I instantly knew that there was nothing wrong with the Brighton the east and west was not mixed up you made a good trade and got a good bargain. The price he was asking out $100 was a pretty high price because at that time the Brighton was running around $125-$150 and I never could afford one so when I knew that the fort hood in Kaline was selling the unit runs I went there immediately and bought one for $25 but I have never used the mirror the way is supposed to be for caving we always use the shadow method to read this up the read the needle.
Jim Sent from my iPhoneX On Jul 22, 2019, at 3:49 PM, Dwight Deal <dirt...@comcast.net> wrote: I was a geology student in 1956 and starting to survey caves in New York and West Virginia. I stumbled on a used Brunton in a pawn shop in Manhattan. New ones did indeed sell for around $100 at that time. This one was a reasonable bargain but still, I thought, on the high-side for a pawn shop item. (I don't remember exactly but in the $35-40 range) It was, however, in really good (I'd call it "like new") condition. I had my wallet out and was about to consummate the deal .Then I told the guy: “Wait. This is defective!” “What!” “Yes, look at this, they have east and west reversed!” I think I paid him $5.00 for it. Also came with a nice, new-looking leather case. DirtDoc (If you have never used a Brunton, you may not understand why this is so humorous. That's the way they are built so they read correctly when you look down at the compass needle. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it.) This has been a major tool of mine for 63 years. I still have this and it has been used both for surface geology and in many, many, miles of cave, a lot of it virgin (including Jewel Cave). Used it on the surface a few months ago to locate some survey corners in Big Bend. There was no GPS information available. One of the best bargains I ever made. Buyer Beware! _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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