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CUFF LINK
Unique ID: NARC-E76B03
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver cufflink element. Formed of a octagonal disc with an incised flower design formed of four large petals, with a smaller petals, or leaves, in the angles. The design is very worn. There are incised curved lines which border the edge of the disc. The reverse has a silver wire forming an oval attachment loop. The solder is clearly visible on the reverse.
This object is less than 300 years old and so does not qualify as treasure under the 1996 Treasure Act.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 0.68 g
Diameter: 10.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th January 2012
Rally details.
This object was found at Digging Up The Past - Odstone, Leics
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Shackerstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK3808
Four figure Latitude: 52.668386
Four figure longitude: -1.439515
1:25K map: SK3808
1:10K map: SK30NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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