Help With Metal Detecting Find

I thought it was part of a arrow head but I dont think they made arrow heads out of copper.

I have added 3 pictures of the bell to the link at the top, to answer your question Tim, the bell has not got a makers mark and has a chunky hand drilled square at the top. I know that the 2 holes you can see near the top of the bell, known as "sound holes" were actually used for the casting process. Because the pellet that would of been inside was made of iron it has corroded away and left a horrible lump of rust inside it. Sorry that the bell is a little dirty in that one as I have not got round to cleaning it properly.
The area where I have been detecting has hardly been used for hundreds of years as the old items are not that deep at all, like I said I have been finding John I shortcross pennies from about 3-4 inches down!
Anyway, any guesses on what the item in question could be?

I'm trying to come up with some kind of connection between this object and the bell. Maybe the bell was used on an animal, and the "handle" was used in the attachment mechanism somehow. (You find more interesting stuff that I do, for sure. Unless you think that galvanized roofing nails are interesting.)

I guess it's all in our philosophies of where good hunting is. I live in a city, so unless I take a day trip, I'm limited to my surroundings. The good news in my case is that I've found two wheaties and a Standing Liberty quarter, plus more modern coins, close to the sidewalk in my front yard on ground over which I've walked hundreds and perhaps thousands of times in the 22 years that I've lived here. The roofing nails came from my house being re-roofed and a demolished garage; I had to use a metal detector to find and remove them before someone (like me) found them in vehicle tires. (Next time I have a roof torn off, I will stipulate that a magnetic drag be used as part of the process - warning to anyone else on the forum who is contemplating roof work or a building tear-down on their property). The most unusual object I've found on my property (including on the grounds of the rental house next door that I own) was an eight-foot dog chain with clips on both ends. Or maybe the late-date Lincoln Memorial Cents flung randomly about by one of my renters' kids - terribly corroded after only about ten years in the ground (the wheaties and SLQ were in perfect condition).

In other words, you have quality antique items in your area - I have quantity to go for in mine. I do have an elementary school just down the block which I've partially searched, but I have to go there on weekends only. Don't want to be arrested for being a creepy old guy prowling the grounds with a soil knife and a long thing that beeps ...

Wow, I ought to get in on this metal detecting! You find some curious items there! What's that round object that looks like a compass?

How far apart did you find each item? (How related to each other are they?) I'm trying to think like an archaeologist here.

Interesting pieces.

The tubular item is not anything to do with arrowheads or spears, I collect neolithic so know a bit about it. The UK bronze age is a lot younger than Tim stated (its about 2750BC to 750BC) but even so no type of twine would have survived.

The only reason the wood would have been wrapped is to protect it, either from the elements or from forces against it during use or for an ornate reason.

I have two ideas:

It was part of a walking stick, either the tip end and wrapped to protect it from the elements or from an ornate piece of the shaft. No idea of age.

Second and I think more likely is that its the handle of a babies rattle - this would explain the bell you found nearby.

These were quite common from 1700 to 1900 and although most had bone or ivory handles the cheaper ones would have had decorated or wrapped wood.

Some just had bells tied to the end and others had a ball on the end filled with loose bells.

Do either of those sound likely?

bobby, I have a feeling that my LMC's and your baby rattle theory are closely related - I can just imagine a kid going "whee!" with both and neither been seen again until we found them with metal detectors.