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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: BUC-CA3C8A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy unidentified object of uncertain date. The object is sub-rectangular in plan with two sections comprising a square section, which is 13.7 x 15.5, followed by a rectangular extension which is 9.5mm maximum width and tapers inward to 6.8mm width, and is 24mm long. The broken end of the square section is slightly convex. The object is flat and seems to have decoration on one side. The decoration is difficult to ascertain but there seems to be small dots around the edges of the square and a possible figure in the centre. The other side is undecorated.
The object is 37.3mm in length, 15.6mm in maximum width, 2.4mm in thickness, and weighs 4.51g.
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: 37.3 mm
Width: 15.6 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 4.51 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th October 2017 - Sunday 8th 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
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: SP7635
Four figure Latitude: 52.00824003
Four figure longitude: -0.89416746
1:25K map: SP7635
1:10K map: SP73NE
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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