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0:00:22 > 0:00:25- I started in 1975 - when I was thirteen years of age.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28- I went for a walk down - to an old dump in Caernarfon.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31- I noticed that people - had been digging...
0:00:31 > 0:00:34- ..and had left some - of their findings there.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- Even though they were mostly - rubbish, I took them home.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40- That's how my interest began.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44- Soon after, I came across - someone digging in the area.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- While I was chatting to him - for the first time...
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- ..he dug up an old bottle - - a local one from Llanberis.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55- I was fascinated by it. - I became hooked after that.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00- I wanted to dig up some - bottles myself, so I went digging!
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- For the past six years, we've - been going there now and then...
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- ..digging holes.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20- When I was eleven, one of my - mother's friends son was a digger.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- He was five years older than me.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27- I tended to scrape and scratch the - surface rather than digging holes.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32- I found a local bottle from - the Dolbadarn Hotel in Llanberis.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37- It was fantastic to dig up - something local like that.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49- We choose an area - by looking at old maps...
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- ..and old records - that are held in the record office.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- There's a large community of us - across Wales.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- Some people collect and don't dig.
0:02:00 > 0:02:06- Then there are people like us - who dig and collect.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- There are also people who just dig - and then sell their findings.
0:02:13 > 0:02:19- The best bottles - are worth thousands.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24- We don't often come across those.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- Most of the items we dig - go back in the hole...
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- ..because they're not worth - bringing home.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- Other items we bring home - could be worth a few pounds.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Some could be worth - around ten to twenty pounds.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- It depends what they are.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48- Most of the items - aren't particularly valuable.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- Their historic value - is what's most important to us.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56- If something is worth - a lot of money, that's a bonus.
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