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1880s Alfred Hollis 10 gauge hammer gun. Still shoot it regularly with low pressure 10 gauge handloads (2-7/8 inch shells).

A widows mite from Israel.

My Grandfather's LC Smith 12 ga. Dating to the 1900 era. Damascuss barrels show some pitting so it is never shot but to me at least it is the prettiest shotgun i have ever held

My P1917 and I will never sell it. The second oldest thing I own is my pecker, that is always on sell, the prettier the gal is bidding on it, the lower the selling price~

Petrified dung from a plant eater about 14" in diameter.

COOL! Can you share a picture, do you know what herbivore dropped it, and how old?

Wifey

1858 flying eagle cent.

all of us could pick up a rock from the driveway and say it's a zillion years old.

man made stuff. A German half stock bird gun, very light, probably a boy's gun, ca. 1720, stocked in Spanish style.

Fossil - cephalopod. Found in a shale rock spring seep.


Firearm - Winchester 1906 22 short, long and long rifle.

Oldest man made object is a chert atalatl point. It essentially is an arrowhead. Atalatls were used before mankind developed arrows.

Archeologist guessed it is 10-15,000 years old. Found on my property just 50 feet from my back door at my house in Flagstaff.

I have a lot of 1,000 plus year old pottery shreds on my property too. A metric _____ of it.

Rolling block Remington Early 1870's....

Lots of arrow and spear points found on the family farm near a little spring that still runs drinkable water.

Before my Mother had a garage sale while I was off at school, I had an 1812 dime and I believe it was an 1864 2 cent piece with some other old coins.

not sure if it's the oldest but the oldest cool thing I have an original 1851 colt navy with the original bullet mold that it came with..
I think it was an 1865 2-cent pieces I've got a pile of them..

Kitchen table that was my great-grandparents wedding present made by my great grandfather's brothers in 1859.
They used three recycled planks for the tabletop. The brothers owned a meat market/butcher shop and when they replaced the countertop in the market, they just flipped the boards over and put the nice side up. Knife marks all over the underside and held together with handmade nails.
The table only sits about 25 inches from the ground as the legs were worn down by moving around on the sand covered floors for over a hundred years. I have two of the hickory strip seat chairs that came with it. The legs are really short and the top rail on one chair is almost worn through from being pushed and pulled around. I also have a child's chair from the same era that is built just like the "grown-ups" chairs.

Ed

WOW, that is Ultra Cool!

My first 45-70 is far from old but is built on an original RB action dating to 1879 or thereabouts. Found a Spencer Machine Works SxS, Damascus barreled 12 ga w/hammers about 30 years ago. IIRC, patent date is 1873. AAs, 1 oz #6s and a light BP load (25 gr 1F) and felt wads - it is a hoot to shoot. Not fun if you light up both barrels at the same time, though.

BTW, I had a gunsmith go through the SxS to get his blessing before shooting it.

Land deed for a parcel in PA from 1774

All cool guys!

A globemaster fossil, followed by a shecall of tyre. Being the coin judas was paid off with