coyote said:
As I was breaking up some grass today I found this tool that was used by a previous people to help them make a living from the land.
I have found a few of these hammer heads over the years , but never one like this, magnetic. Could it be a Meteorite hammerhead?
Congratulations! That's always exciting. Thanks for showing us!
I have an arrowhead collection which were all found on this place or very close by. We don't find hammerheads like you have there. We mostly find projectile points, scrapers or the occasional knife, etc.
What do you suppose they used the hammers for up in your area?
As far as it being magnetic, I wouldn't have a clue about that. Are meteorites magnetic? If so, my guess is it was simply accidental that they found and used that stone. Otherwise, wouldn't they have had knowledge of steel and used that instead of stone?
This makes me realize that I need to get out and do my annual arrowhead hunt. We find our artifacts in places where the wind has blown the top soil away, forming blowouts. Some places produce something nearly every year. Others never do. Each year, I like to check my favorite spots after the wind has done it's damage, but before cattle are turned out and do theirs by tromping through them. If I'm lucky, I might find as many as a half dozen decent points each year or maybe none.
I like to think that the best places for finding arrowheads in this area, were where they hid and waited for game to come drink. Any arrows that missed ended up in the water where they'd be lost. After perhaps hundreds of years, there would be a large number of points in a relatively small area. 'Just my own opinion, not a scientific theory!