garyc Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I made a quick pit stop to an area on the Brazos I can get to on foot. Found two nice pieces of glyptodon osteoderm and this cool artifact. I know less about knives than I do fossils, so I don't know if this is someone's fillet knife they dropped last year or if it came off of one of Santa Ana's soldiers while crossing the Brazos in pursuit of Sam Houston. Then on the way back up to my car I came within 15 feet of a bobcat. It did not see me at first, but then it turned it's head in my direction. Fight or flight took over, so of course I just froze. It bounded off into the woods and I cursed myself for not getting a pic with my phone. It was truly a beautiful beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarleysGh0st Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Cool! I'm not an expert, but that doesn't look like a modern fillet knife to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Really nice finds, Gary. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzkleen Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The knife looks like an old Spanish knife, or dagger. Great finds!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 That was an interesting trip, the knife is dagger shape, believe an age will be made from what the handle is made of, any clue there?--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Nice Ostoderms.....But that Knife is really cool and its worth taking to a local museum to get a ID on it....You just might have a real piece of history on your hands..... TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 If the remains of the grip are hard rubber, or something like it, OR if that is a rod, rather than a tang, that was holding the grip in place, it would be much more recent than Santa Ana. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzkleen Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 It's definitely a dagger. Take it to a musuem and maybe they can help you with it. It looks rather old, maybe from Cortes or DeSoto or other Spanish explorations in the 1500's. That's my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) ...Fight or flight took over, so of course I just froze. It bounded off into the woods... I guess for your sake, it's a good thing it chose flight. Otherwise, you might not be in as good of shape right now. Nice finds all around. You never know what you're going to find in some of these river/creek beds. I'm afraid the dagger may not be that old. If the handle is metal and it's a metal rod holding the handle in place, it may be one of these: Edited November 7, 2012 by sward SWardSoutheast Missouri (formerly Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX) USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 It is a metal threaded rod holding the handle, can't tell about the composition of the handle itself. Most of it is broken off. I don't think it is metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 It is a metal threaded rod holding the handle... This, I think, argues for a more modern origin. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 This, I think, argues for a more modern origin. Too bad. I was thinking that maybe the Lady of the Lake (or of the Brazos, as the case may be) had just appointed you King. And on election day too for good measure.Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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