My house. Built in the 1840s.
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I have a couple of Griswold cast iron skillets - an “8” and a “10”. I just looked up their particular vintage and they are both from 1930-1939, so 83 to 93 years old. Im confident that those are the oldest things I have that I use regularly and they are probably the oldest things I own.
Compaq portable plus luggable PC
Need to redo the foam and foil keys but otherwise it works great, let out the magic smoke the first time i powered it up so i did a re-cap and now it starts fine.
And it even has a working hard drive!
I also have an IBM Lexmark model M keyboard I use as my daily driver
I’ve got a ammo box and a plane made out of bullet casing’s from World War 2 that used to belong to my grandfather.
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have fossil
Now go to the museum and have Blathers assess it.
An old brass model train from the 60s. We don't have an exact date, but that what I've been told.
Someone converted it to DCC at some point, but otherwise original.
Car from 2008.
Car from 1992.
Car from 1988.
1967 mustang.
Ooooh, lovely!
Like the think that I have owned the longest? Or the thing that was made the longest ago?
If it's the thing that I've owned the longest, my cartridge of Mega Man X, which I have owned since about 1995 or 1996.
If it's the thing that was made the longest ago, my wife's sewing kit that she inherited from her aunt, which was probably made in the 1970s.
My grandfather's axe. He got it as a gift from his father, 90 years ago, but it was already in use then.
And no, he didn't replace the head twice and the handle 5 times.
Trigger?
I have a top loader NES and two games I bought for it.
Ive got a Magnavox Odyssey
Great-grandfathers watch. It doesn't run anymore but I still love to keep it.
I don't know if you've looked into it or not, but you might be surprised at how cheap some watch repairs are.
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My house was built in '53
Some volcanic rocks from mt St Helens
Some sea snail fossils probably
That i can think of, a pre-1937 hand tool. Pre Stanley brand brace hand drill, recent purchase, dirt cheap compared to new, and only needed a quick clean.
My house. Just the house.
My parents ashes in my basement. My dad was born in ‘32
1960s Wurlitzer electronic piano.
My piano technique book from 1960 I purchased from a second hand store. I bought it and have been teaching myself piano.
A camcorder from 2002. Imagine 00's skateboarding clips!
A Sheaffer Balance fountain pen that I bought and restored, I believe it's from somewhere around 1934. A few fountain pens that are certainly old but of unknown date as well.
Runner up would be my house built in the early 50's.
F-70 "patent applied for" 3/8 Snap-On ratcheting wrench from 1933, still works. I know I have older tools but I haven't or couldn't date them.
I do have older coins, but the wrench is cooler.
A Dunn & Co. boater hat from ~1890 with a blue and white striped band.
A 1960 Deutz D15 tractor from my grandfather.
Gilette Fat Boy razor.