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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-B2F3B3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buttons. Two plain flat discoid buttons: the larger [of diameter 17.1mm] with a thickened rim on its reverse and with a boss retaining a wire loop; the smaller [of diameter 13.1mm] with a wire loop brazed directly onto its back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Combined Weight: 3.17gms
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: 2
Weight: 3.17 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40420
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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