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
Respect to both the people who returned it and to the service that earned it. RIP Grandpa.
A couple of years ago, a young couple in Wolseley Saskatchewan was renovating an old farm house and found a box of old Love Letters (160 of them!!) my Grandpa wrote to my Grandma back in the war years (1st), under the floorboards in the house. They took the effort to track down my Father, who unfortunately had passed away 2 years earlier, but then they sent them to my Uncle in Ontario. The story was picked up by a few papers and websites in Manitoba and Ontario. It's kind of a neat family history and much appreciated they took the effort to find us, just like this Medal is a cherished family heirloom and it's fantastic that they took the time to find the owners family. For anyone interested - https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/a-century-old-love-story-267755801.html
Some soldiers who earn those don't like to be reminded of how they earned them.
Earning one of these is something to be proud of, but I do understand why some soldiers are not though. It takes a lot of bravery and a lot of integrity to be a Purple Heart recipient.
Who in their right mind would label this trash. Thank God the new homeowners went through it before just throwing it out.
You have not got much of a family if you let your grandfather get his home foreclosed and all his life's treasures going to the dump.
Trash!?! How sad that people don't look, or recognise the gems. And, why did they have it!
These types of things are what's thrown away after a break in. I had the pleasure and good fortune to find a suitcase of war records, family records, photos and wartime letters from just before WW2 to a few years into the 2000's. I was at work and it was next to the dumpster. I called the non emergency police line they came out and ended up finding out it was from a home invasion from 3 years prior. Family was grateful to have the memories back.
This is what happens to so many medals. You find them in yard sales, flea markets, antique stores, etc. Someone just threw them away.
Really Pallavi!! This is not the place to put that picture. Grow up!!
Load More Replies...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.
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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 
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
