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DesertMinerals · Nov 27, 2014

I found this old Indian Obsidian Knife a few weeks ago and I just started reading the history behind it of how valuable of a stone it is to the Native Indians. Men would go to great lengths to not mention they even have this stone and would go to extremes to hide it. I am really wondering just how valuable it is?

Gso125 · Nov 27, 2014

Cool find I have no idea what it's value is but depending where you live and found it there's probably a Indian tribe that could help locally.

DesertMinerals · Nov 28, 2014

I was thinking of taking to the U of A and having them date it and maybe they can tell what tribe it's from. I also read that years before the Indians the Mexican's also use these stones and both the Indians and Mexican's used them for human sacrifices, for cutting flesh and bone.

METALMANIAC-NY · Nov 28, 2014

Wow...awesome find! As you know...sharpened obsidian can slice flesh like nothing. Nice historic piece

gordonquixote · Nov 28, 2014

Value wise it's literally worthless but be on the lookout for arrowheads in the vicinity.

Jay Sav · Nov 28, 2014

That looks like it could be a lithic flake, but I do not think it is a point of any kind. Cool find though.

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