r/bonecollecting 22h ago

Bone I.D. - Europe Potential mammal femur

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Can anybody make an educated guess on species. Hair clip approx 15 cm. Appreciate help.


r/bonecollecting 22h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Found on beach in NJ about 12” long. What is it?

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Whale?


r/bonecollecting 22h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America What type of skull is this?

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Found in the woods mid-Indiana. Anybody able to identify it?


r/bonecollecting 23h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America What animal is this tooth from?

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Found in York River state park but not near the water


r/bonecollecting 23h ago

Collection Got this for 25 bucks at a flea market

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r/bonecollecting 23h ago

Bone I.D. - Europe Is this a tooth? Found on a beach in Terceira, Açores, Portugal

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r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - S. America can anyone help id ?

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just found it on the beach at ilhabela, brazil. i was thinking maybe some kind of fish ?


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - Europe ID of fossilized tooth

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I found this tooth (?) on the seashore in Greece today. It is 5cm long and seems already fossilized. Can you help me identify it?


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Daughter found this bone in our yard today. I think it's maybe an atlas bone? Any idea what animal it came from?

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Louisville Kentucky


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Advice Can't find bones

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I've been looking for YEARS for bones and as for now, the only thing I've found in the wild is one broken (probably deer) bone and a crushed bird skeleton (+ one super adorable fully preserved bird that the house cat stole from me and I've never been able to find again. I curse you, cat. I will never leave my bones untouched around you. I'm probably gonna have a mental breakdown if i think about the lost bird skeleton any more so let's move on.) the thing is that we have two big ponds, a forest, and a whole ahh overgrown field where deers live. (all private property so i doubt anyone would be taking the bones) not to mention the huge forest around us. I feel like I've explored everything over and over again. No roadkill, no skulls, no stuff in the forest, nothing in the abandoned hiding places. I feel like I'm going insane at this point. What have i done to be so unlucky? I've watched almost every "where to find bones" video at this point. Yes, i know. Holy yap. But anyways, thus i have come to reddit to ask...

Any tips on where to look? (I look under every tree, everything. And no, i don't think i can go to any far away places known for bones since I'd have to tell my parents and they aren't too fond of me collecting bones since one of my parents believes that it dishonors the animal which i quite frankly disagree with but don't want to rant about how blah blah, you get the point.)


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Some sort of no Fish skull

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I was thinking spotted sea trout but not sure.

Gulf coast of Texas.


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Collection First bone/fossil for my collection!

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I got this at a history (mostly fossils and some ww2 things) related museum. It had huge full fossils which was really cool to see, even a lab completely dedicated to the woolley mammoth! At the gift shop there were a lot of cool fossils but this one stood out. A "hielbeen (Calcaneum)", if I'm translating it right that means "heel bone (Calcaneus)".

Don't know if it counts as a bone or fossil, but it's around 40.000 years old and looks/feels very funny


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Collection Big dog skull

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Found this big old boy (guessing based on sagittal crest) in the woods yesterday, he’s about 24cm/9.5 inches long, wondering if anyone had suggestions on breeds he could be? I know breed can’t be determined accurately from a skull, just curious what people think. Also I assume he was shot just behind his eye and it exited just behind his hard palate. We don’t really have stray animals around here so I imagine it was someone putting down a pet/working dog.


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - Europe Whats this?

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Its sittin in my garden now, found it near road In a pretty woody terrain


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America just found in a cemetery. need help identifying

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r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America What kind of bone is this?

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I found this in Epping North Dakota Google says it’s a mammoth bone..it is heavy like a fossil


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - Europe Found in garden next to 1930s house just outside Berlin

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We found it 1.5 meters deep, in good condition. Don't think it's a cow because of the four toes! The snout looked kinda long like a boar (not sure though) but we couldn't get the whole thing out without breaking it.

Thoughts?


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Bone Found at Tule Lake Nature Reserve (CA)

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r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Collection My first forest find!

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I named her Cynthia 😌 Any tips on what to do with so many bones? I would like to display them but I basically have an entire spine.


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Advice Illegal?

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I live in NC. The western part to be more specific. We have lots of wildlife and unfortunately that comes with lots of road kill. Was wondering if anyone knew the legalities of picking up dead animals for their bones.


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America What is this?

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Found in location (29.5693011, -95.0384183) Seabrook, Tx. A lot of water around.


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - Mediterannean Coast what bone is this?

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found it in an assyrian fortress from the assyrian era


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Art New cat mandible and amethyst necklace

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New necklace - Naturefound 🐈‍⬛ mandibles and all vintage and upcycled amethyst and sterling silver pendant and 1960’s Sarah Coventry spiral link chain


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - Europe Skeleton with welded joints and bones

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Found buried in a nest in Denmark


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - Australia/NZ Can anybody ID this one

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Caught it in my castnet in a saltwater creek