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STUD
Unique ID: NLM-F66B61
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy sStud. Drawn wire shank of diameter 2.4mm passing through a concavo-convex discoid probably pressed metal head and is burred to secure it. The head has a billeted rim, a billeted circumferential band, and a flat central area, and indistinct stamped maker's details on the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter (head): 16.6mm, Thickness (head): 1.1mm, Length (shank): 16mm, Weight: 2.72gms.
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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 2.72 g
Diameter: 16.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 6th February 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24696a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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