Oldest family heirloom

[Shane]

Bible from the 1820's.

Has a lot of genealogy hand written in the cover.


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I have one like that too from the 1800s sometime. It's HUGE, and it's got all kinds of stuff in it in addition to the Bible. Very cool old book.

[kmitchl]

We have my great grandfather's discharge papers from the Union Army at the close of the Civil War.

[jerp]

Back 30 years ago I found a British made Tower musket in my grandmother's attic in Richmond, Va. The date stamped on the lock is 1862 - it now hangs above our fireplace. We have a few pieces of Victorian era furniture (1890's) from my wife's family. Most prized is a shelf full of old books that belonged to my maternal grandfather. I never knew him but he is who I was named after. They are mostly classic literature with some Kipling mixed-in and were printed from about 1912 to 1920

[GarGuy]

I have an arrowhead thats 13,000 plus years old!

[twosixteens]

I have a large beer mug that my great great grandfather brought with him from Germany was told it was old before it got on the boat.

[BarBBar]

In 1865, my great-great grandfather on my mother's side was the roommate at Virginia Military Institute of one of the three students there who formed the fraternity Alpha Tau Omega (ATO). He joined with them, probably in his teens, as a brother in its first class. Knowing none of this, after I joined the University of Virginia Delta Chapter of ATO in 1972, my mother's sister mailed me his black onyx and gold ATO cufflinks engraved on the back with my great-grandfather's initials. In her accompanying note, I first heard the story. I don't wear cufflinks, but I probably should just so I can use them.

[okrattler]

I have some old coins,a .22 rifle with a cracked stock,a wallet and a billy club my great grandpa had back in the day.

[COPPERHEAD]

I have an arrowhead thats 13,000 plus years old!

I have a piece of petrified wood that a lot older.

[Drycreek3189]

Me. Made in 1946, hatched in 1947.

[cattlelackranch]

I have my great-grandmothers piano made in 1912 and my great grand-fathers Colt 1911... serial number dates it at 1919.


Proud to be Jason Smart's hero.

Getting close to this one.

http://mobile.gunauction.com/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=14094303

[jkw08]

Great thread!


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[stickman]

I have an arrowhead thats 13,000 plus years old!

[Atfulldraw]

until tonight, I had one Twinkie left from a box I bought last week.....



I've got an old Damascus double barrel from my Grandfather who was born in 1899.
That would probably make it date back to the 1920's or 30's.

I guess I need to check and see what it actually is -- I figured I would never shoot it and just hang it on the wall someday.

and Dad left me a pair of Belgium made Sweet Sixteens.
Not sure of their age, but they pre-date me by a few years I know.

Those two still get shot.....

[Hix]

Just a few old guns..
I have a Winchester model 1912 (early model 12) from my grandfather. Dated 1917.
Another Winchester model 12 from 1927, my dad gave me, he got from his uncle.
And a Winchester 1873 44-40 from my father n law, passed down from his family.

[Hix]

This is the model 12 my dad gave me. I still hunt with. It'll turn 90 next year!