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Whats the oldest thing you've ever found?

Dolph Starbeam

Was just searching around for something at home and found this -

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff87/mog7/30032011.jpg

It's a 284 ml Bottle of Guinness, best before FEB '87

Wonder are they worth anything?

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2 waterbottles on my desk

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

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

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

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

Agricola wrote: »

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

HA no afraid not

jessiesmom

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

[Deleted User]

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

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

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

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

el oh el

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

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

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

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

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

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

happyoutscan wrote: »

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

I'm a geologist , top that

UglyBolloxFace

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

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

JENNYWREN19 wrote: »

I'm a geologist , top that

Im a gynecologist :cool:

Latchy

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

I found Lord Lucan in Leixlip

TPD

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

JENNYWREN19 wrote: »

I'm a geologist , top that

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

dxhound2005

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

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

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

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

I found jesus,hope you guys do too.

wiger toods

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!:)