What is the oldest thing you own?

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In summary, an expert summarizer of content would say that the person has a few coins from the Roman Empire, a book of mathematics from 1915, a Roman coin, a 4th edition of Origin of Species, a 90-120 year old mandolin, an old soprano saxophone, and fossils that date back to 440 million years ago.
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I acquired an iron & bronze buckle dated 7th-10th century Bulgaria. I'd like to think it belonged to Krum, but that's a long shot. I also have an Orthoceras cabochon (Devonian - c. 400 mya).

Do you have any fossils or ancient artifacts?
 
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My parents own this ancient musical device that cavemen used to use, I assume for tribal rituals such as rain dances and the like when music was needed.

I don't know what the device is called, but I do know that is has 8 tracks...
 
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G01 said:
My parents own this ancient musical device that cavemen used to use, I assume for tribal rituals such as rain dances and the like when music was needed.

I don't know what the device is called, but I do know that is has 8 tracks...

:mad:

I still have Donny Osmond and Captain and Tenille on 8-track.
 
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Mostly dirt and rocks which have been around since the Earth was formed, besides the quark and leptons which have been around since the beginning of whenever. :biggrin:

Math Is Hard said:
I still have Donny Osmond and Captain and Tenille on 8-track. :rolleyes:
 
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I have a geode that may be over 3 billion years old.

Actually, I was given a Roman coin circa 1st century B.C. by a Smithsonian numismatist.
 
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We find fossils and petrified wood all over the property.

I have some coins and stamps that go back a bit but I'm not sure how old the oldest one is anymore.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
I still have Donny Osmond and Captain and Tenille on 8-track.

I didn't realize that we had a Donny Osmond fan!

We once caught my little sister making out with her Donny Osmond poster. Did you kiss your poster too?
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
I didn't realize that we had a Donny Osmond fan!

Oh, heavens, yes! "And they call it - puppy lo-o-O-ove..". :!)
And I lived for the Donny and Marie show.
We once caught my little sister making out with her Donny Osmond poster. Did you kiss your poster too?

um..maybe. :redface:
 
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i've probably got a fossil or two in a drawer or box, but mostly they just get left where found.

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Well, more on the personal level...I have the wedding bands of my great-grandma, grandma, and my mother, that I wear every day! :biggrin:
 
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I have fossils from 440 million years ago. They are everywhere you step here.

Somewhere I have some Roman coins.
 
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My oldest possesion is a book of mathematics from 1915
 
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1915 A.D. or B.C.?
 
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I have AD and BC stuff, two 60s motorbikes, and things in between.
 
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I have a couple of parents who are quite old.
 
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A few fossils, a Roman coin, and an 18th Century bureau.
 
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I have a pretty good collection of rough gemstones that I will eventually facet into "shiny rocks" for jewelry. Those are old. I have some rough sapphires from Yogo Gulch that formed long ago (at least back in the days of Bill Hayley and the Comets) and ended up in the river-bed when the host rock was eroded away.
 
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my jokes
 
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Nothing that old really. I once passed a charity shop that had a 4th edition Origin of Species that I very much regret not having any money for. Sometimes being a bum sucks.
 
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I've many potshards, no arrowheads though, so that's my BC stuff.

As far as old AD I have some coins, my mandolin (90 to 120 years old, by our estimation) and a soprano saxophone that is pretty old too.

Oh and a few fossils to round out the prehistoric.
 
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On a serious note,

I have a 1915 copy of Heisenbergs, "The Physical Principles of Quantum Theory."
 
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Not nearly as old as Evo's. Only a mere 45 million years old.
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