AUTHENTIC 4 1/2" ARCHAIC KNIFE FROM MILTON, ILLINOIS - TERRY SCHULTZ COLLECTION

    OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS I AM GOING TO BE LISTING A NUMBER OF ITEMS COLLECTED BY THE LATE TERRY SCHULTZ OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS WHO PASSED AWAY IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.  TERRY COLLECTED OVER MOST OF HIS 77 YEARS, FOCUSING HIS ATTENTION ON A WIDE VARIETY OF ARTIFACTS, BOTH PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC, INCLUDING STONE ITEMS, BASKETS AND POTTERY, PRE-COLUMBIAN ARTIFACTS, FUR-TRADE ERA ARTIFACTS, PLAINS INDIAN BEADWORK, CATLINITE AND OTHER PIPES, AND NUMEROUS 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY WEAPONS, TOOLS AND MISC. ARTIFACTS.  TERRY WAS A WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED COLLECTOR AND SURFACE HUNTER WHO HAD A GOOD EYE FOR RARITY AND AUTHENTICITY.  HIS CATALOG ENTRIES GO BACK TO THE 1960'S, THOUGH HE BEGAN FINDING ARTIFACTS IN THE KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS AREA AS A YOUNG BOY IN THE MID 1950'S.  THIS LISTING IS FOR A 4 1/2" ARCHAIC KNIFE WHICH TERRY FOUND IN MARCH OF 1979 WHILE HUNTING 2 MILES SOUTH OF MILTON, ILLINOIS IN PIKE COUNTY.  THE KNIFE IS IN EXCELLENT UNDAMAGED CONDITION WITH GREAT PATINA AND IT IS GUARANTEED TO BE GENUINE. 

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