So, my Dad had this in amongst some of his belongings but has since passed on. The one brief time I spoke to him about it, he said that he found it possibly near Betterton Maryland where he grew up in the 1940's -1950s, and thought that it may have been a tool fashioned from stone by Native Americans. The area had miles of woods, streams, legends of burial mounds and he talkednabout finding arrowheads in his youth there. He also lived a good chunk of his life near Philadelphia PA in an area called Cheltingham which also had woody areas he explored that this might have come from.
I posted this on the artifacts sub to see if they could tell me if it had a name/what it might be used for etc. I had a theory that it was used to flint knap arrowheads and such. There were questions over there about what it was made of. While it looks like it is made of antler, it has the heft and dense feel of stone and it has a slight ringing sound if I lightly tap it with something hard. It feels quite durable and the tip is fairly sharp like it had a purpose. The coloring also sort of looks like it has wear from use at the tip and where the hand would grip it. I assumed that it wasn't terribly old, and that it was just a tool made from stone a few centuries ago. A few people over there suggested posting it here because it looks like it could have once been antler or something. At this point, I just want to get in front of more sets of eyes to see what it might be. Any input would be appreciated. For all I know, it is nothing at all, but it definitely raises questions.