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PIN
Unique ID: NLM-D6C23A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy pin. A drawn wire shank of diameter 1.4mm [tip lost], bent sharply at its upper end to pass into a cylindrical sleeve. The sleeve is brazed to the back of a sheet metal plate which is cut or stamped into a radiating figure resembling a snowflake with eight arms, each with an oval cut-out and ending in a pointed trefoil. A second openwork plate is set in front, with twelve spade-shaped points with oval slots between them. The front and back plates are united by a rivet of diameter 2.5mm which is burred at its outer end, and presumably passes through the back plate as well, perhaps ending on the sleeve retaining the shank. This appears to have been made in a craft rather than an industrial tradition. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1550-1650.
Height: 48mm, Diameter (head): 34.2mm, Thickness (larger plate at head): 0.5mm, Weight: 3.88gms
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 48 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 3.88 g
Diameter: 34.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 15th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38810
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
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: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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