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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-37CE52
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy. Eight flat plain discoid button fragments. Five of the buttons had a raised boss on the back for a drawn wire loop; the others had the loop brazed to the back. One button bears traces of white metal plating. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1825-1900.
Diameter: 16.5mm-31.4mm, Combined Weight: 30.51gms.
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 1825
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 8
Weight: 30.51 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 26th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30300
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)
To be known as: Haxey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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