The oldest thing in the house

[VanHalener]

Nice!!

I have a 64 Duo Sonic. Plays and sounds great.

The oldest thing we got besides me... is some french armoire cirica 1790's. Plus some old china cabinet from the 1840's.

Kudos on the Sonic.

Now we're talkin' years on your older items.
That's some old stuff and that's what I'm talkin' 'bout.


OWWWWWWW!

[VanHalener]

I have some half dollars from the 1850s. And a Confederate one-dollar bill.

I collected a lot of nice coins back in the 70's and let go of a nice collection in the 80's.

What an asshat!

I have never seen a conferate note.
That's gotta be pretty cool in and of itself.

[VanHalener]

My house, the oldest part, is over 500 years old. Only a small part of it, and no doubt lots of renovation has been done. But strictly speaking....

Cranking Van Halen in a 500 year old house has GOT to be just like biting into a York Peppermint Patty: you get the sensation of ~Awwwww Yeah~

[Panamark]

I was also gonna say me

But I do have two antique things.
A Bar ornament (the two black and white scottish terriers
advertising B&W scotch) which I've been told is over 100
years old and an old sailors accordion that looks about
400 years old... lol... (Man I should take a photo of this
thing, dunno how I even got it ??, I think a great granparent
handed it on down)

I wish I had a guitar older than me......
(or same age)

[Susie Q]

This, I think. Cheesy, yes, but I just can't stand the thought of taking it down...

OMG!! I had the same one until some asshole threw it out on me

The oldest thing I have in my home is prolly a picture of my great-grandfather in it's original frame from back about 1880-1890. I have a picture in a oval bubble frame of my Uncle Roy in his old model T Ford back in the early 1900's. I have many books some dated as far as 1870's. I also have some old architectural drawings of some buildings on the east coast as well as a couple in IL. Those are dated between 1878-1910. I have a contract for Rocky Point, NJ getting street lights put in their town. That's one of the coolest things. The architectural drawings are from the same guy who ended up being a mayor there. I love antiques and stuff made of wood. LOVE IT!!

[Susie Q]

Very cool!



Running across Civil War artifacts is not uncommon in my neck of the woods. My neighbor has two unexploded mortars/cannon balls (whatever they are) that she found in the woods not 100 yards from our homes. Not long ago a man had a mortar similar to my neighbor's explode in his home in Maryland (I think they said he was drilling it to get the powder out) so now I am just waiting for those puppies to go off next door.

OOoOoOoooooo I love stuff like this too!! How interesting!! Love the civil war! I also have copies of love letters of my great-grandfather and great grandmother during the civil war. Great stuff!

[VanHalener]

Check this out...

Is this 1913 coin a dime or a penny? What is your opinion? Need a better picture?

Heads


Tails (notice top 1/2 of letters on top of coin cut off)


Is it a penny that was caught in the stamping machine and received a dime face stamp? WTF?

[thome]

A dime has always been smaller than a penny except like some english pennies I have seen.

But, we are talking US Coins here so I am going to say.....It is a counterfit that people make in thier basement, and claim that they are one in a million and garner big bucks from the uneducated as in a promise of great return =on the investment.


The mint can make mistakes and inadvertantly creat important collector items, but the odds of silver front and copper back half are highly unlikely...

I am sure you allready know these things, all I have done is state the obvious....

Drill a hole in it and make a necklace out of it..lol


P.S. I have a good book on the history and collection a grading rules of all US, coins ever produced; even the ones in personally owned non-government mints that produced legal tender coinage and there is no mention of these type things....

Owwwwwwwww!! Peace Out!

[Sensible Shoes]

An unopened package of condoms!

I love you Warfman

[Sensible Shoes]

My house, the oldest part, is over 500 years old. Only a small part of it, and no doubt lots of renovation has been done. But strictly speaking....

OK you win.

[Sensible Shoes]

We have some civil war era dinnerware and silver serving pieces.

[BITEYOASS]

That would be a tie between this 1939 Detroit Tigers program and the first edition to the Benjamin Franklin biography published in 1938 that won a pulitzer prize.

[Sensible Shoes]

Oh yes - at a place where I was housesitting and cleaning out the place after the owner died - a frozen jar labelled

"Crepe batter - ****1989*****"

Mind you, this was in a NEW freezer, so somebody actually MOVED this botulism bomb from one freezer to the next. Unbelievable.

[VanHalenFan5150]

Oldest thing in my house?

-Person: My dad (47)
-Food Item: Not sure
-Object: Post-WWI Distinguished Service Medal (Great-Grandpa's)
-Gun: Mauser Gewehr 98 Rifle (Sniper Model, missing scope, 1916)
-Part Of The House: Concrete slab in backyard dated 10-7-70

[Sensible Shoes]

Oldest thing in my house?

-Person: My dad (47)
-Food Item: Not sure
-Object: Post-WWI Distinguished Service Medal (Great-Grandpa's)
-Gun: Mauser Gewehr 98 Rifle (Sniper Model, missing scope, 1916)
-Part Of The House: Concrete slab in backyard dated 10-7-70

Jesus Christ. His father is younger than I am. Somebody shoot me.