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EAR RING
Unique ID: NLM-E2CC8C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
White metal, possibly silver, earring. Pressed metal object made in two joined halves forming an oval hoop with its sides meeting at the stub of a drawn wire suspension loop, and with a wire spur passing between the sides retaining a teardrop shaped hollow bead with pellets equidistantly spaced along its edge. Like the frame in which it hangs, this comprises two identical halves. The main or outer hoop bears cabled decoration along its upper seam. The lower half bears a series of rectangular punch marks, each within a compartment defined by a border line. The inner part of the main hoop is indented or scalloped, while its outer edge is also indented between each compartment. A small tear appears on one side. This is probably an example of a 'hippy shop' gew-gaw, quite possibly imported, and of very recent date. It is probably significant that there is little trace of deterioration, nor has soil infiltrated the hollow body; this may have been very recently deposited. Suggested date: Modern, 1990-2010.
Length: 20mm, Width: 12.4mm, Thickness: 3.1mm, Weight: 0.64gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1990
Date to: Circa AD 2010
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 12.4 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 0.64 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM28370
Materials and construction
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: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9214
Four figure Latitude: 53.6144786
Four figure longitude: -0.61077376
1:25K map: SE9214
1:10K map: SE91SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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