Found in the chink of an old cabin

[smiked]

This was found in the chinking of an old log cabin that was relocated by my family. Originally located near Fancher's Mill (Between Sparta, TN and Smithville, TN). Anyone have some thoughts on this piece?

 

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[Americus]

I can't tell you what kind it is but it's a real good one!!!!!

 

[quito]

Nice, I mean real Nice knife!

 

[catherine1]

Dandy.........!!!

 

[Sidevalve45]

That's a heck of a nice blade! Looks like a knife to me too. How old? No idea.

 

[smiked]

That's a heck of a nice blade! Looks like a knife to me too. How old? No idea.

The cabin was believed to be built in the mid 1800s. Owner was J.A.P. Fancher (Faucher). The piece was in the chinking as they were tearing it down to rebuilt it.

 

[unclemac]

out in the PNW that would be identified as archaic. or even transitional paleo... 5,000 years old plus....

 

[1320]

Wonder if it was inadvertently picked up in the chinking gathering process? Was it embedded?

 

[GatorBoy]

It sure is a beauty if I lived in Tennessee and found it I might call it a Lerma blade

 

[smiked]

Wonder if it was inadvertently picked up in the chinking gathering process? Was it embedded?

They said they knocked out the chink and it was laying between the two logs. Not within the chink mixture.

 

[monsterrack]

That is a super blade and I'm like Gator it could be a lerma or a Willow leaf blade. sounds like it was placed in the chinking as a good luck piece. Thanks for posting.

 

[yakker]

What a very cool and unusual discovery! Thanks so much for posting!

 

[flintdigger]

Nice knife.

 

[Tnmountains]

Got blue specs in it? If so it looks like a fort payne material. You know people have been collecting arrowheads since they arrived here. During the Civil war the soldiers dug the mounds here. I bet it was found and placed in the logs between the chinking and lost.
Being in Tennessee it looks Adena culture to me but I have been wrong before but that is a very fine looking blade.
It is fun moving the old cabins isn't it?

 

[Rivers rat]

A beauty well spotted!!



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[NCPeaches]

That is a rare beauty! I can't even imagine how excited they were to find it! Lucky you to have it!

 

[smiked]

Got blue specs in it? If so it looks like a fort payne material. You know people have been collecting arrowheads since they arrived here. During the Civil war the soldiers dug the mounds here. I bet it was found and placed in the logs between the chinking and lost.
Being in Tennessee it looks Adena culture to me but I have been wrong before but that is a very fine looking blade.
It is fun moving the old cabins isn't it?

Here is the best picture I have of it. Definitely has blue hues to my eyes. Thanks everyone. Where would I take something like this to have someone look into it? What is it worth to a collector?

 

[ncnurseryman]

That's a real treasure and a great story too.

 

[joshuaream]

Cool piece, I'd break up other chunks of the chinking material to see if anymore are in there. Probably not, but maybe.

I'd go with Adena as well or just knife. Lerma is a paleo to early archaic bipoint found at a cave site in Mexico, and named by 'Scotty' MacNeish. They are small stubby dart points that have absolutely nothing to do with anything in the US. It's an Overstreet mistake.

 

[fongu]

Excellent recovery and thank goodness it wasn't loss when they tore down the old cabin.