What an astounding find Ioan ! this needs protecting and recording for future generations to appreciate it. Lets hope the buried part is also well preserved.
Extremely amazing to find the water wheel in such great condition after all these years. Keep safe and keep up with the videos and the news on your finds .
A spectacular discovery, I thought the other waterwheel was spectacular, this one is equally great, thank you for what you do for our mining history here .
Amazing find and I'm glad it was you all that found it! I hope everything turns out to be as good as you hope! Looking forward to seeing how all this pans out!!!!
Congratulations on an exciting find and thank you for sharing with us. I appreciate the need for keeping the location secret, you always have such respect for the artefacts you find.
i remember losing my mind when i found a complete miners combination tool from the 1880s in a mining area just sitting on the ground .so awesome find that water wheel
That is an amazing find! Congratulations! You could measure that exposed arc and calculate a rough diameter of the wheel. Looking forward to continuing developments!
That wheel is stunning! There's enough of it visible now to measure an arc segment and come up with a fairly accurate estimation of the overall wheel diameter. Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦 Looking forward to the rest of this series!
They were the stationary engine of the day, within a 10 mile radius of where I live there were at least 50 at the begining of the 20th century, there are at least 2 still left, one helps power the woolen mill and the other is restored and on the front of Dave Bicks book Old Copper Mines of Snowdonia, waterwheels would make a good subject for a book, as you say underground one are even rarer to find so I apreciate your need to protect it's where abouts, great job, All's opp has obviously knocked his health and his confidence, both I am sure will return because he enjoys the exploring, as they say slow and steady catches the monkey.
Well done guys, a great find, there used to be lots here in Cornwall but we've never found one, plenty of underground wheel pits but no wheels left. A brilliant discovery, well done.
Amazing find. I wish you guys and Gly from @AbandonedandForgottenPlaces would do a collaboration across the pond. Gly in your home mines and you guys in Gly’s neck of the woods. You are my favorite explorers and a collab with each other would be epic!
Or Frank from Exploring Abandoned Mines. But whichever, this channel deserves far more viewers than it currently gets. I think we should like each others posts and try and get the channel noticed more.
The one at Nenthead is a horse whim on it's side. There is another one in the area, it's very impressive, large, but only 2/3rds survives, we have video of that one, we will be re-filming and 3d modelling the horse whim soon. Nice find :)
That water wheel 🛞 is amazing to see cause they are very rare to see in mines , is it possible to uncover it some more so we can see more of it in detail but safely , always enjoy your videos and looking forward to seeing the 2nd water wheel if you find it 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I'd be fascinated to know more about these waterwheels. What timber was used? I wonder if Larch or Spruce for the spokes. Would the buckets originally have been tarred?
In a gold mine in Australia I was told if timber stays bone dry or is soaking wet then it can be preserved for hundreds of years. If the timber gets wet then dries out and then gets wet again that's when it rots and falls apart because the timber it constantly expanding when wet and contracting when drying out. They had timber in that mine from the 1840's and it was constantly wet and in the same condition to when it was installed.
I know the feeling not as fits as i was before used to climb down cliffs to do a bit of fishing but since i got copd i cant do that anymore ..still nice vid
All the crap that the wheel is burried in has probably helped to preserve it by stopping oxygen and water getting to the wood. What if excavating the crap around it causes the wood to rot. What condition will it be in, in another 10-20 years.
We have even better discovery in next week’s video
I can't wait. This is so exciting. Brilliant videos young sir ! Keep up the good work. Makes Cerro Gordo look uninteresting underground .. lol.
Moria???
Thank you, we are very much looking forward to seeing it.
huge find, imagine what it could all look like when you clear the rubble away. think its going to keep you guys occupied for some time.
What an astounding find Ioan ! this needs protecting and recording for future generations to appreciate it. Lets hope the buried part is also well preserved.
Extremely amazing to find the water wheel in such great condition after all these years. Keep safe and keep up with the videos and the news on your finds .
Brilliant! You guys are the Chief Archeologists of Wales! Well done men.
Ha! I thought Matt Williams of Time Team fame was.
The excitement in your voice says it all.
Pete Australia 🇦🇺
Amazing find, Piece of history.
Nice work 👏 that's a great find making history
A spectacular discovery, I thought the other waterwheel was spectacular, this one is equally great, thank you for what you do for our mining history here .
So much education in all of your videos. So much more than people just pointing at things with no context or information. Thank you.
Amazing find and I'm glad it was you all that found it! I hope everything turns out to be as good as you hope! Looking forward to seeing how all this pans out!!!!
Another fantastic discovery. How innovative the miners and engineers were. Thanks
Amazing engineering! Take care exploring you two. Hope Al gets better soon.
Interesting historical find hopefully you can find the 2nd wheel.
Congratulations on an exciting find and thank you for sharing with us. I appreciate the need for keeping the location secret, you always have such respect for the artefacts you find.
i remember losing my mind when i found a complete miners combination tool from the 1880s in a mining area just sitting on the ground .so awesome find that water wheel
Awesome find!!! Can't wait to see it fully uncovered!!!
That is an amazing find! Congratulations! You could measure that exposed arc and calculate a rough diameter of the wheel. Looking forward to continuing developments!
Incredible find. Can't wait for next weeks video!
The places you explore, video, and the history lessons you teach are truly amazing. Thanks for providing this content.
That wheel is stunning! There's enough of it visible now to measure an arc segment and come up with a fairly accurate estimation of the overall wheel diameter.
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦 Looking forward to the rest of this series!
Thanks for sharing this amazing find . Looking forward to seeing what happens next 🙏👍
Amazing find!!!
Wow what a cracking discovery, well done, wishing you all well
Grr as always Loan! The adventure and view are so awesome! Loan grr 😏
What can I evern say - but what a fantastic discovery. Can't wait to see more...
🏴 Well done on this great finde
Wonderful find guys
Very very nice! Love seeing history like that and it is awesome you guys are able to find these things and document them for us!
Al are u well good man. Let's do it
We can be well always no matter 😍 nice explore!
Congratulations on a fantastic find .I can't wait for future explores .
Stirling find gentleman. Congratulations to you both.
Fantastic exploration guys! Well done!
What a fantastic discovery 👌
That's an amazing find well done.
Amazing. Congratulations on the discovery.🎉
Awesome Find, I own an 1850's Cast Iron Joshua Hendy Tangential Water Wheel that Powered a Sawmill in Oregon USA. Thanks for sharing
They were the stationary engine of the day, within a 10 mile radius of where I live there were at least 50 at the begining of the 20th century, there are at least 2 still left, one helps power the woolen mill and the other is restored and on the front of Dave Bicks book Old Copper Mines of Snowdonia, waterwheels would make a good subject for a book, as you say underground one are even rarer to find so I apreciate your need to protect it's where abouts, great job, All's opp has obviously knocked his health and his confidence, both I am sure will return because he enjoys the exploring, as they say slow and steady catches the monkey.
Congratulations on that find and thanks for sharing.
Really great video guys. Loved uans talk he gave at the wheel. Well detaildley explained.
Drooling over these formations❤😂..that line is a winner!
Well done guys, a great find, there used to be lots here in Cornwall but we've never found one, plenty of underground wheel pits but no wheels left. A brilliant discovery, well done.
Great job amazing find.
Astonishing find, truly awesome. I can’t wait until next week to see what you found that could be better than this!
Slippery, loose floor, rubble, overhead hazards, rope work, years of darkness disturbed and a Water Wheel too. Yup. Great find and a great video guys!
What a find! Well done you.
What's the next step? Documentation and protection?
So cool ,thanks for sharing
Amazing find
Amazing find.
I wish you guys and Gly from @AbandonedandForgottenPlaces would do a collaboration across the pond. Gly in your home mines and you guys in Gly’s neck of the woods. You are my favorite explorers and a collab with each other would be epic!
Or Frank from Exploring Abandoned Mines. But whichever, this channel deserves far more viewers than it currently gets. I think we should like each others posts and try and get the channel noticed more.
Amazing fine.
Absolutely astounding find. Well done indeed. Hope one day to see it myself, as a member of SCMC.
Wow a great find guys I hope it is excavated
The one at Nenthead is a horse whim on it's side. There is another one in the area, it's very impressive, large, but only 2/3rds survives, we have video of that one, we will be re-filming and 3d modelling the horse whim soon. Nice find :)
Thank you
😯wonderful… ✨🙏✨for the explanation.. 🤞Al is ok..
That water wheel 🛞 is amazing to see cause they are very rare to see in mines , is it possible to uncover it some more so we can see more of it in detail but safely , always enjoy your videos and looking forward to seeing the 2nd water wheel if you find it 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Go back to about 11minutes 30 seconds ...... he explains how and what they're going to do with it
@@meichong8278 yh I heard that 😎😎
worth the wait, shame you didn't get too see it
I'd be fascinated to know more about these waterwheels. What timber was used? I wonder if Larch or Spruce for the spokes. Would the buckets originally have been tarred?
In a gold mine in Australia I was told if timber stays bone dry or is soaking wet then it can be preserved for hundreds of years. If the timber gets wet then dries out and then gets wet again that's when it rots and falls apart because the timber it constantly expanding when wet and contracting when drying out. They had timber in that mine from the 1840's and it was constantly wet and in the same condition to when it was installed.
I know the feeling not as fits as i was before used to climb down cliffs to do a bit of fishing but since i got copd i cant do that anymore ..still nice vid
I am thinking you could make a pretty good calculation of its diameter by measuring the chord and arc length of the exposed section.
It’s amazing how the British used enginuity to get work done over 180 years ago, whilst Africa is still doing a bodge job on may mines.
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They might have preserved it in wax back in its day
Nice video however there are more than 3 ;)
Killhope is 1870
Is there a mine enough to use a flying drone inside of?
All the crap that the wheel is burried in has probably helped to preserve it by stopping oxygen and water getting to the wood. What if excavating the crap around it causes the wood to rot. What condition will it be in, in another 10-20 years.
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Awesome, Thanks for sharing. Happy Easter.