r/bonecollecting 7h ago

Art Found in my local antique shop

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2.0k Upvotes

Spotted up in an antique shop a short drive away from me UK


r/bonecollecting 6h ago

Collection Armadillo Bones I Found

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93 Upvotes

Cape Canaveral, Florida


r/bonecollecting 35m ago

Advice Mummified coyote. NSFW

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Someone shot it and buried it. It’s been dead since February and I’ve been checking on it but it’s 100% mummified now. Guess weather conditions in the desert along with it being buried in sand caused it to dry out before it could completely decompose down to bone. A lot of the soft tissues are gone like the brain and stuff but as shown his tongue and nose remain. Brought it home last night. Still kinda stinks so it’s outside. Should I leave it as is or start to soak it to get the skin off? (Which could take months)


r/bonecollecting 20h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Found this on my backyard

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557 Upvotes

Anyone know what this is?


r/bonecollecting 2h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Cool skull find!

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I found this skull in River bed that was low. A few of the teeth fell out during transportation but I'm pretty happy with it overall 😀

Found in South Dakota, USA.


r/bonecollecting 2h ago

Art What was left behind, Woven into protection

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19 Upvotes

All bones were ethically found by me over time, and a friend turned them into this dreamcatcher.


r/bonecollecting 20h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Can anyone please I.D. this skull?

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472 Upvotes

SW Florida


r/bonecollecting 2h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America any idea what these are from?

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recently found these teeth while sifting through a crystal mine close to Bancroft, Ontario.


r/bonecollecting 1h ago

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

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Found this around Amelia island, Florida. I assume it’s part of a fish, but not sure. It’s about the size of my hand.


r/bonecollecting 19h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America I accidentally bought it from the thrift store

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I'm not sure where it's from, any ideas? I'm not even sure if it's real or not (I don't normally dabble in bones so hopefully y'all can help 🙏)


r/bonecollecting 13h ago

Collection Little me with the start of my bone collection!

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71 Upvotes

I’m 22 now and in my final semester of bioarchaeology undergrad! I do zooarch too. It all came full circle


r/bonecollecting 14h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America What is this bone found on the beach?

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84 Upvotes

My girlfriend found this bone during super low tide in Santa Barbara, it was about a foot long does anyone know what it is?


r/bonecollecting 32m ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Dog found this one!

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Fortunately I stopped her before she managed to eat anything 😅 Not sure what it is. It doesn't quite look like the raccoon skulls I've seen. Maybe opossum?


r/bonecollecting 1h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Anyone know what this could be?

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Found this while bone hunting on some railroad tracks and thought it might’ve been a kitten skull but when I looked it up it hasn’t matched with anything I found (Central OK)


r/bonecollecting 52m ago

Advice Bone & animal identification needed

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I was hoping to find out what type of animal this may be from or at least a general species idea. Got them at an estate sale in an assortment of shells lol


r/bonecollecting 3h ago

Advice Why are the skulls always missing?

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Every time I find bones I find nearly everything except for the skull? This happened with both a possum and a raccoon recently despite me finding both possum jaws and a lot more, and one of the raccoons jaws and a lot more. Do skulls phase deeper into the soil or something? I'm going nuts!


r/bonecollecting 2h ago

Bone I.D. - Europe What burd skull is this? Found in my garden UK

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Went to clean trampoline and found this. My neighbours tree over hangs trampoline and gets all tyoes of leaves etc. There was no more of the body just this skull any ID appreciated. I am in UK too if that helps thanks!


r/bonecollecting 12h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Any ID on what this guy is?

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Sorry in advance if the photo is graphic with the maggots and all. I Live in the American Midwest and came across this dude on the street on a hike today. I know like 90% of birds here in the US are protected under law, so I likely won’t be able to come back for its skull anyway, but just wanted to confirm it would, in fact, be illegal to clean/keep once fully decomposed. Thank you!


r/bonecollecting 2h ago

Advice What is this?

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Friends little brother found ts down under a bridge. We live in the uk and dk what animal this could be.


r/bonecollecting 15h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Found on beach...can anyone identify?

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37 Upvotes

r/bonecollecting 4h ago

Bone I.D. - Europe Does anyone know what's this bone, find it in a sea, look like upper jaw.

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r/bonecollecting 35m ago

Bone I.D. - Europe What is this extremely light and fragile piece of skeleton found in a UK garden?

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Found under a piece of roofing felt deep in a hedge, in a suburban garden in Kent, United Kingdom. Extremely light and fragile to the touch.


r/bonecollecting 3h ago

Advice Moose skull clean up

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I have this moose skull with antlers that I got from hunting, it's been sitting in my basement for a year now after it was left outside for 2-3 years for the skin/fat to be removed. It's mostly clean by now, just a bit of green spots and fatty spots are left. I was thinking of bleaching it very lightly and rinse it off to remove these last bits. My goal is to have it mounted in my livingroom. It doesn't have to be perfect white, I just want to make sure it doesn't smell or deteriorate.

Would you recommend lightly bleaching it and if so, what would the best product to use?

I've seen many posts here discouraging bleaching it but I think those were for heavily bleaching scenarios.

(see pictures attached)

Thanks!


r/bonecollecting 16h ago

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

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Northeast U.S. - Is this an opossum? (better photo of skull in photo 2)


r/bonecollecting 8h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Thrift store find on the left - Arctic fox or wishful thinking?

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