Found on road

[Coach James]

My best road finds were a set of task Force combo wrenches, 9 or 10 of them. The other was a Cornwell 3/8 hard handle ratchet. It was scuffed a bit but fine otherwise. It is my go to ratchet for working on brake calipers or wheel hubs as it has a narrower head than my other ratchets.

Coach

 

[E.T.Privott]

treasure, plain and simple ! i have found so much stuff on the side of the road that now i watch for everything. complete 1/4 so socket set w/case (open but all was there about). drove past a 30 mm. wwII star pistal once only to stop and find out it was real. TREASURE is what it is, if you don't pick it up then you can bet the next guy well. if you can't use it then part it out or give it to your buddy so he can use it, parts is parts ! every body on here has the ablity to fix and make something out of anything so keep your eyes open and good hunting... its out there for the taking, hope who ever finds it can use it, good luck !!!

 

[ElectroLight]

I was reading this thread thinking, "damn, the only things I ever find are busted rubber bungees and Red Bull cans and I have a state highway at the end of my driveway", then I remembered the hand truck I found in the 80s... Must have fallen from a Coke truck, heavy aluminium construction with nice solid wheels. I still have it and have used the **** out of it over the years.

 

[kenfath]

Many years ago found a 15/16th" combination wrench in the road. It took a long time to find a use for it. Later in my career my duties included hazmat response. The bolts on open-head drum lids require a 15/16ths inch wrench. I used it to remove or apply hundreds of lid bolts. When I retired it was given to my successor. He appreciated and understood its importance. What was amazing how many times the 'so-called' hazmat pros would show up to a job without this size wrench.

 

[ironmutt]

my recent finds are a womans diamondand gold watch small diamond chips around face with broken clasp nice watch guy at jewlers said its about 400 bucks so i gave it to the gf and said pay to fix it and you got new watch then a so rachet but the best day ever was when i thought i found a stack of hundreds like what you see in a movie i lock up the brakes on the bike and pull a u turn and it turned out to be adverts for a payday loan place i sat down smaoked a cig and lmao then picked it up and used to prank every one for about a week by the way i only find stuff when on my motorcycle it seems gues its cause i pay mor atention to what on the surfuce that can mess me up then when i am in my truck

 

[RCStocker]

I have found a few sockets, long handle for a paint roller and years ago a 12 ton jack which I still use. I found that back in the mid or early 60's
The sockets have been driven over and have more than a rash on them. LOL

 

[Kevski]

I found a Snap-On pocket screwdriver in the road once (decent one, not a giveaway).

Put it in my shirt pocket, and used it daily for a few years.

Lost it on the very same street, when a drunk drove into my motorcycle.

Still convinced it was bad luck.

 

[Harley94]

I haven't found anything recently but prior finds were a Husqvarna safety helmet w/face shield and muffs I use all the time now, Big Mag Lite and a 10mm gear-wrench.

 

[billp603]

These are definitely worth cleaning up. They pre-date the appearance of the release lever in 1958. There should be some patent information stamped on the handle near the "Vise Grip DeWitt Nebr.". Most likely these fall into the 1942-1958 time period but there is a chance they could be a little earlier depending on what the patent number information on the handle says.

Thanks for the help Copilot, I had done a little more research and found that the release lever was added in 1957. There is US PATN 22__005 / April 14, 194_ / OTHER PAT PEND on the handle, the underlined characters are too worn down to read. I did clean them up and they're cozy with the other pair in a drawer of my tool chest. Since you are near De Witt do you or someone in your family have history of working at Peterson?

 

[boostedgt]

today i turned off the freeway and saw some pliers on the side of the road! proto professional with a little road rash. not bad for free!