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The oldest thing you have? #17809762 11/17/22 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,755 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon OP Campfire Kahuna OP wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,755 Iowa/NW Ontario This Seith Thomas clock would be it here. Bought with money sent home from the Civil War. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17809786 11/17/22 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,024 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,024 Colorado I was gonna say it's an ammonite fossil, Cretaceous. But then I remembered the trilobite, Cambrian. A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17809817 11/17/22 Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,413 Mesa, AZ W Winchester21 Campfire Regular Winchester21 Campfire Regular W Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,413 Mesa, AZ I guess the oldest posession I have is a silver dollar my grandfather gave me in 1960 (I was 6). It's a Morgan minted in New Orleans in 1885. It was quite a gift as my grandparents were VERY poor. My grandfather was a sharecropper in Tennessee. "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” Patrick Henry

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17809842 11/17/22 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 26,389 Minnysoda G Ghostinthemachine Campfire Ranger Ghostinthemachine Campfire Ranger G Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 26,389 Minnysoda Winchester 94 made in 1902. It's a 25-35. I've got a Remington 1889 double barrel that's older not exactly sure on it's date though. Damascus barrels.

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17809854 11/17/22 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,484 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns R Raeford Campfire Ranger Raeford Campfire Ranger R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,484 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns A portion of a brick that someone smuggled out of Pompei, no idea who though FJB & FJT

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17809860 11/17/22 Joined: Oct 2022 Posts: 538 God's Country B BubbaG Campfire Regular BubbaG Campfire Regular B Joined: Oct 2022 Posts: 538 God's Country My underwear 2 Kings 2:23-24

Re: The oldest thing you have? smokepole #17809863 11/17/22 Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: 268 G Gunnison1 Campfire Member Gunnison1 Campfire Member G Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: 268 Originally Posted by smokepole I was gonna say it's an ammonite fossil, Cretaceous. But then I remembered the trilobite, Cambrian. I was going to say the same thing or some pieces of meteorite that I’ve collected.

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17809868 11/17/22 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 79,321 B Bristoe Campfire Oracle Bristoe Campfire Oracle B Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 79,321 The oldest man made item I own is a silver coin (Tyrian Shekel) from 65 AD.

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17809883 11/17/22 Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 1,926 Oklahoma P papat Campfire Regular papat Campfire Regular P Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 1,926 Oklahoma Trapdoor Springfield from 1879. Volumes 1 and 2 Memoirs of US Grant first editions. 1881 and 1882. Society of Intolerant Old Men. Rifle Slut Division

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17809896 11/17/22 Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 8,542 Michigan A akrange Campfire Outfitter akrange Campfire Outfitter A Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 8,542 Michigan My DNA ..

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17809911 11/17/22 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 11,322 Middle/West Tennessee P pullit Campfire Outfitter pullit Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 11,322 Middle/West Tennessee Got some old coins form around 1840 I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17809983 11/17/22 Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 4,360 SCgman1 Campfire Tracker SCgman1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 4,360 Great grandfather's civil war bayonet 50th NC Regiment Company B

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17809988 11/17/22 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,755 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon OP Campfire Kahuna OP wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,755 Iowa/NW Ontario All cool, Thanks! These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17810003 11/17/22 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 7,003 Southern Kolorado B Bighorn Campfire Tracker Bighorn Campfire Tracker B Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 7,003 Southern Kolorado A family Bible, owned by my great grandfather. I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17810007 11/17/22 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 362 T TheSOB Campfire Member TheSOB Campfire Member T Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 362 Mauser 93. Pre 1898.

Re: The oldest thing you have? Bristoe #17810008 11/17/22 Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 59,058 Next to the dump that Del Shan... 12344mag Campfire Kahuna 12344mag Campfire Kahuna Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 59,058 Next to the dump that Del Shan... Originally Posted by Bristoe The oldest man made item I own is a silver coin (Tyrian Shekel) from 65 AD. If I remember correctly Mrs Bristoe got that for you Paul "I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D. Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards. molɔ̀ːn labé skýla

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17810011 11/17/22 Joined: May 2001 Posts: 18,345 S. Utah Steve Campfire Ranger Steve Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2001 Posts: 18,345 S. Utah A chunk of Vishnu Schist from the bottom of the Grand Canyon. 1.75 Billion years old. Carpe' Scrotum

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17810016 11/17/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,203 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,203 Texas Webster’s reader from 1885

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17810027 11/17/22 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 59,140 WI. R Redneck Campfire Kahuna Redneck Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 59,140 WI. My grandfather's gold Hamilton pocket watch he had when he worked for the railroad in the very early 1900s... Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69 Pro-Constitution. LET'S GO BRANDON!!!

Re: The oldest thing you have? wabigoon #17810032 11/17/22 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 14,155 The town Del Shannon made famo... Whelenman Campfire Outfitter Whelenman Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 14,155 The town Del Shannon made famo... An old oil lamp, given to me by mom , given to her by her mom, and I’m 72. Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.