What's the Oldest Man-Made Article that You Own?

[GradyPhilpott]

I thought this would be an interesting exercise.

My item isn't available at the time of this posting, but I'll go and get it out of its safe place later today.

In the meantime I'd like to see what others have that's very old.

This doesn't relate to how long you've owned the item, only the age of the item and it must be man-made.

In other words, an arrowhead would be okay, but a fossil would not.

[Star Ferry]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

I thought this would be an interesting exercise.

My item isn't available at the time of this posting, but I'll go and get it out of its safe place later today.

In the meantime I'd like to see what others have that's very old.

This doesn't relate to how long you've owned the item, only the age of the item and it must be man-made.

In other words, an arrowhead would be okay, but a fossil would not.

For me, it would be a leather-coated wood chest from the 1890's. It's a small chest about 12" cubed. The craftsman's name is inscribed on the bottom -- I give much respect to his memory

[GradyPhilpott]

Don't forget to post pictures when time allows!

[Wcdhtwn]

Probably old silver coins from the 1800's. They are old but not particularly rare.


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[daveathall]

An antique Chinese leather double hat box from around 1920, it is at the side of my chair, I use it as a side table, it doubles up as storage.



To show the scale, this was taken a couple of Christmases ago, the hat box is in the corner under the standard lamp next to the chair.



The small cottage I own and live in is nearly 300 years old.

[Abdullah71601]

A roman glass vial. Believed to be around 100 AD. Not much to look at, nor valuable.

[Case61]

A first edition of Emily Dickinson's Poems (First Series), 1890.

[blufinz52]

I have a small ice pick from around 1910-1920. Embossed on the handle is:

HOLYOKE ICE COMPANY. FOR SERVICE CALL 178.

A 3-digit phone number!

[beshannon]

My wife wears my great-grandmothers wedding ring ~1850

[MILGAUSS88]

Since this is a watch forum, a pocket watch from 1710.
Then 2 Roman coins from 300-400ad, if I remember right.

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[TheVTCGuy]

I might have the winner on this one. This is my most prized material possesion, the first thing I would grab running out the door if my condo ever caught fire. I found it on the bottom of the ocean, in about 60 feet of water off Point Loma California. I was working as a scuba diver to support me through college, 1983. I took it to the Archeology department at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, they completed all kinds of tests and said it was a Pestal, used for grinding by Native Americans probably when that part of the ocean was dry land; which would make this item between FIVE and EIGHT THOUSAND years old. I will always have this item and cherish it. To think, it was there for thousands of years until I, me, found it and brought it to the surface. It is prominently displayed in my living room. Worth probably a couple hundred dollars at most but to me; priceless.

[KarlS]

Couple of hundred million years


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[TheVTCGuy]

Originally Posted by KarlS

Couple of hundred million years


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That truly is awesome Karl, One question: What man made that?

[KarlS]

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

That truly is awesome Karl, One question: What man made that?

I can't read Chinese

The stand is the oldest thing I owne 1960's!!!


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[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

I might have the winner on this one. This is my most prized material possesion.... between FIVE and EIGHT THOUSAND years old.

I think you might be right, Paul.

[swils8610]

An old pocket watch and an a thing that's not mentionable here.


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[MonBK]

My birth certificate.

[Jaypee]

Originally Posted by beshannon

My wife...

Oooooh i'm glad you kept typing!

[artschool]

vine root club one of my ancestors owned. no idea of age probably 100+

[Langnam]

English long case clock circa 1805. Will try for a picture tonight or Friday.


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[kneedeep]

Stone age flint stones hewn into primitive hand tools. Easily found in recently plowed farmers' fields by my cousins and me in Scandinavia.

[OmegaJJH]

What an interesting thread idea.

Mine is probably the iPhone 4


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[BristolCavendish]

Probably my camera (circa 1971).

[breitlings]

A Ming Vase. It's about 4 feet tall and "royalty" green...

[Maybelline]

My underwear.





J/K

it is a cool thread.

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

I might have the winner on this one. This is my most prized material possesion, the first thing I would grab running out the door if my condo ever caught fire. I found it on the bottom of the ocean, in about 60 feet of water off Point Loma California. I was working as a scuba diver to support me through college, 1983. I took it to the Archeology department at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, they completed all kinds of tests and said it was a Pestal, used for grinding by Native Americans probably when that part of the ocean was dry land; which would make this item between FIVE and EIGHT THOUSAND years old. I will always have this item and cherish it. To think, it was there for thousands of years until I, me, found it and brought it to the surface. It is prominently displayed in my living room. Worth probably a couple hundred dollars at most but to me; priceless.

Very cool artifact Paul.

While you're in south central Mexico, maybe you can dig up something ancient there to add to your collection.

[fusionstorm]

Possession would be various American coins from the late 1800s. If regular usage is a parameter, then my meters first red Submariner is thankfully older than my wife is......

[Boothroyd]

There was an archeology dig in my home town when I was a kid. Have an arrowhead from that. The professor doing the dig estimated that the artifacts found in this area were 3000 years old. That's the best I've got (somewhere...it is in storage with a lot of other stuff).

[Letsgodiving]

A bottle of Calder's Dentine I recovered from the wreck of the Eureka off the coast of Virginia in the 90's. The ship sank in 1888 so it's at least that old. When I found it the cork top was in perfect condition and still in place after over a 100 years at the bottom of the ocean but when I brought it back up it dried and shriveled up.

[GradyPhilpott]

I had an arrowhead that according to my research could well be about 10,000 years old. I never had it professionally assessed, though, and I think my stingy sister now has it.

So, the oldest thing I now possess is this ancient Judaean coin, the Biblical "widow's mite," dated between 135-37 BC.