Hand made arrowhead found metal detecting.

[Detectorist143]

Metal detecting my new house built in 1850. Found some interesting items but nothing to exciting yet. Couple silver quarters 1959 and 1929 standing. Hand full of wheaties. 1931 dog tag. But I do have an interesting find just today. It looks home made. Possibly from a gun shell?
I found this in front of the so called old barn. I believe it may have been the starter home. Anyone interested in the barn/home? Pics I'll post them. It has an unusual beam running the width. More so a tree threaded though the rafter beam.
Anyway any thoughts on the arrowhead?

 

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[Almy]

Looks big for an arrowhead. Maybe a type of fishing spear head?

 

[Detectorist143]

Well that could be. We have a stream by the property. Salmon run it yearly.

 

[oldmxrat]

Interesting piece for sure!

 

[releventchair]

In the dirty thirties any food was welcomed usually.
More so any that a surplus of (for the lucky) could be preserved.

Method of take for wild critters was kind of in the air when money was scarce and bellies hungry.
Making do meant making do.

Such a tool could have uses other than killing to. Like retrieving.
From a well. Or a bucket. Or a jar. Or a cistern. Or a barrel Who knows?
I can imagine a youth after frog legs easy enough. Well, the whole frog.
Or an adult too at night after frogs with a mild torch for a light.

Your piece resembles a harpoon with a shaft fitted into the head with the head attached to a tether. Allowing the head to be free of the shaft after impact . (Tether to wrist and all's well.)
A close frog could just be pinned to bottom/ground or below water. But close tolerant frogs get thinned out fast!

Were it affixed to a shaft/handle securely it would have a hole through the ferrule for a pin or nail or screw ect.
Yes a wedge or crimp could hold it a while but wiggly prey would loosen it. As could just hitting things with it or wood shrinkage or..The handle could break on a big bullfrog . Or a big fish.

The head could be tied to the handle with enough cordage to allow its use as a pole to fight a fish. I might not explain why and for whom the head coming off the shaft after a hit with tether to wrist worked better for someone..

 

[Digger RJ]

Metal detecting my new house built in 1850. Found some interesting items but nothing to exciting yet. Couple silver quarters 1959 and 1929 standing. Hand full of wheaties. 1931 dog tag. But I do have an interesting find just today. It looks home made. Possibly from a gun shell?
I found this in front of the so called old barn. I believe it may have been the starter home. Anyone interested in the barn/home? Pics I'll post them. It has an unusual beam running the width. More so a tree threaded though the rafter beam.
Anyway any thoughts on the arrowhead?

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[dognose]

when looking at this photo, the first thing that came to mind was a tractor tag welded onto a old bullet shell after being cut, shaped and ground.

not sure about what kind of tag, but the alphanumeric idicates some sort of tag.

 

[dognose]

it's s nice, old, interesting find