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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-09D193
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy
Thimble. Pressed metal conical thimble with foot ring, a basal ring of circular motifs resembling ring and dot in a plain field, and nine rows of stamped indentations on the upper wall, which continue in less well defined form over the flat top. Lightly squashed. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900.
Diameter: circa 17mm, Thickness (at foot ring): 1.4mm, Height: 18.7mm, Weight: 2.46gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 18.7 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 2.46 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th April 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM20305
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
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: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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