found a bone in my mince

[geraldbostock]

I found this bone in my mince ('beef') and I couldn't begin trying to ID it.

My best guess was a rat's rib but rat ribs don't look quite like this.

It's obviously not from a cow, those are enormous. Unless it's an inner ear bone or something?

I realize that this is a fossil hunter's forum but it's the nearest thing to my need that I managed to find.

 

[Lone Hunter]

This was in meat you were going to eat? Not sure about mince if it was meant for consumption? Have no idea, looks fishyish to me. 

[Fossildude19]

Can't help with ID at all, but I've cropped and enlarged your pic a bit.

 

[M Harvey]

The first question to come to mind is what could possibly become imbedded into the muscle tissue of a cow?  A small, isolated bone doesn't make the list.  Occasionally, one will find a shotgun pellet or a fence staple.  Are you sure this is a bone?  Could it be a man made object like a piece of plastic?  Your photo  of the object is overexposed and slightly out of focus so it is hard to discern any surface texture or other details. 

[geraldbostock]

15 hours ago, M Harvey said:

The first question to come to mind is what could possibly become imbedded into the muscle tissue of a cow?  A small, isolated bone doesn't make the list.  Occasionally, one will find a shotgun pellet or a fence staple.  Are you sure this is a bone?  Could it be a man made object like a piece of plastic?  Your photo  of the object is overexposed and slightly out of focus so it is hard to discern any surface texture or other details.

 

i know, my camera doesn't take very faithful pictures. it certainly feels like bone. if no one around here can recognize it as a part of any animal then that's a lot more  reassuring than a positive identification. i'd guessed maybe a rat got into the mincer

[geraldbostock]

18 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Can't help with ID at all, but I've cropped and enlarged your pic a bit.

 

nice one

[geraldbostock]

On 10/18/2021 at 3:15 AM, Lone Hunter said:

This was in meat you were going to eat? Not sure about mince if it was meant for consumption? Have no idea, looks fishyish to me. 

 

have eaten, yes. seems a bit thick for a fish bone

[val horn]

It does not look like rat to me, a piece of a plastic tie seems more likely.  A cut mammal bone should show an internal  hollowness  I can imagine a fish bone with a curve and a spiny piece but not rat  however a plastic tie that went through a grinder could get that shape.  If you burn fresh bone it will smell like burning hair,  plastic will melt or burn