NOMADICISTA

up here people are dragging the lakes and rivers for old sunken first growth, , they make beautiful wood , very well in demand but bring a high price, our rivers are loaded with sunken logs

I bet it's some beautiful stuff splummer.

Back when I had my wood working shop, I used to go to nearby McMillan Marsh and collect driftwood...huge big old tree roots, etc.....dry it out and sand blast it. That stuff sells for GOOD money to pet shops. They sell very small pieces for like $20 for aquariums, birds, etc.

I used to buy reclaimed lumber for some custom project when I had my shop. 25 to 40 bucks per board foot, thats 1" x 12" x 12" old wide pines and Cypress boards bring big bucks

not cheap thats the reason people are reclaiming old lumber from old barns and old mills, i have a load from an old mill from lewiston maine , i planned it down for a floor , real nice grain

If you ever watch 'Ax Men' on the history channel you will see a swamp logger and a couple of river loggers who harvest old logs from the marshes and swamps down in the south. That stuff brings top dollar!

not long a go thats how the logs got to the mills up here , many logs were sunk , they still float logs in certain area here

The stuff from under the water is better then new, no bugs, no rot, it's great

theres a couple of books that came out after shelter by khan they do some nice things with driftwood steve

I still follow his blog

http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/