If you have access to a boat, there is a wonderful source for free driftwood at many lakes. Wood that is under water and then out and back under over many years gets a pretty special treatment that makes it fit what I like. Fallen wood found in most woods, etc. tends to get bugs and decay so that it may not be usable. Wood that is in/out of the water does not get the bugs and decay that makes most wood rot. Harder to come by but much higher quality and definitely cheaper!