Record ID: LANCUM-DB6595
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern aluminium colliery workers token. The token is circular in plan with a suspension perforation at the top. It was used at Salterford Colliery, Cliviger, while the colliery was run by the National Coal Board (N.C.B.). The token is uniface and has been stamped with [N.]C.B 163 S[ALTER]FORD. The token dates to sometime in the period that the colliery was open, which was from 1948 to 1959 AD. Diameter 32mm, weight 1.40g.
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Burnley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9ABDE5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval to Modern white metal pot mend from a large metal or ceramic vessel. It is sub-triangular in plan. In profile and section there is a noticeable rounded stepped lip on the smoother side. The other side has a roughly cast semi-circular ridge approximately 9mm high and 9mm wide. This produces a concavity that partially contains a circular perforation. This perforation (diameter 3mm) passes through the thinner part of the object at an angle. There are scoured lines that run the length of the perforation. The object has been very roughly cast in sand than roughly dressed with…
Created on: Saturday 10th July 2021
Last updated: Sunday 3rd April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Silloth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0B3306
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern white metal and layered chalcedony hinged bracelet. No assay marks so probably white metal rather than silver. The overall form is typical of Art Deco, or Deco influenced, with some more traditional decorative elements. The bezel is set with a brown to white layered chalcedony, probably either a banded onyx or agate. The overall effect is of an eye within a border. The 'iris' of the 'eye' appears to be set with nacre or Mother Of Pearl. The shoulders of the band are decorated with floral scrolls within an enclosed beaded border. This border runs along the bracelets edges for it…
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2020
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-76A274
Object type: PIN CUSHION
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval white metal zoomorphic object, probably a pin cushion or salt cellar or toy. It has repoussé decoration resembling the fleece or fur coat of an animal. The object is shaped like an animal, probably a sheep, looking back over it's shoulder, and is hollow. The head, ends of two of the legs, the back and tail are absent. If it was originally a pincushion or salt then there would have been a void on the back where the pad of the pincushion or the liner of the salt would have been housed. Dates to between c1500 and c1900 AD. The length is 25mm, width 17mm, and the weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Keswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6C432C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval white metal alloy mount in the form of a snarling beast's head, probably a lion, possibly a tiger or dragon. The object has been cast, some fine detail has then been cut in, & it has then had some type of silver coloured finish applied. Stylistically it appears influenced by Eastern art, probably Japanese, but may have been produced in Asia or Asia Minor, possibly as a vessel mount. No valid comparison found so far. In the circumstances it is difficult to give an accurate date but it is probably dates to between c1700 and c1900 AD. The length is 29mm, width 25mm, and …
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerleyton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-682100
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern white metal thimble. This form is quite common in copper alloy and silver. Dates to between c1850 and c1920 AD. The length is 26mm, diameter at base is 17mm, and the weight 3.41g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd October 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skippool', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8B87C5
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ingot of an undetermined white metal, shaped with many hammer blows. It is of unknown age. The ingot is as it came out of the ground and has not been tarnished by the soil.It is heavy enough to be electrum but there is no yellow to its colour. Another similar object has been found nearby. The length is 39mm, width 20mm, thickness 9mm, and the weight is 8.76g.
Created on: Saturday 23rd February 2013
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roach Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4AD816
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal mounting for what was probably an item of jewellery, or possibly a mount or clasp of some kind. Probably Post Medieval to Modern (AD c1800 to c1900) in date. The settings are close set and irregular in shape. The length is 44mm, thickness 9mm, and the weight is 3.75g.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd January 2013
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barford', grid reference and parish protected.