Record ID: SF-80690A
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete enamelled copper-alloy post-medieval button. The button is discoidal with a convex outer face and concave reverse. The remains of a small integral attachment loop project from the centre of the reverse. The reverse is decorated with the raise arms of the Commonwealth comprising the shields England (St George) and Ireland (the Harp) placed next to one another, dating the object to the Commonwealth period - AD 1649-60. Traces of enamel can be seen within and surrounding this design, but this is now too corroded for the colours to be seen clearly. Traces of a white metal c…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7B3DA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper-alloy signet ring dating c.1400-1600.  It has a flat, oval bezel decorated with the initials TW. The initials are surrounded by engraved dots within a border of dots. The shoulders are narrowed and plain, tapering into the hoop, which terminates in old breaks.  The bezel measures 17.42mm in width and 13.72mm in length.  Signet rings are frequent finds on the database with several similar designs recorded such as YORYM-7BEE03, NLM-B458F6, HESH-A99DFA LVPL-B28540 and SUR-7C70BC. Signet rings with a crowned initi…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7B2CCA
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal dating to circa AD 1500-1700. The seal is formed of two discs, of which one is just a fragment. The letter T can be seen on this fragment. It is attached to the other disc by a surviving integral lead-alloy rivet. Most of the other disc remains and a raised letter X sits in the center. The seal has a creamy white patina. 
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-55AC95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold Britian Crown of James I (AD 1603-1625), Second Coinage, Lis issue mark, dating to AD (1623-1624). Tower of London mint. Ref: North 1975: 122.
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-54B7B4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval to early post-medieval penny sized 'Boy Bishop' token, dating to the period c.1470-1539 AD. Rigold's (1978, 95) Bury Series I ('neat, inscribed Bury series). Obverse: [S]ANTVS NICHOLAVS - Mitre Reverse: AVE/ REX/ GEN/TIS.  - Long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter. Diameter: 16.75mm, thickness: 1.59mm, weight: 1.91g
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-50336E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but unidentified object dating to the post medieval period. The objects appears to be a bird standing tall on some sort of perch/stand. The bird is bending it's neck so it's beak is touching it's stomach. It has a rounded stomach with two legs perching on the stand. Wings can be seen on the reverse with lightly engraved lines emulating feathers. The bird is perched upon a circular stand with a narrowed and straight neck protruding from the top. 
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-EC643D
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable Post Medieval copper-alloy nail dating to circa AD 1600-1800. Its head is lozengiform in plan with straight edges. The shank is rectangular sectioned and tapers into a chisel or spatulate terminal. A similar example is recorded under NMS-EB3382.
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 5th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-EC3D11
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead-alloy token dating to circa AD 1600-1800. It is discoidal in plan with uniface decoration. In the centre is a raised pellet with a cross and saltire through it. The terminals of the cross are fleur de lis.  The token is consistent with Powell Type 14
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 5th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C47FD7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gilded silver post-medieval dress hook. The object consists of a composite, ornately moulded, sub-circular central section with a sub-rectangular silver wire attachment loop projecting to one end of its reverse and a silver sharp rear-facing hook to the other end. The central section is composed of a separate circular, annular-shaped border, eight knops projecting from regular intervals around its edge, with a flower-shaped disc and then a smaller flower-shaped boss attached via a silver rivet to the centre of its outer face and a solid disc-shaped plate coverin…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Troston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5825E2
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gilded silver openwork eye-element of a two-piece hooked clasp or dress fastener. The object is very roughly D-shaped with a curved outer edge and straight inner edge. It is pierced with two longitudinally aligned rows of small circular holes flanking a moulded heart design in the centre of the outer face. Moulded foliage decorates the remainder of the outer face, weaving between the holes and two very small knops project from the centre of the outer edge. The curved outer edge is wavy and a circular loop projects from the centre of the outer edge. It survives i…
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Troston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-41027F
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast lead shot, c. AD 1600-1800. The object is spherical in form with the remains of a casting sprue. The object is covered in pits and scratches and has a light cream/grey patina. The casting seam is no longer visible.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-410245
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast copper alloy spherical crotal bell, c. AD 1650-1850. The bell consists of two hemispheres divided by a horizontal circumferential joining rib. The upper hemisphere is plain with two sound holes placed on each side of a sub-rectangular pierced suspension loop. The underneath of the lower hemisphere has a long, thin sound slit with circular holes at the ends and is decorated with a sunburst design, probably of 6 lobes radiating from the slot. One of the holes is plugged with a heavily corroded iron pip. Ther…
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-4101AA
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Post Medieval-Modern milled copper alloy thimble, c.AD 1850-1900. This is a composite thimble with a narrow plain basal zone and an attached top. The majority of the wall has machine-stamped pits running up the wall in diagonal rows, and with a rectilinear grid or lattice of larger indentations on the top. The rim is narrow and undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-410046
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy composite button, c.AD 1720-1790. This button is made with a flat, circular plate that is decorated with an incised double line that zig-zags around the edge of the button. The reverse side has a copper alloy wire attachment loop in the centre.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-40FEC6
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Post Medieval cast lead alloy handle for a tobacco box, c.AD 1600-1790. The handle is broadly oval in plan and irregular in profile. The central handle is broadly decorated as a flower. It has a central raised boss, which expands into a series of eight radiating lentoid shaped petals. The neck below the handle becomes narrow before expanding outwards in a slanting platform with the remains of a rivet protruding from underneath. Similar examples are illustrated in G Bailey's 'Detector Finds', number 4 page 62, which he dates to the middle of the 17th century and s…
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-40FB3C
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval cast lead alloy possible toy gun, c.AD 1800-1900. This is likely to be one half of the cast grip from a miniature toy pistol, with moulded detail representing a handle textured with rhomboids, extending from a flat butt with a lug containing a rivet hole to the proximal edge of a plate with beaded border, which would be next to the lock of a flintlock gun. On the flat reverse, a single oval inset appears, where the decoration on the obverse rises up. The entire fragment is patinated. The antique form may be an unreliable guide to the date …
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-40F838
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval-Modern cast copper alloy barrel tap key or winding key, c.AD 1700-1950. This key was used to wind a clock or other mechanism. The key has an oval bow, which is integral to a solid cylindrical stem.The terminal at the end of the stem has an integral triangular bit with a triangular hole and flanges on the outside. Other examples on the database have similar construction, but some have different shaped bits, (circular or trilobed). Compare PUBLIC-6B9E0E, PUBLIC-1108A1,  LANCUM-ECF31B and ESS-6F2FE5. The latter notes that "Similar examples are published…
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-40F639
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Post Medieval copper alloy finger ring, c.AD 1800-1900. This finger ring has a circular hoop that is D-shaped in section, and a wide, flat bezel that bears the incised initials "F.K", possibly the initials of its original owner. The shoulders have additional floral decoration cast into the band. There are no additional maker's marks or hallmarks.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-40F41D
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval-Post Medieval cast copper alloy ring, c.AD 1200-1800. A plain, unmarked ring of copper alloy. Rings like this had many uses, from furniture fittings, to horse harness and tack, to a hanging fitting.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-40F2E0
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy rowel spur, c.AD 1600-1700. This object consists of a cast heel rowel spur with one lentoid-sectioned side or arm and a short waisted stalk for a rowel. One arm ends in an old break. The other arm has also broken off of the heel section, although the break matches on both sides. The arm is plain and undecorated; its terminal has a single pin where the leather would have attached.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.