That's not that uncommon I believe.  Musket balls have been 'cut' in English
oak as I recall hearing from a UK woodworker some years ago. Battlefield
timber is not recommended for milling.

Gordon Grimwade

> From: Kris Oswald <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:48:14 -0400
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Back to the topic of archaeology (soon)
>
> One question to the list...back in high school my woodshop teacher told
> me a story of a lumber mill stopping production one day due to the saw
> binding on something embedded in the tree...the story as it was told
> that the object turned out to be lithic arrowhead...has anybody ever
> heard of this happening?..or did I get sucked up into a big yarn?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Pfeiffer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 9:31 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Back to the topic of archaeology (soon)
>
>
> Daniel H. Weiskotten said:
> "OK, it seems we have strayed out of the realm of soil in this lumber
> thread, although it has been very interesting and does have considerable
> interest to those of us that do historic building surveys, but it has
> been a long time since I actually excavated a 2x4."
>
> For those of us who work "in the woods", lumber and logging technology,
> and everything asociated with getting the trees from the forest to the
> lumber yards, IS as much archaeology as all the artifacts in a domestic
> or any other site type.
>
> :-)
>
> Smoke.
>
>
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