On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:05 PM Eric Coyle  wrote:

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> https://geog.sfsu.edu/field-equipment/brunton-pocket-level-tripod
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> No money changed hands
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Great story Eric, and a very cool instrument!  Slippery slope indeed...  I
think I want one...

A few years ago I picked up a Starrett 99f transit at the flea, great
condition and with the box, but missing the tripod legs.  Then one spring
up at mjd's auction in Nashua (after a couple years of looking), one of the
sellers in the parking lot had the correct set of telescoping legs for
practically nothing. So a couple months later I used it to teach the
surveying merit badge for my son's scout troop while up at camp (after
teaching myself of course).

Anyway just less than an hour ago I got a call from my wife's cousin
offering to give me a NIB surveyor's measuring rod that he just happened to
have lying around, and didn't need or want (we shared a very long drive
recently so he's quite familiar with my, um, proclivities).  The last piece
to this puzzle is now in place, and with a touch of serendipity to boot.

Now I find myself looking a lot more closely at such things, and that
Brunton is very cool...

Paul Fuss