Record ID: NLM-7BDAD3
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver possible ingot. Cast oval-ended lump the size and shape of a coffee bean, with a long (6.5mm) deep 93.3mm) slot in one side. The surface is black, either through corrosion or from a thick layer of paint or oil, though a scratch reveals dense white metal below. Similar objects have been reported from the vicinity (e.g. possible ingot NLM-930AB3), and a group were also severally reported at a metal detecting rally near Alford, Lincolnshire, in 2013. As well as ingots, it has also been suggested that these objects may be either primitive or ethnographic currency units. Suggested d…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.