Would you buy it? I saw this add on craigslist yesterday and I dialed the number as fast as possible. (Now it's sitting in my garage waiting for a little TLC.) I have always wanted an old instrument like this so condition or brand didn't really matter to me and in fact I didn't even ask. Less is more I figured. Gentlemen said it worked when he put it back in the case and he used it a few times. When I got it it home I took a quick look since I didn't have much time, and saw it was an old A. Lietz Co.:-)
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I will post actual photos and more info later tonight.
Cheers.
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.PS. Thanks to Grant for planting a bug in my head about looking for some old equipment.
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Nice find Jered.
Great deal on some nice history, hope it's not stolen..lol
I love all the old equipment! I usually snap them up myself whenever I run across one in a garage sale or thrift store... Now with GPS, it will soon be lost technology... What a great find!
Hey, someone took that off my truck a few days ago, Thanks for finding it for me. I'll send you my address to return it to me! 😉
Nice find
Just curious, what category do you search?
> Would you buy it?
You can't go and ask us if we would buy it if you already have it in your possession:-P .
You did good!!!:good:
good one Jered...
looks like an old Lietz you find in vintage surveyor ads...40's or 50's
This would make a real nice display piece in someone's office.
A. Lietz Co., Model 5 ~ 1920's
I have found a little bit of research online about Lietz but nothing that really helps me date the serial number. I just estimated from some of the online listings of Lietz Transits in cyber-world.
These sites have some great information.
With the transit itself, the motion is smooth and flawless and besides a few paint chips it seems to be in pretty good shape. I'm quite happy with my find.:-)
> Just curious, what category do you search?
Bob, I searched "Surveyor" in for sale category and it came up.
I tend to do searches with craigslist by using the site:_______ Search feature though if I want to compare cities. IE
surveyor site:craigslist.org
Would return pages with "surveyor" from all craigslist cities.
Cheers
Sorry Rob, That was dirty pool, I know.;-)
It's a nice project to take an old textbook (Davis, Foote, and Kelly was good) with the full instructions for calibrating a transit and work through (and understand) all the steps. If someone has never done it before, they might learn some things that apply to understanding the use of newer equipment.
Wow!!!
Here's another one in PA:
Hopefully, one of our friends up there can benefit:
https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/tls/d/surveyors-transit/6298049264.html
could not view photos
Its a k&e transit, with legs, for $150.
It might be a level.
It has a rod too.
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may interest folks
https://stlouis.craigslist.org/for/d/survey-equipment-gps/6323969323.html
N10,000, E7,000, Z100.00
PLS - IL, MO, AR, KS, MN, KY
StLSurveyor, post: 450572, member: 7070 wrote: may interest folks
https://stlouis.craigslist.org/for/d/survey-equipment-gps/6323969323.html
"Prison poles" ?