Posted on 02/15/2016 6:24:28 PM PST by jy8z
I saw this question posed by a fellow FReeper in answer to another Freeper today. I thought it would make for an interesting topic. I do not remember who it was so I can't attribute it to them.
Thanks,
Goes with several older Bibles I’m partial too.
Sounds good to me.
I happen to have a couple very old items:
1) An old Roman oil lamp from the time of Jesus.
2) A Mastodon tooth.
Mastodon Tusk pieces about 10.000years old.
I have a Spanish “piece of eight” from the late 1600’s. Obviously a salvage coin but I do not know what ship. I do have shards of Indian pottery I found in New Mexico. Pretty neat with the makings on them. I have no idea how old they are.
A petrified piece of auraucarian wood, estimated to be between 195 million and 225 million years old.
This is such fun to read...each person reveals so much about themselves in their idea of a treasure.
I have family items from grandparents and parents that are very special. Pictures of Mom as a “flapper” next to her touring car, a dress carefully saved, fully beaded. WWI bugle and Dad in National Guard Uniform. Many older things but not as treasured to me.
Grandfather’s lantern from the NY Central railroad and Irish silver plate from the mid 1800’s is special and used often.
The lantern is part of my “prepper stash”!
Did you ever read the little plate below it?
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Didn’t the “B.C.” marking give you pause?
Though the meteorite itself is much older. Ni/Fe can only be fused in environments ~2.5 billion degrees Kelvin, thus it must have come from an earlier star that went supernova.
The responses are really amazing. Quite an array of interesting pieces that are still out there.
Two little tiny vases my grandmother kept, that were given to her by her mother, my great-grandmother. I have no idea how old they are, but my grandma passed away 60 years ago.
Have no idea if they are worth anything. I just love to look at them.
A Bogen tube hifi, probably early ‘50s. Recently sold a cast iron Vollrath frying pan, probably early ‘50s too. Got a pair of Yugoslavian clones of the famous Wegman twisted cord chair. Guessing those are late ‘60s vintage.
A ceremonial green stone hammer, found nearby, called “native American” by experts but it looks exactly like hand axes from the European stone age.
I have about 3,000 records, the oldest of which is "Nightingale" by the "That Girl" Quartet, issued on the Victor label in 1911. It hasn't come to Youtube, but you can hear a beautiful rendition of their recording "Silver Bell," issued shortly before, by clicking here.
I don’t have time for this tonight. Google “Bosom of Abraham” and have fun with that. Good night.
Sea glass from different beaches ?
The oldest thing I own is a diamond pendant that my grandmother passed to my mother and she passed it to me.
1622 silver coin from the Atocha.
A bronze Celtic ring.
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