Whats the oldest possesion you have ?

yellum

I have coins from a good while back (1800s) and I think thats the oldest thing I have.

I'm sure theres other old stuff but I can't think of anything else right now.

So how old is your relic ?

Roller Toaster

Got you beat by a few thousand years
This is a fossil I got a few years ago, I have the information on it stored away somewhere (I'm not exactly organised). It's basically the remains of the shell of an ancient organism and it's pretty damned heavy. Makes a nice paperweight.
Heres two pictures of it (Game case is there for size comparison ala The Bone Collector):



and one without the case:

MartinHSabag

thousands !?! try millions......

I have a fossil collection myself, so I'd say that's the oldest possesion one could have, no ?

oh right, if someone actually collects meteorits....

SOL

The oldest working item I have is my violin, 1880-90's not sure, I also have some old fossil from antrim somewhere and I'm sure some of the rocks in my garden are pretty old too :P

Blade

Ah for God sakes guys it has to be man made! Though he didn't specify that I'm sure thats what he meant. I don't think rocks are antiques though they are collectable.

Anyway this isn't the oldest item I have but one of the nicer ones. It's a bronze Roman fibula (or toga brooch) from the 3rd C. AD. It's uncleaned at the moment. I have older Greek ones and coins from BC.

Roller Toaster

Hehe, true I guess. Anyway, where did you pick that beauty up?

Blade

I got some of these by catalog from a dealer in Milan. This one was 120 Euro, it's original pin is inact though seized. It's possible to clean them and they come up real shiney bronze but it's painstaking work and it actually devalues them a little. The result is worth it though cause they don't loose very much. They can be got very cheaply without the pin as most of them are found broken. They come in different styles, this is a later version from the end of the empire.

zekiel

An old putter club from 1919. Still in excellent condition.

mike65

The oldest man-made item I have (apart from my monitor) is a book called the "Temptation of Man" or similair, which was published in 1895.

My mums' got some coinage which may go back to around 1860 but not quite sure of dates.

Mike.

SandhillRoad

A 1832 water color painting of an Irish Gentleman, with red cheeks, frock coat and walking cane.
Signed and dated by HORATIO NELSON .
I did some research on him when I visited Dublin back in the 1980s.
He worked in Dublin around St. Stephens Green and had other establishments in Dublin City.

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Also a book printed in 1756 : Smiths County Kerry ( it gives you all the flora and fauna, towns, villages, crops etc in Kerry at the time of 1756 ). Interseting reading about the life and times of that time.
This was sent from a bookseller in Dublin to a gentleman in Boston at Boston Custom House in the early 1900s ( or was it the late 1800s).
There is a notation from the seller to the buyer that this was the only copy available at that time in Dublin.

Degsy

I have neolithic flint scarper that i found when out walking in a feild thats now a housing estate,so i supppose its 5-7 thousand years old.

Degsy

er, i mean SCRAPER and FIELD..

Riamfada

I have a 1938 copy of Mein Kampf

BigCon

This if it's genuine...

Siogfinsceal

u guys have some v cool stuff! grimes cant believe youve a copy of mein kampf dats v cool. Ive some old coins but just to 1908 and stuff

Wibbs

I never throw anything out so I've got all sorts of stuff laying around the place. Other than a fossil collection going back to the Cambrian, I have a byzantine bronze reliquary cross from the 9/10thth century. Got it a fair few years back and actually wear it from time to time. Here's a crappy pic of one side of it.



I also like Degsy have a neolithic flint scraper I found years ago in Mayo. I have a Cromwellian bronze coin I found in the garden when I was living near the sth circular road. Lucky find that one. Have a few non rare Roman coins as well(not found in Dublin though ).

I used to collect old wristwatches(way before the prices went crazy bonkers) and have a Longines trench watch from 1916 and a Zenith pilots watch from 1935. The longines would be among the first generally available wrist watches for men. The one on the left is a US miltary watch(mechanical) from the early 90's.




PS Blade, like the bronze Roman fibula. That's a real beaut.
PPS Hope it's ok to post multiple images. They're pretty small, but if it's a prob please delete.

Blade

BigCon wrote:

This if it's genuine...

I've replied to your thread, in case you haven't seen it.

fade2black

A Copy of Moby Dick printed in 1907. Lovely little thing.

tj-music.com

My ex-wife looks pretty old on newer pics. glad I got rid of her

Karoma

my pet rock, "stone".