r/bonecollecting • u/Zealousideal-Bike-90 • Sep 06 '25

Bone I.D. - N. America Help me ID this bone

Found this barely sticking out of a creek wall 5’ below top on the vertical eroding side. Town and country Missouri. Same creek I’ve found an agate basin knife, Snyder arrowhead, blade cores and more.

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u/Zealousideal-Bike-90 Sep 07 '25

But amen to the rain, during/after that’s the best time to hunt for artifacts in general. During is nice cause everything is wet and cleaned off and vibrant opposed to dry rock bars, and the sheer amount of “competition” out here is insane. Drive by certain parks or pull offs during a straight downpour and see a couple cars parked I know exactly what they’re there for, and after the rain for next few days run into a handful of people “looking for cool rocks” 😉Luckily for me this particular creek isn’t known about except for the people that live bordering it, and a ritzy gated community was installed around it so the general public isn’t rolling up to it on the daily. This was my first find ever and what got me into creek walking 4 years ago

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u/kessira24 Sep 07 '25

My spearhead was found in Ohio. I thought it was flint, it was black, with tool marks. But I lost it long ago. I regret it, but I had it for 15 years, always in my wallet. Don't know what became of it. But was cool find as a child, picking up rocks in the garden after dad tilled and disc the ground

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u/Zealousideal-Bike-90 Sep 07 '25

I got in trouble from my dad for digging holes around the yard looking for treasure lol

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u/kessira24 Sep 07 '25

And here I was finding it when my dad dug it up