Clay Hayes wrote: I’d put my money on barrel hoops. I’d think they were pretty common as well, and would have been a hell of a lot easier to work. They’re only about 1/8″ thick, and would have been realativly easy to work down and haft into a shaft.
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I had a friend, (now deceased) that had many Indian artifacts that he found. looking for Indian relics was his passion. He also told me the Idians used the steel from wagon wheel rims to make broadheads. He had some in his collection.