Record ID: NLM-B06F2F
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object fragment. A shard from a thin-walled conical object with closely-spaced machined screw threading on its outer convex surface. The upper and lower edges of the fragment are as made, suggesting an originally annular concavo-convex conical form of basal diameter 60mm. Probably too light to be from a shell casing. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950 Height: 19.1mm, Width: 26.2mm, Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 3.72gms
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-8E28AE
Object type: TAP
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy gas supply tap handle. Cast oval plate, dished on both sides to afford grip, with a knop on top and a waisted cylindrical collar below, the latter formerly continuing as a narrower square-section pin. Traces of degraded or burnt white metal plating appear on the handle. This might appear on fireside fittings such as a gas poker. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950 Length: 25.5mm, Width: 16mm, Thickness /Diameter (collar): 7.3mm, Weight: 5.93gms
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waltham/Toll Bar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-57C51A
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy shrapnel fragment. Cast shard from the casing of a heavy anti-aircraft shell, with grooves on either side running in opposite directions to maximise fragmentation at the detonation of the shell; jaggedly broken. This is evidence of the active defence of the Humber during the Second World War by numerous heavy batteries sited around the estuary. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945 Length: 36.6mm, Width: 22.7mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 14.91gms
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humberston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-880B5D
Object type: TAP
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron gas supply tap. A cast oval copper alloy handle with deeply indented sides, an apical knop and a basal collar, mounted on a ferrous metal spindle. The tap regulated domestic gas supply: the local manufacture of coal gas was surprisingly widespread from the later 19th century into the 20th as the railways brought coal from pithead to processing works in small towns. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1950 Length: 89.4mm, Width: 25.8mm, Thickness (at collar): 14.1mm, Weight: 33.01gms
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hatcliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1FCCF2
Object type: BRACKET
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron bracket. A sub-cylindrical block with a pair of integral curving arms formerly retaining a separate component [now lost] between them, and with the rusted relict of a steel bolt on one end. Probably from machinery. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950 Height: 32.5mm, Width: 36.1mm, Weight: 37.34gms
Created on: Monday 30th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humberston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1FC1FB
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object fragment. Three probably machine-finished plate fragments attached to each other by two pairs of rivets, one pair domed, which are burred by machine stamping behind to secure them. Probably from machinery. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1930 Length: 54.0mm, Width: 25.8mm, Thickness (clear of rivets): 4mm, Weight: 21.59gms
Created on: Monday 30th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humberston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9679A3
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anti-aircraft shrapnel fragment. A sub-rectangular fragment of a cast casing, with wide shallow grooves oriented in opposite directions on its two sides, and with its edges torn by explosive force. This is from the casing of a heavy anti-aircraft shell. The grooved surfaces were intended to maximise the fragmentation of the shell, which would usually explode at a predetermined altitude, hopefully near enemy aircraft. This shard was probably deposited during the defence of Grimsby and the Humber against German attack during the Second World War. Suggested date: Modern, 193…
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humberston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-586065
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy badge. Die-stamped openwork flat discoid badge bearing the motif of a composite leaf with three serrated parts and a spurred stem, set within a plain border which the leaf appears to overlie. No trace of fastening gear remains. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1940 Diameter: 24.6mm, Thickness: 0.6mm, Weight: 2.03gms
Created on: Monday 20th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humberston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8D33A4
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy shell fragment. A splinter from a heavy anti-aircraft shell, with straight grooves running in opposite directions on its two sides, and with opposed edges torn raggedly with explosive force. The grooved surfaces were intended to maximise the fragmentation of the shell as it burst at a pre-set altitude, thereby improving the chances of disabling its target. From the extensive air defence of the strategic Humber Estuary through the Second World War. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945 Length: 37.0mm, Width: 32mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 15.65gms
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humberston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-494047
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ammunition fragment. A cylindrical cartridge case for a 20mm cannon shell, with a basal indentation and stamped characters S L 43 on the base, possibly denoting manufacture in 1943; crimped towards the top to retain the projectile part of the round. A basal dot and incuse ring may indicate the shell has been fired. This might have come from the armament of a fighter plane, or from a light anti-aircraft gun on the ground, presumably from the Second World War. Suggested date: Modern, 1943 Diameter: 20.3mm, Height: 99.1mm, Weight: 50.40gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hatcliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-33A382
Object type: STOPPER
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stopper, as kindly identified by the finder. A slightly tapered oval-section bung with a flattened collared spherical handle. Probably from a scent bottle. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950 Length: 19.5mm, Width: 7.5mm, Thickness: 5.4mm, Weight: 2.80gms
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 8th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brigsley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-662EB0
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nail fragment. A pressed metal decorative nail head in the form of the Cross of Jerusalem with a floret on a central boss. Iron staining appears on the back in a sunken area corresponding with the frontal boss. Later 19th-century advertisements identify these objects as nail heads, though a perennial fascination with the Knights Templar has ensured they are frequently taken as medieval by their hopeful finders. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1910 Length: 18.6mm, Width: 18.8mm, Thickness: 0.4mm, Weight: 0.96gms
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 17th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'New Waltham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5DCE07
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. A probably die-stamped slightly concavo-convex discoid plain button front, retaining corroded spurs of a drawn wire loop bedded in a dark tarry fixative; the loop has deteriorated more completely than the button front. The front retains faint traces of an outer circle, possibly framing elements denoting a uniform button. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950 Diameter: 18.2mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 0.3mm, Weight: 1.49gms
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-5DBB64
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring. A massy cast band of flattened D section surmounted by a plain rectangular bezel standing proud of it by 3.5mm. The inside surface of the bezel is lightly bevelled, presumably to receive a shaped stone. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-2000. Internal diameter: 17.4mm, Band Width: 10.1mm, Band Thickness: 2.6mm, Weight: 11.64gms
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-5DB1DC
Object type: GRENADE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy grenade filler plug. Cast discoid object, flat on one side with a flat basal indentation within a border, and with a rounded ridge occupying most of the other side. These components are commonly the only part of a hand grenade to survive its detonation in recognisable form. This must suggest wartime practice in the use of grenades, perhaps by a local Home Guard unit, or by troops tasked with harbour or coastal defence. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945. Diameter: 21.3mm, Thickness: 8.0mm, Weight: 18.83gms
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-242BF6
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anti-aircraft shell fragments. Two shards from the screw-threaded driving bands of anti-aircraft shells, both with external screw thread and both broken at either end by explosive force. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945 Combined Weight: 17.90gms
Created on: Friday 7th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-242348
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible shell fragment. Cast concavo-convex disc with a screw-threaded edge and with two small [diameter 2.7mm] holes in opposite sides, and a third, larger hole occupied by a screw whose shank is broken flush with the underside of the object. A central hole is slightly distorted, as is the profile of the object. The finder kindly suggests this may come from the nose cone of an explosive shell. Suggested date: Modern, 1910-1945 Diameter: 41.9mm, Thickness: 6.0mm, Height: 8mm, Weight: 38.36gms
Created on: Friday 7th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4360F3
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible ammunition fragment. A fragment of a solid cast lightly concavo-convex object of estimated diameter 40mm with a central aperture, possibly of diameter 16.1mm, and with a circumferential groove on its convex face. The object has been fractured and distorted, probably with explosive force. This condition may suggest this to be a fragment from the nose or fuse of a light shell, possibly from an anti-aircraft gun, though the find spot could allow it to have been fired from either land or sea. Suggested date: Modern, 1910-1945. Diameter (as found): 39.4mm, Thicknes…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humberston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9914B1
Object type: GRENADE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy grenade fragment. Cast discoid filler cap from a hand grenade, with a border standing proud on its outer side, and with a rounded and possibly sheared convex surface on the other. Although its iron casing was designed to fragment, the filler cap usually remained in one piece when the grenade exploded. This was presumably deposited in the course of military training, an activity from which this is almost a 20th-century type fossil. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945. Diameter: 20.2mm, Thickness: 8.7mm, Weight: 17.99gms
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-54FB13
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anti-aircraft shell splinter. A fragment of cast copper alloy with regularly spaced grooves on either side, but running in opposite directions; broken on all sides with explosive force. This may be from the driving band of a heavy anti-aircraft shell, as kindly observed by Dr Kevin Leahy when examining a similar object. Numerous heavy gun batteries defended Hull and the Humber region during the Second World War. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945. Length: 49.9mm, Width: 37.4mm, Thickness: 3.0mm, Weight: 30.33gms
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.