Originally Posted by navlav8r
Originally Posted by Longhunter_1
This is a hip bone of a bison calf with a flint point buried in it. The point protrudes slightly out the other side. It was found in SW Utah. I purchased it 25 years ago from the person that found it. I took it to the Michigan State museum and had it identified. They told me it came from a dry climate and had laid on the surface. They guessed it to be 150-200 years old

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Think of the odds of finding that.


If you have a find like that, that is indeed authentic, they are very, very rare.

It can be verified and have a COA (Certificate of Authenticity) by one of several places that offer such.

Unfortunately, starting around 1950's there have been numerous people making fakes. Some are done with authentic points in ancient bone. (Those are the better ones)
Some are fake points in more recent bones.

For every authentic piece like that, there are 10's of thousands of fakes.

Either way, they make for an interesting conversation piece.

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