Found something while digging in the garden...

[VersionThirst]

Hello, I was digging in my garden today and found something that seems to be bone, but seemed heavier than what I would expect bone to be. My first thought was that it's a fossil, but there's a flat side that seems to have been cut by some tool, so I'm guessing that makes it really unlikely to be a fossil, but I wasn't sure. I'd love to even know if anyone knows what animal it came from, and what bone it is. It was found in eastern Pennsylvania, USA; zip code 19343. It's about 9cm long, and weighs 78 grams. One side has a bowl-shaped hole. Thanks for any help in this ID!

[Rockwood]

I think I see a slice of ham around it. 

[debivort]

I don't understand the ham joke.

It sure looks like bone to me, but I don't understand the flat surface. Not an expert on such fossils. Hopefully many others weigh in.

[Randyw]

18 minutes ago, debivort said:

I don't understand the ham joke.

It sure looks like bone to me, but I don't understand the flat surface. Not an expert on such fossils. Hopefully many others weigh in.

Rockwood is saying he thinks its a bone from somebodies supper of a slice of bone in ham…

[debivort]

ah ok - I'm not enough of a carnivore I guess   I suppose that explains the cut surface.

[Mark Kmiecik]

Flame it to see if it produces an odor. If so it's a recent bone. The flat surface is made by a butcher's band saw.