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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-AA1FF3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy thimble. A small pressed metal conical thimble. There is a foot ring with a plain zone occupying about half the wall above it, filled with a stepped 'Greek key' motif against a finely vertically lined ground. The upper wall is occupied by round closdely-spaced machine stamped pits which appear to rise in diagonal rows from right to left. The top is flat, and occupied by concentric pits which are smaller than those on the wall. Squashed. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Height: 16.1mm, Width: 20.0mm, Weight: 1.63gms
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 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 16.1 mm
Width: 20 mm
Weight: 1.63 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd July 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36888
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Scotter
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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