Cast copper spearpoint

[digordie]

Check this out. Found by a friend of mine, 15 feet underwater in Wisconsin. He claims it was a sight sunken into a lake on private land. It was cast not hammered. Hammered points have been found on the same sight as well. Any thoughts?

 

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You make a good point, yet my question is why would the Europeans make swords of solid copper when they had the knowledge and skills to use iron, steel, or even brass or bronze to make such weapons. All of these metals would be much stronger than copper. Yet all we find in North America from the ancients is stone and copper weaponry. Makes more sense to me that they were made right here on U.S. soil where raw pure copper abounds by the hoards.

That's a logical non sequitur.