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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-69A7CE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Possibly die stamped hollow concavo-convex conical button front with a drawn and hammered wire loop brazed into its concave back. The front bears closely spaced lines running in a single direction; these appear as negative features on the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1850.
Diameter: 19.2mm, Height (overall): 13.0mm, Thickness (front): 0.7mm, Weight: 3.68gms
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 13 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 3.68 g
Diameter: 19.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35487
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: Low Burnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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