'My sister put dead husband's ashes in tub but one object appeared out of nowhere'

People handle grief in many different ways but will always keep a special memory of their loves ones no matter what. Some families either remember them in a funeral and lay their body to rest in a grave, while others like to keep a part of them, like ashes.

One woman who lost her husband decided she always wanted to have a piece of him no matter where she went so had him cremated. The process takes place in a cremation chamber at temperatures of 800–1000℃, which oxidises the body and the casket. It leaves the skeletal structure is the basis for what are called ashes.

She made a promise with her late husband to take his ashes with her everywhere she went.

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But now the woman's brother couldn't help notice something sitting in the container which holds the remains of his late relative.

Posting on Reddit, he said: "Found in my brother-in-law's ashes. My sister put some of her husband's ashes in a portable container to take with her on vacations they wanted to take together. She has no idea what this object could be."

The post garnered a whopping 21,000 upvotes and 1,100 comments with people rushing to share their theories, including experts.

One said: "Crematory operator here. That is a button off of a hospital gown. During the beginning of processing the cremated remains, the bones are gone through to remove all metal objects.

"Do things like this get missed... sometimes they do. But an intact snap in your cremated remains is crazy.

"The processing machine would have destroyed the snap and separated the two halves, leaving the snap at the top of the screen and not allowing it to fall into the cremated remains. Very odd how this made it in with the remains as an intact snap."

Another added: "If he had any surgical implants it could be that. But I think they remove those from the ashes and give them to you separately."

Someone else explained: "Ex-crematorium operator here, unless you take it out and dust it off I can't know for sure.

"But my guess is a button from a pair of pants or some type of coat. They usually look like that."

Meanwhile, a mortician saw the post and offered their explanation to what it could be.

They said: "Hi! Mortician here. This looks like the button on a bag that was used to transport him.

"Occasionally these are cremated along with the body and sometimes the metal survives. During the processing, all metal typically gets removed, but it could have been missed in this case."

What to do if you find a button or metal object

Make sure you contact the crematory or funeral home who will be able to identify the object and address any concerns you have.

Some crematories recycle the metal they collect, often donating the proceeds to charity. You may wish to keep the button or object as a memento of the person.