Found Missing Tool

[DHD]

Back in the mid 1960s my dad and I cut and haul firewood from this area.
Look what I found just a couple of days ago.

 

[sweettractors]

I bet that brought back a lot of old memories !!

 

[MoKelly]

So, its been there undisturbed for 50 years?!?

That is amazing.

MoKelly

 

[DHD]

That land has been in our family for more than 100 years.
I only recall us cutting wood there during the 1960s.
Not sure of my family's wood cutting activity in that spot before that.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

What is that thing? And do trees normally eat things like that?

 

[dave1949]

It looks like there could have been wood between those two bell-shaped things to the left.

Maybe it was drawn through the ground to cut roots when clearing an area?

 

[DHD]

For folks who may not know what the tool is....

Peavey Manufacturing Company - products_logging_tools_pulp_hooks

 

[oldnslo]

And do trees normally eat things like that?

Trees will grow around most any stationary object given time. I have seen old farm equipment with trees grown in them that have grown around frame work etc..

 

[dave1949]

For folks who may not know what the tool is....

Peavey Manufacturing Company - products_logging_tools_pulp_hooks

I must be mis-judging the scale of the pic. I thought it looked too large to be a hand tool. I know men were men back then. :laughing:

 

[mikim]

Put a new handle on it, sharpen, and it would likely be better than what you can buy today

 

[LiveRoll]

That makes for an awesome photograph!! I'd be enlarging that and framing it and hanging it the Man-Cave!!!!

Cheers

Roger

 

[JeremyL]

A rolling stone gathers no moss. On the other hand:

 

[Big Barn]

I must be mis-judging the scale of the pic. I thought it looked too large to be a hand tool. I know men were men back then. :laughing:

I did the same thing.

Terry

 

[deerseeker001]

I was trying to figure out what it was,thanks.

For folks who may not know what the tool is....

Peavey Manufacturing Company - products_logging_tools_pulp_hooks

 

[dave1949]

A rolling stone gathers no moss. On the other hand:

Another good one. Any idea how long it's been there?

 

[Localmotion]

Back in the mid 1960s my dad and I cut and haul firewood from this area.
Look what I found just a couple of days ago.

Absolutely amazing... to think it has been sat there 50 odd year or so waiting for you to come back :tree:

The big question is - are you going to reclaim it for your shed, or simply leave it be for your kids / grandkids / greatgrandkids to visit in another 50 or maybe 100 years...?

Great pic & wonderful photo - thanks for sharing :thumbsup:

 

[Big Barn]

Absolutely amazing... to think it has been sat there 50 odd year or so waiting for you to come back :tree: The big question is - are you going to reclaim it for your shed, or simply leave it be for your kids / grandkids / greatgrandkids to visit in another 50 or maybe 100 years...? Great pic & wonderful photo - thanks for sharing :thumbsup:

My vote would be to leave it.

Terry

 

[SPIKER]

Pretty interesting, seen many objects grown into trees as I spent a lot of time in woods and exploring as a kid. Not much different now other than I move a WHOLE lot slower



Mark

 

[s219]

My mother in law has some ancient trees on her property with cannonballs in them from the Civil War. Were still visible when she was a kid, but have long since grown over. You can definitely make out the lump and weird patterns in the bark though.

 

[Jstpssng]

I found three wornout pulp hooks like these stuck into a hemlock tree on a property line, of about the same vintage as the OP's.
Sawmill operators have all sorts of stories of things found in logs; which is why they won't knowingly buy residential trees.
Then there are the eco-nuts who drive spikes into trees to endanger the life of anybody trying to harvest them...