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RE: Archaeology in the Pecan tree holes, enter the hand axes or biface.
Man, I wish I knew what to look for when it comes to stone that has been worked by ancient man. I live in the northeastern US, right near the confluence of a creek and river, where many Native American tribes lived. I've found a few beads in the creek and I'm sure there are other artifacts, but I doubt I would have noticed something like these samples.
Native American tribes typically fashioned arrow heads and tomahawks, perhaps the odd small biface, all much later technologies.
Handaxes are mostly old world stuff since human ancestors had not crossed to the new world when this tech was prevalent. Africa is of course riddled with them since its the cradle and most of these tech were started and developed here.
Some places are so thick with them in east africa they are counted in millions per acre.
Holy mackerel. For some reason, the "millions of years ago" didn't click when I read this. So these were likely used by Homo erectus, or some other Hominidae species?? That's incredible. I was just telling my wife how crazy that is to think about. Like, the first stone ever picked up by our ancestors and used as a tool is still out there, most likely. I wonder where it sits right now....
Well, my interest is peaked. I would love to own something like this for display. Is there a market for such artifacts? I know Native American ones can be rather expensive in our area. However, with quantities like that which you described, what kind of dollar value is placed on them... assuming there is a market. I suppose I can google all of this, but you seem to know the subject really well.
The first stone tool would be difficult to identify, since chimps use rocks to crack nuts, but I get what you mean.
Price really depends on grade of the specimen. There is one order of magnitude on this for sale page alone.
https://www.paleodirect.com/acheulian-handaxe-acheulean-artifacts-tools/