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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: BUC-A5AD52
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy fitting of uncertain type and date, it is possibly part of a harness fitting. The fitting takes the form of one solid rectangular shaped bar with two flat circular terminals. The bar is circular in cross-section. The smaller circular terminal is 12.5mm in diameter, and the large circular terminal is 14.2mm in diameter. Both holes are 4mm in diameter. The fitting has a light green patina and the larger terminal has patches of iron residue inside and around the hole.
The fitting is 63.1mm in length, 14.4mm maximum width, 4.9mm in thickness, and 10.01g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 63.1 mm
Width: 14.4 mm
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 10.01 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd October 2017 - Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers Bucks Oct 2017 American Tour 2
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: AYBCM 4773
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Thornton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7534
Four figure Latitude: 51.99938679
Four figure longitude: -0.90895213
1:25K map: SP7534
1:10K map: SP73SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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