What's the oldest thing you own?

[Charliesheen]

I have some Roman fabric swatches from 200 AD.

[WestTexasCrude]

I have some Roman fabric swatches from 200 AD.

How do you know Roman and 200 AD?

[Who]

bikers mind

[CaptQuint]

I have a piece of petrified wood and a really cool looking hunk of Pennsylvanian Bluestone that is about 370 million years old but I don't think that was in the spirit of the thread

Sure it is. That's why I mentioned "think about it" in the original post. So, what's PA Bluestone? Amber?

There are two distinct building materials called "bluestone" in the United States, one is also found in Canada.

Bluestone is quarried in western New Jersey, Pennsylvania and eastern New York.[15] It is also quarried in the Canadian Appalachians near Deer Lake in Western Newfoundland.[16] The Pennsylvania Bluestone Association has 105 members, the vast majority of them quarriers.[17] Bluestone from Pennsylvania and New York is sandstone defined as feldspathic greywacke. The sand-sized grains from which bluestone is constituted were deposited in the Catskill Delta during the Middle to Upper Devonian Period of the Paleozoic Era, approximately 370 to 345 million years ago. The Catskill Delta was created from runoff from the Acadian Mountains ("Ancestral Appalachians").[18] This delta ran in a narrow band from southwest to northeast and today provides the bluestone quarried from the Catskill Mountains and Northeast Pennsylvania. The term "bluestone" is derived from a deep-blue-colored sandstone first found in Ulster County, New York.[citation needed] It can, however, appear in many other hues, mostly shades of grays and browns. Bluestone quarrying is of particular value to the economy of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. The Starrucca Viaduct, finished in 1848, is an example of Pennsylvania bluestone as a building material.[17]



The other, lesser known, type of American 'bluestone' is a blue-tinted limestone abundant in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. It is a limestone formed during the Ordovician Period approximately 450 to 500 million years ago, at the bottom of a relatively shallow ocean that covered what is today Rockingham County, Virginia. The limestone that accumulated there was darker in color than most other limestone deposits because it was in deeper waters exposed to less light. The darker blue color resulted in limestone from this region being dubbed bluestone and with two sequences measuring about 10,000 ft thick, it gives the area one of the largest limestone deposits in the world.[19] The stone eventually fades from a deep blue to a light grey after prolonged exposure to sun and rain. Given the abundance of the stone in the Rockingham County area, the first settlers used it as foundations and chimneys for their houses. When James Madison University was built, the local bluestone was used to construct the buildings because of its high quality and cultural heritage.[20]

[CaptQuint]

[JackRabbit_Slim]

Wow fascinating..

So yeah anyone can go out in their yard, pick up a rock and say gee this is old. But that's fucking stupid

[QillerDaemon]

Think about it

My mitochondria?

[VinceBordenIII]

I have some petrified wood in the garden.
A Nazi helmet, Nazi deaths head insignia. SS badge.

[DiverTexas]

Probably a coin from the Atocha ship wreck of 1622.

[CaptQuint]

Probably a coin from the Atocha ship wreck of 1622.

Nice

[Stapes]

I have some petrified wood in the garden.
A Nazi helmet, Nazi deaths head insignia. SS badge.

What rank did you get up to?

[CaptQuint]

I have some petrified wood in the garden.
A Nazi helmet, Nazi deaths head insignia. SS badge.

What rank did you get up to?

SS Rottenführer

[Stapes]

I have some petrified wood in the garden.
A Nazi helmet, Nazi deaths head insignia. SS badge.

What rank did you get up to?

SS Rottenführer

[B-Tender]

I have some petrified wood in the garden.
A Nazi helmet, Nazi deaths head insignia. SS badge.

What rank did you get up to?

He was a Gauleiter remember.

[VinceBordenIII]

I have some petrified wood in the garden.
A Nazi helmet, Nazi deaths head insignia. SS badge.

What rank did you get up to?

Unterscharführer, if you must know.

[WestTexasCrude]

Well, that's some beautiful building material.

[WestTexasCrude]

Wow fascinating..

So yeah anyone can go out in their yard, pick up a rock and say gee this is old. But that's fucking stupid

It was the point of my thread. Why I mentioned "Think about it". Of course most people will think of things like family heirlooms, things associated with human activity, etc. But if a person mentioning those things would just think about it, for example the diamonds in the wife's wedding rings are millions of years old, I believe my point would be taken.

[CHEEZY17]

Whats the oldest thing I own? Your mom!

[WestTexasCrude]

Whats the oldest thing I own? Your mom!

Well, if you want to own her, be sure to bring your shovel. She's 6 foot under near the NE corner of the local cemetery. So, I guess this forum doesn't have the option of multiple replies to different people on one post. I've never seen anyone use it and I don't see it.

[DiverTexas]

I have some petrified wood in the garden.
A Nazi helmet, Nazi deaths head insignia. SS badge.

What rank did you get up to?

He was a Gauleiter remember.

Whats the oldest thing I own? Your mom!

Well, if you want to own her, be sure to bring your shovel. She's 6 foot under near the NE corner of the local cemetery. So, I guess this forum doesn't have the option of multiple replies to different people on one post. I've never seen anyone use it and I don't see it.

Just have to think outside the box.
Copy and paste can be your friend.

[CaptQuint]

I have some petrified wood in the garden.
A Nazi helmet, Nazi deaths head insignia. SS badge.

What rank did you get up to?

He was a Gauleiter remember.

Whats the oldest thing I own? Your mom!

Well, if you want to own her, be sure to bring your shovel. She's 6 foot under near the NE corner of the local cemetery. So, I guess this forum doesn't have the option of multiple replies to different people on one post. I've never seen anyone use it and I don't see it.

Just have to think outside the box.
Copy and paste can be your friend.

He don't need your help. WTC is like, super smart

[megman]

Just have to think outside the box.
Copy and paste can be your friend.

He don't need your help. WTC is like, super smart

Ya, if he would just think about it....

[Wut]

I have some Roman fabric swatches from 200 AD.

Can we get the back story on these?

Sounds interesting.

[WestTexasCrude]

I have some petrified wood in the garden.
A Nazi helmet, Nazi deaths head insignia. SS badge.

What rank did you get up to?

He was a Gauleiter remember.

Whats the oldest thing I own? Your mom!

Well, if you want to own her, be sure to bring your shovel. She's 6 foot under near the NE corner of the local cemetery. So, I guess this forum doesn't have the option of multiple replies to different people on one post. I've never seen anyone use it and I don't see it.

Just have to think outside the box.
Copy and paste can be your friend.

Screw that shit. Not wasting time on that crap. Not like it's needed very often.

[WestTexasCrude]

I have some Roman fabric swatches from 200 AD.

Can we get the back story on these?

Sounds interesting.

Totally agree. Asked him about it last night, but he hasn't been back. Coins, bronze objects, metals survive long periods of time even buried.Almost 2,000 year fabrics, silks and the like are almost unheard of. "Ravages of Time" comes to mind for things so delicate.