I was walking in the neighborhood on Saturday and found a neighbor having an arborist taking down a 14” sugar maple. Got to talking and he was happy to let me have as much as I cared to take away. I came back with the car and took home 8 pieces which yielded 18 bowl blanks between 9” and 12”. Today I was rough turning and came across this grown over nail. I tried gouging it out, but after breaking off the end a couple of times with a vice-grip, it became clear that it wanted to stay where it was. I believe the stain up near the rim of the blank is the other end of the nail. I got through most of my pile today, with about 5 pieces left to rough turn tomorrow. All the rest have been smooth, sweet-smelling turning. I gave him and the arborist each a bowl from my finished work, and promised the neighbor a couple of bowls when I finish turn his maple in a few months.