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PENKNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-E8CF42
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy and Steel
Penknife fragment. Cast copper alloy terminal and two side plates of thickness 0.8mm from a folding penknife; the stubs of two blades and a leaf spring are retained by the terminal. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950.
Length: 75.5mm, Width: 16.1mm, Thickness: 7.8mm, Weight: 10.98gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1900
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 75.5 mm
Width: 16.1 mm
Thickness: 7.8 mm
Weight: 10.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 23rd February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM19916
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Belton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8207
Four figure Latitude: 53.553234
Four figure longitude: -0.763732
1:25K map: SE8207
1:10K map: SE80NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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