Pictures please, happy man.I have a large Bible from 1840.
Pictures please, happy man.
After what you told us, it sounds like it might be a life or death attempt, but mostly death.It's in momma's hoard. I ain't digging through it any time soon.
After what you told us, it sounds like it might be a life or death attempt, but mostly death.
Silver dollar from 1886. Pretty decent shape as well.
View attachment 12776 View attachment 12775 The oldest thing I currently own is an 1848 (8) Reales coin. (Pieces of eight).
Lol. Actually I just noticed that's my 2 reales. I have an 8 somewhere.
That right there is sweet.
I have an 1886 as well. It's uncirculated. Bought it when I was coin collecting as a kid back in the '70's. That's the oldest thing I own.
And they're wearing them right now.I was going to post my S&W Model 18 from 1961, but rumor has it there are mods with underwear older than that.
And they're wearing them right now.
1873 Model Winchester in .38-40
Will not post any pics, because I do not have any... it has been locked away in a very secure place in an undisclosed location.
Used in the Mine Wars, confiscated by Baldwin-Felts and US Army
A lot of history on that rifle. Will be the next research project.
I have a large Bible from 1840.
I love this.The house it self cir. 1846
It has gone thru extensive additions/remodels since then
I have an old Allis Chalmers parts book from the '30s. Its pretty cool, I look at it every so ofter to see how cheap parts were back in the day
My best shark tooth is neither as big or as old as those.I have a large cent I found when I was metal detecting alongside the Dismal Swamp Canal. It is so worn that you can't read the date but they were last minted in 1857. I also have a number of civil war era minie balls, also found while metal detecting in Suffolk, VA, and an arrowhead I found, believe it or not, when I was metal detecting behind Arrowhead Elementary School in Virginia Beach. The signal was from a silver dime and I uncovered the arrowhead while digging the dime. It is probably the oldest thing I have but I have no idea of its age.
So when we say "you're older than dirt", you know with some precision what we're talking about.I have a lot of dirt around the property.
I hear that it can be upwards of 4.5 billion years old...