Beach-goers find all kinds of things in the sand — sea shells, sea glass, even trash. But an urn with ashes still inside?

One surfer at Diamond Head Beach found just that: a wrapped plastic container that appears unopened with a California woman’s name on it. Heather Faustin, of Mililani, found it in January and hasn’t had any luck reaching the family. The label is printed with the name Betty Rhea Hilton Hauptman and Marina del Rey, Calif. 

Faustin told KHON: 

“I went over to it and picked it up and I saw it had someone’s name on it and someone’s ashes. It’s totally in-tact. When I shake it you can totally tell there’s something in it. I feel like if I opened it, I would be tampering with it and not respectful.”

Local boat captains who conduct burials at sea told the TV station that they rarely drop urns in the water — it’s usually just the ashes off of Waikiki. 

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