Heavily corroded arrow head, or just wishful thinking?

[GroovingPict]

Hi everybody.

I found this thing when I was out yesterday. I thought it looked like it has the shape of an arrow head, with some serious corrosion going on on the middle part there. Or is it just a random piece of junk that just happens to look that way? I don't know what metal it is, other than that it is definitely not iron (not magnetic, and also no rust). It feels too light to be lead. If it is an arrow head, it would need to be bronze I think, but doesn't bronze turn green when corroded, just like copper? Or am I wrong there? (I mean, bronze is something like 90% copper). I haven't weighed it (I need to get myself a scale). Oh and the ruler is in centimeters, not inches (so it's about three cm long, or slightly less, or just above one inch). It was found in Norway. Im not sure how to explain this, but it looks to me like the arrow shaped parts are on the same "plane", while what would be the corroded "growths" are built up on top of it on either side (or maybe that again is my brain seeing what it wants to see).

Regards,
Tor

 

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[RelicPrime113]

I don't know to be honest but it doesn't loo like one to me, of course i could be wrong. Is there a blood line on it? Arrow heads have them. Interesting find though.

 

[duggap]

Arrowheads are usually made of flint (or quarts) they usually don't corrode. Try some various techniques for cleaning and see what you come up with.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

Viking Era Arrow Heads

the answers posted refer to north american points.

 

[Swartzie]

Kind of looks like kettle scrap to me.
-Swartzie

 

[GroovingPict]

What's kettle scrap?

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

remains of a kettle...the rest degraded back to the earth...

I think that considering where you are, it could be a arrow point...the iron age in your area began back in 500BC...perhaps earlier...

 

[damiani1]

Depending on were you picked it out of the ground I find that old corrosion has different colors. Copper= greenish patina which is what color your piece looks like to me. Just my own two cents though.

The pictures are examples of old corrosion:

 

[lab rat]

"Too light to be lead" suggests to me this could be melted aluminum scrap-- the kind you might find around a fire ring where someone put their beer can in the coals. It might also be zinc-- this also has a fairly low melting point. One way to tell what kind of metal it is is to do a density test.

 

[GroovingPict]

"Too light to be lead" suggests to me this could be melted aluminum scrap-- the kind you might find around a fire ring where someone put their beer can in the coals. It might also be zinc-- this also has a fairly low melting point. One way to tell what kind of metal it is is to do a density test.

Yes, could very well be. Im not sure how to do a density test though. I guess water displacement and weight?

Tor

P.S. Thank you all for your posts and suggestions

 

[old digger]

Your item could be what is left of a knife blade. The bottom nub is what is left what was hafted in the knife handle, and the rest of the knife blade is pretty much rusted away.
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