Whats the oldest thing you've ever found?

2 waterbottles on my desk · 30-03-2011 05:51PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

Cool.
how old we talking?

just looked at old irish passports into google. does it look like this

Can't remember exact date will have to check when I get home but yes it looks like that except the picture was cut out unfortunatley

reverenddave · 30-03-2011 05:54PM

i was doing some roof renovations in the naval base in haulbowline a few years ago
and underneath some of the rafters i found some magazines from when the building was built in 1907 and also a national geographic from i think it was june or july 1906

also a few roman coins when i was working in kinsale re doing a floor and the coins were nicely placed there in a ceramic jam jar from the late 1700's when the house was built

Agricola · 30-03-2011 05:54PM

bijapos wrote: »

There is a ring at the top of the grenade, pull this out and the date is on the little pin attached to the ring. Hold the grenade between your legs while you read the date.

Like FDISK - but abit more painful

Agricola · 30-03-2011 05:56PM

reverenddave wrote: »

also a few roman coins when i was working in kinsale re doing a floor and the coins were nicely placed there in a ceramic jam jar from the late 1700's when the house was built

For a second I thought you meant you'd found evidence of a Roman presence in Ireland!

reverenddave · 30-03-2011 05:59PM

Agricola wrote: »

For a second I thought you meant you'd found evidence of a Roman presence in Ireland!

HA no afraid not

jessiesmom · 30-03-2011 05:59PM

found an old ration book from my great nans, and an old cookbook she wrote using a copybook,

my dad found a coin once and thought it was a john de courcy but als it wasnt

30-03-2011 06:13PM

My mother was doing some work on the garden when she unearthed a coin from 1903, my aunt was looking through my granduncle's stuff after his death and discovered some diaries his uncle had written during the Boer War back in 1900 - absolutely fascinating stuff.

donutface · 30-03-2011 06:42PM

Deleted User wrote: »

My mother was doing some work on the garden when she unearthed a coin from 1903, my aunt was looking through my granduncle's stuff after his death and discovered some diaries his uncle had written during the Boer War back in 1900 - absolutely fascinating stuff.

You should really scan them and put them online - I'd love to read about the other side

UglyBolloxFace · 30-03-2011 06:44PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

Cool.
how old we talking?

just looked at old irish passports into google. does it look like this

Something that caught my eye in that photo of the passport, as with modern-day ones also - how come French is one of the languages that the passport is printed in? I could understand Spanish seeing as a lot of the world speaks that but why French?

Xivilai · 30-03-2011 06:45PM

My mom has a 109 year old legal document thats in perfect condition.

el oh el · 30-03-2011 06:56PM

Was hiking in the middle east and people we met told us about a cave that had been inhabited in the stone age, went to investigate and found some flint knives... So id say at least 6,000 years old

Brenireland · 30-03-2011 07:00PM

An old pair of boxers dating back to the 29/03/2011,skid mark/2 but aside from that in perfect condition,not sure if their worth anything do.

Xivilai · 30-03-2011 07:03PM

el oh el wrote: »

Was hiking in the middle east and people we met told us about a cave that had been inhabited in the stone age, went to investigate and found some flint knives... So id say at least 6,000 years old

What were you doing in my Stab Cave :mad:

oppenheimer1 · 30-03-2011 07:06PM

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

Something that caught my eye in that photo of the passport, as with modern-day ones also - how come French is one of the languages that the passport is printed in? I could understand Spanish seeing as a lot of the world speaks that but why French?

French was/is the traditional language of diplomacy.

castletownman · 30-03-2011 07:07PM

We've an old (inactive) grenade at home, dates back to World War 2. My grandad also had an original All-Ireland hurling medal that his uncle won in 1910, has been mis-placed since unfortunately

Latchy · 30-03-2011 07:09PM

Two things spring to mind

1. I found a small bronz medal a few years ago with an image of barbed wire on one side and the inscription 'Auswitch' on the other . I left in in old old tin box with some old coins which I think is now in my mothers house .

2. About 12 years ago I was up in Wales with some friends on a beach during a warm summer evening when the tide washed up what looked like a laminated page .So on closer inspection I noticed it was one of those river maps with directions for race competitors to navigate their Kayacks .Thing was the two mile long map with name places circled was the exact same places near Chapelizod I used to play for hrs on end as a kid ...and it washed up to me on a beach in Wales

JENNYWREN19 · 30-03-2011 07:11PM

happyoutscan wrote: »

I'm an archaeologist so I can bore you, but I won't.

I'm a geologist , top that

UglyBolloxFace · 30-03-2011 07:14PM

JENNYWREN19 wrote: »

I'm a geologist , top that

Well it looks like happyoutscan is......

***Puts on glasses***

Stuck between a rock and a hard place

YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

TheZohanS · 30-03-2011 07:14PM

boneless wrote: »

Are you serious? I would love to see that!!!

Yup, totally serious. It was collecting dust so I got in contact with a few map dealers in the UK and found out some of it's history. It's the genuine article, it's great(and rare) to have something so old in such fantastic condition. The guys in the UK were over the moon that it existed today.

Agricola · 30-03-2011 07:15PM

JENNYWREN19 wrote: »

I'm a geologist , top that

Im a gynecologist :cool:

Latchy · 30-03-2011 07:40PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

Cool.
how old we talking?

just looked at old irish passports into google. does it look like this

My first passport , the one I got as a kid back in late 70s is same as that , cost all of £2 and I still have it

Hootanany · 30-03-2011 07:49PM

I found Lord Lucan in Leixlip

TPD · 30-03-2011 08:07PM

We have (part of) an old clay pipe. 17-1800s. We also had a big rusty old sabre, proper pirate job. It was given away though, sadly. Would have loved to restore it.

bijapos · 30-03-2011 08:09PM

JENNYWREN19 wrote: »

I'm a geologist , top that

You're a geologist? You might want to top yourself .:)

dxhound2005 · 30-03-2011 08:31PM

Not found but was given in change an 1838 shilling first year of Queens Victoria's reign. It was at the barbers when I was a young fella. I lost it a few years later.

vampire of kilmainham · 30-03-2011 09:35PM

cruiser178 wrote: »

can i say it,please let me say it.

arrahhhhh go on say it please do the suspence is killing me:eek::eek::D:D

vampire of kilmainham · 30-03-2011 09:57PM

there was an old graveyard at the back of cliff esb power station in ballyshannon in donegal we had an army guard on there and one night myself and two of the lads went into the graveyard and some of the grave stone's, well the ones you could read dated back to the 15th centuary spooky ol place as well but at least we were armed if thats any consolation:eek::eek::eek:

Dusty87 · 30-03-2011 09:58PM

Took out an old book about dday that my aunt was given, but gave it straight to me as she had no interest. Anyway opened the book for a read when i was bored and out fell this yellow paper, dated the day after michael collins was shot. Pretty cool find.

Celly Smunt · 30-03-2011 10:00PM

I found jesus,hope you guys do too.

wiger toods · 30-03-2011 10:04PM

my grandads war (whichever one it was) medals, two of them!
Their pretty cool looking, 'the great war for civilization' is wrote on one of them!
they have been framed!:)

Whats the oldest thing you've ever found?

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