Murder?

[natloveskara]

Sorry for the click bait, but that's the conversation that my family and I had as we dug up today's find.

We were at a large local park, and I was making some sweeps about 20 yards of one of the trails that goes through a wooded area.

Got a good signal, but it seemed kind of long. Definitely too long for a coin and more like a pipe.

I dug down about 6 inches and found a footlong long something wrapped in a grocery bag. My wife said, It's a knife. The shape was right, but too bulky.

It was wrapped in a total of eight tied grocery bags.

I have to admit I was a little freaked when I saw it was a hunting knife.
But who wraps a murder weapon? Nobody. that's who.

So what do you think? Geo cache?

 

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[jeff of pa]

looks like someone was expecting to go or be put away for awhile.
And wanted to be sure it was still good when they got back.

Cool Find !

Personally it & the wrapping would go in my Collection

 

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[natloveskara]

Thought about it..

 

[K1DDO1979]

I found the owner for you and he wants it back...

 

[GA_Boy]

It is NOT a K-bar, but I would run it by the police anyway, then keep it and clean it up.
Marvin

 

[Digs68]

I'd be a little weirded out by it too. There are always a few unsolved murders in nearly every county. I know there'sa couple here, and I live in a small town in a rural area. Let the Police check it out, then clean that baby up & keep it!

 

[gearjammer]

Hmmmm

 

[ScubaDetector]

This is almost a murder.

 

[Anduril]

The knife is just there to throw you off.
The real murder weapon is all the plastic bags. (suffocation).

 

[natloveskara]

Lol. Never thought of that.


Oh, and after we pulled the knife out, I did rescan the hole. 😁

 

[Gridwalker306]

I would let the Police look at it. They might be able to glean information relevant to any cases it may pertain to, even without fingerprints or DNA.

 

[natloveskara]

Yep, we turned it in. They were going to go through their cases to see if it could prove relevant.

 

[the_mad_cladder]

Maybe its OJs knife

 

[cw0909]

natloveskara, looks like insurance, nice you gave to LE
prob some viable DNA, (at least the person who hid it hopes)
area and history for Finast grocery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finast

 

[SeabeeRon]

VERY COOL FIND! I just love the wonder, why's and what if's of the items we dig up!

Also, I may use that term, "Click Bait", love it!

 

[BagLady]

If the knife was used in a crime by more than one person...person #2 could have wanted to keep the knife wrapped to save DNA or other evidence, as insurance or blackmail.
I would take it to the police.
Just read thru, saw you did turn it in.
Another thought, it could have just been a stolen item.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Certainly wouldn't do that here, not at 5p a bag at the supermarket.

SS

 

[natloveskara]

Never thought of that! Bags are getting expensive. I turned them in, as well, just in case.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Never thought of that! Bags are getting expensive. I turned them in, as well, just in case.

I hope they give you a refund for the bags at lest! Lol!
You did good dude!
I hope there is no evidence on the knife and you get it back, it would make a heck if a conversation piece!

 

[natloveskara]

Yes indeed.

 

[gunsil]

I think many of your imaginations run wild. Never turn anything in to anybody, you are not finding murder weapons. LE largely keeps such things, and I mean somebody in the department who likes knives, not kept for evidence. I have helped LE people hunt for spent casings from shooting events but would never turn over an old knife. I bet they had a good laugh. I know for sure some people have turned in old guns that simply went into a sargent's personal collection and the person who turned them in got a nice thank you and the sargent's personal wealth increased by a couple grand, the value of the guns found in an abandoned half torn down building.