Whatcha Got That’s Old?

[DavidMcmillan]

These two sabers are special to me. The top one supposedly belonged to on of my great, great…… grandfathers who supposedly used it as part of CSA in Tennessee. Again, supposedly, there has always been a son in each genre since then with the middle name of Lee. I’m the one from my reign, and one of my grandsons is carrying the tradition forward.

The lower one was my father’s from his time as a naval officer during WWII. I found it in his barn after he passed away.

 

[Ians 17/22]

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1887 Elgin and 1897 American Waltham, both run & keep time.

Similar 2 what u have , although mine are re-pros....a friend & business associate , since passed , he dealt in ANYTHING revolutionary , he was "The Sutler Of Mt. Misery" located in Valley Forge , Pa. , sold these watches for $395....not sure where he bought them , gave me 10 watches that for 1, had the broken wind-up screw , thread measures .037 o.d. & pitch of 100 tpi....finally got around to making the screws & he passed....corrected / repaired with new screws & gave them as gifts to friends....1 runs fine , other is in parts , tooo much for me 2 fix / put together......have 9 screws left , probably almost the smallest thing i ever made......at the time i was to make 10 screws at a cost of 50 bucks each....thru the yrs i made a number of items for him as 18 century fountain pens (mine worked) , cleaning jags for muskets etc.... he personally had an impressive collection of SHOE BUCKLES....a fasinating man RIP , G.Gedney Godwin a friend....

 

[L.C.]

1848 Large Cent

 

[Bocephus123]

I forgot about this one. It is the Marx O-gauge electric train that I had as a kid in the late '40's or early '50's. While Lionel has the big name recognition among model trains, Marx built trains that us poorer folks could afford. Since we live in an RV with little storage space, this train resides in a box in the rear floor of our Ford F450.

Nice!

 

[Ians 17/22]

Nice!

Old Waterfowl shotgun , prior to L.C. Smith....12 ga , 30 inch , F & F....

 

[Ians 17/22]

Old Waterfowl shotgun , prior to L.C. Smith....12 ga , 30 inch , F & F....

GEEEEZZZZZ , just fell out'a the closet , gotta be about 80 yrs old.......

 

[Perplexed]

So, is the pup pondering cast iron stuff as well? Or, is there an interesting critter getting his attention?

He’s about to ”season” the pot…

 

[Catt57]

OK, I can keep this in the category of oldest man made thing I own.

My mom helped to find these with her parents when she was a kid in Arizona.

And yes, these are real and not replicas or modern production.

And to make it more sentimental, My dad made the frame they are in and I helped mom to mount them when I was still a kid. They have be hanging on the wall like this for over 30 years.

Sorry about the glare. They are behind glass.

 

[Snattlerake]

I have no idea the date of this 2 Reale. I found it with my metal detector in my old town of Dover, Ok. where a sidewalk was rooted up by equipment tearing down a burned out building.

This stone ball is a complete spheroid found while metal detecting digging for a silver quarter in the area called The Deep Duece where Bricktown is now.

My wifey took it to the Antiques Roadshow in Tulsa. The experts said it was a rock ball made by Ancient Indians, not the Plains Indians worth about $100.

Not a perfect sphere and the surface feels like sandstone but does not come off. You know how a dirty potato feels before washing it, that is how this feels to the touch. It's freakin heavy.

Like I said it is not a perfect sphere so it wasn't made by aliens.

 

[1911DA]

Well let's see both knees and my lower back are old but my left shoulder is really an antique