Oldest bit of tech?

[hotdogoctopus]

The grenade itself is harmless since the pin had been bent so as to prevent it from being pulled out and the explosives have somehow been emptied out of the shell.

Either of the next three indicators exist, it is not harmless.

If the hole is in the bottom it's a training grenade, if there are holes that you can see through on the sides about equidistance apart, then it was rendered safe by an EOD tech, and if neither of these exist, you can safely unscrew the fuse/blasting cap from the top (CCW if U.S., CW if U.S.S.R.) and if you can see stuff inside or you can't wiggle something around inside (i.e. pencil) then it has not been emptied and you should turn it over to your nearest bomb squad, old explosives like that accidently kill hundreds of people a year. Someone thinks it's not real and makes it angry, something goes bad internally pissing it off.

P.S. be careful with the blasing cap on the fuze, if you aren't throwing it around it's fine just treat it like your mums best crystal, but the explosives inside that are the primary dets, and easily the most sensitive (lead stephinate, some other trace stuff). Heroes die young, legends live forever. I would also consider using some monofilament tape around the spoon before you unscrew it, you can't be too safe.

 

[Lord Nosferatu]

I have an old clothing iron, the kind you put hot pieces of coal in to work. Also some pocket watches and a wall clock with a pendulum. If you mean something that runs on electricity, I have a pretty old record player with a radio. Must have been very fancy back in it's day. And if you mean something to do with computers, that's my 1996 NEC 15" monitor. Still works like a charm.

 

[hotdogoctopus]

A pager. Yup. Have no idea why.

wtf do pagers even do???

OT: i have a psp 1000. an original xbox madcatz controller. original xbox memory card. i guess that stuff isnt that old compared to some other things.

Goddamn Kids. It's like sending a text msg. Except the receiver can only do that, he must call the no. to respond. It only receives, and diplays the phone no. from. No keys for typing, or any usefulness.

 

[Caligulove]

record player that still works- but I only have one LP for it

 

[jigs160]

A PS1 it was a gift from my father.

 

[rs2000]

I have a single-shot bolt action rifle from 1920.

Oh that is badass. I've wanted a bolt-action for a while now.

It's not fair! we can't get cool shit like this in the UK easily! i want a Springfield '03

 

[destroyer2k]

From 1937 a typewriter and it still works fine.

 

[Harold Donchee]

A Super Nintendo. Maybe not the oldest thing said in this thread, but one of the coolest in my opinion.

 

[rs2000]

The grenade itself is harmless since the pin had been bent so as to prevent it from being pulled out and the explosives have somehow been emptied out of the shell.

Either of the next three indicators exist, it is not harmless.

If the hole is in the bottom it's a training grenade, if there are holes that you can see through on the sides about equidistance apart, then it was rendered safe by an EOD tech, and if neither of these exist, you can safely unscrew the fuse/blasting cap from the top (CCW if U.S., CW if U.S.S.R.) and if you can see stuff inside or you can't wiggle something around inside (i.e. pencil) then it has not been emptied and you should turn it over to your nearest bomb squad, old explosives like that accidently kill hundreds of people a year. Someone thinks it's not real and makes it angry, something goes bad internally pissing it off.

P.S. be careful with the blasing cap on the fuze, if you aren't throwing it around it's fine just treat it like your mums best crystal, but the explosives inside that are the primary dets, and easily the most sensitive (lead stephinate, some other trace stuff). Heroes die young, legends live forever. I would also consider using some monofilament tape around the spoon before you unscrew it, you can't be too safe.

I have 3 or 4 Mk2 pineapple grenades with the base drilled out & original WW2 fuses, inert. They deactivate things differently here in UK to other countries

 

[BigFurry]

A Commodore 64, it doesn't work but I'm not going to throw it away.

 

[CrysisMcGee]

8-track, records and record player. Cassette. CD. Oddyssey 2. NES. SNES.

 

[hotdogoctopus]

I have 3 or 4 Mk2 pineapple grenades with the base drilled out & original WW2 fuses, inert. They deactivate things differently here in UK to other countries

Well, their grenades usually have a base with threading so you can turn a training grenade into a functional one with a simple screw-in base plug. Yeah, it's prolly different, but all the principles are the same.

 

[Not So Tuesday]

A Beta-max copy of Star Wars

 

[similar.squirrel]

I have a Macintosh from 1994. And an mp3 player that has moving parts. You can hear the hard-disk rotating in it.

 

[CounterAttack]

One of the old grayscale Gameboys, with Pokemon Red for it. And it still works.

 

[Vern]

Probably my Russian Mosin Nagant 91/30 manufactured in 1942. I also own a record player, but it was probably made in the late 1990s or early 2000s.

 

[crudus]

I have fire. Next oldest is a wheel. Followed by shoes. Followed by clothes. Followed by a car.


Serious answer: a slide rule

 

[Aesir23]

The grenade itself is harmless since the pin had been bent so as to prevent it from being pulled out and the explosives have somehow been emptied out of the shell.

Either of the next three indicators exist, it is not harmless.

If the hole is in the bottom it's a training grenade, if there are holes that you can see through on the sides about equidistance apart, then it was rendered safe by an EOD tech, and if neither of these exist, you can safely unscrew the fuse/blasting cap from the top (CCW if U.S., CW if U.S.S.R.) and if you can see stuff inside or you can't wiggle something around inside (i.e. pencil) then it has not been emptied and you should turn it over to your nearest bomb squad, old explosives like that accidently kill hundreds of people a year. Someone thinks it's not real and makes it angry, something goes bad internally pissing it off.

P.S. be careful with the blasing cap on the fuze, if you aren't throwing it around it's fine just treat it like your mums best crystal, but the explosives inside that are the primary dets, and easily the most sensitive (lead stephinate, some other trace stuff). Heroes die young, legends live forever. I would also consider using some monofilament tape around the spoon before you unscrew it, you can't be too safe.

From your description, it's definitely a training grenade since the hole is in the bottom of the grenade. Now that I think about it, I doubt the U.S. army would've let my Great Uncle take home a grenade, deactivated or not.

 

[Zaksav91]

I own one of those really old turkey carvers that are powered by a motor. It's like from the 70's haha, sucker can't even cut through bread

 

[elvor0]

A SNES, I wuv that thing, even with it's dodgy controller.