✅ SOLVED Creek bone

[Dog man]

Found these walking the creek today. Wondering what animal this chewed bone is from. And here’s a picture of the silver spoon ring I found detecting the other day

 

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[Dog man]

Found these walking the creek today. Wondering what animal this chewed bone is from. And here’s a picture of the silver spoon ring I found detecting the other day

I’m thinking turtle shell

 

[Red-Coat]

Agreed. It looks like a portion of the carapace. This one is marine (I only chose it because it shows the arrangement nicely), but freshwater will look similar:



I wouldn't assume it has been gnawed. The suturing that holds them together will look like that after breakage and a bit of weathering:

 

[Dog man]

Yeah at a glance looked like rodent chew marks like on an antler shed. Didn’t know anything about turtle shells until just now. I’ve learned so much from this Treasure hunting hobby.