What could this be?

[Christoph1945]

              I spent a few hours on a new field last week and amongst the odds and ends that I turned up, this item has me puzzled. The EuroAce gave me a none ferous signal at maximum depth and where most of the objects that morning had been between four and eight inches down; this object was at about fourteen inches. When I first saw it covered in mud, I thought that it was perhsps bronze axe head. I then decided that it was just a piece of iron scrap and threw it my scrap bag.

              Later, at home, I gave it a good wash and checked it with a magnet and found that did not respond to the magnet. The item also looks as though it has been hacked by a blade in several places along its edge.

              Any ideas???

[Val Beechey]

It could be bronze, that's non ferrous and wouldn't respond to a magnet.

If it is,  then your object could very interesting. It certainly looks like some sort of blade. May be worth showing it to someone.?? PAS or a museum praps.

Try a tiny scrape where it wont show.

Val

[Christoph1945]

Thanks Val, I will try and follow that up.

Slightly better shots.

[Val Beechey]

Now it looks even more interesting    Not sure about the flattened edge though. Spose it could have been used to death 

Val

[Christoph1945]

               That end looks as though it has been repeatedly hammered and the thiner end looks as though it had a slight bevel on it and may have snapped off something?

[jayhay69]

could be a wedge for splitting wood???

[ysbytymike]

could be a wedge for splitting wood???

My thought as well..