✅ SOLVED Bone found in the Rappahannock river VA.

[kieser sousa/rip]

I found this years ago in the Rappahannock river at Fredericksburg VA. Could someone tell me what kind of bone it is.It looks to have been cut but that could just be from being in the river for years. I'm thinking it may be human and if it is what should I do with it ?

 

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[detectingarizona]

i think it is a dear bone of some sort

 

[ohiowhiteguy]

put it back where you got it...now... i was big on fossil hunting a few years back and had found many bones..
looking back at some of the bones i found i have realized they were there for a reason..
brought a few home and had some terrible luck till i got rid of them..anyway have fun..if the boogeyman shows up.
tell him ohiowhiteguy said hi..
happy hunting...
owg...

 

[Rawhide]

Well, any time you suspect human remains, you should notify the police. If you believe it ancient burial, then the park ranger. You have a civic duty to report it. Also if human, it is someone's family member, and they me looking for them. As a rule I do not disturb and ceremonial or burial pits when out hunting. Hope this helps, good luck.

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

Thanks y'all.I found this while fishing.It was lying in the water and it seems to be almost petrified.I'm pretty sure its fairly old.I would toss it back but I;m now hundreds of miles away in NY.If it is human I would like to see it buried somewhere as it should be ...which is what I will probably do....if it's human.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Hey I have found plenty of bones just like this from the Rappahannock River area along Fredericksburg/Stafford! I think they are just animal bones however there are many Indian burial grounds that are unmarked along the Rappahannock River (100s of Indians buried up and down the river) so you never know I normally just leave the bones where they are they cant bring value and it is illegal too have if it is Indian, most Indian bones are deep in the ground and if you found this on top of the ground chances are it is not Indian but it could be human bone from a different time period like 20th century so you never know (just look how many bodies they are finding in Fredericksburg/Stafford these days) Now you can pick up Arrowheads all day long with no problem!

 

[GMD52]

Your looking at the leg bone to a whitetail deer. IMO

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Your looking at the leg bone to a whitetail deer. IMO

i 90% agree! the other 10% is "I have been fooled before" lol but def more of less deer!

 

[capt-zero]

Definitely not human. What you have is obviously the proximal half of a tibia from some animal. A human tibia has a much wider plateau. I suppose that a human tibia, much worn by water motion might possibly resemble that, but cant say for sure. I've seen thousands of living human tibias, but never a worn dead one.

 

[Broken knee]

Definitely not human. What you have is obviously the proximal half of a tibia from some animal. A human tibia has a much wider plateau. I suppose that a human tibia, much worn by water motion might possibly resemble that, but cant say for sure. I've seen thousands of living human tibias, but never a worn dead one.

You must be a radiologist? HH
BK

 

[capt-zero]

Orthopeadic Scrub Nurse for a number of years. Specialised in knee arthroscopy.

 

[bigfoot1]

this is a boot polishing bone....red deer...

 

[Broken knee]

Orthopeadic Scrub Nurse for a number of years. Specialised in knee arthroscopy.

DR. took 40% of the meniscus from my right knee I had to laugh when my wife told me his name DR. David doctor. Hence my screen name BK HH
BK

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

I was looking online at bone image's and I'm now pretty sure it's a deer bone.Thanks for the help y'all !