Oldest Item You Own

Discussion in 'Other Reminiscences' started by Patsy Faye, Mar 5, 2018.

  1. Ken Anderson

    Ken Anderson Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    24,325
    Likes Received:
    42,612
    Yes, I do. I like to think that they could be the very ones contributed by the widow in the Biblical story although, of course, that's not likely. I used those sometimes, when I was a youth minister, to illustrate the story. They are not reproductions.
     
    #16
  2. Holly Saunders

    Holly Saunders Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2015
    Messages:
    51,949
    Likes Received:
    17,919
    That's just incredible, any chance of a photo. ? .I'd love to see them
     
    #17
  3. Ken Anderson

    Ken Anderson Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    24,325
    Likes Received:
    42,612
    Mine are still in the display case that they came in because I'd lose them otherwise, but this is what they look like. They are tiny.

    4158746991_1e6b4ed154_o.jpg
     
    #18
  4. Holly Saunders

    Holly Saunders Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2015
    Messages:
    51,949
    Likes Received:
    17,919
    OOOh MY goodness, they are just amazing... where did you get yours from?
     
    #19
  5. Ken Anderson

    Ken Anderson Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    24,325
    Likes Received:
    42,612
    I don't remember. I've had them for about 30 years now.
     
    #20
  6. Bill Boggs

    Bill Boggs Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    May 13, 2015
    Messages:
    5,747
    Likes Received:
    7,721
     
    #21
    Last edited: Mar 6, 2018
  7. Bill Boggs

    Bill Boggs Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    May 13, 2015
    Messages:
    5,747
    Likes Received:
    7,721
    #22
  8. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    55,628
    Likes Received:
    23,289
    The oldest thing I have is an iron bed that belonged to Mama and Daddy. I don't know how old it is. It's solid iron. The headboard is so heavy that it takes two strong men to move it.

    Bed z.jpg


    Bed 4.jpg

    I have framed pictures of both sets of my grandparents. I don't know how old they are, either. I don't remember a time that they were not hanging on the wall at our house. When Mama died, she willed them to me.
     
    #23
  9. Holly Saunders

    Holly Saunders Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2015
    Messages:
    51,949
    Likes Received:
    17,919
    Hmmmm...I'm smellin' a rat here.... o_O:confused:
     
    #24
  10. Ken Anderson

    Ken Anderson Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    24,325
    Likes Received:
    42,612
    What do you mean?
     
    #25
  11. Holly Saunders

    Holly Saunders Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2015
    Messages:
    51,949
    Likes Received:
    17,919
    Well I was just thinkin' you might be pulling my leg here... I mean such a rare item, wouldn't you remember where you got them from?.. :eek::D
     
    #26
  12. Ken Anderson

    Ken Anderson Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    24,325
    Likes Received:
    42,612
    Oh, I see. I know that it was a coin shop. I just don't remember the name of it. They are not so rare or valuable, though; at least not the ones that are well worn, as mine are. I think they made a lot of them. You can still buy ancient coins fairly cheap if they're not in collectible condition.
     
    #27
    Last edited: Mar 6, 2018
    Maryt Hope and Holly Saunders like this.
  13. Kate Ellery

    Kate Ellery Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Dec 12, 2015
    Messages:
    36,340
    Likes Received:
    7,849
    9473E596-9A32-4670-AC52-01344E2548C5.jpeg Think this is the oldest thing we have in our house. I took it into a town some time ago to a visiting antique appraiser just to get an idea of the age of it but he didn’t know as he’d only seen one like it before ..I don’t believe it’s got any real value but I was curious of the age of it ....it would be before 1966 when we changed to metric
    My hubby replaced the ounces and pounds makers some years ago .
     
    #28
    Sheldon Scott and Patsy Faye like this.
  14. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,619
    I'd sleep in it in an instant!
     
    #29
  15. Holly Saunders

    Holly Saunders Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2015
    Messages:
    51,949
    Likes Received:
    17,919
    Oh I get it now... I didn't realise they wouldn't be so rare..
     
    #30

Share This Page