Originally posted by Scoob454:

Any chance you found a pile of bones while you were digging? There are graves that the wishbone also picks up. You'll usually find a skeleton buried and a silver necklace I believe.

The problem I've had when finding these is that the wishbone won't stop pulsing until you relog. Also, it can be pretty easy to pick up the bones/necklace without noticing if you're focused on finding a silver vein.

THAT'S what it was. There WAS a full skeleton there, the only such I've seen so far. Okay, I knew the wishbone picked up other things, I just didn't realize that was it.