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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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#1
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
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#2
My Grandfather Had A Miniature Set Of All Of Shakespeare's Plays. It's 111 Years Old
#3
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.
#4
My Barbershop Still Uses Their Original Cash Register From 1904
#5
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.
#6
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.
#7
My Late Grandma Still Had Her TV Operating Guide From 1962
#8
After A Construction Company Caused A Local Reservoir Level To Sink 10 Feet, A 600-Year-Old Buddha Carving Was Found
chi-wei shen 4 years ago
The statue is located in China's Jiangxi Province. It's most likely from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
#9
Found In The Pocket Of My Grandpa’s WW2 Bomber Jacket
#10
These Intricate Old Keyholes
Rabbit Carrot 4 years ago
I wish people would tell us where these things are so we can look them up!
#11
My Great Great Aunt's 100-Year-Old Nursing Kit Has A Vile Full Of Cocaine Tablets And A Syringe
#12
My Friend Was Splitting Logs And Found An Arrowhead
#13
Lovely Antique Aquarium
#14
Found An Old Monopoly Set In The Walls Of My 1925 House
#15
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
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
Geez, would love to know the story behind why it was abandoned in the first place, the cars worth etc.
#16
Have You Ever Wondered How Music Was Typed Before Computers? This Rare Vintage Typewriter From The 1950s Lets You Type Sheet Music
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
Yet when I was taking piano lessons in the 90's they made me draw it by hand.... nobody mentioned these existed
#17
This Antique American Pledge Of Allegiance Does Not Reference God
Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
The good one. The USA was made as a secular state, but somehow that went south in 1954. Such a shame.
#18
Roman Coin I Found In France While Metal Detecting. Emperor Constantine I. Minted In Trier (Treveri), Germany. Bronze. 306-337 A.D.
#19
I Found These 60-Year-Old Condoms In My Basement
#20
This Old Sundial Has Muli-Oriented Panels That Show Time Of Countries All Around The World
#21
This Page From An Illustrated Captain's Log From 1777
Willow Quinn 4 years ago
My 95 y/o grandmother told me the reason her generation has neat cursive handwriting compared to today is because they were taught to write using their shoulder, not the modern technique which uses the wrist.
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
I have seen many old documents and the writing is always beautiful, they really took pride in their penmanship.
Jon S. 4 years ago
Graffiti as well. I've done recording on old moments and the names inscribed from the 1600-1700s are perfect, from the 1800s legible and the 1950s on wards almost deliberately illegible
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Felicia Dale 4 years ago
Sailors used to practice their penmanship doing the log books and when things got boring (and that happened a lot more than you'd think, especially on whaling ships), they'd draw pictures or, more commonly, write down the popular songs sung by the crews. This is a gold mine for modern singers of traditional and popular songs of the past!
Sharon Attwood 4 years ago
Seems like everyone who could read & write could do wonderful sketches.
#22
Grandpa Still Uses A Decades Old Computer That Still Runs DOS, Typing And Printing And Storing Things On Floppies
Rabbit Carrot 4 years ago
My mum still uses her pc from 1992. No need to throw things out if they still work.
#23
I Found This Cleaning Out Grandma's House
#24
This Antique Door From 1380 In Regensburg, Germany, Helps Finding The Keyhole After You Drank Too Much Wine
#25
This Railway Ticket We Found In Our Barn. The Stamp On The Back Says Aug 18, 1890
#26
My Grandma Has Original Moon Landing Printing Plates From The Time Magazine Cover
#27
2000-Year-Old Green Serpentine Stone Mask Found At The Base Of The Pyramid Of The Sun, Teotihuacán, Mexico
#28
I Found This Old Lightbulb In My Grandparents’ House Finished In 1902 And It Still Works
#29
An Old Cup That Keeps Your Moustache Dry
#30
I Found An Old Lunar Globe Where The Far Side Of The Moon Is Still Uncharted
Rabbit Carrot 4 years ago
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.
#31
New Orleans Still Has Horse Hitches In Various Parts Of The City
#32
Found This Old Calculator In My Great Grandmother's Attic
Kathy Smith 4 years ago
Used to have one of those at home when I was a kid. I loved to play with it.
#33
Old European Houses Have A Shoe Scraper By The Door So That You Could Clean The Mud Off Your Soles Before Entering
#34
Mom Found My Old McDonald’s Food Toys That Turned Into Robots
#35
Vintage Freddie Mercury Queen Plate, 1980s
#36
Found This Coin In My Grandma's Collection Of Old Stuff. Turns Out, It's From The Year 1797
#37
Found Three 1969 Newspapers About The Moon Landing In An Old Chest In The Attic
#38
Jackpot Find At An Antique Market In Greenwich Village NYC. Poison Ring
#39
Vintage Forbidden Candy Identification Chart
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What do you think ?
What's In Your Head? 4 years ago
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.
Jo Choto 4 years ago
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.
AreYouReallySureThatAFloor Can'tAlsoBeACeiling 4 years ago
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)
B 4 years ago
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.
Ivy Ruonakoski 4 years ago
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.
Missy Struif 4 years ago
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.
Mark Johanen 4 years ago
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.
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
That reminds me of amelie, when she finds the little box of toys in her bathroom wall ^-^
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deanna woods 4 years ago
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.
Miraculous Klutz 4 years ago
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 
What's In Your Head? 4 years ago
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.
Jo Choto 4 years ago
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.
AreYouReallySureThatAFloor Can'tAlsoBeACeiling 4 years ago
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)
B 4 years ago
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.
Ivy Ruonakoski 4 years ago
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.
Missy Struif 4 years ago
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.
Mark Johanen 4 years ago
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.
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
That reminds me of amelie, when she finds the little box of toys in her bathroom wall ^-^
Load More Replies... deanna woods 4 years ago
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.
Miraculous Klutz 4 years ago
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
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