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strangest objects you have found in a log- anyone have a hardware collection?

Started by mrbrb, September 20, 2014, 07:58:13 PM

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mrbrb

I'd like to do a 'sculpture project' with metal objects that have been found in logs.

My father, who is an arborist tells a story about going out to bid a job, clearing a woodlot that was formerly pasture land. Up in the crotch of a large tree he spotted Scythe (the figure of death, the grim reaper, is usually depicted holding a scythe), handle pointing down, the tree grown around the blade. He figures that a farmer had hung it there while taking a break from laboring, and had simply forgotten it.
A week or so later, while finishing up the same job, a branch that his climb gear was attached to snapped, and he nearly lost his life. (he's lucky to still climb trees at age 65)

Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone has a collection of metal objects that have been extracted from saw logs? Any interesting stories?

Den-Den

I don't have a collection (yet) but do have a section of a 16 gauge double barrel that was in a walnut log; it destroyed a blade.  The same log also had a portion of a screwdriver that got another blade.  I suspect the screw driver had been used to hold up a target as I cut through several bullets also.
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yukon cornelius

ok so not a milling object but after cutting down a big hollow oak and as I start cutting it up, pack rats started  pouring out  :o
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Seaman

I hear you LB. I hit a chunk of cement, it had been formed into a crouch, An oldtimer said they patched wounded yard trees to keep rain water out.
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red oaks lumber

i found/ hit, pliers, ceramic insulator, musket ball, screw driver, chains, railroad spike. piles of nails and bullets.i had a collection but, it got to dipressing so i threw it away. :)
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drobertson

Saved a few for a while, then it just got old,  mostly fencing debris.  I did fuzz cut some 9mm bullets that were end to end in a walnut.  I took the tree down and know it was the third log up.  I figured the ole boy was shooting at some squirrels?  Oh yea the old tree stand spikes come about every now and again,
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Jeff

A short forum search will bring up probably a dozen topics on the subject. There has been a lot of things grown into trees!
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logboy

I saw through quite a few bullets. The metal detector tells me what kind of metal it is so I don't waste time digging them out.   

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tcg


Four large nails( 20 d I believe ), two lag screws and an one ceramic insulator all clustered together.
Needless to say so much for that rip chain. I now own a metal detector.

dyates

we found everything imaginable at the veneer mill.  The stainless maple taps and porcelain insulators were the worst.  They sneek right up you with no blue stain.
Daniel

Dave Shepard

I found a possum in a log once, but he moved on before we started sawing.  ;D I used to have a big coffee can full of eye bolts, roofing nails and insulators. The roofing nails are always in a pattern of four, about 6' up the butt log. ;) I call all them them FOIL, Found Object In Log.
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Jeff

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Brad_bb

There is another thread on here a year or two ago that had pics of a lot of the metal objects found. 
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thecfarm

@dyates,welcome to the forum. Sounds like you have been around a sawmill before?
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dyates

Quote from: thecfarm on September 23, 2014, 05:07:38 AM
@dyates,welcome to the forum. Sounds like you have been around a sawmill before?
I bought logs and ran the yard for a veneer mill for 11 years.  I have now left that job to pursue my own business.  I'm still not sure that was a wise choice but time will tell.
Daniel

kevin19343

The 2 most common objects I find are nails from No Trespassing signs, and barbed wire.

Alligator

We bought a tract of timber off of Ft. Rucker that was by all indication behind a firing range. There were several hundred steel jacket 30.06 rounds in the but cuts. We finally gave up on the but cuts. Metal detectors in the 70s were expensive.
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boscojmb

The strangest thing that I have ever cut in to was a pad lock. No pictures. I didn't even try to cut it up for fire wood. It went straight back to the woods where it came from. My blades are longer and wider than most. This collection of junk  cost me $53.00  ;D
A year later and it still makes me mad :-\
Bullets are a pretty common and don't dull the blade.
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hunz

Was cutting a white pine log yesterday. After the opening cut, and before removing the slab, a ring neck black snake popped out of the side of the log. Let's say the logs have been sitting a while.....the snake was in a pine borer hole. I accidentally cut him in half :'( ;D
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customsawyer

Two items that had me shake my head was some post hole diggers and part of another saw blade.
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Kindlinmaker

Not my find but AP news reported today that a WW II hand grenade exploded in a Gmuden, Austria wood stove.  Seems the grenade was complete encased in a piece of firewood.  Glass blew out but the stove absorbed the rest of the explosion.  Certainly trumps the occasional bits of metal and glass I find.
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Magicman

Just one old nail today, nothing exciting at all.  ::)  Got corrugated lumber ???
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terrifictimbersllc

How about a. 1/2" twist drill bit In a pine log at the intersection of two city streets.
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