Creepy find!

[MKW]

I hit the beach at sun-up this morning. Found the normal, pull tabs, fishing weights, and one junk ring.

Then, I found a crematory tag! It really creeped me out for some reason. I took a picture of it and waded out as far as I could and threw it as far as I could back into the ocean. May it stay there forever.

 

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[Evan in CA]

You did the right thing putting it in the ocean

 

[Wildcat1750]

I found a similar crematory tag many years ago on the south shore of Long Island, NY. It was washed up on the wet sand...

 

[Digger RJ]

Ohhhhhh.....

 

[Randy Combs]

I did not know that tags were put on the vases, my parents did not have any on theirs.

 

[MKW]

I did not know that tags were put on the vases, my parents did not have any on theirs.

From what I understand, it is a toe tag that was on the deceased. So it ends up in the urn.

 

[releventchair]

Having put ashes in waters , creepy does not come to mind.

Congrats on the outing.
Guess tossing it back makes sense.

 

[MKW]

Having put ashes in waters , creepy does not come to mind.

Congrats on the outing.
Guess tossing it back makes sense.

I just felt like I interrupted eternal rest or something. I just wanted to get it back in the ocean as soon as possible.

 

[Kdmoo]

I found one of those a couple of years ago. It creeped me out too.

Kevin

 

[Trezurehunter]

You did the right thing by throwing it back. If the ashes were scattered in the Ocean, then the tag should stay there also, even though the tides may bring them back to shore occasionally.

 

[cudamark]

What makes it "creepy"? People die all the time with metal on them. I'm sure some of the coins and rings we find once belonged to a dead person. We don't throw those back in the ground/ocean. How about battlefield site? Lots of folks died there and we don't think twice about keeping a button or belt bucket when the person who owned it may have died in battle on that exact spot. In fact, to me, the crematory tag is less a personally owned item than the other items (and more) that I mentioned. It was just an I.D. tag for the remains, not a personal item owned by the deceased like a ring, coin, or other jewelry/clothing item. Would you have been creeped out and reburied all of King Tut's tomb items? I just find it strange what some people find unacceptable when it comes to finding and keeping things.

 

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