Found this in my stove

[Stelcom66]

When cleaning out the ashes. The tree must have grown around it. Fortunately, this time the saw didn't come in contact with the metal when I cut the round. But that's not always the case - more than once I've suddenly seen sparks that seem to come out of nowhere when cutting.

 

[qwee]

I learned something recently about metal objects in wood. They can ruin your saw. Most think they just ruin the chain. I guess the force of the chain getting tangled in something like that can destroy the clutch/bearings with the sudden jolt/stoppage. I always thought it was just the chain that gets destroyed. I think I'll be more cautious around yard trees.

 

[all night moe]

Last winter, or the year before, I found a medium sized C-clamp in the ashes of the furnace.
After it cooled, I fiddled with it for a bit. Still fully functional.

 

[Dieselhead]

I’d throw those clamps in my spare bolts bin 👍🏼

 

[Stelcom66]

The only things I found that I could reuse were a couple of good sized lag screws

 

[Montanalocal]

Around here we most usually find barb wire grown over when the trees were used as fencing posts.

 

[stoveliker]

Not in my stove but in one of the logs
I thought I had seen another but couldn't find it when I was bucking them. Maybe when I split. Or my memory is off...

 

[thewoodlands]

I'm not sure what I did with it but years back I found an older maple syrup tap in our stove.

 

[Stelcom66]

I'm not sure what I did with it but years back I found an older maple syrup tap in our stove.

I can see that being a common situation. My son and D.I.L make maple syrup from their trees. It takes so much liquid from the maple trees to make a small amount of syrup, But it sure is good.