Did you know there are giant logs harvested more than 100 years ago from virgin timber in South Carolina now resting in our riverbeds, lakes and swamps? For years, a few companies throughout the Carolinas have been reclaiming this wood that has been perfectly preserved for all this time beneath the waters of South Carolina.

Today, timber is South Carolina’s #1 renewable commodity. Not much has changed in the last century or more. Timber has always been a big industry in South Carolina.

Facebook/Virgin Heart Sinker Cypress, LLC Before big logging trucks hit the scene, loggers would build rafts out of the cut timber and float them downstream to market. It comes as no surprise that at times, some of the huge logs didn’t quite make it all the way.

Facebook/Virgin Heart Sinker Cypress, LLC That’s where the business of recovering sinker logs comes in. Reclaimed virgin wood is an amazing find. There are a few companies in the Palmetto State that specialize in locating and recovering these huge old logs from riverbeds, swamps and lakes in the state.

Facebook/Virgin Heart Sinker Cypress, LLC You can still see the ax cuts on the end of this log. It’s estimated to be about 500 years old and probably cut in approximately 1895. The log was recovered in 2012 from The Little Pee Dee River Swamp by Virgin Heart Sinker Cypress, LLC in Camden, SC.

Facebook/Muddy Waters Sinker Log Recovery The process is downright dangerous and the State of South Carolina regulates the industry very heavily.

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Facebook/Muddy Waters Sinker Log Recovery The rewards are out of this world when you see what South Carolina craftsmen and artists do with this reclaimed wood. Take a look…

Facebook/Muddy Waters Sinker Log Recovery This table was made from wood reclaimed by Muddy Waters Sinker Log Recovery based in Murrells Inlet, SC.

Facebook/Muddy Waters Sinker Log Recovery In fact, there’s a whole gallery of handbuilt custom furniture and art made from the wood recovered by Muddy Waters Sinker Log Recovery. The address is: 4763 Hwy 17 Business, Murrells Inlet, SC.

Facebook/Virgin Heart Sinker Cypress, LLC There’s an entire industry out there of craftsmen who build some fabulous things out of old sinker logs, like the countertop of this gazebo. The wood was recovered by Virgin Heart Sinker Cypress, LLC in Camden, SC.

Did you know this beautiful and valuable resource was resting at the bottom of our rivers, swamps and lakes in South Carolina?

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Before big logging trucks hit the scene, loggers would build rafts out of the cut timber and float them downstream to market. It comes as no surprise that at times, some of the huge logs didn’t quite make it all the way.

That’s where the business of recovering sinker logs comes in. Reclaimed virgin wood is an amazing find. There are a few companies in the Palmetto State that specialize in locating and recovering these huge old logs from riverbeds, swamps and lakes in the state.

You can still see the ax cuts on the end of this log. It’s estimated to be about 500 years old and probably cut in approximately 1895. The log was recovered in 2012 from The Little Pee Dee River Swamp by Virgin Heart Sinker Cypress, LLC in Camden, SC.

Facebook/Muddy Waters Sinker Log Recovery

The process is downright dangerous and the State of South Carolina regulates the industry very heavily.

The rewards are out of this world when you see what South Carolina craftsmen and artists do with this reclaimed wood. Take a look…

This table was made from wood reclaimed by Muddy Waters Sinker Log Recovery based in Murrells Inlet, SC.

In fact, there’s a whole gallery of handbuilt custom furniture and art made from the wood recovered by Muddy Waters Sinker Log Recovery. The address is: 4763 Hwy 17 Business, Murrells Inlet, SC.

There’s an entire industry out there of craftsmen who build some fabulous things out of old sinker logs, like the countertop of this gazebo. The wood was recovered by Virgin Heart Sinker Cypress, LLC in Camden, SC.

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