Arrowhead any help appreciated

[onlinesniper]

Hi all at Tnet i went for a quick hunt yesterday and found an arrowhead, iv looked on the net but cant find any like it any help identifying it age etc would be appreciated thanks guys.

arrowhead is just over 4cm in length and 2 and a half cm in width at its widest point

 

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[QuarterMaster]

A few more details would help, where it was found what other types have you found in the same area.. It looks very smooth, not chipped
Kind of looks like a chesser

 

[Gunrunner61]

Is it metal or rock?
Cool find.....HH

 

[Hot zone]

Looks like metal

 

[onlinesniper]

Hi guys sorry for the late reply, this was found on a field behind a 1840 church? iv only found 1862 (oldest on this field) victoria pennies and silver sixpences, shillings so this baffles me, it was just over 7 inch down and i think is made out of copper as it has a greenish patina. I was told that the field used to be used as a ploughing field in the 1800 so not sure what before then any help appreciated thanks tnetters. heres where it was found church lane st helens - Google Maps at the top middle.

 

[Hot zone]

May have been a trade item short of selling guns to the Indians. I know of a pounded copper sword that was found in an indian grave out west, and I believe there was some experimenting with cannon shooting arrows during the civil war.
I believe that longbows lobbing arrows over the wall would have been beneficial in support of Picket on missionary ridge. Many Indians fought in that war as well. A bow and arrow then as now makes a hell of a stealth weapon.
A real wonderment!

 

[onlinesniper]

the picture doesnt do it justice, theres a raised line up the middle of the arrow to the point not sure if thats anything that may help

 

[CRUSADER]

Its the profile we need a shot of?

 

[bman3725]

yeah we have found these types of arrowheads for years here and the historians and experts agree with you there Hotzone. It was something made to trade with the Indians. Around here there many grist mills where they would grind corn and often the Indians were cheated out of proper payment by worthless items and often things they could very well use such as swords and newer style bows and arrows made with copper and bronze. But more often they were cheated out of it around here.

 

[oldsalty19]

looks like a metal one........some indian tribes traded for metal made arrowheads when they were available, you did find it with a "metal"-detector??

 

[onlinesniper]

lol yep found it with my garrett ace 250 il post a profile pic shortly, cheers for all the info guys appreciated, any ideas on date estimates?

 

[bman3725]

Mid to late 1800's would be my guess.

 

[romeo-1]

It could actually be copper culture as well...don't rule that out until you do the research...

 

[onlinesniper]

iv had a look around the net but finding it hard to get info on it thanks for your input though appreciated

 

[Twitch]

I think we're possibly missing a bit of information here. Was that point found in the UK? Everyone here is answering with US based alternatives. It's a metal point but doesn't appear to be copper culture. I'm going to assume it's Roman and from Great Britain.

 

[onlinesniper]

Yes it was found in the UK in a town called St Helens in merseyside my first post has a link to google earth map, i already have one arrowhead from a farmers field around eccleston mere lake area not far from this one but both are quite different the first being flint like lucky find whilst swinging.

 

[RiverRat3]

Neat find either way. I think it's gonna be pretty old but I don't know much about arrowheads especially in the UK.

 

[Hot zone]

Rome fell in the 5th century.

 

[Plumbata]

Hey there, nice find.

It appears to be a large cast bronze arrowhead (or small light throwing spear head) which is missing the tang, the part which would have been inserted into a reinforced shaft. It is Bronze-Age and from before the Roman conquest, so it is likely a Celtic piece. Hard to place an age on it but I'd guess anywhere between 1,400BC-400BC

 

[bman3725]

Did they have the atlattle in that part of the world? I have seen some arrows from them and the point looked very similar