This instrument and DC has served me well but I've moved on to a robot. They are a little worn and dinged up but in fine working condition. Not sure what to ask for a price.
By the way I just recently discovered this site. Love it. Great resource.
You might check Ebay to see what they're going for these days, but my guess is not much. I have the same gun and dc that I keep around as a spare just in case a beer truck destroys my robot someday. I spoke with a local surveyor who has gotten out of the game and was looking to sell a 5yr old topcon gun, Recon Dc, metal detector, rods & prism etc. and he was asking $1500 for the entire lot and getting no takers.
What model topcon??
We have long since "upgraded"...
But for two people putting wood in the ground, or taking a massive amount of shots, I have never seen an improvement.
It is strange that a setup that will work day in and day out without fail, and out produce most of the current products is worth almost nothing...but there it is!
I last talked to him Jan. 19th so not sure if he still has it, but it was a GTS-226 with a TDS Recon running Windows Mobile 5.0 and TDS Survey Pro.
You'll be lucky to see $1000 for it.
Hang on to it for those days when the robot calls in sick.
Recent ebay sales of GTS303:
$1200 pawnshop?, accessories
$760 little description
$820 little description, maybe no charger
$995 recelled, unused since 2008 cal, accessories
$1795 recelled, cal and warranty
$2575 expired buy-it-now, cal and warranty (US Survey Supply)
Add for the data collector.
Thanks for the input guys. I guess the proceeds won't let me retire quite yet.
What Snoop said
Thanks Bill. I did not realize you could look up recent sales on Ebay. Why do you think the first sale was a pawnshop?