lordmarcovan Posted May 1 · Member Author Share Posted May 1 7 hours ago, Finn235 said: I have a couple unusual trinkets First was given to me by my (very devoutly Catholic) grandmother - I was told it contains a small sliver of bone taken from the skeleton of Saint Francis of Assisi, but the Italian translation is "Dust from the tomb of Saint Francis" so I have honestly no clue what is in the tiny reliquary. The note along with it says that it was personally blessed by Pope Pius XII in the early 50s. Another, a not four- but seven-leaf clover that I found when I was in elementary school. Couldn't tell you why but I was obsessed with 4 leaf clovers at the time, and I found a little cluster of patches on the outskirts of the playground that was a hotbed for them. I eventually tossed most of the 4 leaf clovers but kept this one. SEVEN leaves! Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor jdmKY Posted May 1 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 1 And I thought my 5-leafer was special! (5th lies on top of the leaf at 2:00) 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted May 1 · Member Share Posted May 1 I want some of that hummus! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor KenDorney Posted May 1 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 1 I have many things, but no time to dig too deeply. While I sold my antiquities collection a few years back I did retain a few things, including my Pre-Colombian Bart Simpson: 10 4 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominus1 Posted May 1 · Supporter Share Posted May 1 (edited) ...i'm kinda like @KenDorney..i have many items most folks don't have...anybody else got a picture of Fats Brown (Jonathon Winters) hanging on their wall?.. Twilight Zone original 3rd season, '60-61(oops)A Game of Pool"...it was the only time he played a serious dramatic role in his career. Edited May 1 by ominus1 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_spork Posted May 1 · Member Share Posted May 1 (edited) I've got this funny looking piece of green glass that I know was formed right around 5:29 AM on July 16, 1945 because it's a piece of Trinitite, glass made from the desert floor during the Trinity test of the first atomic bomb. It's not extremely radioactive at this point, and it's almost entirely alpha radiation that is blocked by the capsule I usually keep it in but it will still make a geiger counter make funny noises as the video shows below(sorry for my voice, my wife, son and I were stuck at home sick and I was playing with radioactive bits and bobs to pass the time): Edited May 1 by red_spork 4 1 5 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted May 1 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 1 1 hour ago, ominus1 said: ...i'm kinda like @KenDorney..i have many items most folks don't have...anybody else got a picture of Fats Brown (Jonathon Winters) hanging on their wall?.. Twilight Zone original 3rd season, '60-61(oops)A Game of Pool"...it was the only time he played a serious dramatic role in his career. Is that Jack Klugman? 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominus1 Posted May 1 · Supporter Share Posted May 1 (edited) 1 hour ago, DonnaML said: Is that Jack Klugman? ...yup! they were the only 2 in the entire episode...:) Edited May 1 by ominus1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 16 · Supporter Share Posted May 16 Kukri (Khukuri) from the Gurkhas Nasty weapon for hand to hand battles. Wielded by the Gurkhas for the British Army. Made famous in the Battle of Gallipoli during WWI 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croatian Coin Collector Posted August 2 · Member Share Posted August 2 I don't collect things that would be considered crazy in the true sense of the word, but I might be the only person in Europe who owns an ancient Chinese gold coin: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth77 Posted August 2 · Member Share Posted August 2 I was with my kids at the beach and they found a mummified sea horse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeMo Posted August 4 · Member Share Posted August 4 (edited) New to this forum, thought I'd start here by introducing my oddness properly. For about 4 years, I worked for an estate sale company. Along the way, I acquired some quite odd things, but this may take the cake. First off; it was a quest to find. The garage at this particular sale had a 20 year old wheelchair ramp that was in poor repair, and we had to pry it apart (many of the screws were stripped, but it was rotten enough to break as needed). After we took out the ramp, we found that a shelf along one side held a door to a hidden room. It clearly hadn't been opened in >20 years. There were a lot of racy photos and undeveloped film in there, along with curios tucked into a chest of drawers. In one of the drawers, wrapped in some newspapers dated February of 1950, I found a carved wooden mask. Upon research, this may be a carving of a Guatemalan rain deity: Edited August 4 by GeorgeMo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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