Found Metal Arrowhead at local High School today!

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I've been hunting our local high school yard lately. The school was built around 1920 or there abouts, so there's a bit of history in the area. Last week I found a lead musketball here and I've maybe only covered 20% of the area the school sits on! :thumbsup: Today I found $2.44 in coins, a couple of memorials, and a very interesting metal arrowhead! It looks like one that might have been used for hunting. It certainly isn't a "target practice" arrowhead! :o

Can anybody tell me how old this might be? :dontknow:

Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting! :hello:

Dave
 

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The arrowhead looks alot like the ones I used back in the 70's when I started bow hunting. I think they were called Hilbre (hill bree) heads if I recall. Solid main blade with a slot to slide a razor blade insert in for the smaller blade.

Nice hunt!!

Dave
 

DKinPA said:
The arrowhead looks alot like the ones I used back in the 70's when I started bow hunting. I think they were called Hilbre (hill bree) heads if I recall. Solid main blade with a slot to slide a razor blade insert in for the smaller blade.

Nice hunt!!

Dave
Yep. I agree
 

Ah, razor sharp broadheads. Even better than large caliber mushroomed bullets in the school yards. Amazing what kids need for self protection these days.
 

That arrow head dates further back than the '70's. In the early 1950's I had a Ben Pearson lemon wood long bow, and I made my own arrows. I used that exact type of point on my hunting arrows back then. They didn't have razor inserts in those days, and I kept them sharp enough that they would stick through the bottom of my quiver, and I had to put a tin can lid in the bottom of the quiver to keep the arrows from cutting through. Trust me, if you stick one of those type points in a tree, they are almost impossible to get out, I can remember that problem a time or two.
 

DKinPA said:
The arrowhead looks alot like the ones I used back in the 70's when I started bow hunting. I think they were called Hilbre (hill bree) heads if I recall. Solid main blade with a slot to slide a razor blade insert in for the smaller blade.

Nice hunt!!

Dave

Thanks very much for the info Dave! :icon_thumright: I don't think this arrowhead has a "slot to slide a razor blade insert in" it? :icon_scratch: It's pretty solid and looks like its been in the ground for a long time.

Thanks again,
Dave


Woodland Detectors said:
DKinPA said:
The arrowhead looks alot like the ones I used back in the 70's when I started bow hunting. I think they were called Hilbre (hill bree) heads if I recall. Solid main blade with a slot to slide a razor blade insert in for the smaller blade.

Nice hunt!!

Dave
Yep. I agree

Thanks buddy! :icon_thumright:


rob.s said:
Almost like this one I have,..

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Thanks for this Rob! :icon_thumright: It does look similar to yours and it didn't ring up as a "ferrous iron" target.

Dave


High Plains Digger said:
Ah, razor sharp broadheads. Even better than large caliber mushroomed bullets in the school yards. Amazing what kids need for self protection these days.

I'm thinking the same thing as I dig through the dirt with my hands! Sometimes I wonder if I'm going to get stuck with the tip of a syringe or something else that's really sharp in the ground! :o

Dave


BosnMate said:
That arrow head dates further back than the '70's. In the early 1950's I had a Ben Pearson lemon wood long bow, and I made my own arrows. I used that exact type of point on my hunting arrows back then. They didn't have razor inserts in those days, and I kept them sharp enough that they would stick through the bottom of my quiver, and I had to put a tin can lid in the bottom of the quiver to keep the arrows from cutting through. Trust me, if you stick one of those type points in a tree, they are almost impossible to get out, I can remember that problem a time or two.

Thank you very much for the information BosnMate! :icon_thumright: I was thinking 40's or 50's period as well. I just don't know enough about arrowheads to date this one.

Great avatar pic man . . . is that you?
Love the photo! :icon_thumright:

Thanks again for the info and for posting,
Dave
 

Nice old piece!
your perserverence is gonna pay off,
Keep those finds comin! :thumbsup:
 

steelheadwill said:
Nice old piece!
your perserverence is gonna pay off,
Keep those finds comin! :thumbsup:

Thanks Herbie! :icon_thumright:

Now if I could just find a a CW US Box Plate as nice as the one you found . . .
I'd be truly happy for the rest of my life! :laughing7:

Happy hunting today buddy!
Dave
 

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