Whats the oldest thing you've ever found?

Dolph Starbeam · 2011-03-30 15:03:22

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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#62 30-03-2011 10:04PM

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Found a neolithic flint scraper in a field once..its all houses now and weird to think i was probably the first person to hold the scraper in maybe 5000 years.

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#63 30-03-2011 10:07PM

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El_Paolo wrote: »

Me and a friend found a grenade buried in his garden a few years ago :eek: No idea how old it was, but it looked pretty damn old :pac:

if you still have it get the army explosive unit to check it that granade could be still primed and could explode nice find though contact any army barrecks and they will tell you who to contact:eek:

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#64 30-03-2011 10:13PM

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donutface wrote: »

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

It would be a bit Boering though.

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#65 30-03-2011 10:20PM

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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.

dont do anything with the granade until you get it checked if you pull the pin or ring and the granade is primed it will explode and you will be history...

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#66 30-03-2011 10:24PM

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vampire of kilmainham wrote: »

dont do anything with the granade until you get it checked if you pull the pin or ring and the granade is primed it will explode and you will be history...

Good to hear from you, Captain Sensible!

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#67 30-03-2011 10:36PM

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donutface wrote: »

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

I did that here.

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#68 30-03-2011 10:48PM

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Brenireland wrote: »

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.

ya should put em over your head:D:D

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#69 30-03-2011 11:02PM

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Latchy wrote: »

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 on during a warm summer evening when the tide washed up what looked like a lamiated 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

wow great finds id love to see them especially the bronz medel i went to visit auswitch a few years back very sad and sinister place...

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#70 30-03-2011 11:03PM

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Found a old bible dated 1886 in a box of stuff my grand aunt gave to my father. Looked like a communion bible. Very eerie thing to read and look at when you think of how long ago it was first held and also how seriously it's first owners likely took it's contents

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#71 30-03-2011 11:06PM

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Found an Abbey theater program in my attic from 1967.

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#72 30-03-2011 11:11PM

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pmcmahon wrote: »

I found jesus,hope you guys do too.

i did he's here havin a jd on the rocks with me now.. now whats that ya were sayin Jesus o ye a yea sure i knew that shhhhhhhhhh

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#73 30-03-2011 11:12PM

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5000 year old flint blade

beat that!

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#74 30-03-2011 11:15PM

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Riamfada wrote: »

5000 year old flint blade

beat that!

Degsy wrote: »

Found a neolithic flint scraper in a field once..its all houses now and weird to think i was probably the first person to hold the scraper in maybe 5000 years.

We'll call it a draw

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#75 30-03-2011 11:15PM

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Found a used jamrag once, not sure what period it was from but!

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#76 30-03-2011 11:20PM

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Mr. Presentable wrote: »

Good to hear from you, Captain Sensible!

well i wouldent like to hear that he got his balls blown off:eek::eek::eek:
(((((((ex army)))))))

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#77 30-03-2011 11:23PM

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CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Found a used jamrag once, not sure what period it was from but!

hahah love it:D:D:D

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#78 30-03-2011 11:51PM

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vampire of kilmainham wrote: »

well i wouldent like to hear that he got his balls blown off:eek::eek::eek:
(((((((ex army)))))))

Well I obviously wasn't going to pull the pin, that's just plain stupid

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#79 31-03-2011 12:01AM

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There's a pub in Dublin that has a wall of old books, and you can browse through them while you're having your pint. Lots of them are related to religion (sermons etc.), some are the kind of last-century pulp novel you can't imagine anyone actually reading, but there's the occasional gem. I found a science text book called "Heat and Light" that dates back to 1895. It's pretty amazing for its time, considering that it predates Quantum theory entirely. You can read the 1897 edition online, here.

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#80 31-03-2011 12:03AM

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bnt wrote: »

There's a pub in Dublin that has a wall of old books, and you can browse through them while you're having your pint. Lots of them are related to religion (sermons etc.), some are the kind of last-century pulp novel you can't imagine anyone actually reading, but there's the occasional gem. I found a science text book called "Heat and Light" that dates back to 1895. It's pretty amazing for its time, considering that it predates Quantum theory entirely. You can read the 1897 edition online, here.

Sounds cool, whats the name of the pub or where is it?

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#81 31-03-2011 12:05AM

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Riamfada wrote: »

5000 year old flint blade

beat that!

400 million year old fossil brachiopod(among other thangs)? *walks away whistling...* :D

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#82 31-03-2011 05:14AM

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I found a piece of Noah's ark one day in the garden. I'd send it for carbon dating but the scientists would probably destroy it to further their anti religious agenda.

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#83 31-03-2011 05:32AM

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I'm a geologist , top that

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#84 31-03-2011 08:15AM

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Two silver British sovereign coins; one with an image of George Slaying the Dragon. Both are from the late 18th Century (1750 - 1780, can't remember at the moment).

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#85 31-03-2011 10:32AM

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I work for a drink distributer. There was a can of finches orange (finished doing the can about 10 years ago) on a shelf in the warehouse which had been there about 20 years unopened, (Best Before: 1991) a new guy started there last year and threw it in the f*cking bin! :eek::mad:

It had become a part of the family! Needless to say we got our own back on him!

Also, up to 5 years ago we had a really old Normende TV in the Kitchen at home which worked perfectly until it eventually packed up after 31 years. They don't make TV's like that anymore.

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#86 31-03-2011 03:18PM

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2 waterbottles on my desk wrote: »

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

checked the passport it was issued in 1973 - and am gonna keep it :cool:

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#87 31-03-2011 03:44PM

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Wibbs wrote: »

400 million year old fossil brachiopod(among other thangs)? *walks away whistling...* :D

Yea but they arent real, god only put em there to test you.

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#88 31-03-2011 04:25PM

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A 6 year old newspaper, gave it a read and appartently Kate Moss has taken cocaine!

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#89 31-03-2011 04:38PM

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The one on the left is from 1815, not sure about the other two but both look older

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#90 31-03-2011 04:39PM

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We were clearing out a VERY old cupboard once (replacing it with a new one) and found a coin with Queen Victoria's head. Late 1800s, can't remember the exact year.

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#91 31-03-2011 04:51PM

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2 waterbottles on my desk wrote: »

I found an old Irish handwritten passport on the street - on a night out in dublin it now sits on my book case - am not sure if I should tell anyone about it (Gardá) as I fear they may make me give it to them

Dude the person who it belongs to might have had it for sentimental purposes and is heart-broken at losing it. You should try to return it.

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