When I was around 20 yrs old and I'm 44 right now, I bought a farm near Marlboro, Ohio. There was an original tall Bennett 646B Sinclair pump on the farm across the street leaning over in the weeds. One day I look out the window and the farmer had the pump up on the front forks of his tractor carrying it across the field to a huge hole he had dug, I took off running (probably looked like a scene from "Gone with the Wind") Not to mention I could actually run fast at that time, lol, not now. So he gave it to me and I restored it, that started the fire. So I starting picking around my neighborhood and WHOA did I hit some goldmines. Found seven original globes upstairs in a barn down the street (one box had (2) 15" Johnson lenses). Then there was this man in Uniontown I called "Crazy Jake." He was meaner than a rattlesnake but boy did he have some serious stuff in his building. You would go up and ring the doorbell and he would come to the door with this crazy LSD look on his face "What do you want!" and slam the door closed again , so I would knock again. Finally he would reply "It'll cost you 20 bucks just to look in that building today!" So I would drag a twenty out and hand it to him. He would whistle and this mut dog of his (I swear this was the smartest dog I've ever seen would run up out of nowhere growling at me and follow us). So that's where I found the only Milestone clockface model #40 known (FOR $250 BUCKS). He would hand the cash to the dog and say "hide it." The dog would take off back towards the house with the money. Like an hour later and after several arguments with Jake because he was an absolute bear to deal with, the dog came back with a note saying "supper is ready in 10 minutes." "Sorry he said, your time is up today Goober." Next time you come back, bring a real wad of money OK? And the door would slam shut, let's go times up! Guess I'd better go back over there again soon, sometimes going back to an old source can lead you into something you missed. Happy Easter.
Goober
