Rick--the "thanks" from my previous was semi-sarcastic, but I still downloaded LetGo to my phone and checked it regularly. Today, it paid off.
I responded to an ad for some Starrett depth gauges for $40 bucks (I'm retired from picking, but I'm not a monk). I came away with a bunch more.
The older fellow, Darren, liked to talk. He was retired from working in auto repair and auto body work. He'd moved partnered up with is son to buy a house from their family and granddaughter and now the son was shutting him out and not treating him right. He was going to move down to Florida--he'd never been there, but that's were he wanted to go with hi wife. He really liked my daughter's '65 Malibu, that I'd driven up in. He used to work on Pontiacs and really liked GTO black. My daughter's Malibu would look really good in that black.
Did I mention he liked to talk? Oh my, he liked to talk. I got all of the above in the first five minutes and I carried on a running conversation as I picked through the tubs of tools. He kept calling my attention to this tool and that tool and encouraging me to make a pile and make him an offer.
Don't get me wrong--I did find the conversation enjoyable. He's a nice guy and he was willing to deal. I paid $120 for all of the tools and then as I was leaving, I asked about the big Craftsman vise screwed to the work bench. "Another $20 and its yours!" And as I was unbolting the vise from the bench, he kept tossing things into my tub of tools. Things like a tape measure, a screwdriver, a Ryobi belt/disc sander--you know, little things.
Here are some of the highlights:
Huck AK175 Pneumatic riveter
Snap-On 1-7/16" impact socket
Six different Vise-Grips
20" Craftsman 1/2" extension
New Britain sliding T-handle 1/2" driver
No-name radiator pressure tester
Serpentine belt de-tensioner tool
Safety wire wrench
Hog ring pliers
Six DBEs
Snap-On seal puller
Blue Point 6-inch adjustable wrench
Tire inflator
Blue Point peep mirror
And the aforementioned Craftsman vise with 6" jaws.
And then there's the tool box...
It had a lot of goodies.
Two Starrett dial gauges
Three Wrentham Steel Products dial gauges
Two other precision dial gauges
Three Starret micrometers (#216 & 230s)
Unused Proto Professional sockets, numbers 8040-8034
Proto socket hex drivers
A bunch of other US socket brands
An assortment of Proto, Blackhawk, Williams and Armstrong wrenches
A big Bonney SOE wrench
Five dial calipers, Mitutoyo, Brown & Sharpe, Starrett, and others
One non-dial caliper
Weird adjustable grabber thingie
Starrett 359 Precision Universal Bevel Vernier Protractor
Lufkin 212 depth gauge
Starrett 445 depth gauge
Two precision blocks
3 levels
Ceramics hacksaw blade
Darren still has a lot of stuff (he tried to sell me his lawnmowers on the way to my car). I wish him the best of luck...and neighbors in Florida that like to talk as much as he does.
And the last thing was a small sharping stone on one side and a leather pad on the other. It has a wooden handle and the whole thing spins on the handle. Barber tool?
including a mint 141 pound PW anvil 
