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METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Unique ID: NLM-DA3AE3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy metalworking debris. Either a failed casting or a partially melted object; given the high melting point of copper alloy this is unlikely to have come about fortuitously. A curved face meets a flat face along a straight edge. Suggested date: Unknown, Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1200-1800.
Length: 32.7mm, Weight: 34.67gms.
Class: Copper alloy
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.7 mm
Weight: 34.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM28745
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
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)
To be known as: Alkborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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