Well here's what happened: I stockpiled a bunch of wood (12 or 14 pickup truck loads) doing my own scrounging this Spring. Then my first son was born in May and all my free time went towards building a splitter, so I didn't get to cut into that pile until third week in July. This other tree service where I got the oak is a sure thing, their lot is about 2 miles away and I have a standing deal to load from the "scrap" side of their pile with their Bobcat whenever I want. So Monday this week I decide I better show my face down there to make sure they still remember me and what do I see in the "scrap" pile when I pull in? This oak + a bunch of honey locust. I hauled out two truckloads of locust and oak plus a little bit of ash (!) I found on the end of the pile, and planned on going back later in the week for more.
That's the good news...bad news is, I pulled in on Friday and they had done some cleanup work in the meantime, the rest of that locust and oak is buried out of sight. Last thing I want to do is screw up a good deal by making a mess with the Bobcat looking for it, guess I'll just have to keep working through that pile until I find it again! That's one good thing about the OWB, it's pot luck what I find down there but I can burn it all, and nice little finds like this are what make scrounging so much fun.