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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SF-85AACA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a gilded copper alloy unidentified object probably of modern date. It is disk shaped with a central circular rivet hole surrounded by three others (all with copper alloy rivets in situ) and various notches, rivet holes and a raised rectangle around the outside edge. Only one face is gilded. It appears to be a componant of a larger object, perhaps a pocket watch.
Diameter: 35.10mm, thickness: 1.97mm, weight: 6.34g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.97 mm
Weight: 6.33 g
Diameter: 35.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
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