Iron Arrow head - 1800s???

[Jaichim24]

Iron Arrow head - 1800's

Hi all, I found this arrow head at a location that once was an old homestead, at least dating back to the early 1800's. The house is gone, but there is still a barn standing. I found it to the side of the house and in front of the barn.

I can see that it still has some residue left around the shaft of something that tightened it down around the wooden shaft of the arrow. In one of the pics you can also see that there appears to be wood left in it.

I did not have to do much cleaning on it, a few crusty blobs but for the most part it came out of the ground as you see it.

I was hoping somebody would be able to provide more detailed information about it. What time period does it date to? What style is it. What was it most likely used for?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

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[uglymailman]

Looks more like a tool for digging or a pike on an ornamental fence to me. I never had an arrow that had an offset (handle looking thing). The handle looks about as big as that dime & that would be an awfully large shaft. Good luck IDing it.

 

[civil_war22]

I have one quite similar on a old flag pole

 

[Talon]

This does bring up an interesting question for me though. With the advent of smokeless powder, did archery ever die off completely? Are we just seeing a resurgence in the last century, or was the ol' Bow n Arrow still used for hunting in the 1800's to early 1900's? Anyone know?

 

[civil_war22]

Yea the bow is still being used today

 

[Rawhide]

Iron was very scarce up until a few hundred years ago. I have heard of Brass arrow heads, but never iron ones. This is probably newer than it looks.

 

[kuger]

This does bring up an interesting question for me though. With the advent of smokeless powder, did archery ever die off completely? Are we just seeing a resurgence in the last century, or was the ol' Bow n Arrow still used for hunting in the 1800's to early 1900's? Anyone know?

No archery never has "died",off.Howard Hill and many other famous archers broke ground in more ways than one.Ishi was instrumental in passing on the knowledge and Pope (who founded the record keeping format used by archery hunters today.ie. Pope And Young)
Among his closest friends at the university was Saxton Pope, a physician called in to care for him. Pope was particularly fascinated by the bows and arrows Ishi made, and by the practice of archery. Ishi taught Pope how to make the equipment and the two hunted together in the mountains of California. After Ishi's death, Pope continued with the archery that Ishi had taught him and went on to write the book Hunting with the Bow and Arrow , which became influential in the development of modern-day archery and archery hunting. Ishi's arrow heads were made from obsidian, although when making arrowheads for the public he often used the bottoms of beer bottles.

 

[Talon]

Very interesting. I was mostly wondering if settlers used the bow and arrow much. That's interesting that he would use bottoms of beer bottles though!

 

[kuger]

Very interesting. I was mostly wondering if settlers used the bow and arrow much. That's interesting that he would use bottoms of beer bottles though!

That is a good question