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[The Cunt]

I bought it at an antique mall from a booth that is just overflowing with stuff from all over the world. It was listed as an "old hat" on the price tag, so I bought it and then after looking at it, it became clear that it was a really old hat from the way it looks on the inside. I just started googling stuff like "silver wire hat" and after a pretty long search, this one page on traditional Bavarian costumes came up.

You should have it appraised

[bobtraw]

You should have it appraised

I have tried a couple of different times locally to get an appraisal but the appraisers want hundreds of dollars to look at it and I think the one I saw online for sale was only $300 or $400, so it wouldn't be worth it.

[The Cunt]

I have tried a couple of different times locally to get an appraisal but the appraisers want hundreds of dollars to look at it and I think the one I saw online for sale was only $300 or $400, so it wouldn't be worth it.

I hear ya.. I was lucky with my coin.. Guy in my home town was a Roman history buff and did it for free... Plus I got a History lesson from it ... Maybe you should wait till the antiques roadshow comes to ya town

[Diogenes1]

Emperor Trajan (A.D. 98-117)
SILVER DENARIUS

[Skyway]

The other day when I was emptying my pocket of change I found a 1940 penny. I didn't think coins that old were still circulating.

[eliasbboy]

I own a chunk of fossilized wood, a few megalodon shark fossil teeth, and I've made a few pens from wood that's around 4-6000 years old. I'm trying to import some from the Ukraine that's 1500 - 3000 years old.

[JumboWop]

has Elias said "my wife" yet?

[eliasbboy]

has Elias said "my wife" yet?

[The Cunt]

Emperor Trajan (A.D. 98-117)
SILVER DENARIUS

Very cool.. how did you get it?

[The Cunt]

I own a chunk of fossilized wood, a few megalodon shark fossil teeth, and I've made a few pens from wood that's around 4-6000 years old. I'm trying to import some from the Ukraine that's 1500 - 3000 years old.

Cool... anything man made?

[FranciscoTheMan]

I have some books and postcards from the turn of the 20th century. I had some Edison wax cylinders and a phonograph to play them on, but I no longer have custody of those. I collect 78 rpm records(1910's-1950's), chalkware (1930's-1960's), Jadeite (1940's), and a lot of other stuff produced around the early and middle parts of the 20th century.

[Diogenes1]

Very cool.. how did you get it?

my father's collection after he died, I dont know where he got it though

[eliasbboy]

Cool... anything man made?

Just some tools, but nothing like those coins. Those are cool. I have a hand made table saw from the old coal mines in Kentucky.

Some dude needed shit cut, and just MADE one. Stuff like that impresses me. I spent 2 weeks researching table saws before I bought mine, and this prick just said fuck it, and built it.

[The Cunt]

I have some books and postcards from the turn of the 20th century. I had some Edison wax cylinders and a phonograph to play them on, but I no longer have custody of those. I collect 78 rpm records(1910's-1950's), chalkware (1930's-1960's), Jadeite (1940's), and a lot of other stuff produced around the early and middle parts of the 20th century.

I have a medical book from 1870 that says herpes is not contagious

[The Cunt]

Just some tools, but nothing like those coins. Those are cool. I have a hand made table saw from the old coal mines in Kentucky.

Some dude needed shit cut, and just MADE one. Stuff like that impresses me. I spent 2 weeks researching table saws before I bought mine, and this prick just said fuck it, and built it.

Old tools are very collectable

[eliasbboy]

I also have 2 antique pistols from the late 1800's.

They're not worth much so I started restoring them a bit.

[zhukov]

I hear ya.. I was lucky with my coin.. Guy in my home town was a Roman history buff and did it for free... Plus I got a History lesson from it ... Maybe you should wait till the antiques roadshow comes to ya town

I have a Roman coin like that...bought it online for about $30.

I've been collecting coins since I was about 12. Around that time I visited my grandparents home and mentioned I collected coins and they were like "oh we have some old coins." So my grandmother brought out this box and it had U.S. silver dollars minted in the 1790's. Like some of the very first ones. Also lots of small $1 gold coins minted during the Gold Rush of the 1850's, and many other coins from the early 1800's.

Naturally I was blown away by this stuff. A few years later, my Dad tells me they sold them to some scumbag door to door asshole who paid them $600 for everything. Those silver dollars were worth several thousand dollars EACH and this was 25 years ago. My Dad didn't know what they were worth when I told him he about shit his pants. That crook got away with at least $30,000 worth of coins.

[The Cunt]

I also have 2 antique pistols from the late 1800's.

They're not worth much so I started restoring them a bit.

Cool.. good luck with the project

[HeinousMark]

Elias and Trawr made me remember I have some old Native American arrowheads and spearheads I've found, and also some of those ancient shark teeth from a bazillion years ago from an archaeological site in college.I DID have an 1885 $5 gold coin in immacculate condition, that me and my dad found while metal detecting decades ago, but niggers stole it when they robbed my house. My favorite old thing I have now is a small Demon/Clawfoot table from my grandfather, circa 1900, and I use it for a desk at home.

[HaroldJackson]

I spent 2 weeks researching table saws before I bought mine, and this prick just said fuck it, and built it.

Can you start a thread with your findings, possible candidates, criteria, interesting notes, and overall winner? Actually, how about the top 3 and why of why not they earned their standings.