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I just completed this home on the ICW in South Carolina with our sinker heart pine I recovered from the bottom of the Edisto River. It's all longleaf heart pine about 4000 sq/ft, newel box post, stair/landing treads, T&G paneling, and kitchen cabinets. I recovered every bit of this wood and milled ...

Mike,
I really appreciate that. It was a great surprise to find our wood on a forum being discussed. Thanks again and I look forward to hearing from you.

This bench was made by a client made from a old grow cypress slab last month.
It now sits in Rebekah Jacob Gallery in downtown Charleston,SC. I've attached the pictures. http://www.bornagainheartwoods.com
http://file:///C:/Users/Nathan%20Tarpein/Pictures/2011-05-22%20Wide%20Planks/IMG_20110906 ...

I'm a commercial diver.

Most cypress were already water logged when they were cut down. It didn't take much time before becoming completely saturated.

In the 1800's, logs were rafted together and floated down the river to the mills. On the trip down the river a unknown percentage of these logs sank.
We us a side scam sonar high-definition tow fish along with diving to locate the sites. Diving in these black water rivers is not for the faint of ...

In the 1800's, logs were rafted together and floated down the river to the mills. On the trip down the river a unknown percentage of these logs sank.
We us a side scam sonar high-definition tow fish along with diving to locate the sites. Diving in these black water rivers is not for the faint of ...

http://bornagainheartwoods.com/Table-Top_Slabs.php

It was cool to find some of my wood on a forum. As I read the remarks I had to make some corrections.

All of our wood is river and lake recovered from South Carolina. We recover our logs from 1700 - 1800's mill-sites. Some of our logs were ...