I'm in Mobile, AL and have found a bunch of spots where the driftwood is pushed onto shore from the bay. Feels like finding a gold mine.... sorta. Doing everything alone while taking care of my elderly father.
bless your heart, you are doing the right thing , i feel your struggle. My mom lives with me, and I am single too. As hard as it is at this time, it's like gold in your pocket when they are gone. A very bittersweet time, but afterwards ,all I remember about that time with my Dad was the sweet.
This is oddly famaliar as Im in Boston, MA. and collect all sorts of items, and now able to work on all the stuff I have collected, and prepped over the last few years. But I too am taking care of my mother, and my parents had a spacious house, and built an apartment above garages for my little brother, who then never really ended up moving in there. So years later, I have to help Mom-dukes(weird nickname, haha) so have turned that apartment into my art studio. plus the garage spaces, its a lot of room. I am constently on the hunt, while I drive to her house /my studio. but you would be surprised how tight it can get when Im collecting and work on various stuff from mother nature., hahaha. Finally able to focus on it, and we slip into a recession, F'n A !!!! LOL Stay Smilin!!!!
@@doingitdavy1507 Just keep doing your thing. Do it for your enjoyment and try not to hope it will sell. I started taking really amazing pieces of driftwood and making necklaces and candle holders. Sometimes I will set up a booth at the monthly art walk, sometimes I give them away to friends, sometimes i;ll even get an order for some from local shops. Its not gonna pay the bills but it keeps me happy/busy and makes other people happy then i guess its worth all worth it. You keep smiling too, and my name is also Dave. haha
I'm pretty close to Mobile. I'm collecting wood and taking care of my adult disabled son. I found a jackpot shallow, wide stream! Now I need to learn to sell!!! I have huge pieces.
Burning driftwood for firewood is not toxic, you'd have to burn it in a blast furnace at 1500 degrees Celsius to change the salt into anything harmful.
@@PastLifePickins I collect driftwood here in New Zealand for firewood, I put aside any pieces that are suitable for artwork. It's amazing what you can find this way.
I live along the Arkansas River and I get drift driftwood all the time and I have a lot in my yard I didn't realize how much you get out of driftwood.I just started looking for driftwood about 2 months ago..
Hello, Thanks for the video, I just found your channel last night after you made a comment on the auction professors channel, growing a channel takes time and I hope you stick with it, one thing that can help is making comments on other channels , a lot of people like me read an interesting comment and check to see if they are a creator. Something else that can help us being a guest on another channel or interviewing another channel on your channel. But anyways thanks for the video it gave me some ideas about sourcing I haven’t thought of before.
TY so much for the encouraging words. It's so much harder then I thought. I'll be checking your channel out too. I have so much to learn, having fun though that's for sure. Ty again.
I have been brushing my wood while I'm cleaning it so it wet at the time. I see that your brushing it the day after cleaning it dry.. Should I wait till its dry? Dose it make a difference? Thank you! I'm doing my research...lol
Where exactly do you sell this? I've Been collecting for years just bc I think it's beautiful. I'm ready to sell some beautiful pieces but I'm not sure exactly where to sell to get the most bang for a buck. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Hi, I dont anymore because where I would get the driftwood was pretty far away to be of decent profit. Ebay, Etsy, Mercari Maybe if your into sharing more start a Fb group and Instagram and start sharing tips and or your pieces to gain exposure to possibly bring sales. If you do on Ebay..do some research of other listings etc to help you get an idea of sold prices, keywords etc. I wish you the best.🌸
Bet if you find good sturdy drift wood, we could cut a flatting and make a wooden landscape, as a artist who worked with hot glue, clay, having a place for my art to exiat was nice. :) also new to this all, haha, saw someone else do it and looked it up as a joke, now im serious
Hi I recently retrieved a massive and beautiful piece of driftwood from Lake Martin, AL. It’s huge! How should I got about cleaning and preparing it for decor? It’s too large to fit in a pot to boil it. Is it ok to pressure wash or will that destroy it?
Isnt drift wood illegal in the US? Obviously if no one sees you do it no problem but if you sell it doesnt that red flag you automatically. Perhaps is not a nation wide law but i couldve sworn someone said it was. Maybe is per state?
Hi Carlos, I actually had no idea about this at the time, this isn't a State Park though so I have no idea. Ty though for sharing and making others aware to look up state laws.
DEAR FRIEND , I just Came across this Video , Because I Wanted to Protect a piece of Drift Wood that my LOVED ONE FOUND ", Yrs Ago ", She has Been PASSED AWAY For Over a YEAR NOW ' I Wanted to Protect this piece of Wood Dor A MEMORY ", So God Brings me to Rhis VIDEO AMD MY MIND IS TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY ", BEYIND WORDS , As I Look at YOU MY FRIEND , I SHIT YOU NOT " YOU ARE ABOUT AM EXACT SUPICATE OF MY LOVED ONE IN ALMOST WVERY WAY ' When I SEE THIS IT FEELS IS LIKE SHE IS STILL HERE " Somehow in You " ", THE RESEMBLANCE IS MINDBLOWING " I'd LOVE to Meet You One day ,, if that Would Ever be POSSIBLE " Shoot Let's make a Trip to go on an adventure For Interesting things to Find , But also just to Embrace Nature ", I will be watching this video many times ",, to Keep my MIND Blown " this Was Super cool for me to find today " John.
@@PastLifePickins Indeed She is With Me Everyday ", ":^) in mind heart and Spirit ", I Have Prayed for her To Have Gotten to Heaven ", Because She was Never a Beliver in Christ ", and for God to Send ME a SIGN ", And Sure Enough , They Started Showing Up in ABUNDANCE, , in Nature , Butterflies, Dragonflies , IN BIRDS , Hawks , Harons , Doves , Cardinals , Fleckers / Woodpeckers , Redheaded Finches , Ect ", Signs of the Supernatural, That Goes past Natural time , So there is BOTH Natural and SUPERNATURAL IN the Natural World , to Explain this , in NATURE there is just Natural Time , The time of Nature. That is Just NORMAL ", Then There is a LIMIT to Natural NORMAL TIME ", The if SOMETHING EXCEEDS Natural Time ,, IT NOW BECOMES SUPERNATURAL AND A SIGN ", And Within a Sign is OFTEN Times a MESSAGE or Even a WARNING of Something Yet to Come ", I've Had MANY of These Supernatural Experiences " ":^) Happy to Share ANY and ALL " :^) I know Cherie is In a better Place ", For She Had So Many Health Problems ", But I Do grieve being Alone ", I just Need Someone New to LOVE and Care for , All I have is My FAITH And God ", ":^) but I am Thankful to see your Video , A True Twin for a very Special Girl , And I see you Just as Special ", Its just not your looks , in the video it's how you talk , carry your self smile. Ect It is Just Super Awesome to See , SERIOUSLY DEAR YOU ARE , a DOUBLE YET SINGLE IN TOHR AMAZING SELF " ":^) It would be a Dream to meet you " For Real Thank You For Responding and For Your Kind Words " :^) john
I have a NESSIE (lOCK nESS MonSTer) Driftwood almost 3 feet long the face of a SNAKE and it has 2 humps this is theREAL deal and for 1.000.000 ITS Yours
I'm in Mobile, AL and have found a bunch of spots where the driftwood is pushed onto shore from the bay. Feels like finding a gold mine.... sorta. Doing everything alone while taking care of my elderly father.
bless your heart, you are doing the right thing , i feel your struggle. My mom lives with me, and I am single too. As hard as it is at this time, it's like gold in your pocket when they are gone. A very bittersweet time, but afterwards ,all I remember about that time with my Dad was the sweet.
This is oddly famaliar as Im in Boston, MA. and collect all sorts of items, and now able to work on all the stuff I have collected, and prepped over the last few years. But I too am taking care of my mother, and my parents had a spacious house, and built an apartment above garages for my little brother, who then never really ended up moving in there. So years later, I have to help Mom-dukes(weird nickname, haha) so have turned that apartment into my art studio. plus the garage spaces, its a lot of room. I am constently on the hunt, while I drive to her house /my studio. but you would be surprised how tight it can get when Im collecting and work on various stuff from mother nature., hahaha. Finally able to focus on it, and we slip into a recession, F'n A !!!! LOL Stay Smilin!!!!
@@doingitdavy1507 Just keep doing your thing. Do it for your enjoyment and try not to hope it will sell. I started taking really amazing pieces of driftwood and making necklaces and candle holders. Sometimes I will set up a booth at the monthly art walk, sometimes I give them away to friends, sometimes i;ll even get an order for some from local shops. Its not gonna pay the bills but it keeps me happy/busy and makes other people happy then i guess its worth all worth it. You keep smiling too, and my name is also Dave. haha
I'm pretty close to Mobile. I'm collecting wood and taking care of my adult disabled son. I found a jackpot shallow, wide stream! Now I need to learn to sell!!! I have huge pieces.
Woo hoo Goooooooo Patty! Great video!
Thanks Susan!! I wish I lived closer to this place I'd be here all the time!!
@@PastLifePickins Yes it looks beautiful there!
Burning driftwood for firewood is not toxic, you'd have to burn it in a blast furnace at 1500 degrees Celsius to change the salt into anything harmful.
Ty! I didnt know that. Good info!! Thanks for sharing.
@@PastLifePickins I collect driftwood here in New Zealand for firewood, I put aside any pieces that are suitable for artwork. It's amazing what you can find this way.
@@slooob23 I bet!!! Enjoy!
I live along the Arkansas River and I get drift driftwood all the time and I have a lot in my yard I didn't realize how much you get out of driftwood.I just started looking for driftwood about 2 months ago..
That's cool!! Lots of opportunity there if you have the time. Ty so much for watching!
I focus on big peices, logs, and tons of beat up trunks, But would be interested in connecting if you come across stuff.
There's tons of driftwood in Galveston and natural granite I collected some wed afternoon for my tanks
Your lucky!! We got to travel a bit. Haha
That's so cool.
Where at in Galveston, I'm in Houston.
didn't know i can't just use any wood for drift wood,
Hello, Thanks for the video, I just found your channel last night after you made a comment on the auction professors channel, growing a channel takes time and I hope you stick with it, one thing that can help is making comments on other channels , a lot of people like me read an interesting comment and check to see if they are a creator. Something else that can help us being a guest on another channel or interviewing another channel on your channel. But anyways thanks for the video it gave me some ideas about sourcing I haven’t thought of before.
TY so much for the encouraging words. It's so much harder then I thought. I'll be checking your channel out too. I have so much to learn, having fun though that's for sure. Ty again.
Girl Hustle You’re welcome, I don’t make any content, maybe I will sometime, Take care
Im from dauphin shhhh! dont tell everyone to or soon youll get next to nothing lol Stony my stompin ground cool vid
Haha! Such a beautiful place!!! Only been there a few times live pretty far from it but it's so nice! Thanks for stopping by!
Miss..sorry for asking.. do you have a tricks or tips for making driftwood more beautiful i mean maybe their colour become more bright. Can u share
Hi, they do have different colors of wood stains, maybe try one similar to the driftwood color. Ty so much for stopping by.
I have been brushing my wood while I'm cleaning it so it wet at the time. I see that your brushing it the day after cleaning it dry.. Should I wait till its dry? Dose it make a difference? Thank you! I'm doing my research...lol
Hi, I watched another more experienced one do it this way, Sorry I couldnt be of better help. Good luck and have fun!!
You should invest in a sandblaster to clean that wood up faster
You mean pressure washer, right?
@@ABWeaver I suppose either would work, but they use sandblasters to clean the zoomed brand mopani wood
My question is when gathering driftwood, how can you tell what kind of wood it is?
That was the hardest part for me because I am very new at it. I did alot of reading when I brought some home. Ty for stopping by.
Where exactly do you sell this? I've Been collecting for years just bc I think it's beautiful. I'm ready to sell some beautiful pieces but I'm not sure exactly where to sell to get the most bang for a buck. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Hi, I dont anymore because where I would get the driftwood was pretty far away to be of decent profit.
Ebay, Etsy, Mercari
Maybe if your into sharing more start a Fb group and Instagram and start sharing tips and or your pieces to gain exposure to possibly bring sales.
If you do on Ebay..do some research of other listings etc to help you get an idea of sold prices, keywords etc. I wish you the best.🌸
facebook marketplace??
How Would you prep a piece of drift wood that is Over 3ft long , and you cant Boli it BECAUSE it's too Big "??
Possibly a tub, I'd have to research that one! Thanks for stopping by!
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Hi I was looking into this and was wondering do they go more if you put them on a stand as a sculpture?
Hi, I've never done that. They may, some may prefer in their natural state too. I guess it's a personal taste. Ty for watching.🌺
Bet if you find good sturdy drift wood, we could cut a flatting and make a wooden landscape, as a artist who worked with hot glue, clay, having a place for my art to exiat was nice. :) also new to this all, haha, saw someone else do it and looked it up as a joke, now im serious
Go for it!!! Sounds like it be pretty cool!! Thanks so much for watching!!
I cant find your ebay store
Hi I recently retrieved a massive and beautiful piece of driftwood from Lake Martin, AL. It’s huge! How should I got about cleaning and preparing it for decor? It’s too large to fit in a pot to boil it. Is it ok to pressure wash or will that destroy it?
I'm not a professional at all. I'd do some research and go with what you feel is best. Especially if it's a beautiful piece. Thanks for stopping by!!
ua-cam.com/video/qHlsvNIGTRM/v-deo.html&ab_channel=LongIslandFishGuy I hope this helps
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Always!
Isnt drift wood illegal in the US? Obviously if no one sees you do it no problem but if you sell it doesnt that red flag you automatically. Perhaps is not a nation wide law but i couldve sworn someone said it was. Maybe is per state?
Hi Carlos, I actually had no idea about this at the time, this isn't a State Park though so I have no idea. Ty though for sharing and making others aware to look up state laws.
DEAR FRIEND , I just Came across this Video , Because I Wanted to Protect a piece of Drift Wood that my LOVED ONE FOUND ", Yrs Ago ",
She has Been PASSED AWAY For Over a YEAR NOW ' I Wanted to Protect this piece of Wood Dor A MEMORY ", So God Brings me to Rhis VIDEO AMD MY MIND IS TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY ", BEYIND WORDS , As I Look at YOU MY FRIEND , I SHIT YOU NOT " YOU ARE ABOUT AM EXACT SUPICATE OF MY LOVED ONE IN ALMOST WVERY WAY ' When I SEE THIS IT FEELS IS LIKE SHE IS STILL HERE "
Somehow in You " ", THE RESEMBLANCE IS MINDBLOWING "
I'd LOVE to Meet You One day ,, if that Would Ever be POSSIBLE " Shoot Let's make a Trip to go on an adventure For Interesting things to Find , But also just to Embrace Nature ", I will be watching this video many times ",, to Keep my MIND Blown " this Was Super cool for me to find today " John.
I'm so sorry. Your loved one is very much still around. Believe me she hears and feels the love in your heart.💞
@@PastLifePickins Indeed She is With Me Everyday ", ":^) in mind heart and Spirit ", I Have Prayed for her To Have Gotten to Heaven ", Because She was Never a Beliver in Christ ", and for God to Send ME a SIGN ", And Sure Enough , They Started Showing Up in ABUNDANCE, , in Nature , Butterflies, Dragonflies , IN BIRDS , Hawks , Harons , Doves , Cardinals , Fleckers / Woodpeckers , Redheaded Finches , Ect ", Signs of the Supernatural, That Goes past Natural time , So there is BOTH Natural and SUPERNATURAL IN the Natural World , to Explain this , in NATURE there is just Natural Time , The time of Nature. That is Just NORMAL ", Then There is a LIMIT to Natural NORMAL TIME ", The if SOMETHING EXCEEDS Natural Time ,, IT NOW BECOMES SUPERNATURAL AND A SIGN ", And Within a Sign is OFTEN Times a MESSAGE or Even a WARNING of Something Yet to Come ", I've Had MANY of These Supernatural Experiences " ":^) Happy to Share ANY and ALL " :^) I know Cherie is In a better Place ", For She Had So Many Health Problems ", But I Do grieve being Alone ", I just Need Someone New to LOVE and Care for , All I have is My FAITH And God ", ":^) but I am Thankful to see your Video , A True Twin for a very Special Girl , And I see you Just as Special ", Its just not your looks , in the video it's how you talk , carry your self smile. Ect
It is Just Super Awesome to See ,
SERIOUSLY DEAR YOU ARE , a DOUBLE YET SINGLE IN TOHR AMAZING SELF " ":^) It would be a Dream to meet you " For Real
Thank You For Responding and For Your Kind Words " :^) john
I have a NESSIE (lOCK nESS MonSTer) Driftwood almost 3 feet long the face of a SNAKE and it has 2 humps this is theREAL deal and for 1.000.000 ITS Yours
Haha sounds so cool!!!