What is the oldest thing you own?

[insect]

 

[Wut]

My son is big on fossils, so we have quite a few dinosaur teeth, trilobites and other bones that he has collected over time. Along with a few megalodon teeth that he found.

 

[dualmeister]

My blue pair of underpants.

 

[Looney]

My son is big on fossils, so we have quite a few dinosaur teeth, trilobites and other bones that he has collected over time. Along with a few megalodon teeth that he found.

 

[Ecko_1]

My childhood "Wowo". Stuffed toy dog that my parents bought before i was born. I was inseperable as a toddler. Still have him at home. He is dressed in one of my baby rompers.

 

[chromedome]

A complete set of Nelsons encyclopedia from 1909, that belonged to my grandparents.

 

[HunterNW]

Well, mine is a 3.6 billion old komatiite rock from Barberton.

Did you get it from that old mine in the mountain ?

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

You only own this if you are single.

Damn right

 

[ArmatageShanks]

Testicles.

 

[HunterNW]

Testicles.

Who's ?

 

[Zurg]

A slave, he should be knocking on 100 soon.

 

[Lupus]

Who's ?

Pineapples?

 

[AstroTurf]

My Credit card debt.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

Who's ?

Might be mine, don't have any paperwork so cant be sure.

 

[Cius]

Not sure. I would guess a coin in my coin collection that is about 400 years old.

 

[Polymathic]

My son is big on fossils, so we have quite a few dinosaur teeth, trilobites and other bones that he has collected over time. Along with a few megalodon teeth that he found.

From where?

 

[hellfire]

I liked the original thread more.
Less trolling, more pictures

 

[Napalm2880]

Found this while clearing out my dad's garage. Looks like an old morse code machine. It has the manufacturer "A.T.M Liverpool" printed on the one side. Not sure how old but might be quite a cool project to restore it.

 

[Lupus]

Found this while clearing out my dad's garage. Looks like an old morse code machine. It has the manufacturer "A.T.M Liverpool" printed on the one side. Not sure how old but might be quite a cool project to restore it.

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Wouldn't that be for telegraphs? The ATM for Automated telegraph machine?
Ah Google

ATM AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE CO~GPO MORSE TELEGRAPH KEY A.E CO LTD LIVERPOOL R35 | #492887976

I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A MORSE TELEGRAPH KEY BY A.E Co Ltd LIVERPOOL, ATM AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE Co. POSSIBLE GPO PATTERN, BUT NOT SURE, SORRY IAM NO EXPERT. IMPRESSED NUMBER TO WOODEN BOTTOM R 35. MOUNTED

www.worthpoint.com

 

[Gordon_R]

Found this while clearing out my dad's garage. Looks like an old morse code machine. It has the manufacturer "A.T.M Liverpool" printed on the one side. Not sure how old but might be quite a cool project to restore it.

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@Geoff.D will be along soon...

Looks like this: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/p-gpo-general-post-office-morse-309597176