Ask HN: What is your oldest possession?

Furniture inherited from great-grandparents

I not one for keeping stuff, so it's the keyboard I use, made by Codegen in 1986 with Futaba clicky switches. It doesn't have a Windows key, but you can choose between an XT or AT modes, and I use it with an AT to PS/2 passive adapter. The keyboard is not rare or valuable, but I adore the switches, they remind me of IBM's beam springs from the 70's. One day I shall build a new keyboard with these switches.

I have a fossil of a leaf in a stone, and a rock with some minerals and gold flecks in it.

My first fork

Geodes and rocks polished and cut by my grandfather.

i have a desk, built about 1720, in PA i bought with quite a bit of filthy lucre from one of my IPOs. use it most days.

Snarky answer:

  - Some cool rocks
  - Whatever non-synthetic petroleum products are in the garage
  - A mid-2013 MacBook Air (at least according to its manufacturer)

Serious Answer:

  - A bakelite safety razor from the WWII rationing era (somewhere between 1941 & 1945, given what I can find on the manufacturer)
  - Some broken pieces of pottery my grandfather swiped from ancient Jericho on a trip in the '60s
  - A vintage Canon SLR camera used on the same trip