A family outing on Hen Island turned into an archeological expedition after the Roberts family discovered a human skeleton buried in the sand.“My wife Krystal pulled up what she though was a branch, and it was a femur,” Andrew Roberts said. “It didn’t look like something an average camper would throw away.“We kept digging and about six inches down we found clay and the rib cage. That’s when I got a little freaked out. We covered it up and called the police.”Speaking yesterday, Mr Roberts said he and his wife, along with his 19-month old son, decided to make a routine trip to the island, in St George’s Harbour, one day in September for a quiet afternoon.“We go down there quite a bit just to relax,” he said. “We were just sitting on the beach that everybody has been using for 20, 40, 50 years.“I have been out there since I was a child.”He said he was digging around in the area looking for old ship nails or possibly even a hogge penny when his wife made the discovery.As soon as they realised what they had found, they contacted the authorities.All the while, Mr Roberts said his son was happily playing in the sand, completely unaware.“He had no idea at all,” he said. “He just sat there in the sand digging up things.”Once the police were satisfied that the matter was not one of concern, Mr Roberts said he contacted the Bermuda Maritime Museum, who in turn pointed him towards Andrew Baylay, the chairman of the National Trust’s Archeological Research Committee.“I ferried them over there in my boat, and they invited us to help in the excavation,” he said. “We worked a side of his rib cage and down by his feet.“I never thought I would be digging up a grave. I was just looking for a hogge penny.”While the identity of the remains is not known, Mr Roberts said along with the body the dig revealed some buttons and other items, which might help researchers identify the body.One possibility is that the body may be that of Gunner Thomas Squires, who died on the Island in 1875 after suffering injuries during a storm.