What is the oldest thing you own?

[MrColin]

I decided to scan a couple of very old booklets I got from my grandmother and share them. They aren't valuable or anything, just some old marketing rags from 1883 and 1901. She had a copy of the "White House Cookbook" also from the 1800's, but some other family member had dibs on that.

Enjoy and share what you've got.

Champion grain harvesting equipment pamphlet from 1901.
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Krouskops almanac/magazine thing from 1883.
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The process of scanning these things was a little bit destructive, some pages came loose, but now they can go back in my scrapbook, to never be handled again.

 

[rivan]

I've got a bunch of mid/late-1800s coins. None of them worth more than a few bucks.

I carry an 1891 Morgan dollar in my wallet, have had it with me for 25+ years.

 

[Mixolydian]

Have an old glass telegraph insulator from 1884.

 

[Markbnj]

I've got a fairly tattered copy of an elementary school reader from the early 1800's, and several books from that period as well.

 

[Texashiker]

Bunch of family letters from the early 1900s.
Post card my great grandmother (dads side of family) sent a family member around 1912.
My great grandmothers (moms side of the family) single shot shotgun.
My grandfathers report cards when he was in school in the 1930s.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I don't know. The age of stuff never seemed that important to me, besides being a rough gauge of their remaining usefulness.

 

[clamum]

Hmmm, good question. I'd say a Mosin Nagant M91/30 manufactured in 1944.

 

[lxskllr]

Books from the mid 1800s.

 

[CurseTheSky]

A nickle from the 1880s, and a penny from the 1860s.

A 1966 Mustang.

 

[CPA]

My wife.

 

[JM Aggie08]

I have a tea kettle that my grandmother gave me that came from overseas ~1850's.

I'd love to clean it up, but the wear on it is a part of its charm.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

late 1800 coins

 

[Maximilian]

I own this rock that probably dates back to before humans evolved.

 

[TwiceOver]

No idea. I generally look at old things and think "Junk". For some reason I don't see the value in old crap. I'm not saying there isn't any value, just that in my mind I don't correlate the two. My wife and MIL always say stuff like "But do you know how valuable that is!!!"? No, I don't, because it isn't. It's only valuable to someone that has the money and is willing to pay for it.

I think I have some books from my childhood ('80s). Other than that, I can't think of anything.

 

[brainhulk]

My wife.

lol

 

[middlehead]

My wife.

Came to make the joke, glad to see it was already here.

 

[xeledon20005]

Liberty King Trumpet from 1927, plays beautiful and in great condition

 

[SlitheryDee]

I just thought of something. There's an old solid copper pot at my shop that customers keep asking me to sell them. My grandfather got it from somewhere at some time in the distant past. It looks like it was made by hammering the copper into shape. It's probably worth a bit just for the copper content, but people keep wanting to buy it just because it looks old and interesting...to them. I don't see it honestly. I would never want the thing if someone hadn't given it to me. I keep it mostly because it's interesting to other people, even though I can't fathom why they like it. If I were the type to buy things like that all it would do is end up in a closet somewhere.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I'm assuming my yard is the oldest thing I own.... "Older than dirt"

...though you can't discount the ore mined to make anything metal we have.

 

[adairusmc]

My House.

 

[Fritzo]

My wife.

Bastard. I came here to post that

 

[tynopik]

if we are referring to man-made artifacts (no 'rock' or 'fossil'), then for most people it's probably an arrowhead

 

[jagec]

Jesus in my heart. 1 AD.

 

[Printer Bandit]

my soul.

 

[vi edit]

Cast iron skillet that was made sometime in the 1950's. I'm the third generation to inherit it.