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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM-04E97D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver unidentified object. A fragment of dense dark tarnished metal, apparently melted with a cavity on one side; a scratch shows bright white metal. This is probably an object which has been melted, perhaps accidentally in a bonfire. The recovery of discarded objects and fragments of silver, particularly those ascribed a 19th-century date, is surprisingly common given the intrinsic value of the material. Further comparisons may be made with those small dark pellet-shaped objects of base or white metals identified [by this reporter] as possible ingots. Suggested date: Unknown, 43-1900.
Thickness/Diameter: 12.6mm, Weight: 7.94gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 12.6 mm
Weight: 7.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34496
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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