Not the band's fans. I came across a deadhead on Slim Lake that looked like it some kind of a carving or stamp on the end of it. It was clearly sawn on the end where the mark was. Is this common ? And if so, is there any way of identifying these marks ? Just curious.

Ok....was down in a Jack Straw > Mexicali Blues > Me and My Uncle flashback for a bit there, now resurfaced.

What the heck is a deadhead? From context, perhaps a sunken log from the logging days? If so, yes - I believe logs got stamped on the ends to ID who cut them/owns them/gets credit for them.

Bearpath9: "Not the band's fans. I came across a deadhead on Slim Lake that looked like it some kind of a carving or stamp on the end of it. It was clearly sawn on the end where the mark was. Is this common ? And if so, is there any way of identifying these marks ? Just curious."

Bummer. I was thinking you were wanting to talk about Dark Star and maybe Candy Man or Operator. Great band.

I believe the markings identified the log’s owner when it got to the sawmills in Winton. Some logs sunk and one end rises sometimes.
I’ve found many logs with markings in The St. Croix River.
The Ely/Winton Historical Society may have a reference to the markings.

Logging stamp

Here is a not too good picture. Looks like a tree to me.

Was it floating? Or is is driven into the lake bottom? With a clean cut floating most likely would be a harvested log that would be marked as noted above. Through decay and warmer lake temps at the end of summer some of those logs regain partial buoyancy.
Driven into the lake bottom could be a piling from a logging trestle, or pier. These were often cut off/ burned off at the water line, so some times they are very visible and other times lurk just below the surface. You'll often see or be able to pick out a line of them if that is the case.
Picket, Sandpit, Tin Can Mike, and Hoist Bay of Basswood lake all come to mind having a trestle, or pier. Sandpit and Tin Can Mike they are at or under the water, Picket and Hoist Bay of Basswood lake they are clearly visible above the water.

you can try to look it up in the lumberman's timber mark guide

cmanimal: "Was it floating? Or is is driven into the lake bottom? With a clean cut floating most likely would be a harvested log that would be marked as noted above. Through decay and warmer lake temps at the end of summer some of those logs regain partial buoyancy.
Driven into the lake bottom could be a piling from a logging trestle, or pier. These were often cut off/ burned off at the water line, so some times they are very visible and other times lurk just below the surface. You'll often see or be able to pick out a line of them if that is the case.
Picket, Sandpit, Tin Can Mike, and Hoist Bay of Basswood lake all come to mind having a trestle, or pier. Sandpit and Tin Can Mike they are at or under the water, Picket and Hoist Bay of Basswood lake they are clearly visible above the water. "

This was floating, as was another one that I saw earlier, but didn't look at closely.
Both were away from shore where you would expect to find pilings for piers and such.

tyh: "you can try to look it up in the lumberman's timber mark guide


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I have been trying to look it up. I think I may have looked at that, but I am going to look some more.