How many of you "brake for lost tools?" I was on my way to work, & at the interstate intersection I saw a silver glint. I saw it was something substantial, and not a trash piece. Traffic was behind me, so I had to loop-around & come back through the intersection, checking for no traffic behind me. I pulled into the median, and grabbed the tool, a 10" Stanley adjustable wrench, none the worse for wear.
How many of you 'mine' the roads and swales for tools, and what have you found?
I could ask about other finds, but thought that since we're gearheads, most of us, I would limit it to that. Also, operable or fixable only, if you fixed it. I don't care about the junk.
Here are some of my finds:
8' fiberglass ladder, A-frame
10' fiberglass ladder, A-frame (required some glass mat/resin to fix a leg split)
16" bar Echo chain saw
two straight claw hammers w/fiberglass handles
large Stanley screwdriver straight tip
I'm sure there is other stuff but I don't recall it at the moment. All the above stuff is still with me & functional. What have you found?
Once when I was out reef diving (free diving, no tanks) south of Ft. Lauderdale FL. I found a toolbox contents in a pile on the ocean floor, about 20' deep. I picked-up everything I could find & used my mesh catch bag to haul it back to shore. I ended dragging it along the sandy bottom because it was so-heavy, using my dive flag lanyard. I got a VSR 3/8" drill which worked after I disassembled & lubed it. A set of Craftsman drill bits in one of their red plastic clamshell cases. A whetstone. Some wood chisels. A pry bar, flat steel. A cold chisel. And some other stuff I can't recall. The stuff wasn't in the water long because the aluminum on the drill wasn't corroded, nor were the steel items.
My buddy who just got a submersible metal detector, the second day he used it, found a 4 oz gold chain and cross. He was walking at the ebb-tide line in about 2' of water. He sold it for $3600. Not really the same thing as I posted, but an interesting find.
So, what have you rescued from the street?
How many of you 'mine' the roads and swales for tools, and what have you found?
I could ask about other finds, but thought that since we're gearheads, most of us, I would limit it to that. Also, operable or fixable only, if you fixed it. I don't care about the junk.
Here are some of my finds:
8' fiberglass ladder, A-frame
10' fiberglass ladder, A-frame (required some glass mat/resin to fix a leg split)
16" bar Echo chain saw
two straight claw hammers w/fiberglass handles
large Stanley screwdriver straight tip
I'm sure there is other stuff but I don't recall it at the moment. All the above stuff is still with me & functional. What have you found?
Once when I was out reef diving (free diving, no tanks) south of Ft. Lauderdale FL. I found a toolbox contents in a pile on the ocean floor, about 20' deep. I picked-up everything I could find & used my mesh catch bag to haul it back to shore. I ended dragging it along the sandy bottom because it was so-heavy, using my dive flag lanyard. I got a VSR 3/8" drill which worked after I disassembled & lubed it. A set of Craftsman drill bits in one of their red plastic clamshell cases. A whetstone. Some wood chisels. A pry bar, flat steel. A cold chisel. And some other stuff I can't recall. The stuff wasn't in the water long because the aluminum on the drill wasn't corroded, nor were the steel items.
My buddy who just got a submersible metal detector, the second day he used it, found a 4 oz gold chain and cross. He was walking at the ebb-tide line in about 2' of water. He sold it for $3600. Not really the same thing as I posted, but an interesting find.
So, what have you rescued from the street?
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