Found First Burial Urn Today

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I went to the local beach today for about an hour. The waves were really rough but I went in the water anyway. I had found a few clad pieces when all of a sudden I had a huge hit. I knew the object was big but I figured it was an aluminum can or some other large metal object. I was totally surprise when I dug this out of the water with my scoop. It was an urn with the name Graham on the bottom. I always thought urns were bigger than this. It is about 3 inches tall and 5 inches round. Thanks for looking and have a great weekend everyone.
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ARC

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Now I must say that is a first........ wow.... if my urn washes up.... please throw me back!!! but please add rum first.
 

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Yea, nice find there slider....I gotta side with those before me, and encourage you to consider returning it to its resting place, maybe a long pier near you will help you get it deep. Its a karma thing, that's all, happy hunting...
 

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I agree. I am going to Daytona tomorrow. Maybe I will take it and send it off the end of the pier. I really did not know what it was when I found it until I came home and did some looking around on Google. Putting it back where I found it will only cause it to be found again by someone else detecting or even swimming. I shall send it to a better place tomorrow
 

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Good on you! definitely the right thing to do.
 

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The Urn has no Karma.....it was the ashes that were inside that did!
 

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I'm surprised there is no inscription.
 

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Slider, that is quite a find!

I didn't realize that urns were made so small, either.

Wonder what made the seal come undone

Thanks for sharing

Lorraine
 

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In general, many memorial industry professionals have adopted the following - easy to remember - rule of thumb:
1 pound of Body Weight = 1 cubic inch of Urn Space (little less)
Example:

  • 175 lbs. person needs an urn with 160 cubic inches (it is ok to have a little extra space in the urn)
  • 200 lbs. person needs an urn with 180 cubic inches
  • 250 lbs. person needs an urn with 230 cubic inches

1 US quart = 57.7500002 cubic inches (approximately the 2.5 X 5 inch urn you found, it would hold a 50 pound being.)

With this information I might think the urn is for a small child or animal.
 

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perhaps it was a urn for someone's pet ....looks like threads for a top that woulda kept the contents intact ? Im with Lady Pirate , no bad karma since it's empty !! cool find but somewhat strange
 

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A week has passed and today I found the top. I could not believe it,'. Rough surf and high tone. I dug it and it was in my scoop. Go figure !!


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Here is the top.


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no telling how that urn got in the water... and if it had ashes to begin with. lets see a picture with the top on ....
you might want to search out some grahams in the opits' i hold with the 50 lb dog theory...
 

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Nice seeing you today, funny how items recovered work out like that, found a earring last week and the matching one today, surf was pushing hard in the secondary trough had to stay in the shoreline one down on drunk beach side.

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The surf was tough today but it's always fun. It was nice to see you today too. Have a great week.


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That's a cool looking find for sure I think I would have been compelled to put it back in the water though
 

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