Record ID: NLM-FBA459
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ferrous alloy metalworking debris. A dark purple-brown glossy lump of solidified metal melt or slag. Testing with a magnet indicates a ferrous magnetic content, and the lack of green corrosion products may also suggest a recent date. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-2000 Width: 13.0mm, Thickness: 6.5mm, Weight: 1.86gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NCL-50EEDE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A replica of Cnut of Northumbria (c. 900 - 905). This coin was found in an area of known Viking Age re-enactments and was examined by the FLO and Dr John Naylor, and was found to be a modern reproduction on the following grounds, Although the coin has inscriptions and obverse/reverse designs which are faithful to the originals, there are  problems when you examine the coin closely: the combination of obverse  (EC-1ii) and reverse (CR-G) type seen on this coin isn't seen in the Cuerdale hoard (which is a large sample) the letter forms are quite scruffy…
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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Record ID: WILT-8A0017
Object type: TAG
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern aluminium 'dog tag' of a serviceman of the United States Army, dating from c AD 1943- 1944. It is oblong with rounded ends and a notch on the left hand side for medical and printing use. It has been stamped with 'JOSEPH C COBB'; on the second line '35113604 T44 A'; on a third line 'P'. Possibly one half of two. The numbers refer to Cobb's military ID, tetanus immunization (T44 = tetanus shot in 1944), his blood group ('A') and his religious preference ('P' for Protestant). Dimensi…
Created on: Friday 25th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
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Record ID: NLM-DD3958
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Metalworking debris. A dark brown glossy polished fragment – tested with magnet and found not to be ferrous metal, though the finder deems the mass and density to resemble that of steel. Nor is it pyrites, with which the finder is also well-acquainted after a lifetime of employment in extractive industries. Dr Kevin Leahy, with his background in the field of industrial metallurgy has kindly viewed the object and comments as follows: ‘I have had a look at the black lump on which you also wanted an opinion. To me this looks like a piece of ‘Spiegeleisen’ ferro-man…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
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Record ID: NARC-9266DE
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of five replica Roman Dupondius of Claudius I (AD 41-54), copying from an auxiliary mint, dating to the period AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). CERES AVGVSTA, S C reverse type depicting Ceres seated left on throne holding corn ears and torch, S C in exergue. Unclear make. Obverse description: Long necked, bareheaded bust, left Obverse inscription:  TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP Reverse description: Ceres seated left on throne holding corn ears and torch Reverse inscription: CERES AVGVSTA, S C (in exergue) 1 Diameter: 25.95…
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: LIN-BA7B96
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular post-medieval to modern button with broken shank. High tin content. Dating to c.1800-1900.
Created on: Monday 24th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bullington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-508467
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
18th century tombac button with stamped decoration of 6 dotted rings and an overlaid incised star. On the reverse face the button is missing its hoop for attachment.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 26th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-284276
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Steel button with silver coating on face. The button mount is missing from the underside. Inscription on the face reads "Bengal Native Infantry" and in the centre is a lion rampant holding a crown
Created on: Wednesday 5th May 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E26F1E
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Prisoner of War plaque dating to the modern period, c AD1938-1945. The object is rectangular in plan with stamped lettering reading - R.M.C. W.D. No: LB The lettering is in relief so must have been stamped from the reverse. The right hand edge has slight damage. The rear of the object is undecorated, but the stamped impressions are visible. The object is pale grey in colour, possibly aluminium or tin. In the centre of the object is a vertical crease where it was folded at the time of discovery. There are no obvious fittings remaining but the plaque may have bee…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 29th January 2021
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Record ID: YORYM-2BAF21
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three (3) aluminum utensil sets of modern date, c.AD 1938 - 1945. The utensil sets are known as Göffel - German Army "Spork" (Fork = gable / Spoon = offel) comprising a spoon and fork joined by a rivet toward the base of the handles. The upper surface of one Göffel is inscribed with the ligated initials "HM" or “WH” depending on its intended direction. A second is inscribed with the ligated initials “WF”. 1. The object is 152.9mm long, 46.9mm to 16.2mm wide, 7.3mm thick and weighs 25.6g. 2. The object is 153.5mm long, 46.3mm to 16.5mm wide, 7.2mm thick and wei…
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DYFED-75DC94
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
This clay pipe depicts the face of William Gladstone (British statesman and Liberal Party politician, and previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom). The Bowl and stem are intact, however there was a break where the bowl meets the stem and the finder has repaired the pipe by gluing the bowl and stem back together. The pipe weighs 27.1g and is 70mm long. The hole is 25mm in diameter. This pipe is late 20th century. Ayto, E. G., 1990, Clay Tobacco Pipes, Shire Publications Ltd: 2nd ed: Aylesbury, Bucks.
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kidwelly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6D56A3
Object type: DOLL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is an arm probably from a bisque or porcelain doll. It is a complete straight arm, mould-made, and almost bilaterally symmetrical along its length apart from one side of the hand which has two tiny bumps representing the lower palm muscles. The arm has a small groove close to the non-hand end, making it from a partial bisque doll, as the groove was used for attaching to the textile body with only the arms, legs and head being bisque. Weight 2.03g, length 28.3mm , width 8.4mm, thickness 7.1mm. Bisque dolls are characterized by their realistic, skin-like matte finish, present in…
Created on: Friday 15th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F3578F
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tortoiseshell and copper alloy button. A plano-convex polished tortoiseshell button with a drilled hole in the back for the loop and an inserted plate to which it is attached. The plate bears a five-pointed star with symbols in centre and points, within an outer cabled border enclosing a legend reading: GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA - 1907; the star is viewed against a stippled field. Suggested date: Modern, 1910-1960. Diameter: 20.5mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 4.9mm, Weight: 2.88gms
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Faldingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-250DE0
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Irish Themed Clay pipe with three leaf clover and harp with Maid of Erin, stem broken, probably dates from ca. 19th - early 20th century. The bowl and part of the stem from a clay tobacco pipe that is decorated with a hatched shamrock leaf on the left hand side of the bowl and an Irish harp on the right. These symbols were often paired on pipes and reflect the rise of patriotic motifs during the nineteenth century. Pipes such as this would have been popular amongst the large numbers of Irish migrants who had come to England seeking work. The pipe itself would have been a spurless s…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Tanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-443F8D
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fired pipe-clay marble probably of the modern period AD1850-1900. A spherical and smoothed clay ball, probably a Victorian toy. The marble measures 16.72mm in diameter and weighs 4.3g. There are similar objects on the database at NLM-BC92BB and NLM-688E68.
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: DUR-847C06
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pottery figurine of the late post-medieval to modern period. The fragment comprises a male head and part of a shoulder depicted in high relief.The head has a 'goatee' beard, a moustache and shoulder length hair and a 'cavalier-style' hat worn to the right, so potentially it represents a 17th century Royalist soldier or even King Charles1. The back of the object is flat suggesting a mantel shelf ornament of the Victorian period. The fragment measures 6mm in height and is 24.32mm thick weighing 64.4g. The pottery has a brownish-orange glaze which was a speciality of …
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hunwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F2B62E
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly plaster or cast resin toy. A moulded naturalistically modelled figurine representing Little Red Riding Hood at a scale of c.1:32 or 54mm. The figure wears a long calf-length robe with a hooded cloak drawn up at the throat, and holds a basket in her left hand; the right hand is raised to the mouth where the finger is held to the mouth to indicate perplexity. The muzzle of the Wolf appears by the feet with its body curled behind and below Little Red Riding Hood's garment. The underside of the base is roughened. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1960. Height: 60.2mm, Width: 23.0mm…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2017
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Record ID: BERK-168FE7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern cast copper alloy three piece Regimental jacket button of the Berkshire Volunteer Rifles, with the first Volunteer review taking place in Hyde Park in the presence of Queen Victoria in June 1860 . The Obverse is convex and within a lined border an eight-pointed star with the precedence number 19 in the middle. Within the lined border the Regimental name: Berkshire Volunteer Rifles. The reverse is flat with the loop fastener soldered or brazed in the centre (bent) and around the outer perimeter the makers: Doughty & Co St Martins Lane.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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Record ID: BERK-C2A572
Object type: TAG
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern aluminium military 'dog tag' of a serviceman from the United States. The single dog tag bears the legend: CHAS.E.PICKFORD, 31108954 T42-43 A (name of the serviceman / army number / tetanus immunization / blood group); CATHERINE A. PICKFORD 567 1ST AVE BERLIN NH C (next of kin/next of kin address/religion (Catholic). Unfortunately the tag was not donated to the museum as requested. Mr Charles E Pickford of 567 First Avenue, Berlin, New Hampshire appears in the 1940 United States Federal census and is listed as 26 years old (born in 1913), married to Catherine with three son…
Created on: Sunday 5th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2017
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Record ID: HESH-B48537
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast tombac buckle fragment of late post-medieval to early modern (early Georgian) date (1690-1720). The complete frame of the buckle would most likely be rectangular (rectangular with straight corners) in plan with two centrally positioned drilled holes to accommodate a central copper alloy axis bar which would have held the pin and chape (all now missing). Only around ¼ of the frame is present with one of the drilled holes. The frame fragment is linear in profile and the frame thickens at the point where the drilled holes are. There is no pin rest. The frame fragment does not have …
Created on: Friday 31st July 2015
Last updated: Thursday 13th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.