✅ SOLVED Tool or junk ?

aWaredetector

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Could this be an old tool of some kind? Spearhead? Or is it junk ?

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Spearhead ?
 

yes it could be, if i found that I would keep it as such. But hard to say without looking at it closer.

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I beleive that if you cleaned it off you would see several holes in it.If so,it is likely the bucket bail bracket from a mid 19 th Century wooden pail


Its not like any trade point I have ever seen,but this type of bail bracket is fairly common in 19th century sites....although I cant find a good image at the moment.I have a box of em I have dug

here is a semi similar example of the "diamond",type 19th-c-shaker-lidded-bucket-turned-wood-bail-handle-diamond-brackets-383_121066896404.jpg
 

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I beleive that if you cleaned it off you would see several holes in it.If so,it is likely the bucket bail bracket from a mid 19 th Century wooden pail

Its not like any trade point I have ever seen,but this type of bail bracket is fairly common in 19th century sites....although I cant find a good image at the moment.I have a box of em I have dug

here is a semi similar example of the "diamond",type <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=784926"/>

No visible holes. As I have an Indian heritage I was so hoping it was related to the native Americans.
 

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having that type of tapered base,its not typical of normal iron arrow heads,but in the grand scheme of things it could be what ever you want it to be?Personally I see the iron arrowheads as the beginning of the end of the once proud independent Native People
 

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Looks like an iron spike fence point.
 

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