Record ID: NMS-09EC59
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete long silver ingot of slightly irregular shape, but with a clear rounded top and slightly flattened underside. It has one neatly rounded end, 11mm wide and 5.8mm thick. One long edge runs roughly at right angles to this end, and the other long edge flares slightly. The maximum width of 13.5mm is close to the other end, and here there is a rounded angle, with the ingot tapering steeply to meet the other long edge in a rounded point. The ingot is sub-triangular or drop-shaped in cross-section, with the long straight edge being thicker and the top then …
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-09AD0E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver strip, probably a finger-ring, now in two pieces (broken during discovery). It is bent out of shape but appears to originally have been circular, with half of the circle surviving (c. 20mm in original diameter). The strip has a consistent width of 4.5mm to 5mm (perhaps depending on how worn the edges are) and is a low D-shape in cross-section, 1.0mm thick. There is no decoration on either the convex exterior or the flat interior. One of the ends (on the smaller fragment) is neatly cut across and finished, and although the other is more rounded and possibly wo…
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A663EC
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three worn William III shillings. 1) Minted 1696 in Bristol (B below bust). Weight 5.58g. Spink 3498. Far left on photo. 2) Minted 1697, worn bust, weight 5.61g. Spink 3505. Centre on photo. 3) Minted 1697, less wear on bust, weight 5.71g. Spink 3505. Far right on photo.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-6FB233
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age awl. One end is flat in cross-section, and gradually thickens to a circular cross-section of diameter 3mm about halfway down the object. It is slightly bent here, causing stress to the metal and loss of the surface. From here it tapers to a point. Where the surface is lost, the colour is a matt green; where the surface survives it is a polished dark brown. Length (as bent) 52mm, maximum width (at flat end) 5mm, maximum thickness 3mm, weight 3.17g. Similar awls were made throughout the middle and late Bronze Age, but the dark brown patina suggests a middle Bronze Age da…
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-54E13B
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy ring with dark green polished surface. It is 20mm in diameter externally and with a central hole 11mm in diameter. The ring is 5mm thick where best preserved; in other places, corrosion has removed some of the surface. In cross-section it is kite-shaped, with an acutely pointed arris around the exterior and a more gentle angle in the central hole. It weighs 6.21g. Rings of these proportions have been dated to the late Bronze Age (e.g. WILT-7BCF7B, with references), or Iron Age to Roman periods (e.g. SOM-7EDF21, WILT-CDE753, HAMP-E3F5BC).
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-54A298
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tiny strap-end of 14th-century date, made from two pieces of copper-alloy sheet. One is shorter than the other and is smoothly polished; the other is much rougher and may have been a central spacer plate rather than a backplate. It is bent and one end is broken. The surviving end is cut into curved shoulders and then a relatively long terminal ending in a quatrefoil. The sheets are joined by a copper-alloy rivet through the quatrefoil. Surviving length 26mm, width 7mm, weight 0.57g.
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-EE0583
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilded late 11th- or 12th-century copper-alloy mount, probably from horse-harness. It is basically a short, wide rectangle with geometric decoration consisting of three wide flat-topped transverse (vertical) ridges dividing the mount into four gilded fields. These are decorated with closely spaced shallowly oblique grooves, alternating in direction field by field. Hints of grooves and gilding on the edges of the ridges suggest that both types of decoration carried on over them. The edges and corners of the rectangle are now worn and rounded. It is 28.5mm wide, a maximum of 16mm tall a…
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-EDA14D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower bow and foot from a Roman brooch of Hod Hill type, c. 43-70 AD. It is broken at a narrowed waist with two transverse flutes across just below the break, the upper one slightly wider than the lower one. Here the cross-section is a very flat D-shape, but the lower bow is a long and very flat-section triangle, tapering downwards and decorated with a fine groove down either long edge. The wider upper edge has a beaded ridge across it, and the foot ends at the base in another transverse ridge, this time unbeaded, with a broad transverse groove or flute below and a moulding to finish,…
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-ED09F2
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy wrist-clasp of Hines's form B20, made from a bar and fragmentary plate cast in one piece. The narrow rectangular bar is now very worn, but can be seen to be decorated with four groups of two or three transverse grooves, one set at either end and the others fairly equally spaced in the centre. There also appears to be a row of tiny annulet or crescent stamps running down either long edge. The bar measures 41mm long and 4mm wide. Part of the plate survives, with similar tiny annulet stamps along the edge by the bar and along the surviving edg…
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NFAHG-C241B0
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy seal matrix with socket, for producing cloth seals (alnage seals). The die itself is circular and 29mm in diameter. In side view, the matrix rises vertically from the die for about 3mm then begins to taper with a slightly concave curve to an open end 19-20mm in external diameter. The matrix is overall 14mm thick and weighs 39.0g. There are two small bumps on the outside, very close to the socket's edge, which are surrounded by iron staining and which may be the remains of iron nails fastening a wooden handle. These are not quite opposite each other; one is above the C …
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: FAHG-C743A5
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete toy gridiron with fish, made from a lead/tin alloy (pewter) with a patina which is shiny in patches. The gridiron is basically rectangular but slightly trapezoidal, flaring from the handle end; it has six bars of equal thickness and triangular cross-section parallel to the handle, and a similar transverse bar to either end. The longer transverse bar has a backwards-curving hook to either end, one now crushed. The shorter transverse bar, at the handle end, is decorated with oblique ribbing giving a cabled effect. This bar has an angular U-shaped arrangement at either end as if…
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-64D062
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Ring made from plaited silver wire. Each strand of the plait basically consists of six wires, although in places due to the ending of various strands this drops to five or four. The wires in each strand are neatly parallel. The sides of the ring are not straight; they are C-shaped in cross-section, with the exterior of the ring convex and the interior concave. The ring is now slightly squashed, and measures 20 x 16.5 mm externally and 4 mm deep. Similar rings made of plaited groups of silver wires are known across the country; they vary in size, shape and tightness of plait. Where the…
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 13th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9244
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Monday 9th September 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'STANTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9245
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Pointed-oval lead seal matrix, seen at Ipswich metal-detecting club. A scan of the matrix was subsequently made available. The seal matrix has a curvilinear central motif which is hard to identify. The inscription has no initial mark, and appears to read S'AMICIE SAILE, although the last part of the surname is uncertain; the IL could alternatively be an N and the E could be a C. The inscription can be translated as Seal of Amice Saile; Amice is a woman's name. 13th century.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2002
Last updated: Sunday 19th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRUNDISH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9209
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Tip of copper-alloy socketed spearhead or arrowhead, with rounded midrib. The socket extends to about 35 mm from the tip. The blade edges are mostly damaged and worn, and the main break is patinated and fairly worn. There are recent (agricultural?) scrapes to the midrib on both faces. It is patinated medium green, with some paler green patches of corrosive products. One wing appears to be relatively complete; the side is only slightly convex, but there is a convex basal end. This side is only 66 mm long from the tip to where it joins the socket, although this must be an approx…
Created on: Tuesday 27th August 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRAMLINGHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9205
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Pottery disc, 24 mm in diameter and 5 mm thick, perhaps a counter or playing piece. One face has a large incuse letter D, with VIII in smaller lettering below. The fabric is a fine red earthenware with ferrous inclusions; this type of fabric could have been made almost anywhere in England, so gives little help in identification. The inscription could be deciphered as eight pennyweight, but in fact the disc weighs 4.47g, which is 2.87 dwt. Probably post-medieval.
Created on: Friday 23rd August 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WITHERSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9206
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified copper-alloy object. One end has a long pyramidal terminal, tapering from a maximum cross-section of 4 x 3.5 mm. Below the widest point the object then tapers again slightly to a collar, below which its cross-section is circular. The circular shaft tapers quite quickly and is bent into a loop; it ends at a globular terminal. The object is quite worn and corroded, but it appears to be complete, and the bend does not appear to have caused any stress to the metal. Date and function unknown, but it does not appear to be modern. Unbent length c. 45 mm; existing length 23 mm.
Created on: Friday 23rd August 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WITHERSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9193
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy pommel from a medieval sword or dagger. Viewed from the top it is slightly domed and almost circular, with seven slight facets around the edge forming a heptagon with rounded corners. The maximum 'diameter' is 29 mm. Each of the rounded corners is cut off by a broad V-shaped groove, and from either end of each one a similar groove runs at an angle to the centre. The inner facet of each of the outer grooves has a pair of short oblique lines cut into it, and some of the radiating grooves have a fine zig-zag or series of chevrons along the base. There is a space at the ce…
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BLAXHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9194
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy shield-shaped harness mount, now slightly bent and quite worn. The shield is 30 mm long and 24 mm wide with a straight top and sides curving to a point. Three relief lions passant guardant can just be seen on the shield (the arms of England before 1340). Although these were probably reserved and gilded against a red enamel background, none of the gilding or enamel survives. On the reverse is a large tapering integral blunt-ended spike, set at a slight upwards angle; this increases the total thickness to 22 mm. These mounts are very similar to horse-harness pendants and we…
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2002
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'AKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9195
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unusual object which appears to be an annular brooch. Four sides of an originally hexagonal frame survive, with a D-shaped cross-section; internally the brooch is circular. In the centre of one side is a projecting human head modelled in the round, with hair cut in a square shape to frame the face. The features are strongly and severely modelled, with big relief eyebrows meeting the top of the flattish triangular nose, lower-relief eyes, cheeks and chin, and a line for the mouth. A short neck connects the head to the frame of the brooch, which resembles stylised shoulders and angle…
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BLUNDESTON', grid reference and parish protected.