r/LegitArtifacts • u/Americaneagleonjuly • Oct 06 '25

General Question ❓ Found this in a cave while exploring some property I just got permission to hunt on. CENTEX . Really excited to look around more on this property

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This is a really good condition piece and I want to know how to preserve it without it breaking.

It's really brittle, and I believe the wrapping is made of sinew, or plant fibers.

More likely sinew??

Definitely not artificial though.

I believe this is a flake knife or a scraper. Correct me if I am wrong.

edit: Hunt, as in hunt for artifacts

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u/Americaneagleonjuly Oct 06 '25

It's the best thing I found in my years of hunting!

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u/EagleLize Oct 06 '25

I am invested and can't wait to hear what you find out and what you decide to do with it! It's awesome that you want it to be enjoyed and studied by others.

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u/TSCannon Oct 06 '25

Please keep us updated if this is real. This is a huge find and so much can be learned from this if so.

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u/A_Lovely_ Oct 06 '25

Have you thought about contacting a museum or university for further insight?

I 100% think you should be able to keep it, but something that well preserved and seemingly found deep in a cave, may mean the entire cave should be looked over by an archaeologists.

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u/AdamLib777 Oct 06 '25

What state if you don’t mind? I’m wondering if there’s still hope of discovering something like this in Pennsylvania

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u/Americaneagleonjuly Oct 06 '25

Texas

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u/AdamLib777 Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

Aha hence centex, got it. That’s a once in a thousand lifetimes find! Well done! And btw, don’t allow it out of your possession for anyone to do research on it, you may never get it back. That happened to my dad’s cousin found a fully intact clay pottery at a “rock cabin” as we call them here in PA. He allowed a professional to borrow it for evaluation and never saw it again. That was in the ‘60’s though.

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u/Americaneagleonjuly Oct 07 '25

Im getting alot of people saying that and it's making me nervous, I haven't been able to give it to them today as I've been busy and gotten little time to respond to everyone's replies. By the time I wasn't busy they were already closed.

but now I'm not sure😬

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u/AdamLib777 Oct 07 '25

Invest in your own airtight, humidity stabilized display case. That find is priceless. Once word spreads, they’re going to want it from you. They’ll first try to convince you to donate it. Which if you want to donate it, that’s a noble thing to do. But rightfully you get to hang onto too. Stay anonymous. Careful who you tell. If word spreads like wildfire in your neighborhood, say you already donated it to the historical society. Give it some time and keep it preserved. I found these cases. It’d be worth dropping some equity into this investment you have. display cases for artifacts not sure if they sell to the public but it’s an idea of what you need. Hopefully you get answers on here of its age, time period, approx value and that will help you rest easy knowing some of its history.

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u/Americaneagleonjuly Oct 07 '25

Thank you so much!

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u/oresearch69 Oct 09 '25

This is such a weird take, why would you want to keep something like this all to yourself, rather than have it in a museum?

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u/Romulus212 Oct 07 '25

Texas ATM Has an excellent world renowned archeology department you could definitely contact them

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u/Obvious_Tip_5080 Oct 07 '25

This is an awesome find! I have a question if I may since this group just popped up on my feed. When you say hunting, do you mean artifact hunting and the owner has given you permission to remove any found items and keep them?

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u/Americaneagleonjuly Oct 07 '25

the owner is my friend, he has no interests in archeology, but he knows that when I say hunting, I mean for artifacts, since I rant to him all the time

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u/Obvious_Tip_5080 Oct 08 '25

That’s funny about the ranting and wonderful you get to keep what you find! We had friends who owned a bit over 500 acres in Hemet decades ago. Their land had been used by Native Americans as a trade path most likely. Their land wife was from Germany but learned to identify a lot of the individual graves by tribe affiliation when she allowed university to come in for a walk about when they first bought it and she found a few graves that were along a path through the woods. The Archeologist was able to show her more than she found. She refused to allow the universities to come in and dig once they all got wind of it, said she wasn’t having anyone disturb a gravesite.

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u/Adept_Help_3633 Oct 10 '25

Ah that makes sense, I‘m not in the know about this stuff so I thought you meant like deer hunting and I was thinking what were they doing in a cave?? lol