Time flies, they say. Oh boy, it does. But it only becomes obvious when you come across something from the past. Quite often, it’s a high school pic of your 14-year-old goth self rocking that camera. That’s a friendly reminder of your cringy legacy full of hopes and dreams before reality hit.
Other times, we come by stuff that’s as old as history itself. And some specimens are weirder than others. Cocaine tablets and a syringe from a 100-year-old nursing kit? Found it. Uranium glassware that glows? Yep. An antique door that helps you find the keyhole in case you’re drunk? Got it. Please enjoy Bored Panda’s compilation of the most amusing objects brought to you from the past by a bunch of people-turned-time-travelers.
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I Found This Taped Up In The Toy Aisle Of Goodwill. Couldn't Tell What It Did But Thought I Could Detail It. Took A $3 Gamble And Then This Happened
My Grandfather Had A Miniature Set Of All Of Shakespeare's Plays. It's 111 Years Old
A Nice Couple Found My Great Grandpa's Purple Heart In A Forclosed Home In A Box Labled "Trash" And Returned It To My Family
Some of us get lucky and find some quirky old pieces of history in the attic or after we move houses. That sounds like a good opportunity to make some quick cash, but there’re some things you should know before selling your item to the antique dealer.
Do some research beforehand—go on the internet to find some information, and evaluate the item’s condition. Keep in mind that in most cases, you’re likely gonna get 20 to 50 percent off the real retail price.
Sometimes, antique dealers will ask you to state a price you’d like to get. So get ready for a little bit of negotiation. Make sure the dealer is genuinely interested in what you have, and you are truly ready to part with it. If it’s a precious heirloom from your family, you'd better think twice before selling it.
My Barbershop Still Uses Their Original Cash Register From 1904
My Friend Just Found This Little Statue While Digging In His Own Garden
The archeologists from the museum told him that it is probably from a grave dating back to 3-4000 years ago. It has been found in Castell' Arquato, PC, Italy. He proceeded to give it to the Museum Of Parma.
The Filament Of This Antique Light Bulb Is Shaped Like Flowers
You've probably noticed that people use a variety of different terms like vintage, retro, or antique to refer to whatever "old" stuff they have. But these are not synonymous and, in fact, refer to very different things. A true antique, for example, is an object that’s 100 years of age or even older. Every antique item belongs to a different period—for example, Art Nouveau or Art Deco—and these may have a couple of decades separating them.
The term "vintage" usually covers older items in general. If you go “vintage shopping,” you're shopping for items that have distinctive vintage styles and usually date to anything from the '40s to '70s. Meanwhile, the term "collectible" is used for newer items that date to the '80s, '90s, and even '00s. The word “retro” refers to vintage-inspired styles and vibes and may be used for art, fashion, graphic and interior designs, and objects.
My Late Grandma Still Had Her TV Operating Guide From 1962
After A Construction Company Caused A Local Reservoir Level To Sink 10 Feet, A 600-Year-Old Buddha Carving Was Found
The statue is located in China's Jiangxi Province. It's most likely from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
Found In The Pocket Of My Grandpa’s WW2 Bomber Jacket
These Intricate Old Keyholes
I wish people would tell us where these things are so we can look them up!
My Great Great Aunt's 100-Year-Old Nursing Kit Has A Vile Full Of Cocaine Tablets And A Syringe
My Friend Was Splitting Logs And Found An Arrowhead
Lovely Antique Aquarium
Found An Old Monopoly Set In The Walls Of My 1925 House
36 Vettes From An 80s Promtional. One From Each Production Year From 1953 To 1989 Found Sitting In A Nearly Abandoned New York City Storage Lot For About 25 Years
Geez, would love to know the story behind why it was abandoned in the first place, the cars worth etc.
Have You Ever Wondered How Music Was Typed Before Computers? This Rare Vintage Typewriter From The 1950s Lets You Type Sheet Music
Yet when I was taking piano lessons in the 90's they made me draw it by hand.... nobody mentioned these existed
This Antique American Pledge Of Allegiance Does Not Reference God
The good one. The USA was made as a secular state, but somehow that went south in 1954. Such a shame.
Roman Coin I Found In France While Metal Detecting. Emperor Constantine I. Minted In Trier (Treveri), Germany. Bronze. 306-337 A.D.
I Found These 60-Year-Old Condoms In My Basement
This Old Sundial Has Muli-Oriented Panels That Show Time Of Countries All Around The World
This Page From An Illustrated Captain's Log From 1777
Grandpa Still Uses A Decades Old Computer That Still Runs DOS, Typing And Printing And Storing Things On Floppies
My mum still uses her pc from 1992. No need to throw things out if they still work.
I Found This Cleaning Out Grandma's House
This Antique Door From 1380 In Regensburg, Germany, Helps Finding The Keyhole After You Drank Too Much Wine
This Railway Ticket We Found In Our Barn. The Stamp On The Back Says Aug 18, 1890
My Grandma Has Original Moon Landing Printing Plates From The Time Magazine Cover
2000-Year-Old Green Serpentine Stone Mask Found At The Base Of The Pyramid Of The Sun, Teotihuacán, Mexico
I Found This Old Lightbulb In My Grandparents’ House Finished In 1902 And It Still Works
An Old Cup That Keeps Your Moustache Dry
I Found An Old Lunar Globe Where The Far Side Of The Moon Is Still Uncharted
Beautiful. My dad once found an old globe in a house he was renovating. It was in a right old state. The owner said he could have it as it was only going to be binned. Turns out it was antique and really rare. My dad sold it for £10,000 and they split the money between them.
New Orleans Still Has Horse Hitches In Various Parts Of The City
Found This Old Calculator In My Great Grandmother's Attic
Used to have one of those at home when I was a kid. I loved to play with it.
Old European Houses Have A Shoe Scraper By The Door So That You Could Clean The Mud Off Your Soles Before Entering
Mom Found My Old McDonald’s Food Toys That Turned Into Robots
Vintage Freddie Mercury Queen Plate, 1980s
Found This Coin In My Grandma's Collection Of Old Stuff. Turns Out, It's From The Year 1797
Found Three 1969 Newspapers About The Moon Landing In An Old Chest In The Attic
Jackpot Find At An Antique Market In Greenwich Village NYC. Poison Ring
Vintage Forbidden Candy Identification Chart
Old School Nintendo Cards From My Grandma
I never understood this game, I tried but I still don’t get it so I just wing it and hope for the best lol.
Found This Vintage Toy My Dad Had. Wiggle It And The Tiny Chain Makes A New Face
Oh lord, I had one of these as a kid. Was very good on long car trips!
Cleaning Out My Great Grandmother's Mobile Home And Just Found This. In Disbelief
Vintage Perfume Dispenser At The Antique Shop
This Old Roman Road Found While Working On A Road In My Neighborhood
Celtic Bronze Coin. I Found It In France. Around 50 B.C.
2000 Years Old Thracian Chariot With Horse Skeletons. Found In Bulgaria
What an interesting find. Can only imagine what happened to the poor horses and possible person/people.
A Treasure Trove Of Thousands Of Bronze Coins Found In A Ceramic Jar At The Site Of 15th Century Samurai’s Residence
Found A 94-Year-Old Dollar On The Ground Today
I Found This Lightbulb In An Attic At Work. It's An Aerolux Light Rose. According To Ebay, It's A Vintage Item From The 1940s
Renovating A 100-Year-Old House, Found A Samurai Sword. The Sheath Is Metal On The Outside And Wood Inside. Still Sharp And Heavy
A real rare find, the US destroyed most of those when they captured japan. Only a few were hidden, or taken by US soldiers. Could be worth a lot
My Girlfriend Found An Old Ticket Stub Of Hers To The Top Of The World Trade Center Dated 08/11/01
This Old Kodak Film Container
This Truck That Hauls 1950s Cars Looks Like A Life-Size Old Toy
What's hilarious is that I had the toy version when I was a kid! It had been my fathers.
I Came Across A Shop Selling "Vaseline Glass" That Glows Under UV Light Because It Contains Uranium
This, Around 100-Year-Old, Print Of Aladdin I Found In The Back Of My Dad's Bookshelf
Obviously fake! How could there be a 100 year old book version of Aladdin when the movie wasn't even made until 1992? (just kidding)
Just Got This Really Cool Antique Lipstick Carousel For Christmas
This Vintage Egg Scale That My Grandma Has
Eggcellent! makes me wonder if they used them at stores to determine prices or not.
I Found An Old Clothes Hanger Between The Floorboards Of My Attic. It's So Old The Company's Phone Number Is 4 Digits
its from the netherlands, the company still is operational : https://jereinstezeep.nl/stoomwasserij-de-lelie/
Wind Up Horse Racing Machine
My Brother Found This "Fossil" While Doing Construction For Work
Apparently, it's gold-plated Pokemon (Mewtwo) card.
Burger King gave these away in the late 90s. They’re not worth anything outside of collectors (and even then you won’t get much).
While Cleaning Up From The World Trade Center's Falling, Crews Found A Shipwreck 7 Ft Below The Foundation That Dated Back To 1773
This Radio I Found In My Attic Is Built To Resemble A Coca Cola Vending Machine
Viking/Medieval Age Horse Snow Shoe Found Perfectly Preserved In Melting Ice
I Got An 84-Year-Old Nickel As Change At Safeway
I have a few of these! They are pretty cool, but it seems ironic to me that they would put an indian's head on it, after stealing their land
Antique Dentistry Practice Head
My 11-Year-Old Son Asked For & Received A Metal Detector For Christmas. He Took It Out On My Parent's Property, And This Was One Of The First Things He Found
A 111-Year-Old Gold Note We Found Under A Couch At An Estate Cleaning
Found Some 144-Year-Old Soap In An Attic
Chinese Opium Bottle Found Near Old Railroad
Found near Tombstone, Arizona. Could be from the days of the railroad construction.
A Table Clock That Has Been In My Family For Many Generations
Got This Map For $10 At An Antique Store. After I Hung It I Realized It’s Pre-WWI
Absolutely ! a very nice purchase.Most probably 1 of a set used in a school.They would hang in front of the blackboard,rolled up when not in use.
This WWII Newspaper Of Germany’s Surrender Found In My Grandparent’s Attic
Found An Estate Sale This Weekend. 1760 Land Deed And Refers To Connecticut As A Colony
This Old McDonald's Coupon I Found In My Grandfather's Things
I Found A Luger While Digging Out My Basement
I Found An Old Playboy For The Blind
Found At Antique Festival Near Atlanta, It's For Rolling Newspapers Into A "Log" For The Fireplace
My Buddy Working In Construction In Downtown Louisville Sent Me This. Wooden Pipe From The 1800s Still In Use
Found A Bible From 1882 Today At Work. I Clean Out Abandoned Storage Units
A Box Of Nerds From 1984 I Found Under My Floor Boards vs. A Box I Bought Yesterday
Found Out That These Are Most Likely Puebloan III Petroglyphs, Created In The 13th Or 14th Century
I have some that I got from Horse Thief Lake in Washington State called She Who Watches.
Just Found A Vintage Nintendo Game Cartridge
This Old Seven-Up Bottlers Flavor I Found At Grandma's House
This Working Wooden Escalator In An Old Department Store. The Stairs Are Wood As Well
A Very Odd And Slightly Pricey ($40) Vintage Nixon Watch
This Old Leather Bottle
My Dad Has A Bunch Of 100-Year-Old Medicines, Some Even Still Are Sealed With Liquid In Them
My Dad Found This Cash Under A Drawer While Cleaning An Old Rusty Medical Cabinet
What are the rules in regards to using the rust stained notes, can they still be used?
Found These Super Old Paper Straws In My Grandma’s Cabin, Still In Cellophane. She Waited Long Enough That They’re Back In Style
This Old Crayola Box My Grandma Has
Found These Glass Goggles In The Wall Of Our 100-Year-Old Home
Possibly Timely Antique Store Find. Unopened 1950s Canned Water For A Nuclear Shelter
My Desk Fan From The 40s With No Safety Cage And Rubber Blades
This Old Flag Of My Grandma's. It Has Only 48 Stars
My Grandparents Own A Bible Which Was Printed In 1790, During The Time Of The French Revolution
An Old Dutch Map Of The World (1700). Found This In A Very Old Bible My Grandma Still Keeps
136-Year-Old Levi's Jeans Found In A Goldmine Looks Just Like A Pair From Today
This Pothole Has Started To Reveal The Original Brick Road Underneath
This Bottle Of Elvis Presley "Love Me Tender" Conditioning Shampoo I Found In My Attic
This Letter Opener Of My Great Grandfather, Made Of A Shrapnel Of A Grenade From The Battle Of Arras In 1917
Vintage 1970s Space Age Weltron 8 Track Stereo. Now I Need To Thrift Some 8 Tracks
387yr Old Shopping List Found Under The Floorboards Of A London Home
This Antique Fire Extinguisher
that thing looks like a mad scientist would throw it to start a fire.. not put out one!
Interesting Find At A Thrift/Antique Store: Swastika Post Card
Good Luck Emblem
"The Swastika" is the oldest cross and emblem in the world. It forms a combination of four "L's" standing for Luck, Light, Love and Life. It has been found in 315 B.C., and our own Southwest Indians use it as an amulet.
It is claimed that the Mound Builders and Cliff Dwellers of Mexico, Central America, consider "The Swastika" a charm to drive away evil and bring good luck, long life and prosperity to the possessor.
I tried messing with the coloring in hopes to be able to read the postcard. The original was written in pencil (apparently most post cards were that time). It was addressed to a Mr. Ben Hayley in Massie, Texas. From someone from Pirkle, Texas. From the letter, I could barely make out the sender writing "Wish you were here for my party. I'm so sorry you didn't come by".
Interesting fact re Hitler's use of the Swastika, when he had gained power n 1933 and the emblem was everywhere, a group of Hindu elders wrote to him. Saying "if you continue to use the emblem at that angle (Hitler had moved it 45 degrees) it will bring you bad luck. 12 years later......
70-Year-Old Dental Floss Found In The 1948 House We're Remodeling
Found This Betel Nut And Lime Holder In Father's Antique Collection. I Think It’s Made Of Silver, Very Very Heavy
Antique Indonesian betel nut set consisting of round box for the betel nut as well as a small box for the corresponding lime. Connected with a chain. They were often worn on the belt
Found An Old Lightsaber In The Woods
The City Used To Use Hollowed Out Logs As Water Mains. Circa 1860
I Found This Movie Camera From 1926 At A Garage Sale For $15 Last Weekend
thats cool i wonder how much it would take to get it up and running
Found An Old Newspaper From When Kennedy Was Shot While Cleaning Out The Garage
I Found This Under The Floor Boards In A 1800s Era House
In german this is called a Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher...
1920s Perfume Bottle, Should I Clean It?
Found An Old Calculator That Requires A Power Brick
My Friend Just Dug This Old Gun Up From Her Backyard
Found An Old Paymaster
This Old 7UP Can I Found In The Attic Of My New House
Antique Soap Saver From The 1800s
Small scraps of soap were put in the cage and when people did dishes by hand the soap saver was swished though the dishwater to made suds
One Of My Relatives Still Had Some Cold Medicine From The 1930s In Her Medicine Cabinet At The Time Of Her Death In 2016
Her and my mother... Found a Calcium vial for IV injections from the '80s. Had to smuggle out of the house because I couldn't for the life of me make her understand that no, it's not good anymore.
Dr. Pepper Can, Circa 1960
My Grandma Found Some Old Cups My Dad Had As A Kid. All The Black Men Have Turned Green With Age
My Roommate Bought A Pair Of Pants At The Thrift Store And Found This In One Of The Pockets
...which begs the question, have those pants not been washed since 1999?!
Metal Spiked Thing At An Antique Store. It Is A Roast Or Ham Holder That Mounts To A Cutting Board. The Cutting Board Is Missing
This Mcdonald’s Cup Found In A Wall During A Kitchen Renovation
Yard Stick Is So Old, The Phone Number Is 4 Digits
YES! More of this, less corona/isolation/hoarding/heroes etc... I understand the subject "needs" to be covered here too, but it is too much. Articles like these is what I'm here for.
When people look back a couple of hundred years from now, all our era will have to offer is a bunch of non-recyclable plastic c**p.
I've never wanted to go thrift shopping more in my life! Aaaaah the torture!!! (not that I've ever found anything remotely this cool - but I also haven't been to a store other than to get groceries in weeks)
I've spent the past 7 months cleaning out a garden of brambles and nettles at our recently purchased mill in France - getting in there properly with a spade, a foot down into the roots. Thought I may have found some treasure by now, old coins, ornaments... hell, even some antique doorhandles or something. So far just found broken glass from old windows and some plastic netting. Currently wondering whether to hang onto them in case they accrue in value.
Awesome stuff! I found a bunch of stuff when we were emptying my great grandmothers house. The attic especially. Found my grandfathers and his siblings old school books and a WW2 era leather jacket and an awesome wool coat from the early 60's.
This was originally a list of so many more things. Why did they cut it down? I'm looking for something on here that I saw earlier to show my mom.
I once found an old photo of a little boy under the floorboards in my attic. I have no idea who he is or how long the photo was there. I've owned the house for 10 years, but the house is over 100 years old. My guess is that it's from the 1940s or 1950s just from the look of it. I find it intriguing. Is he still alive, perhaps an old man now? Are his children or grandchildren walking around town today? Etc.
That reminds me of amelie, when she finds the little box of toys in her bathroom wall ^-^
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My parents' house was built in the 1940s and when they did a kitchen renovation, we got to see where the kitchen door had originally been before it was updated by one of its previous owners.
This is a really old knife that has been passed down for ages... now it’s mine! Anyone know how old? 70F375ED-C...f-jpeg.jpg 
YES! More of this, less corona/isolation/hoarding/heroes etc... I understand the subject "needs" to be covered here too, but it is too much. Articles like these is what I'm here for.
When people look back a couple of hundred years from now, all our era will have to offer is a bunch of non-recyclable plastic c**p.
I've never wanted to go thrift shopping more in my life! Aaaaah the torture!!! (not that I've ever found anything remotely this cool - but I also haven't been to a store other than to get groceries in weeks)
I've spent the past 7 months cleaning out a garden of brambles and nettles at our recently purchased mill in France - getting in there properly with a spade, a foot down into the roots. Thought I may have found some treasure by now, old coins, ornaments... hell, even some antique doorhandles or something. So far just found broken glass from old windows and some plastic netting. Currently wondering whether to hang onto them in case they accrue in value.
Awesome stuff! I found a bunch of stuff when we were emptying my great grandmothers house. The attic especially. Found my grandfathers and his siblings old school books and a WW2 era leather jacket and an awesome wool coat from the early 60's.
This was originally a list of so many more things. Why did they cut it down? I'm looking for something on here that I saw earlier to show my mom.
I once found an old photo of a little boy under the floorboards in my attic. I have no idea who he is or how long the photo was there. I've owned the house for 10 years, but the house is over 100 years old. My guess is that it's from the 1940s or 1950s just from the look of it. I find it intriguing. Is he still alive, perhaps an old man now? Are his children or grandchildren walking around town today? Etc.
That reminds me of amelie, when she finds the little box of toys in her bathroom wall ^-^
Load More Replies... My parents' house was built in the 1940s and when they did a kitchen renovation, we got to see where the kitchen door had originally been before it was updated by one of its previous owners.
This is a really old knife that has been passed down for ages... now it’s mine! Anyone know how old? 70F375ED-C...f-jpeg.jpg
