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A hobbyist's keen eye led authorities to a human skull on the bank of an Indiana river — a find that turned out to be over 4,000 years old.

The Fayette County Coroner's Office announced the discovery in an Oct. 9 press release.

The skull, which was reported to authorities on June 2, was uncovered near the West Fork of the Whitewater River, which flows through Indiana's historic Whitewater Valley.

A hobbyist, described as a local landowner, spotted the skull on an eroded bank. Authorities said that the finder was an "avid collector of Native American artifacts."

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The Fayette County Sheriff’s Department began the initial inves

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