Mudlarking in the river Taff - and beyond!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

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[@safarikitty9632]

I remember seeing a Bumper Sticker in a Parking Lot ("car park") many years ago. It said "Save the Wales..buy a Vowel!"

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Well, why use one vowel when 5 will do? lol

[@lauradavis728]

"He does love his bricks". Wellllll....we all love when he finds those bricks 🤗

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Phil is very easy to please :) I have a list as long as my arm of things I look for. Phil is happy with bricks :D

[@MudlarkingWithKitCaboodlers]

It is a shame you could`nt bring the millstone home! It was beautiful :)

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

It was , but unfortunately even more heavy than it was beautiful lol

[@pamwerren1458]

Thanks for sharing with us....that was fun, and beautiful....what a great millstone!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Pam :) That millstone was the highlight of the trip :)

[@CatkinLaneEmporium]

Love these videos, fab to go exploring with you.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Rachel :) Glad you enjoy our adventures.

[@MsDig65]

Nice wander ! GLOVES GLOVES GLOVES ! Especially in the Taff , I know it's got a lot cleaner but still a frisky risky river . Love Taffs Well

[@kathyflint3850]

Such a beautiful lark. Lots of neat pottery finds, jars and bricks. Wish you could have taken the millstone, but alas, those things are SO heavy.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Kathy :) Yes, definitely too heavy for Phil's bag lol A shame though. It was lovely :)

[@LifeinLancashire]

Another fantastic video 👍. I'm going to have to investigate in the river near me. There was a dump next to the river (alas part of it now concreted over for the motorway) that my friends and I used to play and investigate there in the 1960s.........there wasn't as much filthy rubbish then because most people burnt rubbish on their coal fires. We probably saw loads of fantastic bottles then, but as children probably the only ones that we kept, were those that you took back to the shop and got money for them😂😂😂😂😂. I do remember some of the lads looking at adult magazines that they found 😂

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Annie :) That sounds like an interesting river to mudlark in! Yes, I remember us burning moast of the rubbish on the fire. Ah yes, it was always quite a find to discover a Corona bottle in a hedge somewhere, cash it in and buy some sweets :D

[@bstapleton3908]

You are so nice I. I've going on your adventures with you. Many thanks from ireland

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Aww, thanks :) So glad you enjoy our adventures.

[@paulamurphy2595]

Another relaxing adventure. Love your imaginative commentary Caroline! 😊👍🌿🌲

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Paula :) Glad you enjoy it :D

[@jackiebeans2689]

Beautiful green scenery and a wonderful sploosh when Phil pulled his boot out of the mud! Free to mudlark another day! Would have been a pity to have had to leave him there!😁💕

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Jackie :) Yes, I think it would have been a mistake to leave Phil stuck in the mud. If I had, who would carry all the heavy things I find? lol

[@jackiebeans2689]

Let's go with The Johnsons! 👍🏻😁💕

[@Catmoore60]

In under the trees there is just lovely...I was picturing having a kip in a hammock!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Well, if we hear snoring next time we are there, we will know who it is lol

[@nevarNJ555]

I think that is a grinding stone.. mill stones have ridges in them. They used to be used to sharpen farm implements. I own a few and made water features from them.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Ah, interesting! Thanks Lise' Stanley :) I bet they look gorgeous as water features!

[@lucyb15]

a very nice brick with the smoothed out letters. I'm really enjoying seeing British rivers this way.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Glad you are enjoying the videos, Lucy :)

[@auntbebbo]

Yayyyy! The water was so clear! Sometimes, off the beaten path has treasure! See you on the next adventure!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Beth :) The rivers here are so much cleaner since the coal mines closed. They used to run pretty black!

[@debrabrooks6138]

Wonderful area! Beautiful woods! Great finds! It does seem like there is a dump somewhere close by there. Wish we had the ferns you have there! Beautiful 😍

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Debra :) Yes, it does seem to hint at there being a dump, but we couldn't find it on that occasion. We may go back one day to have another look.

[@lisafarr2317]

If only u mudlarked up some rope and an old skateboard, i think that millstone would be home by now.😊. Great vid. Love the pottery.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Lisa :) Ah yes, that would have been great! I wonder how many people had already tried to take it home and given up lol

[@lisafarr2317]

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons me if id known where.😂. U'd c me with an old spoon id found, scraping round trying 2 free it. 😂. Reality would be me sat on it, emptying something nasty out of my boot.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

@@lisafarr2317 lol

[@randallholbrooks8832]

The glass with om's is a masson's jar made in the USA the one you have looks very old

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Randall :) I wonder who used it and how it got the the UK.....

[@sarahstrong7174]

Thankyou for sharing.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Sarah :)

[@mollyswan-sheeran2670]

Oh! I saw a marble! Orange cats eye. Right by the ridged pottery.. Oh dear.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Well spotted Molly... It's amazing how often we walk over the same spot 3 or 4 times and keep finding different things, but we still miss some, including that marble 🙃 thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

[@suettheartistickamillion9996]

beautiful..gloves yall before you get bad sick or flesh eating disease or something. those bricks. you started on the mosaics yet. hugs from the US. love marbles!

[@suettheartistickamillion9996]

creek monsters cage lol if ya dont come back will will come looking for your stripped wellies lol

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Not started the mosaic yet, but a design is finally coming together after a recent find :D marbles are such fun to find!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

@@suettheartistickamillion9996 I just hope I am still wearing them, and he didn't spit them out after he ate me lol

[@Janettemay64]

Love the videos, thank you for the ramble, I shudder a bit when you put broken glass down with the points up, as a child if I had found a stream to explore first things would be off with the shoes to paddle and squish any mud between the toes.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thank you! We'll take more care with the glass. :)

[@maripina40]

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[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

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[@dawnevans1565]

Warm springs wait never mind the wellies ill get my cosssie ...as a child i was obsessed with cows xx

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Don't forget your inflatable flamingo :D

[@roar321]

The springs used to be a baths in taffs well. Some great pictures with a little bit of googling.

[@elizabethdierickx1363]

The bottle stoppers are probably vulcanite. Going back and wathing older videos, so lte comment.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Yes, they were vulcanite Elizabeth, we have quite a few of them now, but it's so interesting the read them and see where they're from... Hope you have a good time watching the old shows, there's over 100, so plenty to watch. Take care 🙂😎🐼

[@Carpedog2206]

Do you keep the bricks and, if so, please show us what you’ve done with them.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

We used to keep the bricks, but we are currently getting ready to sell our house, so we don;t keep them at the mo. When we eventually settle down. we'll start keeping them again and build a wall or shed in the garden and show you some pics :)

[@AdamandBethan]

How many toy balls have you found from all your mudlarking guys? 😊

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

I've lost count, but probably not as many as you have Disney Plushies lol

[@sarahstrong7174]

'Shout if you see anything'. Well Caroline I think it would make an interesting video if you could hear the comments of one or two viewers while you were actually out larking. Then we could shout out, "Behind You", & other appropriate things when we spot prize finds.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

That would be great fun :) One day I may get good enough internet access while out and about to do a live lark. That way, you could all type 'Behind you' instead :D

[@user-dh5uy4sw5e]

Hi, I was fishing on the Taff and I found a brick with J.O.E stamped on it. I had to take it home because that’s my name I was wondering if you could shed some light on it’s history. Regards

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

What a great brick to find! My research has only come up with St Joe Bricks which are in the USA, but there is one possibility, and that's a company founded in 1856 at Trefynant, Cefn-mawr which was called J C Edwards & Co Ltd. The reason I mention this is because I noticed that some of the brick pictures on the internet did look as if they read JOE, but it was actually JCE... But if the one you have is definitely an 'O' not a 'C' we'll have to keep on looking 👀 All the best 😎🐼🙂🐼

[@DanielaLindberg]

7:30 I think it the cap to Lady Gaga's perfume, the one that is black

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Daniela! I'd never have known :)

[@maunster3414]

18:33 could've kept the heel and mailed it off to someone you thought as being a heel.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

😂 That would be funny lol

[@maunster3414]

Oh, thank you, I'm glad you got the humour.

[@fatnsassy99]

@@maunster3414 🤭☕

[@maggiehemming7904]

The piece of bottle possibly Gordon's gin?

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thanks Maggie! Yes, I think you are right :)

[@elinkeykramme6511]

At 14.45. Little childrens plate, i Think its a Villeroy & Boch, if you Google : villeroy & borc, musselmalet dukkestel... it sais its from about the 1900. Dont worry the names i Google are Danish, but you Will be able to understand the facts. I googled villeroy & borc, Dresden blue, but many different came up. The reason why i Think its such a pattern, is that in Denmark almost all People know or have musselmalet, from Royal Copenhagen, and i thought it was such a plate, but in childrens platter it seems its villeroy boch who made it, and there is a slight difference in their patterns. Hope you dont mind my bad english... huge hug from me 🌸🗝

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Thank you Elin! That's really good to know. I checked it out and that looks right :) Your English is really good. I had no problem understanding you :)

[@yomama8873]

🤩🤩💜

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

🙂😎🐼

[@sarahstrong7174]

That thing with three bits sticking out looks like the base of a rocket to me. Probably the long lost remains of the abandoned British Space Programme.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

Ah, you could be on to something there ;)

[@jfseal38]

I don't know what it is, but it looks to be from the art-deco era. 30's or so. It's actually pretty cool, me thinks!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

@@jfseal38 Thanks John :) It is one of the most interesting shapes we have found!

[@hardyakka6200]

come on now you two pairs are gonna have to lift your game. That mill stone could be rolled anywhere you just needed a wee bit of effort. a rope on your car could pull it out of there. honest. Stop being scared of cows. they are dumb.

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

I'm thinking of enrolling in a weight lifting class ;) Cows are cute, but they are heavy lol About 2 years ago, there was a spate of deaths from people being trampled by cows while out walking in fields. It put me right off them!!

[@MsDig65]

Nice wander ! GLOVES GLOVES GLOVES ! Especially in the Taff , I know it's got a lot cleaner but still a frisky risky river . Love Taffs Well

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

I know , I know lol Taffs well is beautiful :)