Is there bad oak?

[Magicman]

I sawed another kind of bad Oak this morning.  Foreignigus Metalullous Oakonus.  That stuff is murder on saw blades.   :-\

[muck]

how well do metal detectors really work?
with my scavanging logs from almost any source
i'm sure I will need one.
@hardtailjohn
I cut some wood in western Montana out of Libby
mostly firewood but I remember the Fir and Tamarak
were monsters!

[Magicman]

Any one of the three metal detectors in my truck would have easily found these.  None will if they are in the truck. 

Fact is, I very seldom scan logs, and it is a "catch 22" situation.  I'm sawing hourly rate, scan logs, and find nothing.  Whose clock was I on?  If I scan and find nothing, and still hit something, who pays for the blade?  I do often ask if the customer wants to scan.  That way it is his time, and still his nail if he doesn't find it before the blade finds it.

The blade will always find them and I charge $25.  Actually, hitting metal is a very small percentage considering the number of logs that come across my sawmill.

[hardtailjohn]

Muck, Libby is about 60 miles from me...yah, there's still some good sized stuff around once in a while. ;)
John