This Ive not seen..cool

[Wayupnorth66]

Hi all..got out for a short hunt in the backwoods. Found this hammer/branding/marker...It was a heavy signal...and out in the woods here, your lucky if you find anything.....so it was in the ground maybe 8". I didnt notice the branding type numbers and letters on the ends til i washed it up and then chisled the slag off. It may have been used for marking logs..im not sure but Ive nevr seen anythuing like this before

 

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[Swingit]

Logging Stamp Hammer
Nice Find

 

[CRUSADER]

nice bonsai

 

[Wayupnorth66]

nice bonsai

ya..the fall type..no leaves

 

[CRUSADER]

nice bonsai

ya..the fall type..no leaves

looks like everyone I kept, but they used to be green & lush

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Logging Stamp Hammer
Nice Find

That's exactly what it is!

Log Stamps
A law which required that all log marks be recorded before the logs bearing them could be moved was passed in 1858. It provides, in part, that anyone. cutting logs in the state “shall, before proceeding to mark the same, deposit in the office of the Surveyor General in whose district the logs may be, a copy of the said mark which is to be put upon the said logs,” but that the mark must be distinctly different from any other mark recorded in the same district. 2 The practice of marking logs in Minnesota, however, goes back farther than 1858. In 1851, when Minnesota was still a territory, the Mississippi Boom Company and the St. Croix Boom Company were incorporated. The law establishing the companies provided that they should “sort out the logs and timber according to their several marks,” thus suggesting that the marking of logs was common practice at the time. The marks were a means of identification—a symbol of ownership.

 

[civilman1]

Me niether.....Very cool find.How are your ear's doing

 

[Wldbil]

Cool Find... I've never seen one either. Thanks for posting.

 

[Tennessee Treasure Hunter]

that is a very cool find!!!

 

[Mr Tuff]

nice find!!! MR TUFF

 

[EagleDown]

nice find!!! MR TUFF

I never checked it out, but, supposedly, when the end of the logs were hit hard with this, it would drive the grain of the log in for the full length of the log. You could cut the log into several shorter lengths and every length would bear the mark.

Made it kind of hard to "rustle" some one elses logs.

Eagle

 

[Tnmountains]

Now that is a very neat find. Good job cleaning it. I bet they would mark each end with their I.D. I am assuming they used a cross cut saw and not an axe to fell the timber?

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/old-log-stamp-hammer-head-logging-marker-log

http://www.midnorthmonitor.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1204656

 

[Wayupnorth66]

Now that is a very neat find. Good job cleaning it. I bet they would mark each end with their I.D. I am assuming they used a cross cut saw and not an axe to fell the timber?

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/old-log-stamp-hammer-head-logging-marker-log

http://www.midnorthmonitor.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1204656

Im not sure if they used axe or crosscut saws during this era................I did find a large horseshoe only 25 ft from where this was located. So, I figure the wood was skidded with horses or mule

 

[steelheadwill]

Nice Find !
It's just waiting for you to track down the MH/HW companies history!
Great Digs !!
(BTW, That IS a cool Bonsai)

 

[mainer]

That is a cool find.

 

[lumbercamp]

That is a great find. And it is in excellent condition. Quite often the numbers are partially rusted off. The rest of the rust will come off if you do electrolysis on it.

 

[kimsdad]

Yes - that is one cool find and will display well!!!

You need one more and you will have a pair of unique bookends!

 

[BuckleBoy]

That is a fantastic find--and hands down one of the best iron finds I've seen on here over the summer.

I just made a post in the Cleaning and Preservation section of an easy way to clean an iron relic. At this point, you have already knocked most of the rust off, so the method I posted should yield BEAUTIFUL results. Here's the link:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,343876.0.html



Best Wishes,



Buckles

 

[mpostma]

Great Dig!

Congrats!

They cut the logs into lengths with a crosscut saw. Usually tipped them over with axes, and then set about cutting ends and dragged 'em to the rollaway in prep for the spring run. Usually marked them there.

You may still be able to find out which company and camp used that mark. I've seen some listed in a few books last year.

What a great find!

Congrats again!

Good Luck,
Mark

 

[Wayupnorth66]

That is a fantastic find--and hands down one of the best iron finds I've seen on here over the summer.

I just made a post in the Cleaning and Preservation section of an easy way to clean an iron relic. At this point, you have already knocked most of the rust off, so the method I posted should yield BEAUTIFUL results. Here's the link:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,343876.0.html



Best Wishes,



Buckles

thanks for the info.....I never heard of such a product...I have plenty to use it on..double bit axe's, old lanters..etc

WAYUPNORTH