Most unique foreign object.

Clevelander · February 05, 2016, 04:41:45 PM

Just curious: What is the most unique, unusual, or unexpected item you have ever found inside a tree you were milling?

sawmilljoe · February 05, 2016, 05:09:38 PM

12 inch length of chain must have been put on a branch and in time it grew over . What a bang that was took every tooth off the band.

kelLOGg · February 05, 2016, 05:14:29 PM

Ant nest.

terrifictimbersllc · February 05, 2016, 05:18:19 PM

1/2" twist drill bit in a pine log, hit with chain slabber.

http://www.sheltonherald.com/16885/16885/

Also a mouse. :

beenthere · February 05, 2016, 05:41:16 PM

A while back there was a thread on things found in logs when sawing.. maybe someone recalls and can find the right words for a search of the archives.

POSTON WIDEHEAD · February 05, 2016, 05:46:27 PM

All objects are a pain if you hit them with a blade.
The object I guess I hate the worse are Eye Hooks. >:(

Deese · February 05, 2016, 05:50:52 PM

When I was 5 or 6 (don't really know when), I stuck a truck remote control in the fork of a magnolia tree and couldn't get it out. The tree has grown around it and now you can still see the tip of the antenna sticking out. That was a good 25 years ago. Pretty cool.

Jeff · February 05, 2016, 05:53:37 PM

By doing a forum search, using tramp metal or the like, you will find a many numerous topics about the same thing.

terrifictimbersllc · February 05, 2016, 05:56:30 PM

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,49689.msg717994.html#msg717994

Nomad · February 05, 2016, 06:28:18 PM

Lots of things are really bad to hit. But the strangest thing I ever cut was a garden hose wrapped around the tree and grown in.

Jeff · February 05, 2016, 06:35:55 PM

Quote from: nomad on February 05, 2016, 06:28:18 PM
Lots of things are really bad to hit. But the strangest thing I ever cut was a garden hose wrapped around the tree and grown in.

Self Watering Tree

Nomad · February 05, 2016, 06:50:41 PM

Quote from: Jeff on February 05, 2016, 06:35:55 PM
Quote from: nomad on February 05, 2016, 06:28:18 PM
Lots of things are really bad to hit. But the strangest thing I ever cut was a garden hose wrapped around the tree and grown in.

Self Watering Tree

Okay. You got me beat! :D

fishfighter · February 05, 2016, 06:55:53 PM

Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on February 05, 2016, 05:46:27 PM
All objects are a pain if you hit them with a blade.
The object I guess I hate the worse are Eye Hooks. >:(

like this?

Add a couple nails don't help. >:(

fishfighter · February 05, 2016, 07:00:55 PM

Quote from: Deese on February 05, 2016, 05:50:52 PM
When I was 5 or 6 (don't really know when), I stuck a truck remote control in the fork of a magnolia tree and couldn't get it out. The tree has grown around it and now you can still see the tip of the antenna sticking out. That was a good 25 years ago. Pretty cool.

Lost a bottle of home brew in the fork of a cypress tree one night coon hunting. That was over 30 years ago. If only I could find it. Was with two cousins that night and both passed away. Been back many times and could never find it. :'(

Jeff · February 05, 2016, 07:08:35 PM

I suspect a cousin probably already had.

Joe Hillmann · February 05, 2016, 07:38:27 PM

A frozen raccoon. But that was found with a chainsaw not the mill.

Magicman · February 05, 2016, 08:25:11 PM

Does snakes, frogs, and flying squirrels count? ???

tule peak timber · February 05, 2016, 08:38:50 PM

Don't know if this counts, but a snake in the mill ? Rob

Magicman · February 05, 2016, 08:50:21 PM

That counts. :D

ncsawyer · February 05, 2016, 09:56:51 PM

The hardest thing I ever tried to cut was a porcelain fence insulator in the middle of a white oak tree. Saw blade smoked like crazy when it hit the insulator and didn't even scratch the insulator.

Ron Wenrich · February 06, 2016, 06:12:53 AM

Ball peen hammer head and railroad spike used by hunters to climb trees are the ones I've had near misses with. I've also seen horseshoes, and a bicycle wheel in trees (used for a wash line). The most unusual I've heard about was an unexploded shell in a log from a military base. It did explode when hit. No one hurt.

Ox · February 06, 2016, 07:00:00 AM

I've only found lead so far. But a local guy told me years ago he found a cannon ball in a tree once. It stopped the saw and broke the blade, of course. It was an LT70 Super and he saws like crazy when he's in it.

Chuck White · February 06, 2016, 07:04:07 AM

Telephone company "J" hooks.

During the '98 Ice Storm the phone company apparently installed numerous J-Hooks on trees as a temporaty measure until the ice cleared.

Most that I've found would have been 15-16' above the ground as installed.

terrifictimbersllc · February 06, 2016, 04:17:01 PM

Quote from: ncsawyer on February 05, 2016, 09:56:51 PM
The hardest thing I ever tried to cut was a porcelain fence insulator in the middle of a white oak tree. Saw blade smoked like crazy when it hit the insulator and didn't even scratch the insulator.

Yep, second time in 13 years, last week. This time I sawed in a half inch. 4 degree blade lives up to its reputation & maybe I got better at sharpening.

Magicman · February 06, 2016, 05:43:21 PM

A T fence post driven into the log sideways and broken off below the bark. It was ~43' up the tree from the butt.

The customer gave it to me as a souvenir.