The oldest thing you own

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I have some coins from the late 1800's but, I have an authentic indian arrowhead that I found, in the middle of nowhere, while on an atv ride. It was pure luck. We were stopped for a short break, and I noticed it sticking out of the ground. I don't know how old it is, but there haven't been any indians around here in a very long time.

I have some old baseball cards from the 1950's and 60's. I have a 1960's era flyer from when the Beatles made an appearance in my home town. A couple of toys from a great grandmother that probably date from the turn of the last century. A couple of folk arty things that are from around the depression I think.

I have a children's book that i picked up one year up north. It was published and printed in 1875.
I also have a 38 year old car.
and we have a roomate that is in his 40's. But we don't own him.

A silver platter from Scotland that dates to the 18th century.

Other than many rocks, I have a letter Charles Dickens wrote.

I have a glass pepsi bottle that was made in 1978

Oldest dated object I have is 1848 "American Family Keepsake: or People's Practical Cyclopaedia. A Truthful Book of Facts and Hints Upon Useful Subjects: Expressly Adapted to meet the Wants of Every Man, Woman, and Child in the United States. By Good Samaritan."
Talk about a long title !
It came from ancestral family farm house (my relatives had let things pile up for decades, so I found all sorts of neat old things when I pawed through).

i still have the bed from when i first started sleeping in my own bed

does my house its self count if not then my 1960's pocket knife

A pair of wrought iron blacksmith's tongs from 1762. Found them buried in my back yard, an area that's been settled by the same family continuously since before the American Revolutionary War.

1930 Standing Liberty quarter. I also have a 1944 coin, being the next oldest.

Besides coins I have a Hootie Owl Cookie Jar by Robinson Ransbottom of Roseville, Ohio. Made in the 1950's or 60's.

And I have a soaring eagle wall hanging thing. It's not a plague or statue, I wish I had a camera to take a picture of it, I can't find anything like it online. It's 3D like a statue, but it's made of a plastic, it looks pretty cool. I'm not sure how old it is, but I've had it since the early 80's, got it while we were in England.

I found out today that some of my old coins could be worth a whole lot of money!! !

A lamp. Am not sure of the specific date it was made it but I found it on the side of the road. It looked really old so I took it to an antique store to see if they would know what date it was made in. They said that they didn't know but it was definately "antique" and probably made in the late 1800s. I don't know why someone would throw that away!

Like Tim_Tex, I also have a silver dollar but mine is dated 1916. This was given to me by my great-grandfather.

I almost forgot--- i have a trilobite fossil and a piece of coprolite. Those are older than anything else I own, even the roomate.