Record ID: SUR-EFA582
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring of 18th century to modern date. The hoop is plain and very narrow (1.6mm wide) with a D shaped cross section 0.8mm thick which has flattened sides. The internal diameter is around 19.9mm. It appears to have been made from a length of metal curved around and soldered to a butt joint which has been filed smooth. The interior appears to have a black (lacquer?) coating. There are no inscriptions or marks.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-EF8930
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring of 18th century to modern date. The hoop is plain and very narrow (1.5mm wide) with a D shaped cross section 0.8mm thick which has flattened sides. The internal diameter is around 18.3mm. It appears to have been made from a length of metal curved around and soldered to a butt joint which has been filed smooth. The interior appears to have a black (lacquer?) coating. There are no inscriptions or marks.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-115375
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A thin gold hoop, plain on both exterior and interior, except for the remains of very worn and illegible hallmarks inside, suggesting a date in the 19th or 20th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-944E2C
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MODERN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A hoard of 50 1oz South African Krugerrand gold coins struck by the Rand Refinery in Germistone, South Africa and comprised of 48 coins minted in 1974 (bags 1-48) and 2 coins minted in 1975 (bags 49-50).  The hoard was discovered during the 2020 Coronavirus lockdown and remained with finder until 07/10/2020 due to social distancing restrictions.  The coins were divided between two white plastic coin tubes, one wrapped in a small white towel with pink edging and secured with an elastic band, the other wrapped in an NS&I envelop and pages from a magazin…
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DYFED-EC7DB9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete gold Victorian Sovereign. The obverse of the coin features the veiled bust of Queen Victoria facing left. It features the legend VICTORIA.DEI.GRA.BRITT.REGINA.FID.DEF.IND.IMP. (Meaning 'Victoria by the Grace of God Queen of the Britain's Defender of the Faith Empress of India'). The reverse of the coin features the image of Saint George on horseback slaying a dragon. The date 1900, and initials B.P. are in exergue. The coin weighs 7.9g and is 22.05mm in diameter.
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-3B9B84
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold ring made of two strands of twisted gold wire. The hoop is evenly sized all around the circumference and is 1.8mm thick. The internal diameter is 14.5mm. There are no diagnostic marks. The object is most likely of relatively modern date. Diameter: 17.8mm; Thickness: 1.8mm; Weight: 1.64g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-56F297
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An early modern signet ring, made of a pale yellow metal - probably lower grade (9-15 carat) gold, but not hallmarked. It consists of a shouldered hoop with a shield shaped bezel enclosing a black hardstone with red flecks (probably bloodstone) engraved with the crest of the Whitby family of Osbaston, 'an arrow in pale, barb downward, environed by a serpent', contained within an elliptical belted border which has the family motto 'Virtus vitium fugere' incised in retrograde. The front half of the hoop is decorated with 4 incised circumferential grooves, with cross-bands at the start &…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DYFED-A36268
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Australian Gold Victoria Sovereign. Obverse features bust of Young Head Victorian with bun. Lettering around the circumference reads 'VICTORIA D:G BRITANNIAR. REG: F D: 1858' . Reverse features the word 'AUSTRALIA' in the centre, above which is a crown, it is all surrounded by a wreath. At 12 o'clock are the words 'SYDNEY MINT', and at 6 o'clock are the words 'ONE SOVEREIGN'. Coin is 21.94mm in diameter and 8.1g in weight.
Created on: Monday 31st December 2018
Last updated: Monday 31st December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-3C2B3B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger-ring with turquoise enamel bezel. The exterior of the band is decorated with seven smaller oval turquoise enamel settings, spaced at regular intervals. Between each of these settings the band narrows and expands to form a collared effect. On the reverse of the setting are series of lines radiating from the centre to create a scalloped appearance. Discussion: After discussions with colleagues at the British Museum, it is our view that the decoration on this ring indicates that is likely to date from the mid to late-Georgian period. It is broadly similar to rings in th…
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 21st April 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-C3E6A5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A modern gold plated wire ring Description: This object is a ring of approximately finger-ring size. It is constructed from coiled lengths of very fine, twisted wire. Five strands have been loosely coiled around themselves and curved into a ring. The overall appearance is quite loose and untidy. Each strand is composed of four very fine wires. Two pairs of these wires were twisted together, and the two twisted pairs then themselves twisted around each other. Dimensions: Diameter: 18mm (approx.); Thickness of pair of twisted wires: 0.07mm (approx.); Weight: 0.44g Metal c…
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near sittingbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-ED4792
Object type: DENTAL IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
This gold object is the left half of a partial denture. Brian Williams from the British Dental Association Museum advises that 'it would appear to have fractured in the mid-line so originally there may have been more gold, of a similar size/shape, on the right side making the complete structure horse-shoe shaped. Judging by the surface shapes (circles) we think the structure is cast gold and dental casting didn't become available until the early 1900's. To mask the gold, much of the surface would have been covered in Vucanite (a hardened rubber material) made by the Goodyear Rubber Co…
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulleskelf', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-443476
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A modern gold pendant. The object consists of two gold discs with pressed images, replicating probably (the details have not pressed through clearly) coin obverses (i.e. the bust side only repeated to make two halves) of the emperor Maximian (AD 286-310), with a gold disc between and a beaded rim. Such mouldings in thin gold or silver foil taken from a coin 'host' are often termed clichés and were a technique known in antiquity to produce forgeries as well as a similar technique for 'bracteate' jewellery popular in Barbaricum (beyond the Roman frontier). Although both coins and br…
Created on: Thursday 27th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South-East of Oxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-1CDEF0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Period: No earlier than the 19th century Description: A gold finger-ring from East of Colchester, Essex. The finger-ring has a floral and foliate decoration on the exterior of the hoop. The interior of the hoop is plain. There is a colourless, facetted circular stone in the central setting. Dimensions: Length: 21.2 mm, Width: 17.3 mm, Weight: 4 g Conclusion: There is insufficient evidence to confirm that this finger-ring is over 300 years old and therefore it does not meet the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East of Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-29FFC8
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Two wide, rectangular-sectioned ovoid loops, interlinked and affixed at one end by a truncated bar. Each loop is decorated with applied twisted gold wires forming a running lozenge pattern with loops at the borders, interspersed with tiny globular gold beads. Of unknown function - perhaps part of an earring or decoration for a hair pin. Stylistically, however, it is consistent with late 19th century jewellery of archaising design.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradford Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-84B681
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Number: 2012 T247 Period: 19th century. Date of Discovery: 15/2/12 Circumstances of discovery: whilst metal detecting Description: composite, open-work, heavily gilded silver or gold fitting in lozenge shaped form. The object is made of four 'sides' soldered together to form a lozenge shape. Two of the opposing corners have been soldered onto a central bar, rectangular in cross-section, the broad sides used for the upper and underside of the fitting. The bar dips downwards in the centre. One of the corners has a loop that has been soldered on, flush with the central bar. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tendring District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-E00E34
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
An undiagnostic rod of twisted gold formed from at least two strands of uniform thickness, bent into an elliptical, penannular shape . Both terminals are spatulate, having been roughly flattened. The makers mark LJ Co is stamped on one terminal. Wear visible on upper face of outer surface. The object is probably a bracelet. XRF analysis of the surface indicates that it is gold alloy close to 9 carat gold. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of this bracelet, indicated it to be of a gold alloy close to that of 9 carat gold - approximately 36% gold, 9% silver,…
Created on: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nantwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-644C25
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MODERN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
I have examined a group of 216 coins reported found at Twinstead, Essex and delivered to the British Museum in batches in the period December 2011 to 22 May 2012. The coins are listed as follows. Victoria (1837-1901) Young Head, Shield type Sovereign 1. 1863 London, die 24 7.99 Young Head, St George type Sovereign 2. 1871 London 7.98 3. 1872 London 8.02 4. 1876 London 8.0 5. 1876 London 8.02 6. 1877 Melbourne 7.99 7. 1878 London 7.98 8. 1879 Melbourne 8.02 9. 1880 Melbourne 7.98 10. 1881 Melbourne 8.02 11. 1882 Melbourne 8.0 12. 1883…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-920991
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold-coloured wire of circular cross-section and uniform gauge, coiled at one end, bent and broken at the other and bent to a right-angle near its mid-point. Date: recent, probably 19th or 20th century. Dimensions: length 41.3 mm. Weight: 1.80 g. In age and precious metal content the object does not qualify as Treasure under the terms of the 1996 Treasure Act.
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brewood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-BE4B82
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case: 2010 T311 High Laver: Gold finger ring Date of Discovery: 23/04/11 Circumstances of discovery: Whilst searching with a metal detector Date: Description: Gold ring formed twisted gold wire. There are two double strands of twisted gold wire, which have been further twisted together to make a four stranded twist. The ends have been twisted and flattened together before solder has been applied. Dimensions: Diameter 18.47mm. Thickness 1.58mm. Weight 1.12 grams. Discussion: Stefanie White (conservator at Colchester & Ipswich Museums) has commented that the sold…
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Laver', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-867115
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
The Hackney Hoard The 80 coins are all gold 20-dollar pieces (so-called 'double eagles') of the United States, issued between 1854 and 1913. The coins are thus all the same denomination, introduced in this form in 1850, and were struck to the same standard, 90% gold, used from 1837 until the end of US gold coinage in 1933. The catalogue shows that the coins gradually increase in number across the decades from 1870 to 1909 (13 coins from 1870-9; 14 from 1880-89; 18 from 1890-99; and 25 from 1900-9). Over a quarter of the total were issued in the last 6 six years represented. Toget…
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hackney', grid reference and parish protected.