Driftwood...

[relocyo]

Howdy, I scored these couple of nice pieces of driftwood off the beach of my fathers home, privately owned little stretch on choctawhatchee bay, it had stormed (and I mean STORMED) for 4 or 5 days and these washed up... Looked like cypress to me, and looked pretty cool id say....... Sooooo I put em on CL and got a reaponse after 4 hours... The people came, saw, and then purchased these fine pieces of driftwood I had found.... For, get this, $150..... Like finding 20 dollar bills floatin/on the beach..... so needless to say Im pretty stoked, and will continue to look for pieces like these, as they seem to fetch a pretty penny... What do you guys think?

 

[marcoalza]

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And they say money doesn't grow on trees.......

 

[raymondpickens]

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150$ Are you kidding?

 

[robert graham]

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Hope the IRS boys don't get wind of this and come looking for their cut!....

 

[relocyo]

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Hope the IRS boys don't get wind of this and come looking for their cut!....

Lol... They get a bug enough cut as it is and its been stormin good here last night and today... Seems to push the stuff to shore... Hmmm I think I may go driftwoodin today...

 

[aspeck]

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At Lake Raystown the driftwood is technically Army Corp of Engineers property and I have heard Rangers tell visitors it is illegal to take it because you are stealing Corp property (okay to burn it, but not take it from the lake). I have never seen a Ranger enforce that, however.

 

[relocyo]

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Only rules ive read about it is not to pull a large hollow stump out of the ground, and something about state parks, or something :shrug: hey that stuff washed up on private property so im golden...

 

[aspeck]

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Since it is on private property, you would only need the permission from the owner of the property. There is no private property on Raystown. That is the difference.

So, go snag some cash, er, I mean wood!

 

[roscoe]

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Illegal to collect driftwood in Wis.

Part of the lake, owned by the state.
If it is on shore, it is within the limits of the high water mark, which defines the state owned property.

 

[Scorpion8]

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The people came, saw, and then purchased these fine pieces of driftwood I had found.... For, get this, $150.....

Swamp loggers gonna hunt you down.....

 

[bigdee]

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$150?.....hope it wasn't in wooden nickels! I collect interesting looking pieces of driftwood but IMO that stuff ain't worth a real nickel.

 

[raymondpickens]

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$150?.....hope it wasn't in wooden nickels! I collect interesting looking pieces of driftwood but IMO that stuff ain't worth a real nickel.

kinda what I was thinkin.......

 

[relocyo]

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Yall naysayers, do some googling, then ye will be believers, theres a piece on ebay goin for $500 and it aint real big either... You dont have to "think" on this one, the market is out there and firmly established... Cheers!

 

[raymondpickens]

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Lol Im not naysaying anything, im happy for you. I just think people are crazy to pay that much for normal looking driftwood. By all means keep at it.

 

[ezmobee]

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What is it people do with the stuff that makes it so valuable? The whole burlwood thing I get, this I don't.

 

[jigngrub]

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They make centerpieces and furniture out of the stuff.

http://www.google.com/search?q=drif...4KI6atweyzOyVDQ&ved=0CEQQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=595

It's also popular in taxidermy.

http://www.ardencreek.com/p-Mink-on-Driftwood-21-112.html

 

[raymondpickens]

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I can see it now, next time I am at a dock and I see a boat full of wood, I will know they saw this post! ;p

 

[relocyo]

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Lol, yup very popular taxidermy, the older retired couple I sold them to said they wanted them for the garden of their new home they just closed on...

 

[scipper77]

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I know where I can get 10 foot logs of driftwood. I'd imagine you could make some pretty awesome benches or something large along those lines with them. So my question is .....

Is driftwood structurally strong enough for this? or is it too brittle/dry?

Not that I'm going to go haul in that 10 foot log, but if I was in to woodworking you bet I would (wood).

 

[raymondpickens]

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Wonder what I have here is worth