What A Find!

Thursday I was at a local turkey shoot and ran into a friend I had not seen in a while. We talked between rounds and he said, "I got those pictures of the knife my daddy found I was telling you of a while back. Let me show them to you." He did. This grouping has been in a safety deposit box for years, but he took it right before his daddy passed. His daddy was about seven years old and was playing on his maternal grandparents place near where I was raised in 1948 when he made this rare discovery. He and a couple of other kids were playing around some large bluff shelters and found this____________ (looks like knife, sheath, and handle to me). I have been interested in native history and a hunter of "arrowheads" or "Indian Rocks" (points, blades, scrapers, drills, etc.) most of my life. I think I found my first in our garden spot when I was six. Back when we and other people still planted row crops, I would walk the fields searching for points. I have found several while plowing. I have found them on creek banks and under shelters. If I ever get around any bare or disturbed ground now, my flint eye kicks into hyper-drive. My prize finds are a point dating to 10,000 BP and a greenstone celt (axe) dating to about 1,200 BP. I never considered myself a serious collector by any means, but have been in the presence of some and have known a few. I must say, I have never seen anything found locally that would come close in comparison to this gem/find. I would be interested in any insight regarding any aspect of this. I did not ask, but I do not believe he would sell it. I would be curious as to a value and an age. It is rare when anything not bone or stone from prehistoric times is found in the climate conditions of north Alabama. 

                               Enjoy the rest of the weekend and try to stay away from the leftovers if possible. LOL

                                                                                                         Jeffery