Today I acquired...........

[gordon stephenson]

Nice find, Eye watering price when new,

 

[MCKDAVID]

the idiots should be hung drawn & quartered for throwing that out in the first place.

yes I understand that in some industries, the précision defines the measurement methods, and they won't take a risk using old material.. but still... damm disgrace !!

 

[MattH]

That's probably over £2k worth from EBay.

 

[bash'it]

And the rest.....
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wow that find will take some beating

 

[HughF]

We should have a forum prize for the best skip find - I think that's the current top

 

[sardine]

Presumably its all imperial that no one wants ?

 

[mike 109444]

Presumably its all imperial that no one wants ?

Well you never know, with brexit could be we might go back to £,shillings, feet, inches and gallons Now where's me thrupenny jar and smarty tube of tanners ...

 

[slim_boy_fat]

We should have a forum prize for the best skip find - I think that's the current top

Now, there's a challenge for @The_Yellow_Ardvark

 

[Chillitt]

Skips like that are why I have a Transit...

 

[MattH]

Skips like that are why I have a Transit...

I think you got the order of those words wrong!

 

[Chillitt]

I think you got the order of those words wrong!

Fair point. Look, it was free...

 

[indy4x]

I'd be surprised if anyone could better that skip find, awesome sauce

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Wow, just wow........ I'm in need of some decent measuring gear.........

 

[Fintray]

You mean someone was actually throwing that away?

I can never find skips with that sort of contents

After I saw it I asked one of the QC inspectors and he said that he had put an email out letting people know they were available if anyone wanted anything but seemingly not any/many takers, so just waiting to be put in a skip when I noticed them.

 

[Fintray]

Presumably its all imperial that no one wants ?

There is a mixture of both imperial and metric, a range up to 20" external mics, 0-25mm external mics, metric Vernier calipers and height gauges and various other bits and pieces.

 

[sardine]

Just sold for £428, drinks are all on me folks * big thanks to Tesco catalogue photography department for chucking it in the skip.

*one small glass of weak Vimto each.

 

[Robotstar5]

.....and smarty tube of tanners ...

Have you seen a Smarties tube recently?, the solid cardboard tube and plastic lid have been replaced by this...

Flimsy, thin card multi-sided effort

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Car boot this morning.

 

[Bill Edwards]

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Car boot this morning.

Your haul seems almost insignificant for a change!

Skip rescue time again, this time some no longer required measuring equipment.......
A mixture of Mitutoyo, Starrett, Moore & Wright and some others.

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And the rest.....
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Struggling for words that cover that lot being thrown away.
You could put it all on eBay and have a very sizeable amount of money afterwards, they've always got value.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@Bill Edwards
Hung over, hung under and hungry.