fun to go walking along these rivers and finding a few peices of treasure along your way I really enjoy your adventures💕

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Kandy, we have a great time and sharing the videos is fun too, and it gives us a brilliant record of the wonderful times we have together 🙂 Phil

[@nubiahernandez5393]

I went mudlarking at a small lake in my hometown. I found lots of new glass, and some old glass but nothing like yours (sigh). Maybe next time..

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

This most important thing is to have fun Nubia, and enjoy the day... any finds are always a bonus... Stay safe and thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

[@sherrikelly1708]

hi from nelson bc canada

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Hi Sherri from Nelson BC Canada, stay safe and thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

[@fatnsassy99]

12:59 there's a face on that large rock, u see it? 😋🤭🦋 27:14 what a sweet lil bridge. 🌉🏞️👣

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Gosh, you're right... and now I can see the head, it has a body too, and a right arm... weird 🙂😎🐼

[@cattaylor8982]

Hello 👋 I love the history you tell us about thank you sharing it

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Hello :)

[@brikhouse22]

Oh my gosh y'all make me giggle. Caroline's humor is so subtle I think most miss it. Phil: "found a brick!" Caroline: "Careful everybody, try not to rush in your excitement to see the brick..." Lmao that felt sarcastic af to me lol.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Yes, she makes me laugh too 😄 Phil

[@jackiebeans2689]

Glad the grabber was found!! Great adventure, I love learning the history! I’m always ready to pop my wellies on!😁💕

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Jackie, and good to know you've got your wellies ready 🙂

[@thomasnathan7328]

I enjoyed this trip with the both of you and am glad you were reconciled with your grabber😁. Stay safe and God bless! Tammy🌻

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Tammy, God Bless you too 🙂

[@yomama8873]

Fun fun fun🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💜💜

[@swordoogers4793]

We live in a little old house (in Oregon) built around the early 1900s and there is an old coal shoot in the basement where they used to unload coal for burning. Not as old as your incredible history but still the coal you found at the beginning reminded me about it. 😊 And let Phil know I also love that big old rusty hinge! ❤️

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Wow Julie, that reminds me of my grandfather's house where they stored walls of coal in the cellar, great to hear you liked the hinge too 🙂 Phil

[@swordoogers4793]

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons What fun and interesting memories! 😊 I enjoy the industrial areas you two hunt!

[@BeagleLove13]

I want to go to Wales, pop on my wellies and I wading with y’all. 😁

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

That sounds great Carol, but with the lock-down it could be tricky, but keep enjoying the videos for now. Stay safe 🙂😎🐼

[@trippingonrocks1165]

Such a wonderful adventure. I really enjoyed listening to the history, hearing the trains and such. Thank you for taking us along with you. Have to giggle so appreciate the forgiveness, bless you both 🌟👍🏼

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks for the lovely comment, it's great to have you along for the adventure, and giggles are allowed 🙂🙃

[@janelovesy2399]

Love the history lessons !

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Jane, that's great 🙂 Phil

[@Wvnursey]

What a joy going with you today!! We are going fossil hunting tomorrow in the mountains of WV! Cant wait! Cheers!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Cindy, hope the fossil hunting went well 🙂

[@Wvnursey]

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons well unfortunately we got rained out. Thats all it does here now is rain!! Anticipating warmer, dryer weather soon!! Cheers!

[@janetflint2817]

Thank you Phil for all the information you gave about the area ..👍☺️

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thank you Janet :)

[@haroldwright9073]

That was a lot of fun! Thanks for taking us along!😁

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

You're so welcome Harold, glad to here you enjoyed the trip 🙂

[@sarahstrong7174]

Thankyou for a lovely walk along the river. The new Stinging Nettles are very good instead of Spinach this time of year.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Glad you enjoyed the stroll, my mam used to use all sorts of wild plants, and she's mentioned Nettle Soup 🙂

[@CCTippers]

Really enjoyable, definitely agree on that big piece of pottery you found looking medieval and it’s a big piece, I will at some point get that book of Richard, I also watch his videos and find pottery from the past totally fascinating, old shoes, clay pipes etc etc. Thank you for putting a smile on my face. 🙂

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Wow, what a lovely comment, we're so pleased that the video made you smile 🙂🙂 Richard's Ebook is really good, and we like his videos, their so informative. Keep smiling 🙂🙃

[@carolcourtney1122]

Hello from Ojai, California. Just want to say I really enjoy going on your adventures with you and love all the countryside I get to see in those videos. Thanks!!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Carol, that's lovely. Looking forward to sharing lots more with you in the future 🙂

[@mudlarksincanada9081]

I would love to see someone build a wall in their home using all the various bricks found! I would totally do that! Thanks again for another great video?

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

That would look good Melody. Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@kriscook6013]

So nice to have something fun to watch while quarantined.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Sorry to hear that you're quarantined Kris, but glad you enjoyed the video. All the best. P&C

[@phylliswilliamstn]

I love to find coal pieces in my town, Soddy, TN, populated by miners in the mid 1800's. I live one street over from Durham St. (after Durham, England); it's also known as Black Track. Rails ran down from the mines where the road is, and coal was transported by rail to the Tennessee River and the ferries. The soil is still black and smells like coal in the yards around there. The tipples were one block over.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Wow that's so interesting Phyllis, your area seems to have a lot in common with the valleys here. Thanks for sharing 🙂😎🐼

[@kentuckylady2990]

Many of my family worked the mines in Kentucky and West Virginia. My uncle lost his leg in a mining accident. His son often spoke of the sounds. My cousin spoke of his father being jolted out of a deep sleep when an air vent motor malfunctioned. Those who worked night shift during the war hardly ever saw any sunshine especially in the winter time. The most chilling sound of all was when the whistle blew. That meant a collapse with men trapped. The whole community would drop what they were doing and run to the mine. The Mrs. needs a walking stick for support.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Wow, it sounds so similar to our valley communities that grew up around the mines here. Caroline could do with a stick, but she has her 'Grabber' in 1 hand and the camera in the other, so has to lean on me when the ground gets steep 🙂🙃 Phil

[@Jude-to7lw]

Lord have mercy Phill, I thought when you found your grabber that you were going to fall backwards into the water. Feel free to give a shout out to Judy 🇺🇸 on your next video.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Yes Judy, I was thrilled to find the grabber, but it was good to stay dry this time too, so glad I didn't fall 🙂

[@susanc257]

I enjoyed your adventure so much while watching this morning with my cup of coffee. A great way to start my day. From South Carolina, USA.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Susan... all the best in South Carolina from The Valleys of Wales 🙂

[@Justfollowthecrumbs]

Glad to see that you are not completely under the water and Phil’s feet are dry.🙂

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Heather :) It's quite unusual for Phil to stay dry lol

[@MsDig65]

Amazing finds, some of those ceramic tile bits certainly looked ancient.Great history too

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks, we'll have to check them out. Glad you liked the history bit 🙂 Phil

[@SmallWonda]

Thank you! Phil does love his History and it's so nice to have someone knowledgeable who can read the landscape as he can. Glad you find RIchard Hemrey's book useful - he's such an amazing resource... I see people find so much stuff but not always easy to know if it's trash or treasure... Very enjoyable, thank you. 👍🍀🐾🦘😎 Hope you'll still be able to keep us entertained in these trying times?

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

So pleased to hear you like the history, and yes Richard is amazing. The situation is looking bad for being able to travel and it looks like we'll have to cancel our Easter mudlarking 10 day tour , but we're working on some exciting back up plans, and whatever happens, we still hope to be making videos 🙂

[@SmallWonda]

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons Well it seems important under the current situation for people to be able to keep in touch in various ways with the outside world, and nowadays with YT, we should be able to do that - without or beyond, what would have been only the Media's take on things. I'll bet Phil could give some history chats, tell us about what it wer' like in 'is day (just finished Black Diamonds - what a bizarre and wondrous true tale that was, and lots about Yorkshire mining...) I'd be interested to know what you do with your finds... Although our families & loved ones should be top of the list, but if we can't be with them... Hope you & yours keep well - and the shelves are stocked when you shop! :)

[@katecarpenter7366]

Thank you for your wealth of knowledge Phil! I love the videos, even when you don't get wet!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Kate, it was a nice change to stay dry for once 🙃 Phil

[@pennyhoward3438]

Enjoyed the trip down the river!! Thank you👍😉

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Great to have you with us Penny. Take care 🙂

[@auntbebbo]

I always look forward to seeing a new video from you both. I’m fascinated with your finds and the histories that you share. I’ll have my Wellies on standby for our next adventure, and I’m looking forward to seeing what there is to be found, and hearing about the past. Thanks again for taking me along!!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

It's great to have you with us Beth, take care, stay safe and keep those wellies handy 🙂🙃

[@lunakatt429]

Yah ! Another video with my favorite people . Love the history told in the videos and when we are told to pop our wellies on .Love your accents could listen to yall talk forever . Love from Kentucky USA .

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thank you! Glad you enjoy our videos :)

[@sherrydeken5956]

Caroline don't tell Phil but I did giggle a little :)

[@sarahstrong7174]

I said he needed waterproof socks.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Sorry Sherry, your secret is out 🙃 Phil

[@kirstygreen8533]

Fascinating to hear about the collieries.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Hi Kirsty, glad you enjoyed the chat about the collieries, this part of the world was built on the coal industry, and it's a massive part of our near history. 🙂 Phil

[@malinda8668]

When Phil was talking about the village he was born in it made me think of How Green Was My Valley(not that I think he's from that era; I'm older than he). I haven't read the book, just seen a couple of movies. I liked the more recent one with Katherine Hepburn.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Malinda :) It's amazing how that film really captured the area and people of that time.

[@sandraself6428]

Hello from Irving,Texas USA Enjoy your videos and the bits of history you tell,Thank you for sharing with us your adventures.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Sandra, great to hear that you like my bits of history 🙂

[@nubiahernandez5393]

Sandra, I live in Waxahachie Texas,do you think there are any mudlurking going on around our area???

[@debbrabossier7284]

I always enjoy going with you. Thanks for another local history lesson.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

It's great to know that your along on the adventure with us Debbra , and that you like the local history 🙂 Phil

[@debbrabossier7284]

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons I've got a good friend, Nigel Chick who lives in Wales. I think close to Cardiff. So I really enjoy Wales history.

[@suetaylor5186]

Only found you last week xx love you both x Facinating stuff and amazing finds. Social history is so important x and interesting! !

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Great to have you with us Sue. 🙂🙂

[@margaretphipps2939]

Lovely outing on the river, I enjoy your snippets off history keep them coming. Phil you stayed upright 😊😂 🧦xxx 🇮🇲

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Margaret, glad you liked history bits, and yes, upright and dry for a change 🙂

[@sherryrector2275]

Hope you stay fit and larking up and down the streams. Thanks for taking my mind of that panic everyone seems to be having here. God bless.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Glad the video took your mind off the more worrying things going on around the world Sherry. We're both well at the moment, but being careful as cases of the virus have been identified in neighboring towns. At least we're out of the crowds when we're on the river 🙂 you take care too.

[@scrappinbig2239]

Glad to see that you were able to find your grabber ! And you didn't get wet feet on this outing !

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Yes Alan, is was nice to stay dry for a change, and great to find the Grabber... I'd put it down to show my finds, and then wondered off up river 🙃

[@conitorres9774]

I loved the heart-shaped stone. The yellow ceramic tube sure is strange. What could it have been for? Loved the history.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Coni, I loved the stone too 🙂 Phil

[@judybankston8645]

What a beautiful day you guys had! Love ❤️ the adventures and the wonderful stories. Thank you ☺️

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

You're welcome Judy, great to know you enjoy the videos 🙂

[@TheChaplin434]

The tube u found is from the boilers it’s the tell tail for the water level

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

You're absolutely right Micheal, I really should have recognised that. Thanks 🙂

[@marydegenkolb9603]

You were a child of a mill/ or miner. My husband was a child of a mill worker, Steel mill. Measuring the coke and ore for the production of steel. His grandfather had a coal seam on his farm, so Pup mined his own coal for home heat. By hand with a wheelbarrow. So I know how hard the life was. That is what we call a wedge, hit it and split wood or stone. The other is a huge hinge that could be from a big door. The baths were the place you talked about your day, cleaned up before going home to supper. I bet your grabber is by the culvert where the wedge was found.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Yes Mary, a lot of our family worked in the mines, and I went down the pit straight from school at 16. I remember one day when the pit head baths boiler broke down and I came home filthy black, just as my grandparent's generation had done every day. Glad you recognised the wedge, different name to cleft, but did the same job, and yes, that would have been a pretty big door to need a hinge like that. And you're right the grabber was at the culvert 🙂

[@sherryzintz9376]

Great program...love seeing you folks when you are on....Upstate N.Y. USA

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thank you Sherry :)

[@CroneFingrCraft]

I DID almost fall over in the excitement to see Phil's brick!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Good to know I'm not the only one who finds bricks exciting 🙂🙃 Phil

[@debbiemorris7814]

I can remember hearing the noise of bargoed colliery when all was quiet like a gentle whirring in the distance,I loved the ebbw vale brick,have you ever found one with bargoed on if they even exist?

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

I remember Bargoed Pit Debbie, we'd watch the trams come out of the cage and were fascinated as kids when the one marked Explosives would go by. No record of Bricks being made in Bargoed, but there were a number of Brickworks around the valleys, and Ebbw Vale was producing 20,000,000 a year in 1955, so no wonder I've found a few 🙂

[@robertacossey4713]

So glad to see you all l love your location . I even enjoyed the car ride. You bring joy and smiles to me as I have trouble walking and keeping balance . I laugh though it would be great fun I would fall face first in the water I usually fall on my face . I have learned to appreciate. Bricks Thanks to you. Take care I pray we stay well that new virus. Has spread closer to me . The store in my town has closed . Say hi to M.panda.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thank you Roberta! So glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, the virus is getting everywhere. A few miles from us now. I hope you manage to avoid it. M Panda says Hi! :)

[@christhompson4270]

Awesomeness ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Wow! Thanks Chris 🙂🙂

[@zw5509]

Enjoy your videos and especially the mine history. Do you follow 'Lost Mines' at all? Wonderful Welsh mining history and exploration. Look forward to your next.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks, will have to check out 'Lost Mines' 🙂

[@zw5509]

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons I'm sure you will enjoy their videos and the history.

[@rogerleslie4282]

Good lord where does all the water come from? The glass tube may have been a sight glass from a steam boiler/steam engine. Keep the videos coming guys,Cheers 🇦🇺.......

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Wales usually has a fair bit of rain Roger, but this year has broken records as some parts saw a months rainfall in 2 days, so the rivers have been in full flood. I think your right about the glass tube. Great to have you with us 🙂

[@eddiek0507]

Enjoyed the video👍👍

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

That's Great 🙂

[@babybyrd2121]

Oh loads of fun! Glad you found your grabber!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Lynn :)

[@erin8516]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thank you Erin 🙂

[@925inder2]

Nice trip. Enjoyed!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

That's brilliant!🙂

[@JenniferKelly081686]

Marking the stick idea is clever!!! I'm glad you found your grabber in the end!! Did you ever ID that yellow ceramic rod?!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Jennifer :) No, it's still a mystery!

[@JenniferKelly081686]

It looks like these bead tubes! I wonder if that's what it is...Beautiful color! www.ketaoceramics.com/yttria-stabilized-zirconia-bead-ceramic-tubes.html

[@acerone10]

Could it be Bakelite?

[@elinkeykramme6511]

18:58 again it must be Villeroy & Boch, "muselmalet" 🦋

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Elin, that's 2 bits of that now... someone around here must have had a set 🙂

[@danafredrickson42]

that yellow ceramic stick is good for sharpening knives

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Dana 🙂

[@pigoff123]

I watch Richard too

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

We find him so informative, and his Ebook is excellent

[@hollyhutson7265]

We didn't laugh at you we laughed with you lol

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

I'll believe you Holly... but millions may not 😄😂 Thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

[@fatnsassy99]

🤭😋😎

[@Snookums1950]

Well........ I accept your forgiveness . I will try my best not to giggle next time 🤣

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Why don't I believe you Valerie 😄

[@fatnsassy99]

🤭 valerie 😇

[@mistyblue1962]

I sure hope you are staying healthy and away from Covid19. Our schools are closed here in Kentucky till the 6th of April.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

We're both well at the moment, but being careful as cases of the virus have been identified in neighboring towns. Thanks for the concern Nick, you take care too. 🙂🙂

[@jenniethomas8244]

Hi guys! Still waiting for the Aberdare video😁. I'd be happy to show you around my haunts. With all the storms we've had it changed the rivers and washed up a lot if stuff. There were four collierys here but all gone now. But if you look hard enough there are traces all around 😁. Come over the a470 to Cwmaman and I'll show you around👍

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Jenny, we'd love to come over sometime... still need to edit the Aberdare trip, but hope to get it sorted soon 🙂

[@jenniethomas8244]

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons Quick! Before we re stuck indoors!! 😂. But I won't tell if you won't tell..... 🤫🤫. Oh and there's lots of bricks too😉.

[@manuladistler8845]

Servus.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Servus Manula :)

[@daveh1294]

I stopped by the river not far from there on my way home today and found a lovely little bottle tip. I even found an intact(ish) clay pipe. There was a lot of interesting and old stuff there among the ridged pottery shards. Let me know if you want the location. It could do with a good hunt before it floods again and I've got no time to go back.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Wow that's so kind of you Dave, it sounds great and we'd love to check it out if you're sure you won't have the time to get back there yourself. Thanks. 🙂🙃

[@daveh1294]

I don't have any free time for weeks and it'll be too overgrown to access by then I imagine. I'd love to see a video of what you can find there though. I can't see a contact email on your profile. Let me know how I can send you directions as I'd rather not post them publicly just in case.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Hi Dave, we'll do our best to get there asap and let you know how it goes. You can contact us on [e-mail] Thanks. Phil

[@sarahstrong7174]

No fish then? Still no marbles either. Also no ball today. Shocking! I think your psychic ball finding powers are slipping!.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Not today 🙃

[@seraphsfolly]

That lion glass looks old and precious. It could be a seal out of a window?

[@seraphsfolly]

I've had an initial dig about it for you. Ogilvie, Gwillam and Mowbray feature crowned lions in their crests. But early representations of Leo in the zodiac that I've seen also look like this. It's fascinating. Post some pictures to a finds forum perhaps? I'd love to know what it is and we'll done on a great find

[@sarahstrong7174]

@@seraphsfolly How fascinating.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks for the info, it's incredible where these finds can lead, and I love the history they turn up. 🙂 Phil

[@mrskitscarbootking814]

get some seal skin socks 100% waterproof an warm best sock you can get

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks for the tip 🙂

[@sarahstrong7174]

Really not sure Phil should get waders. If they fill up with water he will be dragged under.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Now that's a thought, Thanks Sarah 🙂 Phil

[@sarahstrong7174]

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons Diving gear might be better! Then it will not matter how deep Phill goes in. What do you think Phill?

[@fatnsassy99]

@@sarahstrong7174 yes 🤭 some goggles 🏊

[@sarahstrong7174]

@@fatnsassy99 & a snorkel presumably.