Record ID: SF-DEC1F8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A unidentified strip of gold sheet metal of probable post-medieval or modern date. The strip is wider in the centre with each end tapering towards an abrupt break at its outer end and it has been bent into an irregular C-shape. The central, wider part of the outer face is decorated with rectangle of small dots surrounded by a wavy border with a small dot in each curve. The outer face of each tapering section is decorated with a central zigzag line with four dots in each angle flanked on either side by a parallel line of small dots and with a line along each outer edge. D…
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holton St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-409061
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable Post Medieval gold ferrule dating to circa AD 1550-1700. The ring is circular in plan and plano-convex in section. The front face is decorated with equidistantly spaced centrally located punched dots. On the outer edges a pair of opposed quatrefoils are punched, a design that is repeated six times. Between the quatrefoils on the outer edge are six incised rectangular panels containing a series of longitudinal incised grooves running down the length of the rectangular panels. Diameter: 15.4 mm; Width: 5.2mm; Thickness: 2.4mm; Weight: 1.79g. Discussion: No precise …
Created on: Friday 28th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetherden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-75CEDC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probably Bronze Age unidentified object dating to circa 2300-800 BC. Made from a strip of gold, It is broadly triangular in plan flaring outwards from the apex to the terminal. Both the top and bottom edges are straight. There is a circa 1mm in diameter perforation just below the apex. Length: 16.1mm; Width: 7.2mm; Thickness: 0.2mm; Weight: 0.26g. Discussion: Similar strips of gold with perforations are known from southern England associated with the Bronze Age. Their precise function is uncertain but likely related to some form of ornamentation. Similar examples…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7589BC
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Early Medieval gold pin dating to circa AD 550-900. The head is flat and sub-oval, broadly heart-shaped, with two lobes projecting from the top. The head gives way to the cylindrical shank, which tapers gently into a point. Both faces of the pin head are decorated with the same incised design. The design is comprised of a pair of inward two scrolls located at the top of the lobes. The scrolls are joined underneath forming a heart-shape. Below, is a central longitudinal incision with oblique or chevroned incised lines radiating outwards. The design is possibly a crudely rende…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-41F7C0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold half guinea of George III (AD 1760-1820), Second Head, dating to AD 1769 (Spink 2959). Mint of London. Ref: Spink 1976: 205.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9E9D9C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold finger ring with pryamidal jewel or glass inset. This ring has a large pryamid-shaped head around the inset glass/jewel, which is bordered on either side of the band by incised slightly-curved arches. The band is a single band with a deep groove that makes it look like two thinner bands of gold running side-by-side. The jewel is small and dark in colour, although its is not easy to identify. It is held in place by the gold setting. A single, small circle of gold solder is located on the inner face of the band, opposite the inset jewel. The thickness of the band…
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-01F6F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold Gallo-Belgic 'boat-tree' quarter stater of the Morini, dating to the period c.80-c.60 BC. ABC 40; LT 8611: DT 249; VA 69-1; Ev. E10.
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-459101
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval gold psuedo-imperial Merovingian tremissis of an anonymous ruler dating to circa AD 574-750. Obverse: crude head laureate right. Reverse: Victory walking right holding spear. Uncertain moneyer and mint. The coin is recorded on EMC at 2019.0082. 
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-879247
Object type: HAWK BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gilded silver medieval to post-medieval bell. Two hemispherical sections are soldered together. The upper one is decorated with a ring of slanted droplet-shaped indentations around its upper end and has an outward flaring lower rim. A circular suspension loop is soldered to the apex. There are two small circular sound holes joined by a narrow slot across the centre of the lower hemisphere. The object has been crushed and distorted and much of the surface gilding is missing. Date: 1400-1600 Dimensions: Length: 18.60mm, width: 18.03mm, thickness: 13.52mm, weight…
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1DC380
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold Iron Age stater, dating to the period c.55-15 BC. Early Icenian 'Norfolk wolf' Type. Talbot's (2017, appendix 1.4) Type B, sub-Type A2, which has one of the widest distributions of this type (ibid., 16, fig.2.11a). ABC 1399; VA 610-3; BMC 218-78.
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Henley', grid reference and parish protected.