Garage sale picks

[oldtools]

Spent $7 at a garage Sale, went home happy!!
Found some metal working tools, bunch of Drift punch, wedge, & wire tools,
2 long Tongs (1 was old that I reshaped jaw)
Pry bars, Ball peen hammers, 1/8" brazing rods, 1/4" SS rods, 9"Auto wrench, tin snips, Clamp...

[Branson]

All good!  The ball pein over by the drifts looks like it could be a Maydole.  I found that one of my ball peins is a Maydole almost by accident because the stamping is very light.  Those toothy tongs are very  interesting to me.  I picked up a pair, the only other pair I've seen, a while back and they see  lots of use.  No markings on mine,  and they look, except for the teeth in the jaws, to be blacksmith made.  If anybody has any information on these it would be very nice to have.  (But not as nice as having a pair of these.)

[oldtools]

Barely can see ???DOLE.. good eye!! along with the big 3lb. ballpeen I picked up a 3 lb. cross peen Hammer.
first long tongs with teeth I ever seen... couldn't pass for a buck... 
Those drift punch & wire rope splicing tools should come in handy to align holes...
(paid $2 for 2 drift & he through in the rest. end of day, he just wanted to unload them)
always wanted to do blacksmith work, Now just need a forge & big anvil?

[Branson]

One dollar for the tongs?!  Were you wearing a mask when you took them?  Any good working pair of tongs is worth $20 IMO.  I hope somebody can identify this pair, because I have its twin. 

The Maydole pattern is pretty distinctive.  Check it out against your other ball pein.

That is a good, very good haul for seven bucks!

[scottg]

Yahoo!! Rock --- and --- Roll!! That little bundle of brass is almost worth that much.

  Around 15 cents a pound?    At your place?      Are you kidding? 
 
 Better be careful moving it far though. That much iron is likely to tip one of those islands clean over.  heehehehe
    yours Scott

[bonneyman]

Nice grab!