What is the strangest thing you found in you wood

[wdenton]

OK this might be a strange question but what is the craziest thing you found in your wood while splitting it.

Last night I found a piece of twisted wire in the middle of a 30 inch across tree.
I will try and take a picture of it tonight and post tomorrow
I looks like the wire must have been around the tree and got swallowed up by it.
The only reason I new it had some in the tree was because of the black spots through the tree after I got done cutting it.

And Last year I found a 9mm bullet in one of my splits so it must have been a ricochet from shooting in the field

 

[tymbee]

OK this might be a strange question but what is the craziest thing you found in your wood while splitting it.

I've found nails, bolts, wire, turnbuckles, rocks, etc. etc. You might enjoy readiing what some sawmill operators have to say on the subject:

 

[wdenton]

That was a fun read

Some crazy stuff found in those trees

 

[iamlucky13]

That link is great. The grenade is my favorite.

Just one instance of finding a couple nails for me. The heads were about 10 years in, if I remember right.

 

[jaoneill]

About 40 years ago I was whittling away at the crotch of a 36" elm (noodling) when I hit what turned out to be a horseshoe, about 70 years in. Farmer must have hung it up there and forgot about it.......