TROJANII wrote:
Wow! Some of the comments said the shrapnel was from the coffin when he was cremated, but I wasn't aware that they burn the coffin when someone is cremated.
Those making the comments are correct - When you are cremated, your remains are put into a basic, striped down coffin, and then you and the coffin are placed into the oven to be reduced to ash. Any human remains not consumed in the fire (bones) are mechanically ground into ash, with other non-organic materials being removed (discounting personal items, etc, that were intentionally placed with the body) prior to the ashes being returned to the family. As per the comments, what we are indeed seeing is the more than likely the remnants of the coffin and other items as used by the funeral home in the preparation of the body, and not the shrapnel itself.